The on-ice officials covet the oldest and singularly authentic trophy in American team sports in their own relentless fashion. The playoff push will get even more difficult when the NHL likely adds one additional ref and linesman each to the mix when NHL Seattle starts play in the fall of Part of enjoying any sport as a spectator is understanding the officiating.
The more we know about the game assignment-not just the rules-the more we can appreciate how competent officials make it a better sport for fans. In hockey, a smooth, fast-paced "game flow" is what makes fans fall in love with the game.
There is back-and-forth action, playmaking, shots on goals, great saves, skaters practically flying on their skate blades. Walkom says that flow is squarely in the hands of the two linesmen assigned to each game. Both are more complex than people think. Icing occurs more frequently, about nine times per NHL game on average--and has nothing to do with baking a cake.
It's also no longer about whether a defensive player first touches a shot or puck dump by an opposing player from the opponent side of the red line aka center-ice line. Now the linesmen must determine an icing call at the faceoff circle to the right or left of the defending team's goalie.
The rule was changed for safety reasons; it was formerly common to watch two opposing players bearing down on an "iced" puck.
Not called, the sport would include much more time in which no player is handling or moving the puck with their stick. The is one exception to icing: If a team is shorthanded due to a penalty, the team on the "penalty kill" is allowed to ice the puck. The two linesmen are also responsible to call offside, which occurs when a player's skates precede the puck in the offensive zone where other team's goal is located. Offside is defined as when both skates have fully crossed the relevant blue line into the offensive zone and out of the center-ice neutal zone.
Offside is called an average of five to six times each game. NHL coaches can now challenge the linesman's offside call if a goal is subsequently scored on the entry into the zone.
A video review will result in upholding the goal call or disallowing the goal. The linesmen have what Walkom calls the "immediate duty" of restarting the game with a faceoff after play has stopped. The four-official system or two-referee system was first introduced in on a trial basis and fully implemented as of the NHL season. Prior to that, the NHL worked with one referee and 2 linesmen for nearly 60 years. The addition of the 2 nd referee was to ease the workload and provide a second set of eyes for the existing referee.
The problem is that one referee cannot catch every infraction, especially if they occur behind the play. Keep in mind that referees are also responsible for calling goals, so they'd need to cover both ends of the ice when alone. As stated earlier, two referees working together can cover more ice. Rather than have a single referee skate continuously end-to-end, you have each referee cover the lead and trail position on the ice. The lead referee is typically positioned in the corner along the goal line, while the trail referee is in the neutral zone.
When the play transitions to the opposite end, the referee switch their roles. As a result, you have two referees covering each half of the ice with one set of eyes always behind the play. There are two main disadvantages that come to mind with the two-referee system. First, the playing surface has up to 16 people at once, making it really cramped. The maximum count includes 5 skaters on each side, 2 goalies and 4 officials. The way to see it is that the officials have just as much right to be on the ice and may inadvertently obstruct with certain plays.
Most of the time, the interference leads to no harm. However, there are occasions where the referee or linesman can have an impact on a goal. The second disadvantage is that each referee may call the game differently. The idea is to train the referees to call plays equally, but they are still human after all. Players will complain that one referee is quick to call penalties, while the other tucks their whistle away source.
Overall, the officiating rules have remained consistent in that each referee is free to make their own calls and cannot be overruled by the other. There are certain plays that require all officials to convene together. This will happen when the puck is cleared over the boards by the defensive zone team. The official who blew the play dead can consult with their peers to determine if the player was actually in violation or not.
The NHL originally used 2 officials in its early days. It was a system of one referee and one linesman. Brad Meier. Dean Morton. Kendrick Nicholson. Brian Pochmara. Kevin Pollock. Garrett Rank. Kyle Rehman. Chris Rooney. Chris Schlenker. Graham Skilliter. Furman South. Francois St Laurent. Justin St Pierre. Kelly Sutherland.
Corey Syvret. Ian Walsh. Shandor Alphonso. Derek Amell. Tyson Baker. Steve Barton. Devin Berg. David Brisebois. Scott Cherrey. Michel Cormier. Ryan Daisy.
Jonathan Deschamps. Greg Devorski.
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