need a ruling

[Danny Hogan]

Team A defender de-sticks his opponent, the ball stays in the Team B offensive player's stick while on the ground. The defender, with his stick flips the offensive player's stick and ball out of bounds without touching the ball.

Team A's ball?

[Jolly Roger]

Check player B's stick. Probably pinched or has a pull string.

[laxfan25]

Very interesting situation. At first I was leaning toward's giving it to B, since A gave it the impetus to go out of bounds, but if the ball was in B's hands and A checked his stick and it went out - it would go to A, so I would say the same here - Team A ball.
As JR says - it might be worth a stick check as well!

[laxfan25]

I just bounced this off a fellow official as we sit here in Detroit waiting to go to Philly, He says that a loose stick is considered just part of the field, so it should go to B. He made the point, what if there was a loose ball and B had dropped his stick. A, in trying to pick up the ball, causes it to hit off of B's stick and go out of bounds. Should be B ball there.

[Sonny]

I just bounced this off a fellow official as we sit here in Detroit waiting to go to Philly, He says that a loose stick is considered just part of the field, so it should go to B. He made the point, what if there was a loose ball and B had dropped his stick. A, in trying to pick up the ball, causes it to hit off of B's stick and go out of bounds. Should be B ball there.

I've got the same opinion. Reinforced by several senior officials in Philadelphia this past weekend. Team A defender caused the ball to go out of bounds, Team B Ball.

[StrykerFSU]

That play sure sounds familiar Danny.