1. A skater cannot pass or direct the puck to a teammate with his glove outside the defending zone. He is also not allowed to catch the puck in his palm and skate with it, either to avoid a check or to maintain possession of the puck.

2. When a hand-pass violation occurs, game action will be stopped and the ensuing faceoff will take place at the nearest faceoff spot to where the infraction occurred or where the teammate gained possession of the puck, whichever provides the offending team with less territorial advantage.

3. A hand pass is allowed in the defending zone provided that both the skater receiving the pass and the puck are still inside that defending zone.

4. If a skater in his defending zone directs the puck with a glove or arm to a teammate, or has allowed his team to gain an advantage in any zone other than the defending zone as a result of directing the puck with a glove or arm, game action will be stopped and the ensuing faceoff will take place in the defending zone at the nearest faceoff spot to where the hand pass originated.

5. A skater in the neutral zone is not allowed to make a hand pass to a teammate in their defending zone. In this instance, the referee will stop play and the ensuing faceoff will take place at the nearest faceoff spot in the defending zone.

6. If the puck enters the goal net as a result of either being gloved by an attacking skater or being deflected into the goal net by any player in any manner after the initial contact with the glove, the goal will not count and the ensuing faceoff will take place outside the blue line at the faceoff spot closest to where the hand pass was initiated by the offending team and which provides no territorial advantage to that team.

7. If a defending player bats or gloves the puck into his goal, the goal will count.

Game situation 1: A6 bats the puck using his hand. If it hits the opposing goaltender, rebounds out, and is picked up by a teammate, play will be stopped because the goaltender was not in control of the puck.

Game situation 2: A6 bats the puck using his hand inside his blue line. If it hits the body of A10 and is then picked up by an opponent, play will continue unless A10 gained control of the puck outside the team’s blue line.

Game situation 3: A6 bats the puck from his defending zone into the neutral zone. The puck hits B7 in the neutral zone, but B7 does not gain possession or control of the puck. If the puck is then controlled by a player from team A in the neutral zone, play will be stopped because B7 was not in control of the puck.