1. If it is obvious that a player has sustained a serious injury, on-ice officials will stop play immediately and summon the appropriate medical personnel to the ice.

2. In all other cases, if a skater is injured and cannot continue to play or go to the players’ bench, game action will continue until his team has gained possession of the puck, unless his team is in a scoring position.

3. If a skater is injured at the same time he is assessed a penalty, he is allowed to go to the dressing room. If he has been assessed a minor, major, or match penalty, his team must immediately put a substitute skater in the penalty box to serve the penalty in full.

4. If the injured penalized skater is able to return to the game prior to the expiration of his penalty, he must go to the penalty box to serve the remaining time himself.

5. When game action is stopped because of an injury to a skater, he must leave the ice and cannot return until after play has resumed.