1. Minor Penalty

1. An infraction emanating from the players’ bench is punishable by a bench-minor penalty.

2. Any action on ice that warrants a misconduct or game misconduct penalty is punished equally if it comes from an identifiable player or team official at the player’s bench.

3. A bench-minor penalty must be served by any skater who was on the ice at the time of the whistle to stop play or otherwise provided by these rules.

4. If the head coach of a penalized team refuses to designate a skater to serve a bench-minor penalty or a penalty to a goaltender, the referee will name a skater of his choice.

5. In designated IIHF competitions, a coach is permitted to challenge a goal based on a possible offside leading up to the puck entering the goal net. If the call on the ice stands, the coach’s team making the challenge will be assessed a bench-minor penalty.

1. A player who bites an opponent will be assessed a match penalty.

1. A boarding penalty is punishable by a minor and misconduct penalty.

2. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent as a result of boarding will be assessed either a major and automatic game- misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

3. A defender who pins an opponent in possession of the puck along the boards ("rolling") as he tries to squeeze by is allowed so long as other infractions (holding, intereference) do not occur in the process.

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.

1. An attempt to butt-end is punishable by a double minor and misconduct penalty.

2. A player who butt-ends an opponent will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

3. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by butt-ending will be assessed a match penalty.

1. A player who checks an opponent with unnecessary force or who runs at or jumps into an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. A player who makes physical contact with an opponent after the whistle has been blown but who had sufficient time to avoid such contact will be assessed a minor penalty for charging.

3. A goaltender is not "fair game" simply because he is outside the goal crease. A minor penalty for interference or charging is warranted where an opponent makes unnecessary contact with a goaltender.

4. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent as a result of charging will be assessed either a major and automatic game- misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

1. A player who hits an opponent from behind into the boards, the goal frame, or in open ice in any manner (high-sticking, cross-checking, etc., but not interference) will be assessed a minor and misconduct penalty.

2. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent as a result of checking from behind will be assessed either a major and automatic game- misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

3. If the skater being bodychecked turns his back towards an opponent and puts himself in a vulnerable position immediately before a bodycheck to create a checking from behind situation, no penalty for checking from behind will be assessed (although other penalties might still be assessed).

1. A player who directs a hit to the head or neck of an opponent will be assessed a minor and misconduct penalty.

2. A player who directs a hit to the head or neck of an opponent may also be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

3. A penalty for checking to the head or neck will be assessed if one of the following occurs when a player checks an opponent:

1. A player who delivers a hit in a clipping manner or lowers his body to deliver a hit to an opponent’s knee area will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. A player who crouches down near the boards to avoid being body- checked and who, as a result, causes an opponent to tumble over him, will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by a clipping action will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or match penalty.

1. A skater who catches the puck and holds it while stationary or skates with it in his glove either to avoid an opponent or to gain clear possession of it will be assessed a minor penalty for closing his hand on the puck.

2. A skater who picks the puck up from the ice with his glove or hand outside his goal crease during game action will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. A skater who covers the puck with his glove on the ice outside his goal crease will be assessed a minor penalty.

4. If a skater picks the puck up from the ice with his glove, conceals, or covers the puck with his glove on the ice inside the three-dimensional area of his goal crease while his goaltender is on the ice, a penalty shot will be awarded to the opposition.

5. If a skater picks the puck up from the ice with his glove, conceals, or covers the puck with his glove on the ice inside the three-dimensional area of his goal crease while his goaltender off the ice, having been substituted for a skater, a goal will be awarded to the opposition.

1. A player who cross-checks an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by cross-checking will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

1. A referee can prohibit the use of any player equipment he feels might cause injury.

2. The team of a player who participates in game action with illegal equipment will first be issued a warning by the referee. Failure to comply with the warning to adjust, replace, or secure any equipment as per the referee’s instructions will mean any player from that team subsequently violating rules for dangerous equipment will be assessed a misconduct penalty.

3. If a referee deems a skater’s stick to be dangerous, the stick must be removed from the game without penalty. If the skater subsequently uses the stick, he will be assessed a misconduct penalty.

4. The referee can request that a player remove any personal accessories regarded as dangerous. If these personal accessories are difficult to remove, the player should tape them or put them safely under his game jersey in such way that they are no longer dangerous. The player will be required to leave the ice during this process and a warning will be issued to his team. Failure to comply with the warning as per the referee’s instructions will mean any player from that team subsequently violating rules for personal accessories will be assessed a misconduct penalty.

5. A skater or goaltender who loses his stick during game action cannot have that stick returned to him by a teammate who throws it to him in any way. He may receive it from a teammate, but the exchange must be made hand-to-hand. A player who throws, tosses, slides, or shoots a stick to a teammate will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A player who stops game action or delays the start of game action to repair or adjust his equipment will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. A player must wear all protective equipment entirely under the uniform except gloves, helmets, and goaltender’s pads. Failure to do so after a warning will result in a minor penalty.

3. A player who does not comply with provisions set out in Rule 40-6 after a warning will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A player who deliberately displaces the goal net from its normal position will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. If a player deliberately displaces his goal net from its normal position during the last two minutes of regulation time, or at any time in overtime, the referee will award the opposing team a penalty shot.

3. If a player deliberately displaces his goal net from its normal position when an attacking skater is on a breakaway, the referee will award the opposing team a penalty shot.

4. If, when a goaltender has been removed from the ice, a teammate displaces his goal net from its normal position when an attacking skater is on a breakaway, the referee will award a goal to the opposing team.

5. If the goal net becomes displaced during game action as a result of some action by the attacking team as the defending team gains possession of the puck with a clear chance to move up ice, there will be no whistle until puck possession changes again. If the defending team moves up ice and scores a goal, the goal will count.

6. If possession in Rule 130-5 changes inside the defending team’s blue line, the ensuing faceoff will occur at one of the faceoff spots in the neutral zone nearest the defending team’s blue line.

7. If possession in Rule 130-5 changes in the neutral zone or attacking zone of the defending team, the ensuing faceoff will occur at the nearest faceoff spot to where play was stopped.

1. A skater who falls on, holds, or gathers the puck into his body or equipment to create a stoppage in play will be assessed a minor penalty. If, however, a puck becomes lodged in a skater’s skates or equipment as he blocks a shot or pass, game action will be stopped but no penalty assessed.

2. A skater who uses his hands to conceal the puck in his palm or equipment to force a whistle will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A skater who holds or freezes the puck with his stick, skates, or body along the boards or in open ice when not being pressured by an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. Players from the players’ bench can come onto the ice after a goal only for the purpose of making changes, and not more players than those changing can come onto the ice to celebrate. Violation of this rule will result in a warning to both teams by the referee, and further violation will result in a bench-minor penalty.

1. A coach who does not send out the required number of players in a timely manner to start a period, including overtime, will be assessed a bench-minor penalty.

2. "Required number" means the full number of players permitted to participate in the game according to the rules (5 skaters plus a goaltender, if the team plays at full strength; and, 4 or 3 skaters plus a goaltender, if the team plays short-handed).

1. A player who shoots, throws, kicks, or bats the puck directly out of the playing area from inside his defending zone anywhere in the rink (except where there is no protective glass) during game action, without any deflection, will be assessed a minor penalty. The determining factor will be the position of the puck when it is played.

2. No penalty will be assessed if a player shoots the puck directly over the boards at the players’ benches but not over the protective glass behind the players’ benches.

3. No penalty will be assessed if a player shoots the puck directly over the boards at any areas of the rink without protective glass directly above the boards.

4. A player who deliberately shoots the puck out of play anywhere on the ice during play or after a stoppage will be assessed a minor penalty.

5. A player who lifts the puck from the defending zone and hits the scoreclock or any structural object above the ice surface, causing a stoppage of play, will not be assessed a penalty.

Game situation 1: If the puck is shot and hits a skater’s or a goaltender’s stick or any part of his equipment and is unintentionally deflected over the boards, no penalty will be assessed.

Game situation 2: If a player shoots the puck through an open gate, no penalty will be assessed.

Game situation 3: If the puck is shot from the defending zone over the protective glass at the opposite end of the ice, a minor penalty for delay of game will be assessed (this action supersedes icing).

Game situation 4: A minor penalty is being signalled by the referee against A3. If A6, who is in his defending zone, gains control of the puck as the whistle blows and shoots it directly over the protective glass, no penalty will be assessed to A6. If, however, the referee believes A6 shot the puck over the protective glass deliberately, in anger, or to dispute the call, a penalty may be assessed.

1. A team charged with icing cannot substitute any of its players except:

1. When a skater not taking the faceoff enters the faceoff circle before the puck is dropped, the skater on his team taking the faceoff must be replaced. For a second violation by any skater on that team at the same faceoff, the offending team will be assessed a bench-minor penalty.

2. When a skater taking the faceoff has been removed from the faceoff by an on-ice official and another skater of the same team delays taking up his proper position after a warning, the offending team will be assessed a bench-minor penalty.

3. A skater who lines up for a faceoff in an offside position or improperly in any way and, after a warning from an on-ice official continues to line up offside or improperly, will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A player who embellishes a foul or pretends to have been fouled by an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A player elbowing an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by elbowing will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

1. A player or team official who physically confronts, retaliates, or engages with a spectator will be assessed a match penalty.

1. All players who become involved in fighting will be assessed match penalties.

2. A player who retaliates to being punched will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. A player who removes his glove(s) or helmet with the intention of fighting with an opponent will be assessed a misconduct penalty in addition to any other penalties.

4. If there is a clear instigator in a fight, that player will be assessed an additional minor penalty.

5. A player who is on the ice and is the first to intervene in a fight already in progress between two players ("third man in") will be assessed a game-misconduct penalty.

6. A player who tries to fight or continues to fight after he has been ordered by the referee to stop, or who resists a linesman who is trying to circumvent the continuation of a fight, will be assessed a double-minor penalty, a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty, or a match penalty.

7. A team official who is involved in a fight, on ice or off, will be assessed either a game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

8. The first player from either team to leave the players’ bench or penalty box during a player confrontation on ice will be assessed a double-minor penalty and an automatic game-misconduct penalty. Subsequent players who leave the players’ bench during a player confrontation will be assessed a misconduct penalty. Subsequent skaters who leave the penalty box during a player confrontation will be assessed a minor and game-misconduct penalties. These penalties will be served at the expiration of all previous penalties. The act alone of leaving either the players’ bench or penalty box constitutes a violation of these rules, even if the players do not engage in fighting once they are on the ice.

9. If a player confrontation arises during player substitutions (i.e., line changes), normal rules will apply. But any player who subsequently becomes involved in a confrontation who is not part of the line change will be penalized as if he left players’ bench or penalty box specifically to participate in that confrontation.

10. If players of both teams leave their respective benches at the same time, or if players from one team leave their players’ bench after seeing players from the other team do so, the first identifiable player of each team will be penalized under this rule.

11. A maximum of five misconduct and/or game-misconduct penalties per team can be assessed under this rule.

12. A player cannot be assessed both a match penalty and a game- misconduct penalty for continuing a fight.

1. A player who either attempts to head-butt or succeeds in head-butting an opponent will be assessed a match penalty.

1. A player who makes contact with an opponent with a high stick will be assessed at least a minor penalty.

2. A player who causes accidental harm to an opponent by a high- sticking foul will be assessed a double-minor penalty.

3. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by a high-sticking foul will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

4. A player who makes contact with any part of an opponent’s upper body while winding up to shoot or while following through on a shot or pass is subject to all penalties for high-sticking.

1. A player who holds an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. There are three common methods of holding:

1. A player who holds an opponent’s stick will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A player who hooks an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. There are four common methods of hooking:

1. The captain of a team may request a stick measurement at any stoppage of play. If the measurement determines the stick to be illegal, the offending player will be assessed a minor penalty and the stick will be returned to the players’ bench by the referee.

2. The player whose stick is to be measured must be in possession of the stick at the time of the request. He may be on the bench or on the ice, but the referee must make visual confirmation that the stick in question belongs to the player.

3. If the measurement determines that the stick is legal, the team requesting the measurement will be assessed a bench-minor penalty for delay of game. The penalty must be served by anyone on the ice at the time the measurement was requested.

4. There is no limit to the number of stick-measurement requests a team may make in a game, but only one measurement per stoppage of play is allowed and by only one team.

5. If a player refuses to surrender his stick or destroys his stick or any part of his equipment for measurement when requested to do so by the referee, this equipment will be regarded as illegal and the player will be assessed a minor and misconduct penalty.

6. A stick measurement can be requested after a goal in regulation time, but if the stick is deemed illegal the goal will still count. The same rule applies for overtime and the penalty-shot shootout.

7. If the captain of a team that is two men short in the last two minutes of the game or at any time in overtime requests an equipment measurement that is invalid, the referee will award a penalty shot against the requesting team. If the measurement is upheld, the offending player will be assessed a minor penalty.

Game situation 1: A skater who has just entered or exited the penalty box where he was about to serve or has just served a penalty is eligible to have his stick measured.

1. A skater who requires medical attention on ice is required to go to the bench, once able, at least until after the ensuing faceoff. If he refuses to comply, he will be assessed a minor penalty. If he still refuses to leave after being assessed a minor penalty, he will be assessed a further misconduct penalty

2. A player who is bleeding is not allowed to return to the game until his wounds have been sufficiently bandaged or stitched to prevent the free flow of blood. If he returns without proper protection or with blood-stained equipment of any sort, he will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. A player who lies on the ice either faking an injury or refusing to get up off the ice will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A player who interferes with an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. Interference during game action can constitute any of the following:

1. A skater who, by means of his stick or his body, interferes with or impedes the mobility of a goaltender who is in his goal crease, or who prevents the goaltender from playing his position, will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. If an attacking skater in possession of the puck, skating forwards or backwards, makes contact with the goaltender in the goal crease, and the puck enters the goal net, the goal will not count and the attacking skater will be assessed a minor penalty (for exception see Rule 183-3). This rule also applies to penalty shots and penalty-shot shootouts.

3. An attacking skater who positions himself in front of the opposing goaltender and engages in actions such as waving his arms or stick in front of the goaltender’s face for the purpose of distracting the goaltender, regardless whether the attacking skater is positioned inside or outside of the goal crease, will be assessed a minor penalty.

4. An opponent who prevents or blocks a goaltender from returning to his goal crease or bumps him unduly while the goaltender plays the puck behind his goal net will be assessed a minor penalty.

5. An attacking skater may skate through the goal crease during game action so long as he doesn’t make contact with the goaltender. If he makes contact, or if the goaltender makes contact while backing up in his goal crease, the attacking skater will be assessed a minor penalty.

6. Incidental contact with the goaltender is permitted so long as it doesn’t violate situations set out in Rule 150-1-5.

1. A player who kicks or attempts to kick an opponent will be assessed a match penalty.

1. A skater who uses his knee to make contact with an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. A skater who recklessly endangers an opponent by kneeing will be assessed a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

1. A skater who is not in the immediate vicinity of an opponent in possession or control of the puck and still delivers a late hit to that opponent, who is aware of the impending contact, will receive a minor penalty.

2. A skater who delivers a late hit to an unsuspecting opponent will receive a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty.

3. A skater who recklessly endangers a vulnerable opponent with a late hit will be assessed a match penalty.

1. A penalized skater who leaves the penalty box by his own error prior to the expiration of his penalty will be assessed a minor penalty in addition to having to serve the remainder of his existing penalty.

2. A skater who leaves the penalty box prematurely because of an error by the penalty-box attendant will not be penalized, but he must return to the penalty box to serve the remaining time of his penalty.

3. A skater who leaves the penalty box prior to the expiration of his penalty for the purpose of challenging the ruling of an on-ice official will be assessed a minor penalty and game-misconduct penalty.

4. A skater who leaves the penalty box prior to the expiration of his penalty either to enter into or to precipitate a confrontation will be assessed double-minor penalty and automatic game-misconduct penalties (if he is the first to do so) or minor and game-misconduct penalties (if he is a subsequent skater).

5. A skater who uses a part of the arena other than the ice surface to enter or exit the penalty box during the course of the game will be assessed a minor penalty.

1. A skater whose helmet comes off during game action and who does not proceed to his players’ bench immediately will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. Included in dangerous equipment is a cracked or damaged cage or visor. A skater whose visor or cage becomes cracked or broken during game action must leave the ice immediately. Failure to do so will result in a warning to the player’s team from the referee for all illegal and dangerous equipment, and a misconduct penalty to any subsequent player.

3. If a skater’s chin strap becomes unfastened during game action, but the helmet stays on his head, he may continue to play until the next stoppage or until he leaves the ice.

1. A player who grabs or holds the cage or helmet, or pulls the hair of an opponent, will be assessed either a minor penalty or a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty.

1. If both teams are on the ice and one team refuses to play for any reason, the referee will warn the captain of the unwilling team and allow that team not more than 30 seconds to start play. If the team still refuses to play, the referee will assess a bench-minor penalty.

2. If there is a recurrence of the same incident, the referee will stop the game, and the incident will be reported to the proper authorities who have the power to forfeit the game to the opponent.

3. If a team is not on the ice and fails to go on the ice to start playing when ordered to do so by the referee through the captain, manager or coach, the referee will allow to the refusing team two minutes to begin play. If the team resumes play within these two minutes, it will be assessed a bench-minor penalty. If the team refuses to go on the ice, the referee will stop the game, and the incident will be reported by the referee to the proper authorities who have the power to forfeit the game to the opponent.

1. A player involved in a brief confrontation with an opponent will be assessed a minor, double minor, or major and automatic game- misconduct penalty.

2. A player who deliberately knocks the helmet off an opponent’s head in order to force him out of play will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. A player who persists in continuing to be involved in roughing is subject to rules for fighting (see Rule 141).

1. Tapping the stick of the puck carrier is not considered slashing if it is limited to hitting the stick for the sole purpose of trying to make the opponent lose possession of the puck. Forceful contact, especially if it results in breaking either the opponent’s stick or the player’s own stick, is considered slashing.

2. A player who slashes an opponent will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by slashing will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

4. A player who swings his stick at another player during a confrontation will be assessed a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

5. A player who swings wildly at the puck, on ice or in the air, with the intention of intimidating an opponent, will be assessed a minor penalty.

6. A player who lifts his stick between an opponent’s legs for the purpose of making contact with the groin will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

1. A player who slew-foots an opponent will be assessed a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty.

2. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by slew-footing will be assessed a match penalty.

1. A player who attempts to spear an opponent will be assessed a double minor and misconduct penalty.

2. A player who spears an opponent will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

3. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by spearing will be assessed a match penalty.

1. A player or team official who spits on or at an opponent or anyone in the rink during a game will be assessed a match penalty.

2. A bleeding player who intentionally wipes blood from his body onto an opponent or anyone in the rink will be assessed a match penalty for spitting.

1. Excessive celebrations or taunting of opponents on their players’ bench in any manner will result in a misconduct penalty.

1. Where an injury has occurred to a player and there is a stoppage of play, a team doctor (or other medical personnel) may go onto the ice to attend to the injured player without waiting for the referee’s consent.

2. A team official who steps onto the ice any time between the start of a period and its conclusion (excepting Rule 164-1) will be assessed a game-misconduct penalty.

1. A player who throws a stick or part of it or any other object out of the playing area will be assessed a game-misconduct penalty.

2. A player can slide or direct any stick or any part of it, or any object, away from his immediate area on ice so long as his actions do not interfere with an opponent. However, a player on the ice who throws or directs a stick or any part of it, or any other object, at the puck or puck carrier in the neutral or attacking zone, will be assessed a minor penalty.

3. An unidentified player or team official on the players’ bench or in the penalty box who throws or directs a stick or any part of it, or any other object, at the puck or puck carrier in the neutral or attacking zone, will be assessed a bench-minor penalty.

4. An identified player or team official on the players’ bench or in the penalty box who throws or directs a stick or any part of it, or any other object, at the puck or puck carrier in the neutral or attacking zone, will be assessed a minor or bench minor and game misconduct.

5. If a player or team official commits any of these actions in Rule 165-2.iv in his defending zone, the referee will award the opponent’s team a penalty shot.

6. The position of the puck or puck carrier at the moment when the throwing occurs is the determining factor to assess a minor/ bench-minor penalty or a penalty shot.

7. When a player or team official throws a stick or any part of it or any other object at an attacking skater who is on a breakaway, the referee will award a penalty shot to the skater’s team.

8. If a goaltender has been substituted for an extra skater, leaving his team’s goal net empty, and a teammate or team official throws a stick or any part of it or any other object at the puck or puck carrier in the neutral zone or the defending zone with the empty net, thereby preventing the puck carrier from having a clear shot, a goal will be awarded to the attacking team. The goaltender is considered off ice once his replacement has one skate on the ice.

Game situation 1: A delayed penalty is signalled on Team A, and Team B has substituted its goaltender for an extra skater. If a skater from Team B throws his stick at the free puck in his defending zone as the puck slides towards the empty goal net, Team A will be awarded a goal. As well, the penalty to Team A will be assessed.

1. A player coming onto the ice must wait until the departing player is within

1.5 metres of his respective players’ bench.

2. Player changes during game action and during stoppages must take place only at the players’ bench. Changing on-ice manpower using any other entrance or exit is illegal and will result in a bench-minor penalty for too many men.

3. A team which has on the ice more than the number of players to which it is entitled during game action will be assessed a bench- minor penalty for too many men.

4. If, during a player change during game action, a player coming onto the ice or coming off the ice plays the puck, makes contact with an opponent, or participates in game action while both the departing and entering players are on the ice within the 1,5 metre zone, a bench-minor penalty for too many men will be assessed.

5. If player changes are made during game action and

1. A player who trips an opponent by any means will be assessed a minor penalty.

2. If a player chases an opponent who is in possession of the puck and lunges along the ice, first knocking the puck away with his stick and subsequently causing that player to fall, a tripping penalty will still be assessed (but no penalty shot will be awarded).

3. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by tripping will be assessed either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

1. Minor Penalty

1. A player who bodychecks an opponent will be assessed one of: