USA Hockey Rules 2021-2025 Exam with accurate detailed
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solutions
A team arrives with only five players, but is willing to play the entire game
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short-handed. Should the game be played? - ✔✔No. Rule Reference 201(a). A || || || || || || || || || || ||
team is defined as having six players. If a team cannot put six players on
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the ice at the start of the game, it is not considered a "team" and must
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forfeit the game to its opponent. || || || || ||
During the game, through injuries and penalties, a team is unable to place
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four players on the ice. Can the game proceed? - ✔✔No. Rule References
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201(a) and 408(a). Any time a team is reduced to below four players on the
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ice during a game for any reason, the game shall be forfeited. Players in the
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penalty bench with delayed penalties are not permitted to participate in the
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game (on the ice) or leave the penalty bench until their penalties expire.
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During the game a Team Captain advises the Referee that the opposing team
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has more than the allowable number of Team Officials occupying the
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players' bench. What action should the Referee take? - ✔✔Once the Referee
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has become aware of the violation, they shall direct the offending team to
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reduce the number of Team Officials on the players' bench to a maximum of
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four. Rule References 201(b) and 610(h). No penalty is assessed at that time.
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However, if the situation is not corrected or occurs again during the same
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game, the Referee shall assess a bench minor penalty for delaying the game
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to the offending team.
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During the course of the game, a team no longer has a properly registered
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coach available to them on the bench. Can the game continue? - ✔✔Yes.
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Rule Reference 201(b). The game shall be allowed to continue provided that
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team has adult supervision on the players' bench. This person may come
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from the stands and should be a registered member of USA Hockey in some
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capacity. If no such person is available, the game should be suspended and a
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report provided to the proper authorities.
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,During the course of the game the referee is notified that Players or Team
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Officials that have received a previous suspension are participating in the
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game. The suspended individuals did not sit out or fulfill their obligated
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suspension time. Should the referee penalize the offending team? - ✔✔No. || || || || || || || || || || ||
Rule Reference 201(c). The referee may not be aware of the time period that
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has taken place between games and therefore cannot enforce suspensions
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to Players or Team Officials. The referee is required to report the incident to
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the proper authorities for further review.
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A player/coach is suspended for the team's next regularly scheduled game
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and because of circumstances out of the control of the player/coach, the
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opponent forfeits the game. Does this forfeited game count towards serving
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the suspension? - ✔✔There may be some special circumstances that warrant
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the suspension being served (i.e. Game forfeited while both teams are on
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site due to circumstances out of the offending player/ coach control). It is
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best that the Proper Authorities take into consideration the circumstances
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involved and the "good faith" effort of the suspended party to serve the
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suspension while reviewing each instance. There are also situations (the || || || || || || || || || ||
game is forfeited days in advance) where the suspension would definitely not
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be considered served.
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The Referee notices that a team has three players with a "C" on their
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uniforms during the pre-game warm-up. How many players should the
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Referee allow to act as Captain? - ✔✔One. Rule Reference 202(a). In this
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situation the Referee should look at the game sheet to determine the
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Captain. If there is more than one Captain designated, the Referee must ask
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the Coach to appoint only one of the three players to act as the team's
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Captain. The Referee must also inform the Coach that the other two players
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will be allowed to have Captain's privileges, but they must be designated as
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Alternate Captains. ||
The Team Captain and the Alternate Captain(s) are incapacitated by reasons
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of injuries or are unavailable due to penalties and the Referee deems it
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necessary to convey a message to the bench. With whom shall the Referee || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
communicate? - ✔✔Any player on the ice with whom the Referee elects to || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
converse. Rule Reference 202(a). The Referee has the authority to select a
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player on the ice to convey the message to the bench. Failure of a team to
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, have a captain available is not justification for a Referee to not communicate
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when doing so would assist in managing the game.
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A team refuses to designate a Captain at the beginning of the game. Should
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the Referee assess a penalty? - ✔✔No
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May a goalkeeper be designated as a Captain or Alternate Captain? - ✔✔Yes.
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However, the goalkeeper cannot exercise the privileges of the Captain during|| || || || || || || || || ||
the game as outlined in this rule. Rule Reference 202(a). There is no rule
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preventing a goalkeeper from being named a Captain or Alternate Captain as || || || || || || || || || || ||
an honor by the team to show leadership. However, that goalkeeper may
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not exercise Captain's privileges during a game. Doing so would
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unnecessarily delay the game if the goalkeeper were allowed to leave the || || || || || || || || || || || ||
goal area for any discussion and then go to the bench area to relay any
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message and finally back to the goal area and be prepared for the || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
resumption of play. || ||
There is a question of a rule interpretation. The Referee wants to explain the
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rule to the Captain, but notices that the Captain and both Alternate Captains
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are seated on the players' bench. What should the Referee do? - ✔✔If the
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Captain is still participating in the game (they are not removed from the
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game because of penalty, injury, etc.), they should be invited from the
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players' bench to discuss the interpretation with the Referee. Rule Reference
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202(a).
There is a question of a rule interpretation and the Captain comes off the
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bench to protest the decision of the Referee. What should the Referee do? -
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✔✔If the Captain leaves the bench for a discussion without being invited to
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do so, and makes a complaint or protest, they must be assessed a minor
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penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct under this rule. Rule Reference 202(b).
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A team has 16 skaters plus two goalkeepers listed on the game scoresheet.
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A skater who is not listed on the scoresheet participates in the game. What
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action should the Referee take when it is brought to their attention? - ✔✔Add
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the skater's name to the scoresheet, and assess a bench minor penalty to
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solutions
A team arrives with only five players, but is willing to play the entire game
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short-handed. Should the game be played? - ✔✔No. Rule Reference 201(a). A || || || || || || || || || || ||
team is defined as having six players. If a team cannot put six players on
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the ice at the start of the game, it is not considered a "team" and must
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forfeit the game to its opponent. || || || || ||
During the game, through injuries and penalties, a team is unable to place
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four players on the ice. Can the game proceed? - ✔✔No. Rule References
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201(a) and 408(a). Any time a team is reduced to below four players on the
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ice during a game for any reason, the game shall be forfeited. Players in the
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penalty bench with delayed penalties are not permitted to participate in the
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game (on the ice) or leave the penalty bench until their penalties expire.
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During the game a Team Captain advises the Referee that the opposing team
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has more than the allowable number of Team Officials occupying the
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players' bench. What action should the Referee take? - ✔✔Once the Referee
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has become aware of the violation, they shall direct the offending team to
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reduce the number of Team Officials on the players' bench to a maximum of
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four. Rule References 201(b) and 610(h). No penalty is assessed at that time.
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However, if the situation is not corrected or occurs again during the same
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game, the Referee shall assess a bench minor penalty for delaying the game
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to the offending team.
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During the course of the game, a team no longer has a properly registered
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coach available to them on the bench. Can the game continue? - ✔✔Yes.
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Rule Reference 201(b). The game shall be allowed to continue provided that
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team has adult supervision on the players' bench. This person may come
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from the stands and should be a registered member of USA Hockey in some
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capacity. If no such person is available, the game should be suspended and a
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report provided to the proper authorities.
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,During the course of the game the referee is notified that Players or Team
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Officials that have received a previous suspension are participating in the
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game. The suspended individuals did not sit out or fulfill their obligated
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suspension time. Should the referee penalize the offending team? - ✔✔No. || || || || || || || || || || ||
Rule Reference 201(c). The referee may not be aware of the time period that
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has taken place between games and therefore cannot enforce suspensions
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to Players or Team Officials. The referee is required to report the incident to
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the proper authorities for further review.
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A player/coach is suspended for the team's next regularly scheduled game
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and because of circumstances out of the control of the player/coach, the
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opponent forfeits the game. Does this forfeited game count towards serving
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the suspension? - ✔✔There may be some special circumstances that warrant
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the suspension being served (i.e. Game forfeited while both teams are on
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site due to circumstances out of the offending player/ coach control). It is
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best that the Proper Authorities take into consideration the circumstances
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involved and the "good faith" effort of the suspended party to serve the
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suspension while reviewing each instance. There are also situations (the || || || || || || || || || ||
game is forfeited days in advance) where the suspension would definitely not
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be considered served.
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The Referee notices that a team has three players with a "C" on their
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uniforms during the pre-game warm-up. How many players should the
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Referee allow to act as Captain? - ✔✔One. Rule Reference 202(a). In this
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situation the Referee should look at the game sheet to determine the
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Captain. If there is more than one Captain designated, the Referee must ask
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the Coach to appoint only one of the three players to act as the team's
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Captain. The Referee must also inform the Coach that the other two players
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will be allowed to have Captain's privileges, but they must be designated as
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Alternate Captains. ||
The Team Captain and the Alternate Captain(s) are incapacitated by reasons
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of injuries or are unavailable due to penalties and the Referee deems it
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necessary to convey a message to the bench. With whom shall the Referee || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
communicate? - ✔✔Any player on the ice with whom the Referee elects to || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
converse. Rule Reference 202(a). The Referee has the authority to select a
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player on the ice to convey the message to the bench. Failure of a team to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
, have a captain available is not justification for a Referee to not communicate
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when doing so would assist in managing the game.
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A team refuses to designate a Captain at the beginning of the game. Should
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the Referee assess a penalty? - ✔✔No
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May a goalkeeper be designated as a Captain or Alternate Captain? - ✔✔Yes.
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However, the goalkeeper cannot exercise the privileges of the Captain during|| || || || || || || || || ||
the game as outlined in this rule. Rule Reference 202(a). There is no rule
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preventing a goalkeeper from being named a Captain or Alternate Captain as || || || || || || || || || || ||
an honor by the team to show leadership. However, that goalkeeper may
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
not exercise Captain's privileges during a game. Doing so would
|| || || || || || || || || ||
unnecessarily delay the game if the goalkeeper were allowed to leave the || || || || || || || || || || || ||
goal area for any discussion and then go to the bench area to relay any
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message and finally back to the goal area and be prepared for the || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
resumption of play. || ||
There is a question of a rule interpretation. The Referee wants to explain the
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rule to the Captain, but notices that the Captain and both Alternate Captains
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are seated on the players' bench. What should the Referee do? - ✔✔If the
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Captain is still participating in the game (they are not removed from the
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game because of penalty, injury, etc.), they should be invited from the
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players' bench to discuss the interpretation with the Referee. Rule Reference
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202(a).
There is a question of a rule interpretation and the Captain comes off the
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bench to protest the decision of the Referee. What should the Referee do? -
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✔✔If the Captain leaves the bench for a discussion without being invited to
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do so, and makes a complaint or protest, they must be assessed a minor
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penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct under this rule. Rule Reference 202(b).
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A team has 16 skaters plus two goalkeepers listed on the game scoresheet.
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A skater who is not listed on the scoresheet participates in the game. What
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action should the Referee take when it is brought to their attention? - ✔✔Add
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the skater's name to the scoresheet, and assess a bench minor penalty to
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