Registration Reminder

Registration is open for the 24/25 Season. All seminars are virtual; you can attend in any state, there is NO test this season and there are NO modules this season. 
All the seminars are listed here: https://usahockey.com/officialseminars

All the information is here: https://www.usahockey.com/registrationrules

Registration CLOSES on October 31, 2024

Rule 636 - Start of Game and Time-Outs

May a team use its time-out to warm up a goalkeeper?

Yes. Rule Reference 636(f).

The time-out may be used for warming up the goalkeeper or for any other purpose. The On-Ice Officials must make sure that the warm-up does not last any longer than the allotted one minute, and that a maximum of four pucks are on the ice. It is also their responsibility to make sure that all pucks
are retrieved from the ice prior to resuming play and that the net and goal are checked for pucks

Rule 630 - Off-Side

An attacking player in the Neutral Zone passes the puck to a teammate who is completely in the Attacking Zone. However, the puck is deflected by the opponent before entering the zone. Is this play offside?

Yes. Rule Reference 630(c).

Any deflection off a teammate, opponent, Official or rink defect does not nullify an offside.

 Rule 205 - Substitution of Goalkeepers

The goalkeeper is being replaced by a skater, but the replacement plays the puck while the goalkeeper is twenty feet away from their players’ bench. Is this a “too many players on the ice” violation or “premature substitution” for
the goalkeeper? 

This is a “premature substitution” for the goalkeeper violation. Rule Reference 205(a).

Goalkeeper substitutions are governed by a different rule than too many players on the ice. In this instance, the “premature substitution” for the goalkeeper violation has occurred the moment the substitute player entered the ice prior to the goalkeeper being at the bench