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Question

Im confused with a bunch of stuff with hockey

one thing is, whats offsides?

next is, icing, is icing when you pass it to the other side when no ones there, im a tad confused on that.

lastly, I know what a +/- is, but does it really show a good defensive player??

Answer 1

M_and_J_1218 is the most accurate. There is also delayed offside - when an offensive player is still in the zone and the puck goes out of the zone and comes back in, but is then picked up by a defender, there is a delayed offside until all offensive players then clear the zone and come back in.

Icing occurs when an offensive players shoots the puck from his side of the red (center) line and it crosses the goal line, it is icing if the defensive player, other than the goalie, then touches the puck first. However the ref can call off icing if he feels like a defender did not make a fair effort to reach the puck before it crossed the goal line or could have touched it as it went by him. (in other words the defender let it go to try to get an icing call). Icing is suspended during a Power Play for the team that is a man down.

+/- is a fair indicator of a players worth, but all it really means is he was on the ice when either his team scored (+) or the opposing team scored (-).

Answer 2

Offsides: the puck has to cross the blue line going into the zone before any of the players... and if the puck leaves, the players have to leave before they can come back... it's so that the team can't just leave someone down there and the team pass the puck all the way down the ice and score before the other team can get back. it makes it harder for the players because they have to worry about where the puck is and where they can go... the home team can't cross the blue line closest to the away goalie until the puck does... the away team can't cross the blue line closest to the home goalie until the puck does.

Icing is when you're trying to clear the puck out of your zone (if the other team is playing good offense by your goalie and you don't want the puck there anymore)... you're allowed to pass and take it out of your zone, but you're not allowed to send the puck all the way down to the other side when you don't have any players near there... and if you do, there's a face off in your zone by your goalie. But if the other team is on the power play (meaning your team got a penalty and you're playing a man down) then you're allowed to ice the puck... Again, it's to make the game harder... because you're not allowed just to get rid of the puck if it's in your zone... you need to actually take the puck and go with it. but if you're down a man, you already have enough of a disadvantage, so you're allowed to ice the puck then.

the +/-... I'd say it's sometimes a good measure of the defensemen... I mean, if there's a high minus, it can show that the defense lets a lot of pucks past him... but if it's just kinda in the middle it doesn't show much because the defense can't really control how well the offense scores.

Answer 3

Offsides is when a member from the team that is on offense crosses into the offensive zone (the zone of the other team). Icing is when a player of the team in control of the puck passes the puck down the ice and it passes the the goal line (The red line closest to the end boards). Now, the ref's can call off the icing if a member from the defensive team has a chance to touch the puck and avoid doing so. If the call for icing is going to be made and a member from the team that ices the puck touches the puck first, the icing is waved off as well. as for the +/-, can't help you on that one cause i don't fully understand it either, lol.

Answer 4

Offiside - If an attacking player crosses the blue line of the other team before the puck does, then he is offside. However, if the player straddles the blue line, one foot on either side of the line, then he is not offside.

Icing - If you shoot the puck in from your half of the rink into the oppositions end and it goes behind the goal line, if it is touched first by a member of your team it is NOT icing, if it is touched by the other team it IS Icing. This is a confusing rule!

+/- is pretty subjective. You can have a great defensive player, but if he is on the ice when goals are scored then he gets a big minus number. I think +/- shows good teams rather than good individual players (personally).

Answer 5

1) offsides is when one player goes into the opponents zone and a teammate then brings the puck in
2)Icing is when you shoot the puck into the other side of the ice (from behind the red line to past the blue line near the goalie net) and there are no teammates in the line of where you shot and the other team gets to it before you do
3)In my opinion no, because first of all, it shows the lines overall performance, not the individual. Also, if your line scores 2 goals all season, but allows 8 (which is great) you would be -5

Answer 6

Offsides is when a man is over the blue line before the puck. If it was not there guys would just sit there and wait for the puck and a one on one.
Icing is when one team dumps the puck into the other teams end from there side of the blue line.
Lastly I think the +/- system is a good way to judge a defensive player but there are other things to also consider. (who they are paired up with, who they played against, ect...)

Answer 7

Offsides is where a player crosses into the other teams zone before the puck does.

Icing is where the puck is put behind the opponents goal from your zone. If the other team touches it first it is icing.

+,- is a decent indicator of a good defender, but like all stats, a player can be good without neccesarily having good stats.