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Minor Penalties |
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(a) |
For a "Minor" penalty,
any player, except a
goaltender, shall be
ruled off the ice for
two minutes actual
playing time, during
which no substitutes
shall be permitted. |
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(b) |
If, while a team is
short-handed because of
one or more Minor or
Bench Minor penalties,
the opposing team scores
a goal, the first of
such penalties shall
automatically terminate. |
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Note: Coincident Minor
penalties to both teams
do not cause either team
to be short-handed. |
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When a goal is scored on
a Penalty Shot against a
team that is
short-handed by reason
of a Minor or Bench
Minor penalty, no player
of the short-handed team
shall return to the ice
with the scoring of the
goal. |
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(c) |
When a player is
assessed both a Minor
and Major penalty at the
same time, the Major
penalty shall be served
first. The same
principle will apply
when a player is
assessed both a Minor
and Match penalty at the
same time. The
five-minute time penalty
which accompanies the
Match penalty is to be
served first. See Rule
38(e). |
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(d) |
If a goal is scored
against a team that is
short-handed because of
one or more Minor
penalties, the player
serving the first Minor
penalty shall return to
the ice. In the case of
a player who has
received a Double Minor
penalty, his first Minor
penalty shall be
terminated. |
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(e) |
When coincident Minor or
coincident Minors of
equal duration are
imposed against players
on each team during the
same stoppage of play,
immediate substitutions
shall be made for those
penalties, and such
penalties shall not be
taken into account for
the purpose of the
delayed penalty. Any
differences in time or
total penalty time shall
be served by one or more
players on the ice at
the time of the
infraction. |
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Unless they have been
ejected from the game,
such penalized players
shall take their place
on the penalty bench and
remain there until the
first stoppage of play
following the expiry of
their respective
penalties. |
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Where at least one Major
and/or Match penalty is
assessed to each team
during the same stoppage
of play, the coincident
Major/Match penalty rule
shall take precedence
over the coincident
Minor penalty rule. |
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(f) |
Any player incurring
a
total of three or more
stick infraction
penalties during the
same game shall be
ejected from the game.
For the application of
this rule, stick
infraction penalties are
considered to be: high
sticking,
cross-checking,
slashing, spearing and
butt-ending. |
