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Referees and hand signals, how did they come about?
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Author:  Skyline_BNR34 [ Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:19 am ]
Post subject:  Referees and hand signals, how did they come about?
Quote:
"It is pretty common for referees at all levels of hockey, from the beginners to the NHL, to give hand signals when doling out penalties. But the practice that was started back in the 1930s by Bill Chadwick came about purely by accident."


Quote:
"Being an American and all of the referees are Canadian, they were like dead fish. You never noticed the referee, but they noticed me and they had to notice me because I made my presence known."
-Bill Chadwick


Well he is the inventor of using hand signals in the NHL to call penalties.

Read the entire story here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=505987
Author:  Howie Hodge [ Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Referees and hand signals, how did they become?
The Big Whistle....
Author:  acrossthelines [ Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Referees and hand signals, how did they become?
I don't know, but I put them all together into a dance once, to prove to one of my friends that all movement can be dance. That was awesome.
Author:  Wozniak [ Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Referees and hand signals, how did they become?
i used to know all the signs and still remember most. i learned them when i was like 14 from a Buffalo Wings RHI program.
Author:  Rutledge222 [ Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Referees and hand signals, how did they become?
I think I know most of the signals now, sometimes im like... um... haha But for the most part I know most of them, which is nice. But i always wondered how certain signals came to mean certain penalties... haha
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