New Facemask Rule

[scoop85]

The NCAA passed a welcome new rule making placing a hand on an opponent's face mask only a minor penalty; we saw the previous ridiculous rule resulting in a 5 minute major last year in the NCAAs when Walsh face washed a BU kid.

[Trotsky]

I hope they return discretion to the ref.  There are times when it's a major when they reach in and yank it.

In general automatic penalties are stoopid.

[scoop85]

I hope they return discretion to the ref.  There are times when it's a major when they reach in and yank it.

In general automatic penalties are stoopid.

Yanking or twisting the face mask is still a 5 minute major, as it should be.

[upprdeck]

They pretty much discussed at the convention that it should never have been called as a penalty during our game.

[Iceberg]

The NCAA passed a welcome new rule making placing a hand on an opponent's face mask only a minor penalty; we saw the previous ridiculous rule resulting in a 5 minute major last year in the NCAAs when Walsh face washed a BU kid.

The same thing happened to Kovich even a few months before at Princeton and that resulted in a goal against. Strange to have it called twice in a season

[Trotsky]

They pretty much discussed at the convention that it should never have been called as a penalty during our game.

The System^(TM) works.

[Dafatone]

The NCAA passed a welcome new rule making placing a hand on an opponent's face mask only a minor penalty; we saw the previous ridiculous rule resulting in a 5 minute major last year in the NCAAs when Walsh face washed a BU kid.

The same thing happened to Kovich even a few months before at Princeton and that resulted in a goal against. Strange to have it called twice in a season

If I remember, the Princeton announcers commented on how they'd seen that call a lot this season.

[Trotsky]

The NCAA passed a welcome new rule making placing a hand on an opponent's face mask only a minor penalty; we saw the previous ridiculous rule resulting in a 5 minute major last year in the NCAAs when Walsh face washed a BU kid.

The same thing happened to Kovich even a few months before at Princeton and that resulted in a goal against. Strange to have it called twice in a season

If I remember, the Princeton announcers commented on how they'd seen that call a lot this season.

IIRC they said "we have seen that a lot this year after never seeing it before at all."

[stereax]

The NCAA passed a welcome new rule making placing a hand on an opponent's face mask only a minor penalty; we saw the previous ridiculous rule resulting in a 5 minute major last year in the NCAAs when Walsh face washed a BU kid.

::cheer::
Stupid rule to autocall to begin with. Discretion is needed when you're getting jumped on the ice.