| Abuse of Officials and Other Misconduct | | | | from the players'bench. |
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| (a) Any player who challenges or disputes the | | | | 4.) Interferes with any Game Official, |
| ruling of an Official, attempts to incite an | | | | (non-physically) in the performance of their |
| opponent or create a disturbance during the | | | | duties. |
| game shall be assessed a minor penalty for | | | | |
| unsportsmanlike conduct. | | | | 5.) Attempts to incite an opponent into |
| | | | incurring a penalty. |
| If the player persists in such conduct a | | | | |
| misconduct penalty shall be assessed and any | | | | (h) If any Team Official does any of the |
| further persistence by the same player shall | | | | following, a game misconduct penalty shall be |
| result in the assessment of a game misconduct | | | | assessed: |
| penalty. | | | | |
| | | | 1.) Persists in any course of conduct for |
| In the case of a Coach or other Team Official | | | | which the Team |
| a bench minor penalty shall be assessed first | | | | |
| and if such conduct continues, a game | | | | Official has previously been assessed a bench |
| misconduct penalty shall be assessed. | | | | minor penalty. |
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| (b) Any player who shoots the puck/ ball | | | | 2.) Uses obscene gestures anywhere in the |
| after the whistle shall be assessed a minor | | | | rink before, during or after the game. |
| penalty if, in the opinion of the Referee(s), | | | | |
| the player had sufficient time after the | | | | (i) If any Team Official does any of the |
| whistle to refrain from taking the shot. | | | | following, a match penalty shall be assessed: |
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| (c) If any player does any of the following, | | | | 1.) Deliberately inflicts physical harm to a |
| the team shall be assessed a bench minor | | | | Game Official or a Team Official in any |
| penalty: | | | | manner or attempts to do so. |
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| 1.) After being penalized, does not proceed | | | | 2.) Behaves in any manner which is critically |
| directly to the penalty bench or dressing | | | | detrimental to the conducting of the game |
| room when ordered to do so by the Referee. | | | | including spitting at an opponent, |
| (Equipment shall be delivered to the penalty | | | | |
| bench or dressing room by a teammate). | | | | Game Official or Team Official. |
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| 2.) Throws anything onto the playing surface | | | | Adjustment to Clothing and Equipment |
| from the players' bench or penalty bench. | | | | |
| | | | (a) Play shall not be stopped or delayed by |
| 3.) Interferes with any Game Official, | | | | reason of adjustment of clothing, equipment, |
| (non-physically) in the performance of their | | | | skates, or sticks. |
| duties. | | | | |
| | | | For a violation of this rule a minor penalty |
| (d) If any player does any of the following, | | | | shall be assessed. |
| a misconduct penalty shall be assessed: | | | | |
| | | | (b) The onus of maintaining clothing and |
| 1.) Uses obscene, profane or abusive language | | | | equipment in the proper condition shall be |
| to any person before, during or after the | | | | upon the player. If adjustments are required, |
| game. | | | | the player shall retire from the playing |
| | | | surface and play shall continue |
| 2.) During a stoppage of play, intentionally | | | | uninterruptedly with a substitute. |
| shoots or throws the puck/ ball out of the | | | | |
| reach of a Referee who is retrieving it. | | | | (c) No delay shall be permitted for the |
| | | | repair or adjustment of goalkeeper's |
| 3.) Enters and remains in the Referee's | | | | equipment. If adjustments are required the |
| Crease, when asked to leave, except for the | | | | goalkeeper shall retire from the playing |
| purpose of skating to the penalty bench. | | | | surface and be replaced by the substitute or |
| | | | temporary goalkeeper immediately and no |
| 4.) Touches or holds any Game Official with | | | | warm-up shall be permitted. |
| the hand or stick. | | | | |
| | | | For a violation of this rule by a goalkeeper, |
| 5.) Intentionally bangs the boards, | | | | a minor penalty shall be assessed. |
| protective glass or goal with a stick at any | | | | |
| time. | | | | Attempt to Injure |
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| (e) If any player does any of the following, | | | | (a) A match penalty shall be assessed to any |
| a game misconduct penalty shall be assessed: | | | | player who deliberately attempts to injure an |
| | | | opponent, Official, Coach, or Trainer in any |
| 1.) Persists in any course of conduct for | | | | manner, and the circumstances shall be |
| which the player has previously been assessed | | | | reported to the League Authorities for |
| a misconduct penalty. | | | | further action. A substitute for the |
| | | | penalized player shall be permitted at the |
| 2.) Uses obscene gestures anywhere in the | | | | end of the fourth minute. |
| rink before, during or after the game. | | | | |
| | | | Body-Checking and Boarding |
| 3.) Makes any racial remark or ethnic slur | | | | |
| anywhere in the rink, before, during, or | | | | (a) A minor or major penalty, at the |
| after the game. | | | | discretion of the Referee, shall be assessed |
| | | | to any player who intentionally body-checks |
| (f) If any player does any of the following, | | | | an opponent, with or without the puck/ ball. |
| a match penalty shall be assessed: | | | | |
| | | | (b) A minor or major penalty, at the |
| 1.) Deliberately inflicts physical harm to a | | | | discretion of the Referee, shall be assessed |
| Game Official or a Team Official in any | | | | to any player who makes physical contact with |
| manner or attempts to do so. | | | | an opponent after the whistle has been blown, |
| | | | if, in the opinion of the Referee, the player |
| 2.) Behaves in any manner which is critically | | | | had sufficient time to avoid such contact. |
| detrimental to the conducting of the game | | | | |
| including spitting at an opponent, | | | | (c) A minor or major penalty, at the |
| | | | discretion of the Referee based upon the |
| Game Official or Team Official. | | | | degree of violence of the impact with the |
| | | | boards, shall be assessed to any player who |
| (g) If any Team Official does any of the | | | | fouls an opponent in such a manner that |
| following, the team shall be assessed a bench | | | | caused the player to be violently thrown into |
| minor penalty: | | | | the boards.‘Rolling’ an opposing |
| | | | puck/ ball carrier along the boards where the |
| 1.) Bangs the boards with a stick or other | | | | player is attempting to go through too small |
| instrument at any time. | | | | an opening is not considered boarding. |
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| 2.) Uses obscene, profane or abusive language | | | | (d) When a player injures an opponent as the |
| to any person before, during or after the | | | | result of ‘boarding’ or |
| game. | | | | ‘body-checking’, the Referee |
| | | | shall assess a major plus a game misconduct |
| 3.) Throws anything onto the playing surface | | | | penalty to the offending player. |