USA Hockey Rule Book (In Depth) Exam with precise
|| || || || || || || || ||
detailed solutions ||
Rule 601 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(e) A match penalty shall be assessed to any player or team official who
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
commits the following actions: || || ||
1. Applies deliberate physical force or attempts to inflict physical harm to any game official,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
including off-ice officials. || ||
2. Behaving in any manner that is critically detrimental to the conducting of the game, including
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
but not limited to spitting at an opponent, spectator, game or team official, or verbally threatening
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| || || || || || || || ||
detailed solutions ||
Rule 601 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(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 - ✔✔(e) A match penalty shall be assessed to any player or team official who
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
commits the following actions: || || ||
1. Applies deliberate physical force or attempts to inflict physical harm to any game official,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
including off-ice officials. || ||
2. Behaving in any manner that is critically detrimental to the conducting of the game, including
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
but not limited to spitting at an opponent, spectator, game or team official, or verbally threatening
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
