In hockey, player clears the puck from his zone but the puck hits off a teammate and bounces back in. Offside?

Question

This happened in my game tonight. The puck was cleared from the other team's zone but it hit off the shin pad of his teammate and went back across the blue line before we had all left the zone. Is it offside if we touch the puck? I thought that if the team clears it and it hits of their player and goes back into the zone that there is no offside even though its unintentional...

Answer 1

Are you guys playing with or without delayed offside? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that would be a delayed offside.

Answer 2

Sometimes the refs make a mistake. Live with it. They live with yours. Maybe every time you make a mistake the refs should be able to argue with you and yell at you and centre you out. Who do you think would be in error more often?

Answer 3

If it went outside the line, then yes. If not, then no.

Offsides rule is important too. If you play with delayed or touch up, it won't be called right way, only if you don't all get back out. Instant offsides, it would be dead immediately.

Intention does not matter.

Answer 4

No that is not offside if the ref called it offside then he is wrong.....According to the rule book on offsides it says that If the puck is cleared from the offensive zone by a defensive player hits one of the defensive players and goes back across the line that is not offside

Answer 5

No, you cannont be called offside for shooting the puck into your own zone, intentional or otherwise.

Answer 6

My guess is a delayed offsides

Answer 7

At first when I read it my immediate thought was delayed offsides but I could be wrong..

Answer 8

As above - delayed offsides as long as no one on your team touches it until clearing the zone.

Answer 9

I don't know for sure, but I am almost positive that that is a delayed offsides..

Answer 10

It doesnt matter how it happens if the puck is cleared over the blue line and comes back into the zone while a player on the oposing team is still in the zone it's  delayed offside.

Answer 11

ya i think so

Answer 12

Oh yeah definetely

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Answer 13

If the puck went off a guy on the other team then it is not Offside against you.  It is only offside if a player from your team was the last person to touch the puck before it reentered the zone while you had teammates offside.  They made the wrong call if everything you are saying is accurate.\

I wouldn't matter if it is delayed or not, you probably weren't playing delayed anyway.  But it doesn't matter, if the opposing team clears the puck, and it deflects off of one of their guys and goes back into their zone before all of your guys get out of their zone it isnt offside, since they brought the puck back into the zone.

Answer 14

According to the NHL Rulebook, rule 83.1 states "If a player legally carries or passes the puck back into his own

defending zone while a player of the opposing team is in such

defending zone, the off-side shall be ignored and play permitted to

continue."

Meaning that it should not be called off-sides