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• Referee drops the puck to start each period, and
  after a goal is scored
• Line Change procedure
• the referee looks at the visiting bench and
  counts 5 seconds to himself, then raises his arm
  and looks at the home bench. After 5 seconds his
  arm comes down
• the visiting team can change until the arm goes
  up, then the home team, who can change until the
  arm comes down

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• Referee calls the penalties and goals
• Linesmen may report majors, double minors match
  penalties, bench minors, misconducts, game
  misconducts and gross misconducts as well as
  goals not observed by the referee (Rule 5.3 d)
• Report these discretely so that players dont
  hear, it is referee decision to call them or not
• All officials can call high sticking puck, glove
  pass, and puck out of bounds

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Center Ice Face-off
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End Zone Face-off
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Neutral Zone Face-off
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• Following Play (Referee)
• when the puck is on the same side as the referee,
  follow about 15 - 20 behind the puck
• when the puck is on the opposite side, follow
  about 8 - 10 behind the play
• the critical area for skating as a referee in the
  3 official system is from the blue line to the
  goal line, thats where the game is won or lost

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Questions?