Rule 402. Minor Penalties

1. For a ``MINOR PENALTY'', any player, other than a goalkeeper, shall be ruled off the ice for two minutes during which time no substitute shall be permitted.

2. For a ``BENCH MINOR'' penalty one player of the team against which the penalty is imposed shall be ruled off the ice for a period of two minutes, during which time no substitute shall be permitted. Any non-penalized player of the team who was on the ice at the time of the infraction, except the goalkeeper, may be designated to serve the penalty by the Manager or Coach through the playing Captain, and such player shall take his place on the penalty bench promptly.

3. If the opposing team scores a goal while a team is shorthanded by one or more minor or bench minor penalties, one of such penalties shall automatically terminate (See Note).

   (Note) ``Shorthanded'' means that the team must be below the numerical strength of its opponents on the ice at the time the goal is scored.

   The penalty which terminates automatically is the first minor or bench minor penalty (non-coincident) then being served by the ``shorthanded'' team. Thus, if an equal number of players from each team are each serving a penalty(s) (minor, bench minor, major or match only), neither team is ``shorthanded''.

   This rule shall not apply when a goal is scored on a penalty shot or an awarded goal.

4. When the minor penalties of two players of the same team terminate at the same time the Captain of the team shall designate to the Referee which of such players will return to the ice first and the Referee will instruct the Penalty Timekeeper accordingly.

5. When a player receives a major penalty and a minor penalty at the same time the major penalty shall be served first by the penalized player except under Rule 403(c) in which case the minor penalty will be recorded and served first.

   (Note) This applies to the case where BOTH penalties are imposed on the SAME player. See also Rule 408(c)(Note) (Delayed Penalties).

6. When coincident minor penalties are imposed against players of both teams, the penalized players shall take their place on the penalty bench and such penalized players shall not leave the penalty bench until the first stoppage of play following the expiration of their respective penalties. Immediate substitutions shall be made for an equal number of minor penalties or coincident minor penalties of equal duration to each team so penalized and the penalties of the players for whom substitutions have been made shall not be taken into account for the purpose of a delayed penalty under Rule 408 (Delayed Penalties).