Icing waved off: the defender could have played it

What happens

1. 0.1 s
   Ice: Home #4 has the puck in Home's own half of the ice (behind the centre red line).
   USAH 624 Note: the point of last contact decides whether a potential icing exists
2. 1.0 s
   Ice: Home #4 fires the puck from his own end toward the Away goal line.
   USAH 624(a)
3. 1.1 s
   Official: Back linesperson raises the non-whistle arm over the head: possible icing.
   Clock: Running.
   USAH Official Signals: Icing (2021-25 book p.365)
4. 3.0 s
   Ice: Away #2 is right in the puck's path and lets it go by without playing it.
   USAH 624(b)(5)
5. 3.9 s
   Ice: The puck crosses the Away goal line.
6. 4.0 s
   Official: Linesperson gives the washout signal: no icing, because Away #2 had a chance to play the puck and did not.
   Clock: Never stopped. There was no whistle.
   Scoresheet: Nothing to record.
   USAH 624(b)(5) USAH Official Signals: Washout (p.367)
7. 6.0 s
   Ice: Play goes on. Away #2 retrieves the puck. If icing had been called, the face-off would have been at an end-zone spot in Home's defending zone.
   USAH 624(a)

Rules behind this play

• USAH 624(a) Shooting the puck from your own half all the way across the opponent's goal line is icing. Play stops and the face-off goes to the icing team's defending zone. USA Hockey 2021-25 Official Rules & Casebook, p.195
• USAH 624(b)(5) Icing is cancelled if, in the linesperson's judgment, an opposing player other than the goalkeeper could have played the puck and did not. same, p.195
• USAH 624(b)-(c) (2025-29 changes) For 2025-29: Youth 15-Only and older and Girls 16U and older may ice the puck while shorthanded, and if officials call icing in error the face-off goes to centre ice. These two changes do not affect this play. USA Hockey 2025-29 Playing Rule Change Summary (eff. Aug 1, 2025)

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