presented by Henri Neva at Abu Dhabi Ice Rink in Abu Dhabi, 27 September 2011

1. ICE HOCKEY REFEREE COURSEPART 1

2. 23 years Jyväskylä, Finland Student, Jyväskylä University Seventhyear as a referee, over 600 games Played 11 years Henri Neva

3. GENERAL RC PART 1 => Basics of refereeing => Reffing in Stormspractiseand in junior tournaments with experienced referee RC PART 2 => Advanced informationaboutbeeing a Referee => U-20 League, (EHL?)

4. Beaware of Refereesethicalprinciples RecognizeRefereesduties Learnbasics of the rules Learn the signals Knowwhen the goal is allowedordisallowed Knowwhen stop the game Beaware of how to move and position on the ice Beaware of what’soffside and icing Goals of thisRegularcourse

5. Opportunity to be a big part of the greatgame Goodexercise(skating, fitness) Opportunity to reach national and international top levels A Hobby thatallowsyou to earn money Learning differentskills Other? Why to become a referee?

6. Jersey (clean and suitable) Black pants Black skates with white laces Whistle Black helmet with visor Shinpads (alsojock and elbowpadsrecommended) Notebook Refereesequipment

7. THE GAME IS SAFE!!! Thereare no unnecessarydelays Giveback a scoringopportunity to non-offendingteam Let the skilledplayersusetheirskills Whytherearerules?

8. Good referee: -Knowsownweaknesses and is ready to work with them -Understands and knowshow to handlepeople - Is showingupappropriately on the ice and off ice - Wants to develophimself Abilities of good referee: - KNOWS THE RULES AND HOW TO USE THEM!! - Skatingskills - Goodphysicalcondition - Ability to reactthingsquickly - Good referee is respected and hasauthority - Understandswhat is happening on the ice - Is consistent! - Is honest

9. For allgames, the followingofficialsshallbeappointed: Two-Man System: -twoofficialsworking as both referee and linesmen -mostgames in UAE -bothrefsareequal Three-Man System: - one referee and twolinesmen - international games and somegames in UAE Appointment of Officials…

11. One Timekeeper

12. One Announcer

13. TwoPenaltyBenchAttendants

14. (GoalJudges, Video GoalJudge)…Appointment of Officials

16. B) Theyshallface-off the puck in the mostcircumstances and willassist the Referee in conducting the gameReferee Duties

17. THE RULE BOOK - Everything is based on thisbook - Referees ”HolyBible” - Need to knoweven in dreams CASE BOOK - A supplement to the Rulebook - How to work in differentcases Refereestools

18. A PLAYER PLAYS: -Forwinning -Forhavingfun A REFEREE - Don’t ”steal” the gamefromplayers - Letplayersenjoy for the game - Rememberplayersemotions - Ifplayersareobeying the rules, LET THEM PLAY, butwhenyouseefouls, DON’T HESITATE TO CALL WHATEVER YOU DO ONE THE ICE, BE CONSISTENT!!! REMEMBER!!!

19. Whatare the refereesmostimportantduties Pre-game During the game Post-game Discuss and think with yourpartner

20. Pre-gameduties - Beearly in the ice hallrink - 30min is absolutelyminimum. 45min-60min is recommended - If the other Referee hasn’tcome 30min before the game - callhim and ifdoesn’tanswercall me - Prepare for the matchappropriately - the match is ”a festival” for the youngplayers - checkyourownequipment - On the ice - verify the nets and that the wholerink is allright - check the gamesheet, signatures

21. Dutiesduring the game BE CONSISTENT!!!!!! Scoringopportunities (the mostimportantsituations in the game!) Call just whatyousee, nothingmore Call ALWAYSwhen the fouledteamgetsbenefitbecause of the foul Allowfair play Remember to controlalsoplayerswhoarenot in possession of the puck Bealsoawarewhere is yourpartner and what is he doing

22. Control the post-gamehandshaking Referees is the lastwholeaves the ice In the lockerroom: - CHECK the OfficialGameSheet and signitifit’sright Post-gameduties

23. Positioning and moving on the ice –2-Man-System

24. Main points of moving Yousee the situations on the ice (goals, penalties, icings, offsides) Youarenotblocking the playersor the puck Youarein a believable position whenmaking a desicion (goal, penalty, icing, offside) I MOVE, I MOVE, I MOVE => I SEE I STAND, I STAND, I STAND => OH S***

25. Front Referee (Leader) moving Basic situation - Movebefore the game, try to keep the distance 6-8m - Backwardsskating - Avoidgoingbehind the goalline - Don’tgo in the middle of the rink - The back referee controls the playerswhocomesafter the game - It’spossible to changesides R 1 Backwards Game ET 2

26. Refereespositioning Basic situation -Thepuck/thegame in the neutralzone ->Both R on their ”own” lines Why? - The linedecisions: -> The mostimportant linesundercontrol - The gamecontrol: -> The wholerinkcontrol as effectively as possible R 1 R 2

27. Refereespositioning Refereespositioningduring an attack - Leadergoes to the endzone - Trailershallmove to control the blueline and alsocontrol the playerswhoarenot ”in the puck” R R x o o x x o x o. o x o R x R

28. Refereespositioning in the endzone Guidelines: - ”Read” the gamesoyouare notblocking the players - Anticipate - Remember the criticalplaces: 1. A playerwho just passed 2. In front of the net - Close the net!!! - Don’tlet the netplacebetweenyou and the game - NEVER GO BETWEEN THE PUCK AND THE GOAL!! E o. x o x o x x x o o o x E

29. GOAL

30. Be in a right position The puckmustentirely across the goalline -Ifyouarenot sure ifitsgoalornot -> pause the game -> don’t show anysignals -> discuss with yourpartner ->makeyourdesicion and tellit to the announcer Scoringopportunities– mostimportantsituations in the game

31. No goalshallbeallowed: If an attackingplayerdeliberatelykicks, throwsorbats with the handsorotherwisedirects the puckbyanymeansotherthanhisstick into the goal Highstick Attackingplayer in the goalcrease (ifaffect) If the puckhasbeendirectlydeflected into the goalnetoff an official Net off The playersnameisn’t in the OfficialGameSheet NO GOAL SHALL BE DISALLOWED AFTER THE FACE-OFF IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SCORING OF THAT GOAL!!!!

32. Where the puckhit the stick! 1. No goal 2. No goal 4. GOAL 3. GOAL 11.1.2011 Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto - Erotuomarikoulutus 27

33. Offsides

34. Offsides Players of an attackingteamshallnotprecede the puckinto theirattackingzone If a playergoesover the bluelinebefore the puck and plays the puck -> blow the whistle -> extend the armhorizontallypointingalong the blueline 2. If the puckhasbeenshot to the endzone and a player is therebefore the puck => DELAYED OFFSIDE! -> non-whistlearmfullyextendedabove the head -> useyourvoice!! OBS. - if the puckhasbeenshot on goal -> whistleimmediately 3. The referee shalldrophisarm to nullify the delayedoffside and allow the play continueif: 1. The puckhasbeenplayed to the neutralzone OR 2. AllattackingplayersIMMEDIATELY clear the attackingzonebymaking skatecontact with the blueline x 2 1 x

35. Offsides 4. The referee whowhistles the offside, points the face-offspot and the ”free” referee brings the puck 5. In the case that the puckhasbeenpassed to the playerwho is in the attackingzonea face-offshallbeconducted at the nearest face-offspotwhere the passoriginated 6. If the offside is causedintentionally the face-offspotwillbe in the defendingzone of the offendingteam REMEMBER! -Thedeterminingfactors in deciding an offsideare: 1. The PLAYER’S SKATES POSITON – player is offsidewhenbothskatesarecompletelyover the blueline in hisattakingzonebefore the puckcompletelycrosses the line 2. The PUCK POSITION – the puckshallhavecompletelycrossed the blueline into the attacking zone 3. If a player is propelling the puck and crosses the lineahead of the puckwhileskating backward, the player is notoffsideprovided he is actually in control of the puck and hasboth skates in the neutralzonebeforecrossing the blueline 1. . . 2.

36. Icing

38. Icing procedure In the case of an icing the BACK REFEREE: -Signals a possible icing, byfullyextending non-whistlearmoverhishead -Thearmshallremainraiseduntil the front referee eitherblows the whistle to indicate an icing, or until the icing is washed out. -Once the icing hasbeencompleted he shows the icing signal and point to the appropriate face-offspot and skate to it -Starts the playerschangingprocedure -Takeshisplaceclose the blueline

39. Icing procedure In the case of an icing the FRONT REFEREE: - Makes the finaldecision is it icing ornot ->Make the decisionnotlaterthan the outeredge of the endzoneface-offcircles! - Whistles a possible icing, brings the puck and conducts the face-off - If he decides to wash out the icing and the back refereehashisarmup the back referee shouldput hisarmdown and he canalsogive the wash out signal

40. Face-Offs

41. Face-Offs Make sure thatbothteamshaveequalchances for winningface-off! -The Referee conducting the face-offshallbeaware that the correctnumbers of playersare on the ice before he drops the puck! (alsootherref) -Skates inside the ”L” -Sticks on the ice on the white part of the face-offspots -Playersnotparticipating in the face-offshall be outside the face-offcircle and stay on their own side (skates) -Theplayer of the attackingteamshallplacehisstick on the ice first

42. Referee: - Relaxed and steady position - Keep the puckvisible for the players fairlyundertheirheads - Don’ttelegraph the dropbyraisingarmfirst and thenthrow the puckdown - Don’ttouch the playersbutbriefthem with talk - Wheneverything is ready just drop the puck! Face-Offs

43. Face-Offs Face-Offspots 1. The endzoneface-off -Goaliecovers the puck -Icing -Intentionaloffside -High-sticking in the endzoneor in the neutralzone -Play is stopped in the defendingzone due to a defendingplayer -Whenpenaltiesbeingplaced on the penaltytimeclock to oneteam 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1

44. Face-Offs Face-Offspots 2. The neutralzoneface-off -Offsides -When a stoppage of play hasbeen causedbyanyplayer of the attacking side in the attackingzone -When the puckgoes outside the playing are in neutralzone -Offsides (ifpassed) -Handpasses in the neutralzoneor in the attackingzone -High-sticking in the attackingzone -Attackingplayer in the goalcrease 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1

45. Face-Offs Face-Offspots 3. The center ice face-off -At the start of a period -After a goalscored -After an errorby an official on Icing -Forprematuresubstitution of a goalkeeperunlessotherwiseexpressly providedbytheserules 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 1

46. Referee positioning Endzoneface-offs(A) -Conducting referee in the spot -Other referee at the opposite side close the blueline Neutralzoneface-offs (B) -Refereesagainsteachother -Non-conducting referee moves with the game Center ice face-offs (C) -Refereesagainsteachothers - Conducting referee facestowardsScorekeeper’sBench B A C A B C

47. Penalties

48. Calling of penalties When a penaltyshouldbecalled? If an opponentplayermakes a foulwhich: - Is Obvious= O = Obvious - GetsBenefit for it’sownteam= B = Benefit - Injureshisopponent= I = Injury

49. Calling of penalties How to act in case of penalty? -Yousee a foul -> Raiseyournon-whistlehandoveryourhead - If the team of the offendingplayer is NOT in possession of the puck ->Don’t stop the gameuntilpossession of the puckby the offendingteam - Stop the game, point the assessedplayer with yournon-whistlehand. - Tellassessedteamcolour, number of assessedplayer and show the right signal - Skate in front of the Scorekeeper’sBench, say the number to the Scorekeeper and show the signal - If a fouledplayer is injuredDON’T HURRY! Checksituationcalmly beforetellinganypenalties to Scorekeeper

50. - Team is shorthanded for two ( 2) minutes - Goalkeeperpenaltyprocedure: - A goalkeepernevergoes to the penaltybench - Hispenaltyshallbeservedbyanotherplayer of histeam whowas on the ice at the time the play wasstopped - Benchminorpenalty: - Anyplayerwhowas on the ice at the time of the infraction, shallberuled off the ice for twominutes - The firstMinororBenchminorpenaltybeingservedexpiresafter the goal hasbeenscored, exceptif the goal is scored on the Penaltyshot Minorpenalties - 2 min

51. IncludesALWAYSautomaticGameMisconductpenalty => playershallberuledoff the ice for the balance of the game The penalizedteamshallimmediatelyput a substituteplayer on the penaltybench to serve the Major penalty (5min) Team is shorthanded for fiveminuteseventhough the opponentteamscores -> Report to the commitee Major penalties - 5 min

52. Matchpenalties Player orteamofficialincurring a Matchpenaltyshallbeawarded at leastonegame suspension Player shallberuledoff the ice for the balance of the game Team is shorthanded for fiveminutes Hurts the opponentplayerdeliberately To playerwhostartsfisticuffs Head-butting Kicking Spits at any person on the ice oranywhere in the rink Holdsorstrikes an official Makesanyobscenegesture to anyofficialorany person Couldbeassessed for anyfoulagainstplayerexcluding: interference, holding, holding the stick, body-checking -> Report to the commitee

53. Misconducts 10 minutes - personal (no powerplay) - complainingordisputing the ruling(obvious and repeative) AutomaticGameMisconduct - personal (playershallberuledoff the ice) - is ALWAYSassessedwhen Major penalty is assessed -> REPORT GameMisconductpenalty (20min) - personal (playershallberuledoff the ice) - secondMisconductpenalty for anyplayer -> GM - if a player on the ice persists in anycourse of conduct for which he hasbeenpreviouslyassessed a Misconductpenalty-> GM -> REPORT

54. Penaltyshot Fiveconditionsarerequired to award a Penaltyshot for a playerbeingfouledfrombehind: 1. The puck is outside of the player’sdefendingzone 2. The playermustbe in possession and havecontrol of the puck 3. The infractionmusthavebeencommittedfrombehind 4. The playermusthavebeendenied a REASONABLE SCORING OPPORTUNITY 5. The playermusthavehad no opposingplayers to pass to otherthan the goalkeeper

55. Penaltyshot A penaltyshotcanbeawarded in thosesituationswhere a goalkeeperfouls a player in a break-awaysituation, regardlessif the infraction takesplacefrombehindornot The playerfouledshallbedesignated to take the penaltyshot Referee: - Stop the game - Show the penaltyshotsignal (armscrossedabove the head) - Tellit to the scorekeeper. Alsoplayersnumber. - Take the puck to the center ice - Make sure that ALL players of bothteamsgoes to theirplayerbenches

56. When an equalnumber of identicalpenalties (Minor, Major orMatch) areassessed to bothteams at the samestoppage of play, suchpenaltiesshallbeknown a => Coincidentalpenalties Coincidentalpenalties => not on the clock Assessedplayersgoesto the penaltybench No shorthanded Shallnotleave the penaltybenchuntil the firststoppage of play following the expiry of theirrespectivepenalties ONLY ONE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE: WhenBOTH TEAMS are at FULL STRENGTH on the ice and onlyONE MINORpenalty is assessed to ONEplayer on EACHteam at the SAME STOPPAGE OF PLAY => 4 ON 4 Coincidentalpenalties

57. Penalties and signals

58. 504 – Misconduct505- GameMisconduct (GM) 10 min = Misconduct 20min = GameMisconduct Bothhands on the hips

59. 507 – Matchpenalty (MP) Always 5 minutesshorthanded Patting the palm of the hand on top of the head

60. 508 – Penaltyshot Armscrossedabove the head

61. 520 - Boarding A playerwhobodychecks, elbows chargesortrips an opponent in such manner thatitcauses the opponent to bethrownviolently into the boards 2 min 5min+GM or MP Injuresanopponent: 5min+GM or MP Striking the clenchedfist of onehand into the open palm of the oppositehand in front of the chest

62. Boarding 520 - Boarding

63. 521 – Butt-Ending Identifies the act of a playerwhouses the shaft of the stickabove the upperhand to check an opposingplayer 2+2+10min (attempt) 5min+GM or MP Injuresanopponent: MP A crossmotion of the forearms, one movingunder the other. Upper hand is open and the lowerhand a clenchedfist

64. 522 - Charging Shallmean the action of a playerwho as a result of distacetravelled, shallviolentlycheck an opponent 2min 5min+GM MP Injuresanopponent: 5+GM MP Rotatingclenchedfistsaroundone another in front of the chest

65. Charging 522 - Charging

66. 523 – Checkingfrombehind A checkfrombehind is a checkdelivered on a playerwho is notaware of the impending hit, is unable to protecthimself and contact is made on the backpart of the body 2min+automatic 10min 5min+GM MP Injuresanopponent: MP A forwardmotion of botharms, with the palms of the hands open and facing awayfrom the body, fullyextendedfrom the chest at shoulderlevel

67. CFB 523 – Checkingfrombehind

68. 524 - Clipping A clipping is the act of throwing the body acrossorbelow the knee of an opponent, charging, orfalling into the knees of an opponentafterapproachinghimfrom behind, side orfront 2min 5+GM MP Injuresanopponent: 5+GM MP Strikingleg with eitherhandbelow the knee frombehind, keepingbothskates on the ice

69. Clipping 524 - Clipping

70. 525 – Cross-checking A ”Cross-check” is a checkdelivered with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice 2min 5min+GM MP Injuresanopponent: 5min+GM MP A forward and backwardmotion of the arms with bothfistsclenched, extendingfrom the chest for a distance of about a half a meter

71. C-c 525 – Cross-checking

72. 526 - Elbowing A playerwhouseshiselbow to foul an opponent 2min 5min+GM MP Injuresanopponent: 5min+GM MP Tappingeitherelbow with the oppositehand

73. Elbowing 526 - Elbowing

74. 528 – Roughingorfisticuffs A player is deemedguilty of unnecessaryroughness Roughing: 2min 2+2min 5min+GM OBS. NO MP!!! Fisticuffs: A playerwhostartsfisticuffs: MP A playerwho, havingbeenstruck, retaliates with a bloworattemptedblow: 2min 2+2min 5min+GM MP Fistclenched and armextended out to the side of the body

75. Fisticuffs Fisticuffs

76. 530 – Highsticking A playerwhocarriesorholdshisstickor anypart of itabove the height of hisshoulders thatmakescontact with an opponent 2min 5min+GM MP Injuresanopponent: 2+2 (accident) 5min+GM MP Holding bothfistsclenched, oneimmediateltyabove the other at the height of the forehead

77. H-s 530 – High-sticking

78. 531 - Holding A playerwhoholds an opponent with his handsorstickoranyotherway 2min OBS! A playerwhograbsorholds the face maskor helmet orpulls the hair of an opponent=> ROUGHING -2min -5min+GM Graspingeitherwrist with the otherhand in front of the chest

79. Holding Holding 531 - Holding

80. 532 – Holding the stick A playerwhoholds an opponent’sstick with hishandsor in anyotherway 2min Twostagesignalinvolving the holding signalfollowedby an indicationyouare holding onto a stick with twohands in a normal manner

81. 533 - Hooking A playerwhoimpedesorseeks to impede the progress of an opponentbyhookinghim with hisstick 2min 5min+GM MP Injuresanopponent: 5min+GM MP A tuggingmotion with botharms as ifpullingsomethingfrom in fronttoward the stomach

82. Hooking 533 - Hooking

83. 534 - Interference A playerwhointerferesorimpedes the progress of an opponentwho is not in possession of the puck Thisruleapplies to anyinterference action such as knocking a stick out of an opponents hands and preventing a playerwholosthis stick to regainpossession A playerwho, bymeans of hisstickorhisbody interferes with orimpedes the progress of the goalkeeperwhile he is in hisgoalcrease 2min Crossedarms with closedfistsstationary in front of the chest

84. Interference 534 - Interference

85. 536 - Kneeing A playerwhouseshisknee to foul an opponent 2min 5min+GM MP Injures an opponent: 5min+GM MP Tappingeitherknee with the palm of the hand, whilekeepingbothskates on the ice

86. Kneeing 536 - Kneeing

87. 537 - Slashing A playerwhoimpedesorseeks to impede the progress of an opponentbyslashing with hisstick 2min 5min+GM MP Injures an opponent: 5min+GM MP A choppingmotion with the edge of onehand across the oppositeforearm

88. Slashing 537 - Slashing

89. 538 - Spearing Spearing is the action of stabbing an opponent with the point of the stickblade, whetherornot the stick is beingcarried with oneorbothhands 2+2+10min (attempt) 5min+GM MP Injures an opponent: MP Jabbingmotion with bothhandsthrusting out immediately in front of the body and thenhands lowered to the side of the body

90. Spearing 538 - Spearing

91. 539 - Tripping A playerwhoshallplacehisstick, leg, foot, arm, handorelbow in such manner thatitshallcause hisopponent to triporfall 2min 5min+GM MP Injures an opponent: 5min+GM MP Strikingleg with a movingfollowthroughmotion with eitherhandbelow the kneekeepingboth skates on the ice

92. Tripping 539 - Tripping

93. 540 – Checking to the head and neckarea A playerwhodirects a checkorblow, with anypart of hisbodyorequipment to the head and neckarea of and opposingplayeror ”drives” or ”forces” the head of an opposingplayer into the protectiveglass on boards -> As a guideline, where the majorforce of the blow is initially to the bodyarea and then ”slides” up to the headarea, this is notclassified as ”checking to the head” 2+10min 5min+GM MP Injures an opponent: MP The side movement of the open palm of the hand towards the side of the head

94. http://www.hockeycentre.org/inEnglish/Officials/CheckingtotheHead/tabid/591/language/en-US/Default.aspx 540 – Checking to the head and neckarea

95. 541 – Body-checking If a playermakes a directbody-check The spirit of thisrule is to minimize the potential for injurythroughphysicalcontact. Thusanyovert orintentionalcontactthat is designed to apply physicalforce to an opposingplayer (withouttrying to get the puck) shallbepenalizedunderthisrule. Accidentalcontactthatoccursduring the normal course of playing the puckshallnotbepenalized underthisrule Playersareallowed to lean on eachother and produce body-contact, whiletheyareattempting to gainpossesion of the puckalong the boards. Suchactionsshallbelegal provided the action stays at the level of ”contact” and does notescalate to the level of ”checking” 2min 5+GM The palm of the non-whistlehand is broughtacross the body and placed on the oppositeshoulder

96. 2min Indicate with sixfingers (onehand open) in front of the chest 573 – Too manyplayers on the ice

97. Time out

98. Attackingplayer in the goalcrease

99. 554 – Delaying the game Whenanyplayerorgoalkeeper, while in defending zone, shoots, throwsorbats the puck with hishand orstickdirectly, (non-deflected) out of the playing area, exceptwherethere is no glass When the puck is shot, thrownorbatted with the handsorstickby a playerorgoalkeeper into the player’sbench (orpenaltybench of there is no protectiveglass), no penaltyshallbeassessed 2min

100. Wash out

101. Change of playersprocedure

102. Change of playersprocedureduringstoppage of play The Referee shallallow the visitingteamfiveseconds to maketheirchanges After the fiveseconds, the Referee shallraisehisarm to indicatethat the visitingteamshall no longermake a playerchange With the armstillup, the Referee shallallow the home teamfiveseconds to maketheirplayerchanges After the fiveseconds, the Referee dropshisarm to indicatethat the home teamshall no longermake a playerchange As soon as the Referee dropshisarm, the Referee conducting the faceoffshallblow the whistle, whichsignalsbothteamsthattheyshallhave no morethanfiveseconds to line-up for the face-off The Referee conducting the faceoffshalldrop the puckduringthesefivesecondsorremoves the playertaking the face-off DON’T LET TEAMS DECIDE HOW MUCH TIME THEY CAN USE FOR CHANGING PLAYERS!!!

103. Face-offsaftergoalorpenalty ->Use ”gamesense” with the changingprocedure Ifeitherteam is delaying the playerschangingprocedure on purpose: -> issue a warning to the coach -> anysubsequentinfraction, a BenchMinorpenalty Following a stoppage of play for an icing infraction, the offendingteam is prohibitedfrommakinganyplayerchangeuntil play hasresumed Change of playersprocedureduringstoppage of play

104. Highsticking the puck & Passing the puck with hands

105. Highsticking the puck Stoppingorbatting the puck with the stickabove the height of the shoulders is prohited The Referee shallmake an initialHighStickingsignalindicating a violation The play shallbestopped, unless: - The puck is batted to an opponent (wash-outsignal) - A player of the defendingteambats the puck in hisowngoal -> goal is allowed In othercases the Referee shall stop the game and repeat the signal If the puckhasbeenhighstickedby an attackingplayer in hisAttackingZone the face-offshalltakeplace at the nearestspot in the NeutralZone If the puckhasbeenhighstickedby a player in hisDefendingZoneor in the Neutralzone, the face-offshalltakeplace at the nearestDefendingZoneface-offspot

106. A playershallbepermitted to stop orbat the puck in the air with the open handorpushitalong the ice with hishand and the play shallnotbestopped: UNLESS: - In the opinion of the Referee, the playerhasdeliberatelydirected the puck to a team-mateorhasallowedhisteam to gain an advantage and subsequentlypossession and control of the puck is obtainedby a player of the offendingteam, eitherdirectlyordeflectedoffanyplayeror official A playershallbepermitted to catch the puck out of the air butmust immediatelyplaceitorknockitdown to the ice. If he catchesit and skate with it, either to avoid a checkor to gain a territorialadvantageoverhis opponent he shallbeassessed a: -Minorpenalty 2min If the puck is passed with the handfrom a defendingplayer in the Defendingzone and histeammateobtainspossession of the puck in hisDefendingZone, the Referee shallnot stop the play! Handpassing

107. Anykind of questions, donthesitate for asking Remember, thereare no stupidquestions Questions?