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This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  For a linesman, calling icing is perhaps not as straightforward as it might seem based on the rulebook. Sure, when a player shoots the puck from behind his or her […]

This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  To properly call off-sides requires good positioning, as well as having a proper understanding or feel for the rules surrounding off-sides. Linesmen need to be sure to always arrive at […]

This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  If you have the goal of making it to the NHL, you need to make fitness a top priority. The reality is that the game has changed. If you watch […]

This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  An asset to consider in your growth as an official is your appearance and comportment. Remember that being an official, you need to carry yourself professionally before, during, and after […]

This is an excerpt from our eBook – The Referee’s Manual. To learn through online courses from top officials – be sure to check out Team Stripes Academy.  This is perhaps one of the most difficult realities of becoming a top-level official in hockey. You need to be seen by evaluators and officiating managers who […]