Shot end of period April 30, 2018 Rule 4 0 Forum Questions End of the 2nd period, under 10 seconds in the period and TEAM A has a player in the penalty box that will carry over into 3rd period. TEAM B has possession of the ball in its’ offensive half of the field between the restraining line and mid-line and the coach is yelling to his player to “HOLD THE BALL”. TEAM B player sees the clock ticking down, then inexplicably heaves the ball toward the goal with about 2 seconds on the clock...TEAM B coach loses his mind at this point but that's an aside to this story. Here’s the key— The shot is still in the air as the horn sounds, misses the goal and goes out of bounds with a TEAM B player backing up the shot. Question: Is TEAM B entitled to possession to start the 2nd half in this scenario? Is the shot not a shot anymore once the horn sounds? Does the new end-of-period shot rule have any affect on this decision? We started the 3rd period with a man-down face-off because a shot in flight is a loose ball and no one was in possession when the horn sounded to end the period. Did we do this correctly? My partner and I discussed it extensively at halftime. Question File Add new DuBan's Answer: Visual Text Kratz's Answer: Visual Text McCarrick's Answer: Visual Text This crew made the correct call. A shot in flight is still a shot until it comes to rest; ( 4-5 art 9 pg 37) if a goal had been scored a good goal. (4-7 pg 40) However, due to the fact that Team B does not have "possession" of the ball when the horn sounds, we must have a face-off to begin the 3rd period. (4-5 art 3 & art. 7 pg 37) Riti's Answer: Visual Text Tyma's Answer: Visual Text Answer File Question Answered Yes No
