Marty wrote:Curious if the same policies on goal judges are in-place for boys and girls hockey ?
With tightening budgets and most sports being a negative on cash flow ... adding costs is not feasible in today's HS sports budgets.
The actually cost paid by each athlete will continue to increase as school boards are held accountable for budgets and put more of the expense back on those actually participating.
Guidelines are the same for boys and girls.
Bottom line, goal judges are not readily available for all section games. The games I've attended have had them, but not all do. Week night HS games are not all that easy to get people to do the job.
As for directions, the goal judge is instructed to turn on the light when the puck completely crosses the line. Nothing more, nothing less. If the on ice official has a question, they give their view.
College level season games have started going without goal judges when using 4 person officiating crews. Cost is a factor, and I assume they feel 4 sets of eyes should be sufficient.
As long as we have *people* officiating, there will be someone feeling slighted. There are very few people willing to have a positive impact on that part of the game, yet we all feel the striped shirts should be perfect every second of every game. That's just not possible in any sport.
Take a look at this thread title. Says a lot about where the fan base stands on controversial issues.. The finger is rarely pointed at a weakness of a team, player, coach or missed opportunities during said game..
Responsibility rarely goes on anyone's shoulders other than the official.. That said, as with any form of work there's a wide spectrum of people involved. I would have to assume people working section games have proven their worth during the season and over the course of time..