1. At no time is contact initiated by a skater with an opposing goaltender acceptable. As a result, the goaltender can never be reasonably responsible for expecting a bodycheck. Contact, whether incidental or otherwise, may be with a stick or any part of the body.

2. A penalty will be assessed in every case where a skater makes unnecessary contact with an opposing goaltender. Incidental contact is allowed when the goaltender is in the act of playing the puck outside his goal crease, provided the attacking skater makes a reasonable effort to minimize or avoid such contact.

3. If an attacking skater is pushed, shoved, or fouled by an opponent so as to cause him to come into contact with the goaltender, such contact is not deemed to be contact initiated by the attacking skater provided the attacking skater has made a reasonable effort to avoid the contact.

4. An attacking skater is not allowed to jab, poke, or slash the goaltender’s glove whether it is on the ice or in the air after the goaltender has made a save.

5. An attacking skater is not allowed to knock the goaltender’s stick out of his hand by any means.

6. While a goaltender is playing his position, his stick is considered a part of his equipment and it cannot be hooked, lifted, or checked in a way that interferes with his abilities. However, if he is using his stick as a skater to play the puck, he may be stick-checked.

7. A goaltender outside of his goal crease is not allowed to interfere with an attacking skater who is attempting to play the puck or to bodycheck an opponent.