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The team receiving that penalty is not going to be very supportive in your decision when you’re removing that player from the game however the standard is set and in the long-term that team knows in the future that hit is unacceptable and that you have the courage to make that call for player safety.
The most important part of officiating is to make sure your standard is the same from game to game. The game in front of you may be played differently. However, your line in the sand for player safety cannot be moved up or down because of the style and tempo of the game, whether it’s the first minute or heading into overtime.
Player safety is issue No. 1. Putting that as the rule will give you credibility and, above all, the people in charge of advancement will look at your consistency from one year to another, which will allow you to advance in the ranks.
About Referees Crease LLC
Referees Crease LLC is an Ice Hockey Officiating Scheduling and Development Company that provides officials to leagues from youth hockey to Single A Professional Hockey.
We are currently looking for new officials for the start of the 2018-19 hockey season. No experience is needed. We are looking for ex-players who played at the high school through professional ranks.
We have already started the process. The USA Hockey seminars for certification are now online. Go to https:// www.usahockey. com/officials. We also provide free follow up classroom and ice sessions throughout the year. A majority of the games and classroom sessions will be held in the Foxboro Wilmington-Marlboro Massachusetts area, with several additional venues in the Connecticut, Eastern N.Y., Buffalo, N.Y. areas, and in the Atlantic District (New Jersey-Pennsylvania).
For those officials who are currently USA Registered or Members of National Ice Hockey Officials Association (NIHOA), who are interested in advancing to the junior and collegiate levels, we have several tournaments starting in April each year at the midget and junior levels that will include secondary training on player safety, game management, and on-ice mechanics for all officiating systems.
After successful completion of the classes, you will be added to the staffs at the junior level to the United States Premier. Hockey League and the Eastern Hockey League, which are the training the training leagues for the Atlantic Hockey Association. I will also add you to the staffs of College Hockey America, a Division 1 women’s league, and the following men’s leagues; the Division 2 Northeast 10 and at the Division 3 the New England Hockey Conference and the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference. Eugene Binda is the President of Referees Crease LLC assigning and developing ice hockey officials in the East since 1982. He can be reached at gene@refcrease.com.
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