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Hands off the hand-pass rule

Jim Ramlow, Toledo, Ohio

Fans who want the current "hand pass" rule rescinded apparently don't know the reason it originally passed.

A team under pressure in it's own end, especially when shorthanded and/or if one of it's players lost/broke his stick, would make a short, intentional hand pass to get a whistle.

As a result, the team threatening to score was denied a scoring chance and the defense benefited by being able to reorganize and even make a change before the ensuing faceoff.

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