Rule 505. Penalty Timekeeper

1. The PENALTY TIMEKEEPER shall keep, on the official forms provided, a correct record of all penalties imposed by the On-Ice Officials including the names of the players penalized, the infractions penalized, the duration of each penalty and the time at which each penalty was imposed. Except for Juniors - He shall report to the Referee any player or Team Official who is in violation of Rule 404(d) (Game Misconduct). He shall report in the Penalty Record each penalty shot awarded, the name of the player taking the shot and the result of the shot.

2. The Penalty Timekeeper shall check and ensure that the time served by all penalized players is correct. He shall be responsible for the correct posting of all penalties on the scoreboard at all times and shall promptly call to the attention of the Referee any discrepancy between the time recorded on the clock and the official correct time and he shall be responsible for making any adjustments ordered by the Referee.

   He shall, upon request, give a penalized player correct information as to the unexpired time of his penalty.

   (Note 1) The infraction of the rules for which each penalty has been imposed will be announced twice over the public address system as reported by the Referee. Where players of both teams are penalized on the same play, the penalty to the visiting player will be announced first.

   (Note 2) Misconduct penalties and coincident minor or major penalties should not be recorded on the timing device, but such penalized players should be alerted and released at the first stoppage of play following the expiration of their penalties.