USA HOCKEY BUNDLED EXAM 2026
FINAL PAPER PRACTICE ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ Rule 601 A. 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. 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. 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. 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.
FINAL PAPER PRACTICE ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ Rule 601 A. 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. 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. 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. 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.
