What is going on here?

[LaxRef]

Of course, if you ever see anything close to this in a game, you should buy a lottery ticket on the way home.

We were down three men for a minute against CMU last Friday. That was the first time I had experienced that in a game I was involved in.

Back about 4 years ago when I was still playing my team went 4 men down.... to which the officials actually made us play with only 2 defenders on the field. Absolutely ridiculous situation!

But the correct ruling for NFHS. For NCAA, the penalties "stack" and you play 3-men down.

[beckner11]

Well this took place in the GRLC (MCLA) so it works with NCAA... not complaining cause I can now say that I've seen something that only about 30 other people will see for a long time (assuming referees are better trained now)

[LaxRef]

Well this took place in the GRLC (MCLA) so it works with NCAA... not complaining cause I can now say that I've seen something that only about 30 other people will see for a long time (assuming referees are better trained now)

Well, you still see this in HS. I haven't had it this year, but last year or the year before we had a team down 5 men: a goalie and one defender in the defensive end, plus 3 attackmen.

[Buc_em_up]

(In HS) What determines which side of the field a team has to pull people from if they have more than 3 penalties? In the scenario above there is 1 defender and three attackmen, what is stopping that team from switching to be 1 attackman and 3 defenders?

[Chris Larson]

You have to maintain 3 players on the attack half of the field (otherwise it's another penalty). Therefore, you exhaust the middies and the defensemen first when stacking.

Same thing applies to a single man down. You don't play with 2 attack and 6 in front of the goalie, right?

[LaxRef]

(In HS) What determines which side of the field a team has to pull people from if they have more than 3 penalties? In the scenario above there is 1 defender and three attackmen, what is stopping that team from switching to be 1 attackman and 3 defenders?

See:

A team is not considered to be offside when four players or more of the same team are in the penalty area That team is required to have three players in the goal half of the field and the remainder of its players in the defensive half of the field at all times. No penalty shall result from the failure of the team to have the required number of players in the defensive half of the field when this situation exists.

[Buc_em_up]

thanks!

[Jac Coyne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Mm58cOX64

Go to the 1:02 mark and start.

I'd probably call a ward...

[LaxRef]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Mm58cOX64

Go to the 1:02 mark and start.

I'd probably call a ward...

I'd probably call IP for playing without a stick, plus a flagrant misconduct/expulsion to put them two men down.

[DRich17]

In the case of say 4 men getting penalties in NCAA, B1,2, and 3 are serving in the box, when they are released, B4 doesnt come and take a knee there does he? I thought one of the three original penalized players sits B4's penalty out. Is this the case?

And that deal with the NHFS is absurd. Realistically speaking, doesn't the ref blow the whistle to stop play after the 4th or 5th man slashes? It seems like there is a similar situation in college when the same man slashes 3 or 4 times, the ref will stop play. (Unfortunately I have had that happened to me!)

[SchmittyBU22]

The worst I have ever seen, is Last year a team we were playing got 4 penalties on one play. 3 slash and 1 personal 2 min NR.

[LaxRef]

In the case of say 4 men getting penalties in NCAA, B1,2, and 3 are serving in the box, when they are released, B4 doesnt come and take a knee there does he? I thought one of the three original penalized players sits B4's penalty out. Is this the case?

Nope. See:

A.R. 1. A1, A2, A3 and A4 receive one-minute releasable penalties which are all reported
during the same dead ball. A1, A2 and A3 begin to serve their penalties at the same time,
while A4 waits in the bench area immediately next to the scorer's table but not in the
special-substitution area. Team A restarts play with seven players on the field. (1) Team
B scores a goal after 30 seconds. (2) Team B does not score a goal in the next minute.
RULING: (1) A1, A2 and A3 are released, and A4 begins serving his one-minute
penalty. (2) A1 and A2 may enter the field. A3 must exit to the bench area, and A4 steps
into the special-substitution area and begins serving his penalty. Team A is now playing
with nine players on the field. A3 may now substitute into the game in the normal manner,
if desired.

And that deal with the NHFS is absurd. Realistically speaking, doesn't the ref blow the whistle to stop play after the 4th or 5th man slashes? It seems like there is a similar situation in college when the same man slashes 3 or 4 times, the ref will stop play. (Unfortunately I have had that happened to me!)

According to the rules, we're supposed to let play continue. But I agree that if it's completely out of hand then we should stop play in the name of safety.

[ritzy]

According to the rules, we're supposed to let play continue. But I agree that if it's completely out of hand then we should stop play in the name of safety.

Wouldn't this be a good time to suspend play?

NCAA Rule 4-26: An official may suspend play at his discretion.

[LaxRef]

According to the rules, we're supposed to let play continue. But I agree that if it's completely out of hand then we should stop play in the name of safety.

Wouldn't this be a good time to suspend play?

NCAA Rule 4-26: An official may suspend play at his discretion.

Just because you can suspend play at your discretion doesn't mean people aren't going to give you a hard time if they think you picked a bad time to do it!

[ritzy]

Just because you can suspend play at your discretion doesn't mean people aren't going to give you a hard time if they think you picked a bad time to do it!

me thinks people giving officials a hard time is nothing new. If a particular play is turning into a hack-fest, I think that a "safety-first" approach says stop play.

We've been quoting the NCAA book, but I would think that this is increasingly true as the ages of the players decreases.