Goofy? Probably haha. Better? I disagree. The issue that comes with the 1R + 2L system is that the stuff behind the play isn't covered. Nor do you have someone to help the referee in the end zones (e.g. battles in the corners/slot). Ideally, I'd have with 2O or 2R + 2L as our only choices in USA Hockey. But for me 2R + 1L > 1R + 2L.
I am in Bantam and I played hockey for the last seven years and I always thought that it was easy and that the refs have one of the easiest things ever to do. But this year I didn't play hockey, so I reffed. And trust me, it's WAY harder then it looks.
there re a fair amount of diffrences in the modified 3 man for hockey canada. for example the 2 headman will start on the same side of the ice in a endzone on neautral zine face off. and the headman us mostly responsible for making the first offside call
It is always the deep official (referee) who blows the whistle to stop play. The linesman stop play for off sides, icing, hand pass, puck out of play, and too many men. Hope that helps, Chris
thts wat i thought, i was confused because of the guy below me tht saiud he was going to b using it for AAA games, idk if the rules about tht differ in canada or something, but i have only seen it at the college level locally, they still use traditional 3 man for the juniors where i am, i was just makin sure
It depends on the assigner. Some of them don't care at all, but if they are really into trying to help develop new and young officials, they should care a lot! The controlled stops, V-Stops, and Hockey Stops, put the referee in the best possible position (balance wise) to get good sight lines and stay out of the way of play. Practice these at the lower levels and it will help you when you do higher levels. It is during bantam, Midget, Jr, and college games where your positioning is important
How particular are assignors/evaluators about control stops? And what does it take for one to move up in the officiating ranks (outside of seminars of course ha)? Thanks ahead of time.
