INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION
OFFICIAL RULE BOOK 2010 – 2014
ENGLISH VERSION July 2010
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SECTION 1 - ICE RINK
SECTION 2 - TEAMS, PLAYERS AND EQUIPMENT
100 101 102 103 104 105 106
DEFINITION ...............................................................................9 DIMENSIONS OF THE RINK ..........................................................9 BOARDS ...................................................................................9 KICK PLATE ..............................................................................9 DOORS ....................................................................................9 PROTECTIVE GLASS. ..................................................................11 END ZONE NET .........................................................................11
200 201
PLAYERS IN UNIFORMS ...............................................................21 CAPTAIN OF TEAM .....................................................................21
210
EQUIPMENT...............................................................................21
110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119
DIVISION AND MARKING OF THE ICE SURFACE ...............................11 GOAL LINES..............................................................................11 BLUE LINES ..............................................................................11 CENTER LINE ............................................................................11 FACE-OFF SPOTS AND CIRCLES ..................................................13 CENTER FACE-OFF SPOT AND CIRCLE .........................................13 FACE-OFF SPOTS IN NEUTRAL ZONE ............................................13 END ZONE FACE-OFF SPOTS AND CIRCLES ...................................13 REFEREE CREASE ......................................................................15 GOAL CREASE ..........................................................................15
220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228
PLAYER’S EQUIPMENT ................................................................21 PLAYERS’ SKATES ......................................................................21 PLAYER’S STICK ........................................................................21 PLAYER’S HELMET .....................................................................23 PLAYER’S FACE MASK AND VISOR ...............................................23 PLAYERS’ GLOVES................................................................. ....23 NECK AND THROAT PROTECTOR ..................................................23 MOUTH GUARD .........................................................................25 ELBOW PADS ............................................................................25
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GOAL FRAME, POSTS
140 141 142 143
PLAYERS’ BENCHES ...................................................................17 PENALTY BENCHES ....................................................................17 GOAL JUDGES’ BENCHES ...........................................................17 SCOREKEEPER BENCH............................................................ ...17
230 231 232 233 233a) 233b) 234 235
GOALKEEPER EQUIPMENT ...........................................................25 GOALKEEPER SKATES .................................................................25 GOALKEEPER STICKS .................................................................25 GOALKEEPER GLOVES ................................................................25 BLOCKING GLOVE......................................................................25 CATCHING GLOVE......................................................................27 GOALKEEPER HELMET AND FULL FACE MASK ...............................27 GOALKEEPER LEG GUARDS.........................................................27
240
UNIFORMS ................................................................................27
250
PUCK .......................................................................................29
260
MEASUREMENT
AND
NETTING (GOAL NET)...........................17
150 151 152 153
SIGNAL AND TIMING DEVICES ......................................................19 SIREN ......................................................................................19 CLOCK.....................................................................................19 RED AND GREEN LIGHTS ............................................................19
160 161
PLAYERS’ DRESSING ROOMS ......................................................19 REFEREES’ AND LINESMEN DRESSING ROOMS...............................19
170 171 172
RINK LIGHTING ..........................................................................19 SMOKING IN THE ARENA .............................................................19 MUSIC IN THE ARENA.................................................................19
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OF
EQUIPMENT....................................................29
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SECTION 3 - OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES 300
APPOINTMENT
310 311 312 313
GAME OFFICIALS .......................................................................31 REFEREE AND LINESMEN EQUIPMENT ...........................................31 REFEREE DUTIES .......................................................................31 LINESMEN DUTIES......................................................................31
320 321 322 323 324 325
OFF-ICE OFFICIALS ....................................................................33 GOAL JUDGES ..........................................................................33 SCOREKEEPER...........................................................................33 TIMEKEEPER ..............................................................................33 ANNOUNCER .............................................................................33 PENALTY BENCH ATTENDANTS .....................................................33
330
VIDEO GOAL JUDGE...................................................................33
340
PROPER AUTHORITIES ................................................................33
OF
OFFICIALS .......................................................31
SECTION 4 - PLAYING RULES 400 402
PLAYERS ON THE ICE .................................................................35 START OF GAME AND PERIODS ....................................................35
411 412 413 415 416 417 419
CHANGE OF PLAYERS FROM THE PLAYERS BENCH DURING PLAY ....35 CHANGE OF PLAYERS AND GOALKEEPERS PROCEDURE DURING STOPPAGE OF PLAY ...................................................................37 CHANGE OF PLAYERS FROM THE PENALTY BENCH.........................39 CHANGE OF GOALKEEPERS DURING STOPPAGE OF PLAY................ 39 INJURED PLAYERS ......................................................................39 INJURED GOALKEEPERS ..............................................................39 ICE CLEANING ...........................................................................39
420 421 422
TIMING OF GAME.......................................................................41 OVERTIME PERIOD .....................................................................41 TIME OUT .................................................................................41
430
DETERMINING
440 442
FACE-OFFS ..............................................................................43 PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING FACE-OFFS ..................................45
450 451
OFFSIDES .................................................................................45 DELAYED OFFSIDE PROCEDURE................................................ ...47
460
ICING
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THE
THE
OUTCOME
OF THE
GAME ..................................41
PUCK ........................................................................47
470 471 472 480 481 482 483 484 490 492 493
DEFINITION OF A GOAL...............................................................49 DISALLOWING A GOAL ................................................................49 GOALS AND ASSIST AWARDED TO THE PLAYERS ............................51 PUCK OUT OF BOUNDS .............................................................51 PUCK ON THE NET ....................................................................51 PUCK OUT OF SIGHT .................................................................51 ILLEGAL PUCK ...........................................................................53 PUCK STRIKING AN OFFICIAL ......................................................53 STOPPING/PASSING THE PUCK WITH THE HANDS ..........................53 HIGH STICKING THE PUCK ..........................................................53 INTERFERENCE BY SPECTATORS ...................................................55
SECTION 5 - PENALTIES 500 501 502 503 504 505 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 FOULS 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535
PENALTIES (DEFINITION AND PROCEDURES) ...................................57 MINOR PENALTY ........................................................................57 BENCH MINOR PENALTY .............................................................59 MAJOR PENALTY........................................................................59 MISCONDUCT PENALTY...............................................................59 GAME MISCONDUCT PENALTY .....................................................59 MATCH PENALTY .......................................................................59 PENALTY SHOT..........................................................................61 PENALTY SHOT PROCEDURE .......................................................61 SUPPLEMENTARY DISCIPLINE .......................................................63 GOALKEEPER PENALTY PROCEDURE .............................................63 COINCIDENTAL PENALTIES ...........................................................63 DELAYED PENALTY .....................................................................65 CALLING OF PENALTIES ..............................................................65 PLAYERS .............................................................................67 BOARDING ................................................................................67 BUTT-ENDING ...........................................................................67 CHARGING ................................................................................67 CHECKING FROM BEHIND ...........................................................69 CLIPPING..................................................................................69 CROSS-CHECKING.....................................................................69 ELBOWING ................................................................................71 EXCESSIVE ROUGHNESS .............................................................71 FISTICUFFS OR ROUGHING ..........................................................71 HEAD-BUTTING .........................................................................73 HIGH STICKING .........................................................................75 HOLDING AN OPPONENT .............................................................75 HOLDING THE STICK ..................................................................75 HOOKING..................................................................................75 INTERFERENCE...........................................................................77 KICKING ...................................................................................79
AGAINST
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536 537 538 539 540 541
KNEEING ..................................................................................79 SLASHING.................................................................................79 SPEARING.................................................................................81 TRIPPING............................................................................. .....81 CHECKING TO THE HEAD AND NECK AREA ....................................83 WOMEN BODY CHECKING ..........................................................83
OTHER PENALTIES .......................................................................................85 550 ABUSE OF OFFICIALS/UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT BY PLAYERS .......85 551 ABUSE OF OFFICIALS /UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT BY TEAM OFFICIALS .....87 554 DELAYING THE GAME .................................................................89 554a) KEEPING THE PUCK IN MOTION ...................................................89 554b) DISPLACING THE GOAL ...............................................................89 554c) SHOOTING/THROWING THE PUCK OUTSIDE THE PLAYING AREA. ......91 554d) ADJUSTMENT OF EQUIPMENT.......................................................91 554e) INJURED PLAYER REFUSING TO LEAVE THE ICE........................... ...91 554f) MORE THAN ONE CHANGE AFTER GOAL SCORED .........................91 554g) VIOLATION OF FACE-OFF PROCEDURES ........................................93 554h) LATE LINE-UP ...........................................................................93 555 ILLEGAL AND DANGEROUS EQUIPMENT..........................................93 556 BROKEN STICK..........................................................................95 557 FALLING ON THE PUCK BY A PLAYER............................................95 558 FALLING ON THE PUCK BY A GOALKEEPER.................................. ..97 559 HANDLING THE PUCK WITH HANDS BY A PLAYER...........................97 560 HANDLING THE PUCK WITH HANDS BY A GOALKEEPER ...................99 561 INTERFERENCE WITH SPECTATORS.................................................99 562 PLAYERS LEAVING THE PLAYER’S BENCH OR PENALTY BENCH.......99 565 TEAM OFFICIALS LEAVING THE PLAYER’S BENCH ...........................101 566 REFUSING TO START PLAY TEAM ON THE ICE ................................101 567 REFUSING TO START PLAY TEAM NOT ON THE ICE .........................101 568 THROWING A STICK OR ANY OBJECT OUT OF THE PLAYING AREA... .101 569 THROWING A STICK OR ANY OBJECT WITHIN THE PLAYING AREA... .103 570 THROWING A STICK OR ANY OBJECT ON A BREAKAWAY SITUATION ..103 571 PREVENTION OF INFECTIONS BY BLOOD ........................................103 572 CAPTAIN, ALTERNATE CAPTAIN COMPLAINT ...................................105 573 TOO MANY PLAYERS ON THE ICE ................................................105 575 INFRINGEMENT OF CHANGE OF PLAYERS PROCEDURE ....................105 576 DIVING .....................................................................................105
ANNEX 1 ADVERTISING REGULATIONS..............................................109
ANNEX 2 COUNT-DOWN AND WARM-UP PROCEDURES............ .....109
ANNEX 3 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS .............................................111 A3.1 A3.2
ANNEX 4 DUTIES OF THE OFFICIALS .................................................112 A4.1 A4.2 A4.3 A4.4 A4.5 A4.6 A4.7 A4.8 A4.9 A4.10 A4.11 A4.20 A4.21 A4.22 A4.23 A4.24 A4.25 A4.26
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INCAPACITATED REFEREE OR LINESMAN BEFORE THE GAME ............112 INCAPACITATED REFEREE OR LINESMAN DURING THE GAME.............112 THREE MAN SYSTEM .................................................................112 REFEREE DUTIES BEFORE THE GAME ...........................................112 REFEREE DUTIES DURING THE GAME ...........................................112 REFEREE DUTIES AFTER THE GAME .............................................113 LINESMEN DUTIES......................................................................113 TWO MAN SYSTEM ....................................................................114 REFEREE DUTIES BEFORE THE GAME........................................ ...114 REFEREE DUTIES DURING THE GAME ...........................................114 REFEREE DUTIES AFTER THE GAME .............................................114 OFF-ICE OFFICIALS....................................................................115 SCOREKEEPER DUTIES BEFORE THE GAME....................................115 SCOREKEEPER DUTIES DURING THE GAME ....................................115 SCOREKEEPER DUTIES AFTER THE GAME ......................................116 TIMEKEEPER DUTIES ..................................................................116 ANNOUNCER DUTIES ..................................................................116 PENALTY BENCH ATTENDANTS DUTIES .........................................116
ANNEX 5 ILLUSTRATION OF GOAL FRAME. .......................................117 ANNEX 5 REFEREES AND LINESMEN SIGNALS.................................117 INDEX
590 591 592 593 594 595
COMPULSORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.............................................. ...111 PUBLIC INFORMATION .................................................................111
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PENALTIES FOR GOALKEEPERS................................................. ...105 GOALKEEPER BEYOND THE CENTER RED LINE ..............................107 GOALKEEPER GOING TO THE PLAYER’S BENCH .............................107 GOALKEEPER LEAVING THE GOAL CREASE DURING AN ALTERCATION .....107 GOALKEEPER DROPPING THE PUCK ON THE GOAL NETTING ............107 PROTECTION OF GOALKEEPERS ...................................................107
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