USA Hockey Officiating Program

1. USA Hockey Officiating Program The Off-ice Officials Guide to Penalty Terminations

2. Introduction • This presentation is intended to familiarize off-ice officials for the USA Hockey 16-and-Under National Championship with basic rules and procedures governing the termination of penalties. • Key services provided by off-ice officials include: • The accurate recording of penalties on the game score sheet. • Proper posting of penalties on the scoreboard penalty clocks. • Knowing the proper on-ice playing strength of each team. • Determining which penalized players are eligible to return to the ice, when they are eligible to return, and in what order. • Multiple penalty situations can easily become complex and potentially confusing, especially in the older age groups and higher skill classifications.

3. Penalty Categories • Minor penalties. • Major penalties. • Misconduct penalties • Game misconduct penalties. • Match penalties

4. Minors and Majors • Minor penalties: • Penalized player is ruled off the ice for two minutes • Major penalties: • Penalized player is ruled off the ice for five minutes • If a player receives a minor penalty and a major penalty at the same time-- • The major is recorded and served first • The minor does not start until the major expires

5. Misconduct Penalties • Misconduct: • Player is ruled off the ice for 10 minutes. However, a substitute is allowed to replace the penalized player on the ice. • The team, therefore, does not play shorthanded. • Because a substitute for the penalized player is on the ice, the penalized player cannot be released from the penalty bench until the first stoppage of play after the 10-minute penalty expires. • Misconduct penalties are never posted on the scoreboard penalty clocks.

6. Game Misconduct Penalties • Player is ejected from game in progress and suspended from remaining scheduled game(s), as determined by the tournament Discipline Committee • There are no time penalties associated with game misconduct penalties and no substitute is sent to the penalty box. However, the player incurring the penalty is charged with 10 minutes on the score sheet

7. Match Penalties • Penalized player is immediately ejected. • Substitute for the penalized player serves a 5-minute time penalty. • Penalized player is suspended as determined by the tournament Discipline Committee • Apply only to these infractions: • Deliberate injury to an opponent • Deliberate attempt to injure • Deliberate kicking of an opponent • Detrimental conduct, to include-- • Deliberately injuring or attempting to injure a game official (including off-ice officials) or opposing team official. • Verbally threatening a game official (including off-ice officials) with physical harm. • Spitting at an opponent, spectator, game official (including off-ice officials), or team official.

8. Multiple Penalties • Multiple penalties can be assessed for certain single infractions • Usually associated with fighting and injury potential penalties. Examples include-- • Checking from behind: • Minor plus misconduct or • Major plus game misconduct • Spearing, butt-ending, head butting, facemask, and fighting: • Major plus game misconduct • Double minors • Multiple penalties for the same infraction are recorded as separate penalties on the game score sheet. • Double minors are recorded as two separate penalties on the score sheet

9. Multiple Penalties • When a minor plus misconduct is assessed, the minor is recorded and served first. • A substitute serves the minor penalty. • The misconduct does not begin until the minor penalty expires or a goal is scored • If a player receives a major penalty plus a game misconduct— • That player’s team must place a substitute in the penalty box to serve the major penalty • The substitute player does not have to enter the penalty box immediately but must enter before the five-minute time penalty expires.

10. Coincidental Penalties • Coincidental penalties are an equal number of penalties of equal duration called at the same stoppage of play. • There is no change in on-ice strength. Substitutes replace the penalized players on the ice • Coincidental penalties are never posted on the scoreboard penalty clocks • Penalized players serve their entire time and are released at the first stoppage of play after their penalties expire • Coincidental penalties never make a team shorthanded. • For coincidental penalties that include both minor and major or match penalties to the same players, the minor penalties are recorded and served first. • The time portion of match penalties are treated as major penalties in determining which penalties are coincidental

11. Determining Coincidental Penalties • Remember that coincidental penalties are an equal number of penalties of equal duration called at the same stoppage of play. • On-ice playing strength is determined by offsetting those penalties that meet this criteria, as in this example. In this example, the minor penalty to Y and one of the minors to X offset. A substitute for X must serve the remaining non-coincident minor and returns to the ice when that penalty expires or a goal is scored.

12. Delayed (Stacked) Penalties • The on-ice playing strength of a team (excluding goalkeepers) can never drop below three • If a third non-coincident penalty is assessed while two others are being served-- • The third penalized player goes to the penalty box but a substitute takes his place on the ice to keep the on-ice strength at three. • The third penalty does not start until the first penalty expires or a goal is scored • If a goal is not scored before the first penalty expires: • The first penalized player remains in the penalty box when the penalty expires. (Since a substitute for the third player is already on the ice, the on-ice strength remains three) • The first penalized player remains in the penalty box until the first stoppage of play • In cases where penalty expiration times allow players to be released during play, they are released in the order that their penalties expire • Follow the same procedure for subsequent non-coincident delayed penalties

13. Terminating Minor Penalties • When a goal is scored against a shorthanded team, a non-coincidental minor penalty then being served will terminate • If two or more non-coincidental minors are being served by the shorthanded team, the first penalty assessed is the one that terminates (first in--first out) • If two or more non-coincidental minors were assessed to different players of the same team at the same time, the captain of the shorthanded team designates which penalty automatically terminates • Captain’s decision is made when the penalties are assessed

14. Terminating Major and Match Penalties • Major penalties and the 5-minute time portion of match penalties never terminate automatically • If a non-coincidental major or match penalty plus a minor are assessed against the same player at the same time, the major or match penalty must be completely served before the minor begins • If a team is shorthanded because of one or more major or match penalties, it remains shorthanded until all such penalties are served, no matter how many goals are scored.

15. Termination Concept

16. Who Comes Out?

17. Who Comes Out? The minor penalty to Y and one of the minors to X are coincident. A substitute for X must serve the non-coincident minor and returns to the ice when that penalty expires or a goal is scored.

18. Who Comes Out?

19. Who Comes Out? When non-coincident minors are assessed to different players of the same team at the same time, the captain of the shorthanded team determines which player returns if a goal is scored. Rule ref: 402(e). This is also a “stacked penalty” situation. The penalty to Z does not begin until the next face-off.

20. Who Comes Out?

21. Who Comes Out? Non-coincident minor penalties expire in the order in which they were assessed (First In - First Out). Rule ref: 402(e).

22. Who Comes Out?

23. Who Comes Out? Because X was assessed both a minor and major penalty, the major must be recorded and served first. A major cannot expire on a goal scored and the minor penalty has not yet started. Rule ref: 402(e).

24. Who Comes Out?

25. Who Comes Out? The minor to X and one of the minors to A offset, leaving both teams shorthanded but at even strength (4 on 4). The goal was scored before either of the penalties being served expired.

26. Who Comes Out?

27. Who Comes Out? Team A is shorthanded but the first penalty is a major to X, which cannot expire on a goal scored. Because the minors to Y and A are not coincidental, the minor to Y terminates when the goal is scored.

28. Who Comes Out?

29. Who Comes Out? All of the penalties in this situation are non-coincidental minors. Because of the First In - First Out rule, the minor to X is the one that terminates when the goal is scored.

30. Who Comes Out?

31. Who Comes Out? One minor to X and the minor to A offset, leaving the on-ice strength 5 on 4. The minors to Y and B made the on-ice strength 4 on 3. The sub for X therefore comes out under the First In - First Out rule.

32. Who Comes Out?

33. Who Comes Out? This is a “stacked penalty” situation. X comes out because it is the first penalty. However, Team A will remain two players short because the penalty to Z does not begin until the face-off following the goal.

34. Who Comes Out?

35. Who Comes Out? In this stacked penalty situation, the minors to X and A are coincidental. The penalty to Y is a major and cannot expire until fully served. The minor to Z is therefore the only penalty that can terminate.

36. Who Comes Out?

37. Who Comes Out? In this stacked penalty situation, the penalties to Y and A are not coincidental because one is a minor and one is a major. The penalty to Y is a major and cannot expire until fully served. The minor to Z has not yet started. The minor to X, therefore, is the only penalty that can terminate.

38. What Goes on the Clock?

39. What Goes on the Clock? Since all of these penalties were assessed at the same stoppage, all of the minors offset, except for one of the minors to Team A. Team A will therefore skate shorthanded, 5 on 4, so two minutes will show on the clock under Team A

40. What Goes on the Clock?

41. What is the on-ice Playing Strength? While only three Team A players were penalized compared to four for Team B, a total of three minors and one major were assessed to each team at the same stoppage. Remember, a match penalty is the same as a major for purposes of determining coincidental penalties. Both teams, therefore, remain at full strength and no time shows on the penalty clocks.