Paul Stewart: Positioning on Transitional Plays: 3 Keys

Why has the NHL not adopted having the officials wear radios? They do it in soccer and it's seamless. Granted, the pitch is much bigger than an ice rink, so it's probably harder to see something on the other side of the pitch, especially on fields with a high crown. It's gotta be better than having the R2 throw his arm up from 80' away when the R1 was on top of the play and saw it all the way.

I am not a skater, so hopefully someone can explain this to me:

A player is skating with the puck and is hooked around the wrist. He falls to the ice. Ref calls a hooking penalty.

Now my question- With todays power skating training programs, how does a hook to a wrist cause a pro hockey player to fall off his skates? Why are these calls not called embellishments? If a player can be taken off his skates that easily, why is he even in the pro game?

Thanks for the education.

I am not a skater, so hopefully someone can explain this to me:

A player is skating with the puck and is hooked around the wrist. He falls to the ice. Ref calls a hooking penalty.

Now my question- With todays power skating training programs, how does a hook to a wrist cause a pro hockey player to fall off his skates? Why are these calls not called embellishments? If a player can be taken off his skates that easily, why is he even in the pro game?

Thanks for the education.
- powerenforcer

Do you have a specific play in mind? I can think of a few reasons. One if it can pull you even a little off balance when you're in the middle of a stride your blade could bite into the ice and then momentum takes over and down you go, or the opposite can happen and your blade doesn't bite and you slip. But without knowing exactly what you're talking about it could absolutely be embellishment, or it could just be plain physics and nothing to do with how strong of a skater a certain player may be or any permutation thereof.

the permutantions

I second the radio idea.
It's nothing groundbreaking, just makes it easier for the on ice officials to communicate.
It should be only for the 4 officials. If the 'upstairs' or 'brass' ever got involved it would be a cluster-flop of epic hindsight and egos.

I second the radio idea.
It's nothing groundbreaking, just makes it easier for the on ice officials to communicate.
It should be only for the 4 officials. If the 'upstairs' or 'brass' ever got involved it would be a cluster-flop of epic hindsight and egos.
- OrrFour

Yeah, the on-ice officials only. They can go over to the box to do their replays.