USA Hockey Officiating Program

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

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Penalty Categories

• Minor penalties.
• Major penalties.
• Misconduct penalties
• Game misconduct penalties.
• Match penalties

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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 players 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.

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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

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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.
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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

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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
• Captains decision is made when the penalties are
  assessed

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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.

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Termination Concept
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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Who Comes Out?
Non-coincident minor penalties expire in the
order in which they were assessed (First In -
First Out). Rule ref 402(e).
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Who Comes Out?
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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).
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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Who Comes Out?
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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.
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What Goes on the Clock?
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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
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What Goes on the Clock?
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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.