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Administrative
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Rule Changes
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Handbook Update Review
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Lottery!!!
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UPDATE CONTACT INFORMATION!!
PHONE NUMBER (HOME/WORK &
MOBILE
EMAIL
ADDRESS
DIRECT DEPOSIT FOR EVERYONE!
SPECIAL THANKS TO BILL NEBE FOR
COORDINATING THE FACILITIES!!!!
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and Mark OB
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Rick - OS
Mel - Shots
Mike Bray – Plus / Minus “home”
John Shaw - Plus / Minus “home”
Bruce – Plus / Minus “visitor”
Ken - Plus / Minus “visitor”
Cliff – Spotter
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http://nhldallas.weebly.com/
What is the best way to communicate
assignments???
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Horn at 16:00 to indicate start of warm-up
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Horn buzzer at 2:00 as warning of end of warm-up
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NO OTHER HORNS NECESSARY!!!!
 Continue to use the microphone / headset per Dave Baker
 Be Familiar with the clock reset with less than one minute, and ensure that all clock
changes are communicated to Buster upstairs!
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Rule 1.8 - Rink - The trapezoid area behind the
goals has been modified slightly (see diagram
below).
Rule 1.10 - Rink - The hash marks separating the
wingers outside the face-off circles has been
widened (see diagram below). However, this is
being tested during the pre-season games and a
decision on whether or not this will be utilized in
the regular season will be made following the preseason schedule. This change does NOT appear in
the Rule Book.
Go to the following website:
hitstraining.nhlofficiating.com
Login:
nhlofficial
Password: blackhawks
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Rule 1-10 - Rink - A dry scrape of the entire ice
surface will take place at the conclusion of the
third period and prior to the start of overtime
in tied games during the regular season. No
time needs to go up on the clock for this ice
resurfacing and players will remain on their
respective benches. Penalized players are to
remain in the penalty box. Teams will change
ends to start the overtime period.
5:00 goes up on the clock and wait for the OT
to start. No “intermission time” is needed.
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No longer a requirement to announce first 3
shoot-out skaters
No more shoot-out forms!!!!
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We all know that normal breaks occur at the first
even-strength, non-icing stoppage after 14:00, 10:00
and 6:00 each period. But if an unexpected delay
occurs say at 16:00 (glass breaks), the On-Ice
Officials can decide, based on how long they
anticipate the delay will be, to go to a commercial
break right away. In the past, this unscheduled
break would replace the last break of the period
(first stoppage after 6:00). From now on, the
unscheduled break (at 16:00 in this example) would
replace the next scheduled break (the one normally
taken at 14:00). Therefore, none of the other
scheduled breaks would be affected.
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Every Off-Ice Official will receive a complimentary
subscription to Game Center Live for the 2014-2015
season. NHL GameCenter LIVE™ is a subscription service
offering streaming video of live out-of-market, regular
season games, on-demand replays and more across multiple
devices. You can watch games on your personal computer,
on smart phones and on a variety of Internet connected
devices.
This will add another dimension to the resources available
to you. Watching other games, comparing stats by other
crews, can only assist us all in striving for consistency
throughout the league. I see this as an invaluable resource
for you as Off-Ice Officials.
Activation codes will be sent out shortly, and will be
required to activate.
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Review updates…
Sign last page and return to me
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We will strictly enforce the 10 game rule for
playoff assignments.
*Preseason games will count towards this total.
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Read through the Off-Ice officials handbook –
not a matter of just signing the code of conduct!
Read and be familiar with the NHL rulebook
Discuss and operationalize the NHL situation
book (on-going throughout the season)
Watch and re-watch the HITS training video
18 picking positions, 14 full rounds
13 full time crew members.
Alternates / Video GJ / CC / ATC1 / ATC2.
It is your responsibility to divide tickets based
upon games worked.
***12 seats/tix per game, 492 total tickets or 246
pair.
You are responsible for your tickets! Do not
lose them.