USA Hockey Rule Book (In Depth) with correct answers 100%

USA Hockey Rule Book (In Depth) with correct answers 100% Rule 601 - Correct Answer Abuse of Officials and Other Misconduct (Note) For the enforcement of this rule, the following guidelines shall apply. A bench minor penalty shall be assessed for actions that occur on or in the immediate vicinity of the player's bench (off the ice). A minor penalty or misconduct penalty should be assessed for actions that occur on the playing surface or in the penalty bench area. Rule 601 A - Correct Answer (a) A minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct shall be assessed to any player who commits the following actions: 1. Challenges or disputes the rulings of any official. 2. Taunts or incites an opponent. 3. Creates a disturbance during the game. 4. Shoots the puck after the whistle, if in the opinion of the Official such shot was avoidable. A misconduct penalty shall be assessed to any player who persists in such conduct and any further dispute by the same player shall result in a game misconduct penalty being assessed. Rule 601 B - Correct Answer (b) A bench minor penalty shall be assessed to any team whose players or team officials commit the following actions while on the player's bench: 1. Unsportsmanlike conduct or disputing the rulings of any official by an unidentified player or Team Official. 2. Using obscene, profane or abusive language to any person. 3. Using the name of any official in a loud or abusive manner. 4. Throwing any object onto the playing area during the progress of the game or during a stoppage of play. 5. Banging the boards with a stick or other object, including skates or arms, after a body check regardless as to whether the check is being penalized. It is deemed to be unsportsmanlike conduct and should be penalized when done as a means of escalating dangerous and/or unnecessary physical play where there is no intent to legally gain possession of the puck. 6. Using threatening or abusive language or gestures directed at an opponent. 7. Interfering in any non-physical manner with any game official, including off-ice officials, in the performance of their duties. Rule 601 C - Correct Answer (c) A misconduct penalty shall be assessed to any player who commits the following actions: 1. Persists in any conduct where they were previously assessed a minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. 2. Using obscene, profane or abusive language to any person anywhere in the rink before, during or after the game. 3. Intentionally knocking or shooting the puck out of the reach of an official who is retrieving it during a stoppage of play. 4. Not proceeding directly and immediately to the penalty bench or to the dressing room, after being penalized and ordered to do so by the officials (equipment shall be delivered to him by a teammate, if necessary). 5. Entering or remaining in the Referee's Crease, unless invited to do so. 6. Interfering in any non-physical manner with any on-ice or off-ice official in the performance of their duties. 7. Touches or holds any official with their hand or stick .8. Attempts to continue an altercation after being ordered to stop. 9. Intentionally bangs the boards or protective glass or goal frame with their stick or any other object at any time in an unsportsmanlike manner (when not done in protest of an official's decision). 10. Shoots or bats the puck outside of the playing area during a stoppage of play (when not done in protest of an official's decision or in the direction of a spectator). Rule 601 D - Correct Answer (d) A game misconduct penalty shall be assessed to any player or team official who is guilty of the following actions: 1. Persists in any course of conduct for which he has previously been assessed a misconduct penalty (player) or a continuation of abuse of officials after being assessed a bench minor penalty (Team Official). If clearly done as a means of continued abuse, the game misconduct penalty may be assessed in lieu of a 2nd bench minor when done after the initial bench minor has expired. 2. Uses an obscene gesture anywhere in the rink before, during or after the game. 3. Bangs the boards, goal frame or protective glass in protest of an official's decision. 4. Interferes in any physical manner with any on-ice or off-ice official, in performing their duties including resisting the linesman during an altercation. 5. A player who receives their second misconduct penalty (for any rule infraction) during the same game shall be assessed a game misconduct penalty in lieu of the second misconduct penalty. 6. Physically interferes with a spectator. 7. Shoots or bats the puck outside of the playing area during a stoppage of play when done in protest of an official's decision. 8. Attempts to intimidate or physically contacts an on-ice or off-ice official by throwing a stick, water bottle, puck or any other object in the general direction of a game official. 9. Shoots the puck in the general direction of an on-ice official, or in the direction of a spectator during a stoppage of play. Rule 601 E - Correct Answer (e) A match penalty shall be assessed to any player or team official who commits the following actions: