Communication between on-ice & off-ice officials

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Originally Posted by RefWEB

One technique is to keep the referee at the bench until you understand what he's asking.

Have you seen this manual? It also offers some tips for getting the officials' attention...http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/d..._Manual_1_.pdf.

I assume you have probably already read it...you seem like you take your job very seriously, and I applaud you for that. A great set of off-officials is one less thing a referee has to worry about.

For clarification, the officials' signals in the book linked above are for Senior/adult level games. I assist with a Junior Tier 3 Team, & the signal for Checking from Behind used is the same as pushing in basketball...palms out pushing out from the chest.

This is the first time I had seen an off-ice officials manual. All the information I had previously is from the USA Hockey Rulebook & USA Hockey Junior Rule book.