JohnHopkins
12-22-2000, 03:19 AM
Just thought I'd toss in my $.02 worth.
There has been some discussion recently about having a uniform set of rules for inline hockey, from the pros to college to high school and youth levels.
It ain't gonna happen anytime soon!
Take a look at inline hockey's big brother, ice hockey.
The NHL has its own set of playing rules. Well, so does the NCAA. And USA Hockey. And CHA. I'm sure there are differences in the rules of Major Junior Hockey's three leagues, the OHL, QMJHL and WHL. Not to mention the Canadian colleges.
For instance: Two-line passes are not allowed in the NHL and in Canada's youth leagues. However, USA Hockey allows for 2-line passes, so long as the pass isn't completed in the attacking zone. (It would be offside)
Here's my favorite in the USA Hockey rulebook: A player coming out of his penalty box (or his replacement, if the player goes directly to the players' bench) isn't allowed to play the puck out of his defending zone until it is played in the neutural zone by another player UNLESS he tags up at his defending team's blue line.
Let me use NHL teams as an example:
Scenario 1: The Kings, on the power play, have the puck in the Sabres' zone as the penalty to Buffalo's Rob Ray ends. Ray comes out of the penalty box and dashes towards the Sabres zone. Before he gets there, Rhett Warriner clears the puck to the neutural zone. Ray, who has not entered the Buffalo zone, plays the puck. The play is blown down by the officials, because he has failed to "tag up".
Scenario 2: First sentence is the same. Ray enters the Buffalo zone, steals the puck off of Lubomir Visnovsky's stick, and heads towards the LA net. This is a leagal play, because Ray has played the puck in his zone. The same would be true if he had entered his zone and received a pass from, say, Chris Gratton. He was IN HIS ZONE.
Sceneario 3 (and the last): The Kings, on the power play, have the puck in the Sabres' zone as the penalty to Buffalo's Rob Ray ends. Ray charges out of the penalty box. The Sabres intercept a pass and carry the puck into the neutural zone. A pass is sent to Ray, who never tagged at his blue line, and he goes into the LA zone and scores (a miracle in itself, but I digress). The goal counts, because the puck had been controlled by someone in the neutural zone. Ray doesn't have to tag up in this situation.
remember, this is USA Hockey rules, using NHL teams and players to make the scenario a little easier to understand.
WHY does USA Hockey have this rule in place? Beats me. The rule book doesn't explain this. My guess is becasue we don't use the 2-line pass rule; it prevents a player from jumping out of the sin bin, undetected by the other team's defense, and cheating to the opponent's blue line, looking for a cheap clearing pass.
One more (quick) example: An ordinary, run-of-the-mill high sticking penalty in the NHL carries a minor penalty. In USA Hockey, it carries a minor penalty as well. HOWEVER, New York State added an additional 10-minute misconduct to any minor high-sticking penalty several years ago. So you have to deal with regional rules as well.
If it's like this in the established game of ice hockey, I don't think we'll see consistent rules in roller hockey either.
Sincerely,
John Hopkins
Buffalo Wings
Sincerely,
John Hopkins
Buffalo Wings
There has been some discussion recently about having a uniform set of rules for inline hockey, from the pros to college to high school and youth levels.
It ain't gonna happen anytime soon!
Take a look at inline hockey's big brother, ice hockey.
The NHL has its own set of playing rules. Well, so does the NCAA. And USA Hockey. And CHA. I'm sure there are differences in the rules of Major Junior Hockey's three leagues, the OHL, QMJHL and WHL. Not to mention the Canadian colleges.
For instance: Two-line passes are not allowed in the NHL and in Canada's youth leagues. However, USA Hockey allows for 2-line passes, so long as the pass isn't completed in the attacking zone. (It would be offside)
Here's my favorite in the USA Hockey rulebook: A player coming out of his penalty box (or his replacement, if the player goes directly to the players' bench) isn't allowed to play the puck out of his defending zone until it is played in the neutural zone by another player UNLESS he tags up at his defending team's blue line.
Let me use NHL teams as an example:
Scenario 1: The Kings, on the power play, have the puck in the Sabres' zone as the penalty to Buffalo's Rob Ray ends. Ray comes out of the penalty box and dashes towards the Sabres zone. Before he gets there, Rhett Warriner clears the puck to the neutural zone. Ray, who has not entered the Buffalo zone, plays the puck. The play is blown down by the officials, because he has failed to "tag up".
Scenario 2: First sentence is the same. Ray enters the Buffalo zone, steals the puck off of Lubomir Visnovsky's stick, and heads towards the LA net. This is a leagal play, because Ray has played the puck in his zone. The same would be true if he had entered his zone and received a pass from, say, Chris Gratton. He was IN HIS ZONE.
Sceneario 3 (and the last): The Kings, on the power play, have the puck in the Sabres' zone as the penalty to Buffalo's Rob Ray ends. Ray charges out of the penalty box. The Sabres intercept a pass and carry the puck into the neutural zone. A pass is sent to Ray, who never tagged at his blue line, and he goes into the LA zone and scores (a miracle in itself, but I digress). The goal counts, because the puck had been controlled by someone in the neutural zone. Ray doesn't have to tag up in this situation.
remember, this is USA Hockey rules, using NHL teams and players to make the scenario a little easier to understand.
WHY does USA Hockey have this rule in place? Beats me. The rule book doesn't explain this. My guess is becasue we don't use the 2-line pass rule; it prevents a player from jumping out of the sin bin, undetected by the other team's defense, and cheating to the opponent's blue line, looking for a cheap clearing pass.
One more (quick) example: An ordinary, run-of-the-mill high sticking penalty in the NHL carries a minor penalty. In USA Hockey, it carries a minor penalty as well. HOWEVER, New York State added an additional 10-minute misconduct to any minor high-sticking penalty several years ago. So you have to deal with regional rules as well.
If it's like this in the established game of ice hockey, I don't think we'll see consistent rules in roller hockey either.
Sincerely,
John Hopkins
Buffalo Wings
Sincerely,
John Hopkins
Buffalo Wings