tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post562577002176794324..comments2023-10-20T04:45:00.350-06:00Comments on Coming Down the Pipe!: Sweden Got ScrewedGuy Flaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178739486819659419noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-36684771350161850132011-01-05T14:53:35.159-07:002011-01-05T14:53:35.159-07:00Usually it is the front linesman that chooses to w...Usually it is the front linesman that chooses to wave off an icing because he is usually the closest and in best position to judge. This wasn't the case here. Looking across the ice, he misjudged how close the defenceman was to the puck. Looking across the blueline, he didn't have a good angle to judge depth when the puck when behind the d-man. <br /><br />Second, it is a rule of thumb that when the player turns away from the puck, the linesman waves it off. This is because it is a common trick to try to make it look like you are skating hard but not able to reach for the puck. I don't think that's what the defenceman was doing here, but I'm sure that went through the linesman's head. <br /><br />I'm not trying to argue that he made the correct call here, but I hate to bury the linesman when people have to understand how many factors often go into making a decision very quickly. I've been a Junior A linesman and been in similar situations.<br /><br />In this case, he should have let the back linesman, who initiated the icing call, make the judgment if the d-man could have played the puck because he had a better angle on it. But a lot more goes into these calls than most people realize.Derek O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126016472764047665noreply@blogger.com