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Icing and offside in hockey: what the linesman is actually calling
Both rules exist for the same reason, to stop a team from parking a player or the puck in a place where it gains an unfair advantage.
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The two sports of the long season. The pitch clock and the diamond on one side, the points table, icing and offside on the other. Each piece names the rulebook it draws on.
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