Who Should Review Goals in College Hockey?

One of the most dreaded statements in college hockey, “the play is under review.” This is when the gong show starts. One of the discussions to come up this season in college hockey is who should review goals. The on-ice officials or another official that’s not on the ice.

I am for option two. What do you thing?

Who reviews the plays in question?

There’s an easy solution to this problem. It’s really is simple to fix. During most National Collegiate Hockey Conference games, a supervisor of officials sits in the press box. That league official is already at the game to supervise his officials. Here’s a suggestion. Put him to work, and he can review the goals and the major penalties.

There’s another solution to this problem. I discussed this briefly last week. Division I college hockey needs to have a Situation Room, too. Take the decision out of the on-ice official’s hands. The decision would be left to a few people and you would end up with consistency, like the NHL. This is something I would like to see the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee give careful consideration. It’s that simple to fix and it seems like a no-brainer.

If college hockey used the option above, you might cut down on these debacles.