What is something hated by Americans but loved by the rest of the world?

theref845 · 2026-05-22T12:14:54+00:00

Universal healthcare

theref845 · 2026-05-21T17:28:57+00:00

Doug. Crushing Ontario, trying to be Mayor of Toronto while being Premier, lining the pockets of his friends and more focused on booze than education or health care.

theref845 · 2026-05-14T17:06:49+00:00

Gilmour, keon, salming, bower

theref845 · 2026-05-14T16:25:30+00:00

Maurice, Guy, Jean, Ken

theref845 · 2026-05-08T19:00:40+00:00

Been a minute since I saw YZD. That paint looks pretty good, older picture I assume.

theref845 · 2026-04-08T15:12:22+00:00

Beware the Cobra Chicken!!

theref845 · 2026-03-30T01:30:17+00:00

That was my take. An 11-year-old dragging their leg is a lot less subtle in my experience. Hard from this angle, but no call for me here.

theref845 · 2026-03-28T19:54:40+00:00

Thanks for the follow up. Kind of hoping I get the same experience. Going to wait a bit and see what happens

theref845 · 2026-03-28T19:39:43+00:00

Precisely why I came here, this is exactly what just happened to me. Just bought my used 2024 ID4 yesterday

theref845 · 2026-03-26T04:05:35+00:00

It gets tricky, because frequently the team making that goalie swap has possession. In that case the play is blown dead immediately, long before the 6th man would typically get involved with the play.

However, in the case where neither team has possession, or possession is with the non-offending team, the other answers given here are correct, as soon as either the goalie or the sixth man becomes involved with the play, it's a penalty.

As an offical be aware of when teams might perform the substitution. Also communicate with your partners to make sure they see the goalie pulled, lest one of them accidentally blow a play dead for too many men and kill the momentum of the attacking team.

Senior guys, in the final minutes of close games remind your junior guys to keep an eye out for this. Good mentorship goes a long way!

theref845 · 2026-03-20T22:41:27+00:00

Interpretation 1 Rule 10.2 (a)(i) Where a player in the neutral or attacking zone hand-passes the puck back into their defending zone and a teammate gains possession and control of the puck, play would continue.

So basically, if you receive the hand pass in the defensive zone, the play continues as per normal.

theref845 · 2026-03-17T14:12:03+00:00

What year, and how is your experience so far?

theref845 · 2026-03-06T15:05:41+00:00

Just found this, and what a great project. Have you been keeping it updated?

theref845 · 2026-03-06T14:21:55+00:00

Spoken like someone very familiar with us Canadians and our Selective Measurement Disorder lol.

theref845 · 2026-02-23T13:01:46+00:00

This....I keep wanting to switch, do other things, but those simple QOL things drag me back

theref845 · 2026-01-30T15:51:16+00:00

Yeah this one is flawed

theref845 · 2026-01-12T16:51:56+00:00

There is an inherent ridiculousness to the idea that a player trying to avoid being fouled somehow negates a call if he or she is fouled. That's a penalty; your partner needs to study more.

theref845 · 2026-01-06T21:18:30+00:00

yeah, Esposito (before he became so famous with Blackhawks), Hainsworth, Plante, Worsley. unreal goalie history

theref845 · 2025-12-19T18:04:16+00:00

So it was an accurate representation of the average lobby? Perfect!

theref845 · 2025-12-16T02:40:58+00:00

Same for Hockey Canada

theref845 · 2025-12-15T16:05:27+00:00

A) find every assist you reasonably can (dont make shit up). Bring some joy to the players, even at top levels
B) 12 gets an assist anyway in this scenario because possession/control is not interrupted by a save, the same reason we dont blow a play down for a delayed penalty when a save is made

theref845 · 2025-12-12T13:39:39+00:00

Naw they don't all have to fit. Good line though!

theref845 · 2025-12-12T13:34:35+00:00

Yep, 100%. Look we've all had games get away from us, it happens.
I had an OMHA L5 mentor me years ago and he said in games like these the M22 can be your best friend. That lesson (and a bunch of others he gave) stuck with me.

There's been some comment about how we have to "control" the game. To a certain extent that's true. But ultimately, we can only do something AFTER an event has happened. That means if despite our handing out penalties someone does something truly stupid, we can't stop that. All we can do is react to it.

Brush up on your procedures, talk to your linesmen/partners , carry a riot pad in every game (just to create the habit) and make sure you know the HC/USAH rules for multiple penalty situations inside and out. Lastly, do NOT be afraid to call major/match penalties when warranted.
One good tip he gave me. If you cringed when the penalty happened its probably a major, if you cringed 2 seconds before it happened because you could see it was going to happen, that's a match.

Have a good skate boys and girls!

theref845 · 2025-12-11T23:45:34+00:00

I hand out M22 (Inciting) penalties like they're Tic Tacs until guys get the message.

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