1. A player must drop a broken stick immediately. If he participates in game action with a broken stick he will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. A skater who uses a goaltender’s stick during game action will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. A player whose stick is broken is forbidden to receive a stick thrown onto the ice from either his players’ bench or from a spectator. He must receive the stick from his players’ bench through a hand-to- hand exchange. A teammate who throws, tosses, slides, or shoots a stick to him will be assessed a minor penalty. An unidentified teammate who throws, tosses, slides, or shoots a stick to him will result in a bench-minor penalty. The player receiving the stick will not be penalized.

4. A player whose stick is broken may receive a stick from a teammate on the ice. This exchange, however, must be made hand-to-hand. A teammate who throws, tosses, slides, or shoots a stick to him will be assessed a minor penalty. The player receiving the stick will not be penalized.

5. At no time is a skater allowed to grab an opponent’s stick: 1) from an opponent on ice who may either be holding the stick or who may have dropped it to the ice; 2) from an opponent sitting on his players’ bench; 3) from the stick rack at the opponent’s bench. Any violation of this rule will result in a minor penalty.

6. A skater who participates in game action while taking a replacement stick to a skater or goaltender will be assessed a minor penalty.

7. If a player receives a stick during game action from a teammate in the penalty box, the player receiving the stick will be assessed a minor penalty.

8. A skater who does not have a skater’s stick in his hands may still participate in game action.

Game situation 1: If a player from Team A picks up a stick thrown from Team B’s player bench that was intended for a Team B player, a minor penalty will be assessed both to the Team A player as well as the Team B player. If the Team B player is unidentifiable, the team will receive a bench-minor penalty.

Game situation 2: A skater is carrying a goaltender’s stick to a goaltender who has lost or broken his stick, and the skater decides to become involved in the play. If he drops the goaltender’s stick in order to participate in the play, no penalty will be assessed. But if he plays the puck or becomes involved in game action with the goaltender’s stick in his hand, he will be assessed a penalty.

Game situation 3: A5 is participating in play without a stick. If A8 passes him his stick, and A9 passes his stick to A8 as play continues, there is no violation of the rules. Players can pass sticks among each other as many times as they want provided they do so hand-to-hand.

Game situation 4: During the course of play a player breaks or loses the wooden butt-end portion of his composite or metal stick. If he continues to play with his stick, he will be assessed a minor penalty.