The Official Rules of Inline Hockey
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National Governing Body THE OFFICIAL RULES OF INLINE HOCKEY Grass Roots Orginization All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any formor by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without permission from USA Roller Sports, the National Governing Body. All Rights Reserved. Use with written permission. Contact USARS at info@usaroller- sports.org © Copyright 2010 USA Roller Sports, 4730 South Street- Lincoln, Nebraska 68506 Executive Director: Richard Hawkins [email protected]. Contents Section 1 – Playing Area Rule 1 – Rink ............................................................................................ 9 Rule 2 – Goal Posts and Nets ........................................................... 11 Rule 3 – Benches .................................................................................. 12 Rule 4 – Signal and Timing Devices ............................................. 13 Section 2 – Teams Rule 5 – Team ........................................................................................ 17 Rule 6 – Captain and Alternate Captains ................................... 18 Rule 7 – Starting Line-up .................................................................. 19 Rule 8 – Injured Players .................................................................... 20 Section 3 – Equipment Rule 9 – Uniforms ................................................................................ 24 Rule 10 – Sticks ..................................................................................... 26 Rule 11 – Goalkeeper’s Equipment .............................................. 29 Rule 12 – Illegal Equipment ............................................................ 32 Rule 13 – Puck ....................................................................................... 32 Rule 14 – Adjustment to Clothing or Equipment ................... 33 Section 4 – Types of Penalties Rule 15 – Calling of Penalties ......................................................... 37 Rule 16 – Minor Penalties ................................................................ 39 Rule 17 – Bench Minor Penalties .................................................. 40 Rule 18 – Double-minor Penalties ............................................... 40 Rule 19 – Coincidental Penalties................................................... 40 Rule 20 – Major Penalties ................................................................ 42 Rule 21 – Match Penalties ................................................................ 43 Rule 22 – Misconduct Penalties .................................................... 44 Rule 23 – Game Ejection Penalties ............................................... 45 Rule 24 – Game Misconduct Penalties ........................................ 45 Rule 25 – Penalty Shot ....................................................................... 46 Rule 26 – Awarded Goals ................................................................. 50 Rule 27 – Delayed Penalties ............................................................ 51 Rule 28 – Goalkeeper’s Penalties .................................................. 52 Rule 29 – Supplementary Discipline ........................................... 54 Rule 30 – Signals .................................................................................. 54 Section 5 – Officials Rule 31 – Appointment of Officials .............................................. 61 Rule 32 – Referees ............................................................................... 61 Rule 33 – Chief Referee ..................................................................... 64 Rule 34 – Official Scorer ................................................................... 64 Section 5 – Officials (cont.) Rule 35 – Game Timekeeper ............................................................. 65 Rule 36 – Penalty Timekeeper ..............................................................67 Rule 37 – Goal Judge ........................................................................... 68 Rule 38 – Abuse of Officials.............................................................. 69 Rule 39 – Physical Abuse of Officials............................................. 73 Section 6 – Physical Fouls Rule 40 – Boarding ...............................................................................77 Rule 41 – Charging ...............................................................................77 Rule 42 – Checking from Behind ................................................... 78 Rule 43 – Elbowing .............................................................................. 79 Rule 44 – Fighting ................................................................................ 79 Rule 45 – Head-butting ..................................................................... 82 Rule 46 – Kicking ................................................................................. 82 Rule 47 – Kneeing ................................................................................. 83 Rule 48 – Roughing and Body Checking ..................................... 83 Rule 49 – Slew-footing ....................................................................... 84 Rule 50 – Throwing Equipment ..................................................... 84 Section 7 – Restraining Fouls Rule 51 – Holding ................................................................................. 89 Rule 52 – Hooking................................................................................ 89 Rule 53 – Interference.............................................................................. 90 Rule 54 – Tripping ................................................................................ 93 Section 8 – Stick Fouls Rule 55 – Butt-ending......................................................................... 97 Rule 56 – Cross-checking .................................................................. 97 Rule 57 – High-sticking ..................................................................... 98 Rule 52 – Hooking....................................................................... (89) 99 Rule 58 – Slashing ................................................................................ 99 Rule 59 – Spearing ............................................................................. 100 Section 9 – Other Fouls Rule 60 – Delaying the Game ......................................................... 103 Rule 61 – Diving / Embellishment .............................................. 106 Rule 62 – Equipment ........................................................................ 106 Rule 63 – Forfeit of Game ............................................................... 106 Rule 64 – Handling Puck ................................................................ 107 Rule 65 – Illegal Substitution ........................................................ 109 Rule 66 – Interference with the Goalkeeper ............................ 110 Rule 67 – Leaving the Bench ........................................................... 113 Rule 68 – Premature Substitution ............................................... 116 Rule 69 – Refusing to Play the Puck ............................................ 116 Rule 70 – Refusing to Start Play .................................................... 117 Section 9 – Other Fouls (cont.) Rule 71 – Too Many Men on the Rink......................................... 118 Rule 72 – Unsportsmanlike Conduct .......................................... 119 Section 10 – Game Flow Rule 73 – Face-offs .............................................................................. 125 Rule 74 – Game and Intermission Timing ................................ 130 Rule 75 – Goals and Assists ............................................................. 130 Rule 76 – Hand Pass ........................................................................... 132 Rule 77 – High-sticking the Puck ................................................. 133 Rule 78 – Line Changes .................................................................... 134 Rule 79 – Overtime ............................................................................ 136 Rule 80 – Puck Out of Bounds....................................................... 137 Rule 81 – Start of Game and Periods ........................................... 138 Rule 82 – Time-outs ........................................................................... 139 Reference Tables Table 1 – Summary of Penalties to Coaches and Non-playing Club Personnel ................................ 143 Table 2 – Summary of Minor Penalties.................................. 144 Table 3 – Summary of Bench Minor Penalties .................... 145 Table 4 – Summary of Double-minor Penalties .................. 145 Table 5 – Summary of Major Penalties .................................. 146 Table 6 – Summary of Major Penalties That Result in an Automatic Game Misconduct ................. 146 Table 7 – Summary of Major Penalties That Result in an Automatic Game Misconduct When There is an Injury ..................................................... 147 Table 8 – Summary of Match Penalties ............................... 147 Table 9 – Summary of Misconduct Penalties .................. 148 Table 10 – Summary of Game Misconduct Fouls Included in the “General Category” ................