Calling Officials- Need opinion

[Trooper 8]

So a player loses a stick and it's laying on the ice. For some reason nobody picks it up. The defensive team slides it to the slot (I don't remember who lost their stick, but for some reason nobody was picking it up, maybe it was broken). Are you allowed to slide a stick into a position that would give you an advantage? I imagine it would be hard to argue it was done to that effect and not just to get it out of the way though.

It's ACHA hockey so we play NCAA rules as our baseline if that makes a difference.

[McDougalfaschnitzer 32]

The stick could also give a disadvantage if someone were to take a shot and the puck was deflected off the stick and in. I think you would be able to do it, but the only time it would have a chance of being a penalty if someone was about to pick it up and then another player slides the stick away from them before they can grab it. Unsportmanlike.

[WhiskeyTango19 0]

It depends on where the puck was. If the offensive player was circling the boards with the puck, looking for an opening to either pass to or skate in the slot, and the defensive team puts the stick in the slot, than an interference call COULD be made. If the puck/play is in the corner and the D player moves the stick without looking and it happens to end up in the slot, then no call should be made. It is really a discretion call by the official, and is tough to say without seeing the play develop.

On a related note, I remember seeing a Ranger's game years ago and someone had happened to lose thier glove. While a player was skating around behind the net, a D-man sent the glove to the other side of the net, knowing thats where the player was going to end up, and trying to cause him to lose the puck. In that instance, the official made an interference call.

Hope that helps.