LaxRef
05-09-2007, 07:20 PM
Interesting things from this season:
Shot hits the goalie's baggy shorts, kind of wraps up in the fabric and swings around the back of his leg, then swings back around to the front and pops out. He was standing right on the goal line, so it may have crossed the plane of the goal, but since it was completely covered by cloth I did not signal a goal. This may be one of the few times in human history when "he really took it in the shorts" has a positive connotation.
Team A keeper got a penalty, and they didn't have a backup goalie, so they switched the gear over to another player. But then they tried to sub the original goalie back in on the fly, and he didn't have a throat protector. Team B calls timeout and calls for an equipment check on the goalie (which I've never had before). He got 1:00 NR for not having a throat protector (required equipment for the goalie). I managed to remember the stick dimensions for a goalie crosse, and it passed.
Team A was out of timeouts near the end of the half when Team B scored. Team A coach asks for a quick refresher on the coach-requested equipment check rules. He's sure that the goal scorer has an illegal stick, but he doesn't want to call for the equipment check because he doesn't want to get a technical foul. All I can think is, "Wait, you have a chance to wipe out a goal and go man-up for 3:00 NR, and you don't want to call for the check because if you're wrong you'll be guilty of a technical foul and (since a faceoff is pending and no one has possession) Team B will get possession?" But, of course, I said nothing, because I don't coach during the game.
Team B head coach is late for the game, so I certify an assistant as head coach for the game. When the regular head coach shows during the game, he wants me to certify him so he can be the head coach. I tell him sorry, there's no provision for changing that mid-game (although I guess I'd have to if I tossed someone).
Player asks me to check his stick before the game. It's just over 5.75" across the top. I measure it repeatedly, then tell him to go bury the stick by the parking lot, because if I see it during the game I'm giving it 12:00 NR!
I worked the worst field ever. The surface was fine, but it was 11 yards from midfield to the top of the box, about 35 yards to the GLE, and about 10 yards to the endline. They were trying to get by without relining to take advantage of the girl's lines, which just doesn't work!
Shot hits the goalie's baggy shorts, kind of wraps up in the fabric and swings around the back of his leg, then swings back around to the front and pops out. He was standing right on the goal line, so it may have crossed the plane of the goal, but since it was completely covered by cloth I did not signal a goal. This may be one of the few times in human history when "he really took it in the shorts" has a positive connotation.
Team A keeper got a penalty, and they didn't have a backup goalie, so they switched the gear over to another player. But then they tried to sub the original goalie back in on the fly, and he didn't have a throat protector. Team B calls timeout and calls for an equipment check on the goalie (which I've never had before). He got 1:00 NR for not having a throat protector (required equipment for the goalie). I managed to remember the stick dimensions for a goalie crosse, and it passed.
Team A was out of timeouts near the end of the half when Team B scored. Team A coach asks for a quick refresher on the coach-requested equipment check rules. He's sure that the goal scorer has an illegal stick, but he doesn't want to call for the equipment check because he doesn't want to get a technical foul. All I can think is, "Wait, you have a chance to wipe out a goal and go man-up for 3:00 NR, and you don't want to call for the check because if you're wrong you'll be guilty of a technical foul and (since a faceoff is pending and no one has possession) Team B will get possession?" But, of course, I said nothing, because I don't coach during the game.
Team B head coach is late for the game, so I certify an assistant as head coach for the game. When the regular head coach shows during the game, he wants me to certify him so he can be the head coach. I tell him sorry, there's no provision for changing that mid-game (although I guess I'd have to if I tossed someone).
Player asks me to check his stick before the game. It's just over 5.75" across the top. I measure it repeatedly, then tell him to go bury the stick by the parking lot, because if I see it during the game I'm giving it 12:00 NR!
I worked the worst field ever. The surface was fine, but it was 11 yards from midfield to the top of the box, about 35 yards to the GLE, and about 10 yards to the endline. They were trying to get by without relining to take advantage of the girl's lines, which just doesn't work!