USA Hockey Casebook with correct answers 100% 2026

USA Hockey Casebook with correct answers 100% 2026 A player becomes involved in a fight and is subsequently assessed a major and a game misconduct penalty for his involvement. He leaves the ice surface and proceeds to the dressing room. Later in the same game another fight occurs and the player who had previously been ejected returns to the ice surface to enter into the fight. What penalty should be assessed to that player for re-entering the game? - Correct Answer A game misconduct or match penalty shall be assessed, depending on the circumstances. Rule References 615(a & b), 601(d.2 & f.2). Had play resumed prior to the player re-entering the ice surface, a match penalty shall be assessed. Conversely, if play had not resumed and the player re-entered the ice surface after being escorted off the ice and the door being closed behind him, an additional game misconduct penalty shall be assessed. The goalkeeper skates out of his goal crease to meet an attacking player on a breakaway. The attacking player gets completely around the goalkeeper, in the clear and in control of the puck with no one between himself and the open goal, and he is pulled down from behind by the goalkeeper. What penalty should be assessed? - Correct Answer A penalty shot. Rule Reference 616(b). For a goal to be awarded, the goalkeeper must have been removed from the ice. The fact that the goalkeeper was not in his goal crease has no bearing on the play. He is still considered to be "on the ice." A player on a breakaway with the opposing goalkeeper off the ice is clearly fouled from behind. The Referee determines that an awarded goal situation has occurred, but inadvertently does not stop play until it ends when the non-offending team scores a goal. What is the proper procedure for the Referee to follow in this situation? - Correct Answer Once the Referee has determined that an awarded goal situation has occurred, the non-offending team is entitled to a goal immediately, regardless of what occurs after the infraction, even if the Referee fails to stop play. The fouled player is credited with a goal in this case, even if another teammate subsequently scores. Rule Reference 616(c). Also, since play is to be stopped immediately in an awarded goal situation, the time that has elapsed between the infraction and the actual stoppage must be added back to the remaining time left to be played in that period. Because an awarded goal situation is such a rare occurrence, it would not be unusual for a Referee to fail to stop play immediately, remembering that in every other penalty situation the play is permitted to continue until the offending team gains possession and control of the puck. Can a player against whom a delayed penalty is signaled be credited with the scoring of a goal? - Correct Answer Yes. Rule References 617(a) and 409(c). When the puck enters the goal as a result of the actions of the defending team, the last player to play the puck shall be credited with the goal. This includes situations where a delayed penalty is in play. The goal is tipped forward from behind as the result of player contact with the goal. The goal posts remain anchored to their position on the goal line. However, the cross bar pivots forward and down. Can a goal be scored while the goal is in this position? - Correct Answer No. Rule Reference 617(a). The goal is considered to be displaced when the goal frame moves, causing the goal posts to no longer be on the same plane as the goal line (extended). The White team scores a goal that is unobserved by the Referee so play continues. At the next stoppage of play, which happens to be a goal scored by the Blue team, the Linesman informs the Referee of