Work the Puck/Check

See this video:

   

  Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io 

 

To check out the Ultimate Officials Referee Camp, go [here].

"Go to Where the Puck Came From"

This advice might seem counter-intuitive, but when working the goal line, you want to (a) get the best sight lines, (b) stay out of harms way, and (c) maintain good sound position on the rink.

In this video example, watch what the ref does when the puck is passed his way...rather than stay there and (a) be too close to traffic and (b) maybe get in harms way, so (c) he doesn't see the "forest from the trees", he instead GOES TO WHERE THE PUCK CAME FROM...

(#11 - Kelly Sutherland)

Working the Puck at the Goal Line

Ultimate Officials Ref Campers will understand what I am talking about...(for more info, go [here]):

Watch the referee "work for the puck" to get the best sightline:

This is Being on the Net (literally)

Bill McCreary want to make sure (Almost every Red Wing is in the crease -- talk about collapsing to the net!)

Ref Goal Line Positioning

There is a lot of good that happens in this clip from Game 2 of the 2009 Finals:

1. Refeee Marc Joannette is right on the scene to watch the goal line.
2. Linesmen Jean Morin and Steve Miller HUSTLE in to stoppage.
3. They lock up with the original "combatants", namely #25 who stuck the goalie
4. Bill McCreary, the outside ref keeps ALL TEN of the players in front of him.