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Matt, as I understand Shepherding... or think i do, it would be closer to what you are describing as "loose puck fouls". A little akin to interference in Ice hockey or Shepherding that used to be a foul in soccer, but either that was just youth leagues or they took it out at the international level because it was ignored. When the ball is rolling out of bounds and the defensive player rather than play the ball just gets in the way of the offensive player "shepherding" him away from the ball so he cannot save it from rolling OB. Basically playing the player not the ball. Anyway the time it happens most in UWH is when the puck is in the corner, or maybe along the wall, and a player rather than takeing possesion of the puck uses hands arms to support himself and positions his body to not allow the oppossing player access to the puck.
2nd player obstruction I would just call it that. A pick or screen in any other sport is obstruction here, and still should have to do with movement of the player doing the obstructing.
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