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NEW THIS SEASON: A TWO STEP PROCESS FOR CERTIFICATION
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As of August 12, you can sign-up for the MANDATORY VIRTUAL COURSE.
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As of September 3, you can sign-up for your certification clinic if you have completed your MANDATORY VIRTUAL COURSE.
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Reminder: All referees must complete the virtual course, attend their clinic and pass their exam by November 30, 2025 to referee for the entire 2025-2026 season.
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All virtual courses, as well as the three-official observation games, are now posted. The December 1st two-official observation game has been posted. The January two-official observation game will be posted when the second half schedule has been released.
True or false. In the Four-Official System, the end zone referee switches sides of the ice. As soon as possible, the neutral zone referee also switches sides of the ice to maintain their diagonal positioning.
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a. True. The referees always want to be diagonal from each other.
b. False. The neutral zone referee should never switch sides. If the end zone ref switches sides, the neutral zone referee just waits for the end zone ref to switch back.
c. False. The neutral zone referee will switch sides of the ice when the play moves to the other end zone.
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Answer: A.
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Learning From Each Other...
-Situation-Error-Question-
An email from an official:
"At a recent game, a coach took a bench minor for unsportsmanlike conduct and demanded that a specific player from the bench serve the penalty. Can that coach choose who goes in the penalty box? Does it have to be somebody that was on the ice or can it be any player? Can the referee determine what player should serve the penalty?
Thanks!"
-What we Learned-
​The rule reference is 4.3. It reads, "A bench minor penalty is...served...by any player of the offending team, who was on the ice at the time of the infraction." This means that the coach can identify any skater who was on the ice at the time that the coach received the unsportsmanlike minor penalty.
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Regarding, "can the referee determine what player should serve the penalty?", the referee should only do so if the coach is not designating a player as quickly as possible.
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