Whats icing in hockey?

Question

and how do refs call if off?

Answer 1

Icing in ice hockey occurs when a player shoots the puck across both the red line and the opposing team's goal line without the puck going into the net. If any player touches the puck after it passes the red line the icing is waved off. When icing occurs, a linesman stops play. Play is resumed with a faceoff in the defending zone of the team that committed the infraction.

In European professional leagues, some lower-level professional North American professional leagues (ECHL and Central Hockey League), and most amateur leagues worldwide, play is stopped for icing once the puck crosses the goal line. This is called automatic or no-touch icing.

In the NHL and AHL, along with many North American professional leagues, a player on the opposing team other than the goaltender must touch the puck to cause the stoppage of play. If the puck is first touched by the goaltender or a player on the team that iced the puck, icing is washed out (canceled) and play continues. The icing rule can lead to high-speed races for the puck. While an icing call is pending, the linesman raises an arm to indicate that a potential icing call may be made. If the icing is washed out, the official lowers his arm and gives the washout signal (extending both arms sideways from the body at shoulder height).

Icing is always washed out in the following situations:

* The team committing the icing is shorthanded
* The linesman believes a player on the opposing team could have played the puck before it crossed the goal line.
* In the NHL, the linesman deems the icing is the result of an attempted receivable pass

Answer 2

Icing is when an opposing player shoots the puck from behind the center ice line, and it crosses the red line at the net. the team still has to touch the puck, but their goalie cannot. refs call it off if, the goalie touches it, a player on the other team touches it before it crosses the line, or if it is obviously an intended pass.

Answer 3

when the puck crosses the red and blue line and goes past the goalie's net, and the team that shoots the puck in doesn't touch the puck icing may be called, icing is waived off if it was a missed pass or if it is ruled a defender could have played the puck

Answer 4

I THINK ITS WHEN THE PUCK TRAVELS ACROSS TWO RED LINES