List Of Penalties

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List Of Penalties

	Listing of Penalties Categories
(a)	Penalties shall be in actual playing time, and are divided into the following classes:
	1	Minor Penalties
	2	Bench Minor Penalties
	3	Major Penalties
	4	Misconduct Penalties
	5	Game Ejection
	6	Game Misconduct Penalties
	7	Gross Misconduct Penalties
	8	Match Penalties
	9	Penalty Shot
(b)	Any player or team official may be assessed penalties at any time before, during or after a game, when an offense is committed on the ice or off the ice before entering the dressing rooms. Any altercations occurring off the ice must be reported to the President on the official game report by the referee. A player who is assessed any penalty in the pre-game warm-up shall automatically have her name placed on the Official Game Report and be counted as one of the eligible players as per Rule 16(a) and (b) - Players in Uniform.
	Note 1: The maximum of 5 players per team being assessed Game Misconducts (as per Rule 70(c) Note 1 - Leaving the Players' or Penalty Bench) also applies to the pre-game warm-up.
	Note 2: Any unnecessary contact between opposing players after the whistle shall result in penalties being assessed as prescribed by the rules.
(c)	Where the rules state that the Manager or Coach shall designate a player to serve a penalty and the Manager or Coach refuses to name a player, the Referee shall name any player of the offending team to serve the penalty.
(d)	Where penalties are assessed to players of both teams at the same time, the penalized players of the Visiting Team shall take their position in the penalty bench first, in the place designated for the visiting players. Where there is no special designation they must take a position on the bench furthest from the gate.