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Feb 26, 2010 -
NCAA Clarifies Faceoff Location When Teams Refuse to Play Puck in Hand Pass & High Stick Situations

INTERPRETATIONS
Situation 1: Team A player contacts the puck with a high stick in the Team A attacking zone. Another Team A player elects not to play the puck to avoid the stoppage of play, and the opposing team also abstains from playing the puck. How should this be handled and where is the subsequent faceoff location?
NCAA Interpretation: The Referee shall stop play and order the resulting faceoff at one of the face-off spots in the offending team's (Team A) defending zone.

Situation 2: Team A player bats the puck with an open hand in the Team A attacking zone. Another Team A player elects not to play the puck to avoid the stoppage of play, and the opposing team also abstains from playing the puck. How should this be handled and where is the subsequent faceoff location?
NCAA Interpretation: The Referee shall stop play and order the resulting face-off at one of the faceoff spots in the offending team's (Team A) defending zone.

Feb 15, 2010 -
HECC ANNOUNCES DECERTIFICATION OF ALL WARWICK MASK AND EQUIPMENT INC.'S FACE MASKS AND HELMETS
The Hockey Equipment Certification Council has decertified all face masks and helmets manufactured and sold by Warwick Mask and Equipment Inc. HECC believes that up to 100 face mask/helmet goalie combinations were sold by Warwick placing counterfeit HECC stickers on them and without having submitted the product to HECC certification. Although some helmets were later certified, there is so much confusion in the marketplace about which helmets are truly certified and which are not, that HECC has determined that it must decertify all Warwick equipment.
Click Here to access the HECC web site for additional information.

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