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