| Off-Sides | | | | from the penalty bench or the players' bench, entering |
| (a) Players of the attacking team may precede the | | | | the game shall not be eligible to play any puck/ball |
| puck/ball over the center red line, provided that the | | | | coming from the Defending Zone while the player is in |
| puck/ball is carried over the center line. | | | | the Attacking Zone unless: |
| (b) When the puck/ball is passed over the center red | | | | 1.) The puck/ball is first played by another player in the |
| line, the puck/ ball must precede the attacking player(s) | | | | Attacking Zone. |
| over the center line. | | | | 2.)The player who has preceded the puck/ball over |
| A player who precedes a pass over the center red | | | | the center red line "tags up" by making skate contact |
| line is not eligible to play the puck/ball until: | | | | with the center line. |
| 1.) The puck/ball is first touched by a teammate who | | | | Puck/Ball Must be Kept in Motion |
| did not precede it over the center line or by an | | | | (a) The puck/ball must be kept in motion at all times. |
| opponent. | | | | Play shall not be stopped because the puck/ball is |
| 2.) The puck/ball is first touched by an opponent. | | | | frozen along the boards by two or more opposing |
| 3.) The player who has preceded the puck/ball over | | | | players, unless one of the players falls onto the puck |
| the center red line "tags up" by making skate contact | | | | ball. If one player freezes the puck/ball along the |
| with the center line. For a violation of this rule, play shall | | | | boards or if a player deliberately falls on the puck/ball a |
| be stopped and a face-off conducted at the location | | | | minor penalty shall be assessed fro delaying the game. |
| nearest to where the pass originated. | | | | However, the Referee may stop the play along the |
| (c) When a team that is shorthanded clears the puck | | | | boards if allowing play to continue shall lead to |
| ball out of their | | | | unnecessary contact surrounding the puck/ball. |
| Defending Zone, or if the puck/ball in any other way | | | | Puck/Ball or Player Out of Bounds or Unplayable |
| gets out of the shorthanded team's Defending Zone, | | | | (a) When the puck/ball goes outside the playing area |
| beyond the center red line, all players on the power | | | | or strikes any obstacles above the playing surface |
| play team must clear the Attacking Zone by making | | | | other than the boards, glass or wire, it shall be |
| skate contact with the center red line. The Referee | | | | faced-off at the nearest face-off spot to where it |
| shall signal by pointing to the powerplay team zone until | | | | was last played. |
| all players have cleared the Attacking Zone. Once the | | | | When the puck/ball becomes unplayable due to a |
| Attacking Zone is completely cleared of attacking | | | | defect in the rink, it shall be faced-off at the nearest |
| players on the power play, the Referee shall drop the | | | | face-off spot to where it was last played. |
| signal and the attacking team may re-enter the | | | | (b) When the puck/ball becomes lodged in the netting |
| opponents Defending Zone. | | | | on the out side of the goal or if it is frozen between |
| For an infraction of this rule, the Referee(s) shall stop | | | | opposing players, the Referee shall stop play and |
| the play immediately when the puck/ball re-enters the | | | | face-off the puck/ball at the nearest face-off spot to |
| Defending Zone of the shorthanded team, unless the | | | | where it was last played unless, in the opinion of the |
| puck/ball is brought back or passed back to the | | | | Referee the stoppage was caused by a player of the |
| Defending Zone of the shorthanded team by the | | | | attacking team, in which case the ensuing face-off |
| shorthanded team itself. The ensuing face-off shall | | | | shall be conducted at the nearest high-zone face-off |
| take place at the nearest End Zone face-off spot of | | | | spot. |
| the offending team. | | | | The defending team and /or the attacking team may |
| Passes | | | | play the puck/ ball off the net at any time. However, |
| (a) The puck/ball may be passed by any player to any | | | | should the puck/ball remain on the net for longer than |
| player of the | | | | three seconds, play shall be stopped and the face-off |
| same team within the same zone. Whenever the puck | | | | shall take place at the nearest end zone face-off spot, |
| ball is passed from the Defending Zone and crosses | | | | except when the stoppage is caused by a player of |
| over the center red line,Off-Sides, applies. | | | | the attacking team, in which case the ensuing face-off |
| (b) When a minor or major penalty expires during play, | | | | shall be conducted at the nearest high-zone face-off |
| any penalized player or the immediate substitute, either | | | | spot. |