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Select all that apply. The official completing the line change starts “as soon as appropriate.” Which of the following items are examples of “as soon as appropriate”?
a.The goalie gives the puck to the official setting up the next face-off.
b.As soon as the whistle went to stop the previous play.
c.The players have separated to go for a line change.
d.If there was a penalty, then after the penalty has been assessed.
e.The official conducting the face-off tells the official conducting the line change to start the line change procedure.
​Answer: c., d.
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HTRH: The Quiz Book's Question 146
Learning from Eachother...
-Situation-Error-Question-
The referee is watching the play cycle around the end zone while using the end zone positioning. As the puck moves around, the referee moves to the top of the circle then the bottom then to the middle and continues this movement as the puck cycles. The question is: how much should the referee move while the play cycles around the end zone?
-What we Learned-
The short answer is: limit your movement to when you must move.
The longer answer is: moving too much is called happy feet. Happy feet increases the risk of bad sight lines, being out of position and it expends energy needlessly. Therefore, only move between home base, half-piston, and at-the-net when the play makes you move. between home base, half-piston, and at-the-net
For example, if the play is cycling around the end zone on the far side from the referee, then the referee can set-up at half-piston and just watch with minimal movement. In this example, the referee would only leave the half-piston position if:
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the puck leaves the zone (the referee follows the play up the ice),
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comes to their side of the ice (go back to home base),
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or goes to the net (go to an at-the-net position).
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