3 Rules You Thought You Knew .- Issue 19

Penalty Termination

Time	Team A	Team B
3:00	#10 - 5 + 2
4:00	Delayed minor Penalty to #21
4:00		GOAL

#10 must serve the major penalty first. A major penalty cannot terminate as the result of a goal scored. In this case, the minor penalty on #21 is reported, but not served.

Charging

A player comes off the bench on a legal line change and sees an opponent skating up the ice with his head down. The player skates across the ice at full speed to deliver a hard body check that punished the player with the puck. Does this qualify as charging?

Yes. Rule Reference 607(Note).

Even though the rule is specific to taking more than two fast strides for charging to be called, in some instances distance travelled with full strides could qualify as charging, as well. The key is that the player travelled a great distance at full speed for the purpose of punishing the opponent and not simply making a good defensive hockey play that separates the opponent from the puck.

Face-Off Procedures

Which team’s center must place the stick first on the ice for any face-off conducted at the center ice face-off spot?

The visiting team’s center must place the stick on the ice first. Rule Reference 613(a).

In all face-offs not conducted at center ice, the attacking team’s center must be the first to place the stick on the ice.

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