Notes

• Possible violations constituting ``Delay of Game'':
  1. Deliberately shooting puck (with stick or glove) outside playing area
  2. Goalkeeper shooting puck outside playing area, regardless of intent
  3. Deliberate displacement of goal cage (penalty shot if player on breakaway)
  4. Player or goalkeeper removes helmet/facemask (penalty shot if player on breakaway)
  5. Freezing puck to gain stoppage of play, or gathering puck underneath body
  6. Continual incorrect number of players being sent out after warning
  7. Failure to maintain proper face-off position after warning
  8. Second face-off violation, same team
  9. Picking up the puck from the ice
  10. Making unnecessary adjustments to equipment, or conferring with coaches or other players
• Possible equipment violations:
  1. Illegal stick, or participation in play with more than one stick - minor
  2. Illegal goalkeeper equipment - minor
  3. Participating in play without helmet - minor
  4. Player not wearing helmet on any bench - warning, then misconduct
  5. Player not wearing colored mouthpiece - misconduct, then game misconduct
  6. Glove with palm removed or cut - minor
  7. Equipment not worn under uniform (not including gloves and helmet) - warning, then minor
  8. Other illegal equipment, including chin-strap violations - player must leave the ice

• The goalkeeper's privileged area is an area bound on the sides by imaginary lines drawn from the end spots back and perpendicular to the end boards, bound in front by an imaginary line connecting the two end spots, and bound in back by the end boards.
  1. The goalkeeper may not be body-checked while in the privileged area, and especially not while in the goal crease. A major or minor penalty for ``charging'' shall be assessed in this case.
  2. The goalkeeper may not cover the puck if some part of his body is not within the portion of the privileged area which is in front of the goal line. A minor penalty for ``delay of game'' shall be assessed to the goalkeeper in this case.
  3. The goalkeeper may not participate in play beyond the center red line. A minor penalty shall be assessed for a violation of this rule.
  4. The goalkeeper may only take warm-ups within the privileged area, extended to include the area formed by connecting each end zone face-off spot to where the goal line meets the boards. After a warning, a bench minor penalty shall be assessed for a violation of this rule.
• No attacking player may stand in or skate through the goal crease when the puck is not in the crease. For a violation of this rule, when the attacking team has possession of the puck, the whistle shall be blown and the resulting face-off shall be at the nearest neutral zone spot.
  1. If the goalkeeper is not in the goal crease, this rule shall not apply.
  2. If the puck should enter the net while the above condition prevails, the goal shall be disallowed, and the face-off shall occur as stated above.
  3. If an attacking player is being forced into the goal crease by action of a defending player, this rule shall not apply and any goal scored shall be allowed.