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Regan Wilson was profiled in today’s ODT:
http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/ice-hockey/8 … playing-nz
Congrats Regan.
Taupo: http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/new-zeala … a-in-Taupo
Ambitious.
Final stats etc from the dihl here: http://dunedinicehockey.hellyer.kiwi/spring-dihl-finals/
Congrats to Jets and Superfly on their victories.
That was punishment dished out by the schools. Nothing to do with our disciplinary panel.
I should note, anyone who wants to appeal a decision of the disciplinary panel can do so to the board of directors.
I’m not aware of the panel ever giving out a 3 game ban, I think one game is the longest we’ve given to date.
"Active":37e5usxg wrote:I think that if you were born before a certain year ( 30 something years ago) you are not required to wear face protection. I cant remmember what year but all I know is that I qualify. I have mashed my teeth before with a face guard on by been hit from below in an upwards direction
[/quote:37e5usxg]I think that was a political compromise when they bought the visor rule in. Essentially, to stop the current players from revolting, they agreed that the rule would never apply to them, only future players.
"Ryan":37e5usxg wrote:Ah, you are referring to the IIHF visor rule which is not applicable in New Zealand as visors are compulsory across the board here. I was referring to the full face protection rule which is set to 18 and applies in NZ too.
[/quote:37e5usxg]The NZIHF events manual is remarkably unclear on this point:
The IIHF rules regarding safety shall apply, i.e. rule numbers:-
223 -Players Helmet.
During the game and pre-game warm-up, all players must wear a hockey helmet that meets approved international standards, with chin strap properly fastened.
A helmet shall be worn so that the lower edge of the helmet is not more than one finger-width above the eyebrows, and there should only be room between the strap and the chin to insert one finger.224-Players Visor.
Players in Senior Men?s Championship shall wear, as a minimum, a visor that meets approved international standards.
The visor shall extend down to cover the lower edge of the nose.I’d be dubious to interpret that as NZ specific rules, more that it is a bad transcription of the IIHF rules (which we follow).
"vpatrol":1ec47uxt wrote:1.) As an adult, you have a say as to what is acceptable risk for you.
[/quote:1ec47uxt]But not as an adult female apparently. And only in a couple of areas as an adult male.
If it made logical sense in some way, that’d be great, but it doesn’t,
I do wish ice hockey equipment rules made some sort of sense.
If a neck guard is important to protect my son’s neck, why isn’t it important to protect my own?
If a cage is needed for any female player, why don’t all males have to wear one?
If the mouthguard is only there to protect your teeth, why do you have to wear one behind a cage?
People would be more likely to follow them and they’d be easier to enforce if they made consistent sense.
"Ryan":2wc8213a wrote:According to Kyle, no one has been punished for the fights that broke out last week.Any ideas on how that works? I always thought that fighting was banned, therefore anyone who was caught doing it was automatically ejected from the league. Or have I misunderstood something in the rules?
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All players were sent to a disciplinary panel hearing last night which decided to apply no further punishment. I haven’t seen the report yet from the chair so can’t comment any further. There’s no set punishment under our rules, part of the advantage of the hearing is that it avoids automatic bans on the ice.
Typically fighting would lead to a ban, but it depends on the individual circumstances of the event.
There was a disciplinary hearing last night arising from last week’s game and all three players have had no further punishment applied, so are available for the final week.
"jamrock":2tjclge1 wrote:fighting shouldn’t be punished in the nzihl unless its a 5minute penalty.I love it and it makes the game interesting, seeing fighting on ice is quite cool and taking part is also fun.
[/quote:2tjclge1]this would involve the nzihl not using the iihf rules, which is a pretty big change. even if the players wanted it I doubt the referees would agree to do it.
Report and stats etc on DIHL week 6 is on the web site:
