OFFICIAL RULES TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Section 1 - Playing Area
  • Rule 1 - Rink
  • Rule 2 - Goal Posts and Nets
  • Rule 3 - Benches
  • Rule 4 - Signal and Timing Devices
• Section 2 - Teams
  • Rule 5 - Team
  • Rule 6 - Captain and Alternate Captains
  • Rule 7 - Starting Line-up
  • Rule 8 - Injured Players
• Section 3 - Equipment
  • Rule 9 - Uniforms
  • Rule 10 - Sticks
  • Rule 11 - Goalkeeper's Equipment
  • Rule 12 - Illegal Equipment
  • Rule 13 - Puck
  • Rule 14 - Adjustment to Clothing or Equipment
• Section 4 - Types of Penalties
  • Rule 15 - Calling of Penalties
  • Rule 16 - Minor Penalties
  • Rule 17 - Bench Minor Penalties
  • Rule 18 - Double-minor Penalties
  • Rule 19 - Coincidental Penalties
  • Rule 20 - Major Penalties
  • Rule 21 - Match Penalties
  • Rule 22 - Misconduct Penalties
  • Rule 23 - Game Misconduct Penalties
  • Rule 24 - Penalty Shot
  • Rule 25 - Awarded Goals
  • Rule 26 - Delayed Penalties
  • Rule 27 - Goalkeeper's Penalties
  • Rule 28 - Supplementary Discipline
  • Rule 29 - Signals
• Section 5 - Officials
  • Rule 30 - Appointment of Officials
  • Rule 31 - Referees
  • Rule 32 - Linesman
  • Rule 33 - Official Scorer
  • Rule 34 - Game Timekeeper
  • Rule 35 - Penalty Timekeeper
  • Rule 36 - Goal Judge
  • Rule 37 - Real Time Scorers
  • Rule 38 - Video Goal Judge
  • Rule 39 - Abuse of Officials
  • Rule 40 - Physical Abuse of Officials
• Section 6 - Physical Fouls
  • Rule 41 - Boarding
  • Rule 42 - Charging
  • Rule 43 - Checking from Behind
  • Rule 44- Clipping
  • Rule 45 - Elbowing
  • Rule 46 - Fighting
  • Rule 47 - Head-butting
  • Rule 48 - Illegal Check to the Head
  • Rule 49 - Kicking
  • Rule 50 - Kneeing
  • Rule 51 - Roughing
  • Rule 52 - Slew-footing
  • Rule 53 - Throwing Equipment
• Section 7 - Restraining Fouls
  • Rule 54 - Holding
  • Rule 55 - Hooking
  • Rule 56 - Interference
  • Rule 57 - Tripping
• Section 8 - Stick Fouls
  • Rule 58 - Butt-ending
  • Rule 59 - Cross-checking
  • Rule 60 - High-sticking
  • Rule 61 - Slashing
  • Rule 62 - Spearing
• Section 9 - Other Fouls
  • Rule 63 - Delaying the Game
  • Rule 64 - Diving / Embellishment
  • Rule 65 - Equipment
  • Rule 66 - Forfeit of Game
  • Rule 67 - Handling Puck
  • Rule 68 - Illegal Substitution
  • Rule 69 - Interference on the Goalkeeper
  • Rule 70 - Leaving the Bench
  • Rule 71 - Premature Substitution
  • Rule 72 - Refusing to Play the Puck
  • Rule 73 - Refusing to Start Play
  • Rule 74 - Too Many Men on the Ice
  • Rule 75 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
• Section 10 - Game Flow
  • Rule 76 - Face-offs
  • Rule 77 - Game and Intermission Timing
  • Rule 78 - Goals
  • Rule 79 - Hand Pass
  • Rule 80 - High-sticking the Puck
  • Rule 81 - Icing
  • Rule 82 - Ling Changes
  • Rule 83 - Off-side
  • Rule 84 - Overtime
  • Rule 85 - Puck Out of Bounds
  • Rule 86 - Start of Game and Periods
  • Rule 87 - Time-outs
• Reference Tables
  • Table 1 - Penalties to Coaches and Non-playing Club Personnel
  • Table 2 - Minor Penalties
  • Table 3 - Bench Minor Penalties
  • Table 4 - Double Minor Penalties
  • Table 5 - Major Penalties
  • Table 6 - Game Misconduct Penalties That Result in an Automatic Game Misconduct
  • Table 7 - Major Penalties That Result in an Automatic Game Misconduct When There is Injury to the Face or Head
  • Table 8 - Match Penalties
  • Table 9 - Misconduct Penalties
  • Table 10 - Game Misconduct Fouls Included in the "General Category"
  • Table 11 - Game Misconduct Fouls Included in the "Stick-Related Category"
  • Table 12 - Game Misconduct Penalties
  • Table 13 - Penalty Shots
  • Table 14 - Awarded Goals (When Goalkeeper Has Been Romoved for an Extra Attacker)
  • Table 15 - Goalkeeper Penalties
  • Table 16 - Goals Scored Against a Short-handed Team
  • Table 17 - Coincidental Penalties
  • Table 18 - Interference on the Goalkeeper Situations
  • Table 19 - Penalties in Effect Prior to the Start of Overtime - Regular Season
  • Table 20 - Penalties Assessed in Overtime - Regular Season
• Alphabetical Index
  • A - C
  • D - F
  • G - I
  • J - L
  • M - O
  • P - R
  • S - T
  • U - Z

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