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IIHF INLINE HOCKEY

Referee Training

2Center Surface Face-off Procedure

Start of game / goal scored

Center Face-off Alignment

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End Zone Play Alignment

End-zone referee on goal line or just in front of line – not behind

High-zone referee – inside attacking zone no deeper then highest attacking player

4High Zone Face-off Procedure

High Zone Alignment

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Goal Scored

Goal line referee points and blows goal, reports goal, then waits for center spot face-off.

High zone referee retrieves puck, monitors player change, controls line change, executes center spot face-off.

6End Zone Face-off

End Zone Face-Off Alignment

7Line Change ProcedureFace-off away from benches

Line Change Alignment

8Line Change Procedure

Face-off same side as benches

Line Change Alignment

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Off-Side Pass

Good eye communication between referees

If one referee points, other referee must wash or whistle

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Power Play Tag-Up

PowerPlay

Goal

Short-handed Team

Power Play Team

Low referee points towards PP Team zone watching until last player tags-up at centre line

High referee backwards skates into PP Team zone but not too deep…

go to goal line if a hard fore-checker

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Shoot-Out Alignment #1

Home

Visitor

Home zone – visiting team shoots first

Deep referee just in front of goal line – his whistle starts play

Outside referee places puck at centre floor then skates between player benches

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2Benches

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Home

Visitor

Shoot-Out Alignment #2

Visitor zone – home team shoots second

Referees switch ends – 2-puck system for shoot-out

Both ends – referee washes “no goal” or points “goal”

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Benches

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Blank

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