Calling Icing Infractions

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Calling Icing Infractions
Presentation Designed by IHOA and Mark Verplaetse
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Calling Icing

• Criteria for calling icing
• Puck shot from behind center red line
• Center red line part of zone from where the puck
  comes
• Crosses opposing goal line
• Puck not touched beyond center red line
• No chance to be played by defending team
• Not including goaltender

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Calling Icing

• Mechanics of making call
• Back official
• Initiates icing by signaling slow whistle
• Verbalize ICE!
• Skates to cover partner
• Front official
• Acknowledges signal and skates into attacking
  zone
• Blows whistle and raises arm when puck crosses
  goal line
• Initiates call only when back official doesnt see

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Calling Icing

• After blowing the whistle
• Back official
• Points to face-off location
• Skates (watching players) to face-off spot
• Three strides then turns backwards
• Icing signal at top of circle
• Front official
• Retrieves puck, hands off and returns to position
• Referee (3 man system) uninvolved
• After whistle skates as deep as furthest
  attacking player

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Icing Signals
Slow delayed whistle Icing Washout Point to
face-off Release signal
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Washing Out Icing Infractions

• Mechanics of washing out play
• Back official
• Initiates icing
• Cannot washout once play crosses center red line
• Follows to cover partner
• Front official
• Makes call
• Washes out with verbal NO and moves back into
  position

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Basic Icing Judgment Situations

• Defending player able to play puck , but doesnt
• WASHOUT
• Puck crosses through goal crease
• STILL ICING
• Puck deflected before crossing center red line
• ICING if by shooting team
• NO ICING if by defending team
• Puck touched after crossing center red line
• WASHOUT if touched by either team
• The referee makes a mistake in calling icing
• (Rule change 2005) the face off is at the
  nearest end zone face off spot when the whistle
  was blown