- For the first "MAJOR PENALTY" in any one game,
the offender, except the goalkeeper, shall be ruled
off the ice for five (5) minutes during which time no
substitute shall be permitted.
An automatic fine of one hundred dollars ($100)
shall also be added when a major penalty is
imposed for any foul causing injury to the face or
head of an opponent by means of a stick. - For the third major penalty in the same game to the
same player, or for a major for butt-ending (Rule
46), checking from behind (Rule 48), clipping (Rule
49), cross-checking (Rule 50), head-butting (Rule
60), hooking (Rule 64), kneeing (Rule 71), slashing
(Rule 85) or spearing (Rule 86), he shall be ruled off
the ice for the balance of the game, but a substitute
shall be permitted to replace the player so
suspended after five (5) minutes have elapsed.
(Major penalty plus game misconduct with
automatic fine of two hundred dollars ($200).)
The substitute is not required to take his place
on the penalty bench immediately, but must do so
at a stoppage of play prior to the expiration of the
major penalty. He may then legally exit the penalty
bench when the major penalty has expired. Failure
to place a player on the penalty bench prior to the
expiration of the major penalty will result in that
team having to continue playing one player short
(but not officially considered shorthanded) until the
next stoppage of play. Any replacement player who
enters the game other than from the players' bench
shall constitute an illegal substitution under Rule 17 -- Change of Players calling for a bench minor
penalty.
Furthermore, if the Team fails to place a player
on the penalty bench to return to the ice at the end
of the major penalty, they continue to play shorthanded
but are NOT permitted to ice the puck as they are no longer
shorthanded by reason of a penalty. - When coincident major penalties or coincident
penalties of equal duration, including a major
penalty, are imposed against players of both Teams,
the penalized players shall all take their places on
the penalty benches and such penalized players
shall not leave the penalty benches until the first
stoppage of play following the expiry of their
respective penalties. Immediate substitutions shall
be made for an equal number of major penalties, or
coincident penalties of equal duration including a
major penalty to each Team so penalized, and the
penalties of the players for which substitutions have
been made shall not be taken into account for the
purpose of the Delayed Penalty Rule, (Rule 32)
Where it is required to determine which of the penalized players shall be designated to serve the delayed penalty under Rule 32 - Delayed Penalties, the penalized Team shall have the right to make such designation not in conflict with Rule 26 - Minor Penalties. - During the last five (5) minutes of regulation time, or
at any time in overtime, when a minor penalty (or
double minor penalty) is assessed to one player of
Team A, and a major (or match) penalty is assessed to
one player of Team B on the same stoppage of play,
the three-minute (or one minute) differential shall be
served immediately as a major penalty. This is also
applicable when coincidental penalties are negated,
leaving the aforementioned examples. In such
instances, the Team of the player receiving the major
penalty must place the replacement player in the penalty bench
prior to expiration of the penalty (in the
case of a match penalty, the replacement player must
enter the penalty bench immediately). The differential
will be recorded on the penalty clock as a three (3)
minute or a one (1) minute penalty (as applicable),
and served in the same manner as a major penalty.
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