Official Rules 2019-2020 ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 REFEREES 2 J.R. Stragar 3 Steven Rouillard 4 Sean MacFarlane 5 Steven Sailor 6 Jeremy Tufts 7 Riley Yerkovich 8 Jesse Gour 9 Alex Garon 10 Brett Roeland 11 Alexander Ross 14 Casey Terreri 15 Stan Szczurek 16 Maxime Primeau 17 Stephen Reneau 18 Eric Krasnichuk 20 Jake Rekucki 21 Sean Fernandez 23 Jonathon Sitarski 24 Andrew Wilk 25 Andrew Bruggeman 26 Alex Normandin 27 Cameron Fleming 28 Anthony Tapper 29 Logan Gruhl 30 Mathieu Menniti 31 Nolan Bloyer 32 Kyle Lekun 35 Carter Sandlak 36 Scott McClement 37 Zane Stout ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 i LINESMEN 40 Russ Coll 61 James Johnstone 84 Zachary Roberts 40 Brandon Gormley 62 Riley Page 84 Cory Sellers 41 Dan Barreca 62 Chris Williams 85 Logan Bellgraph 41 Mitchell Hunt 63 Ryan Fitzgerald 85 Chris Fair 42 Sean Perry 63 Matt Fox 86 Matt Brady 42 Cole Ruwe 64 Brian Bull 86 William Nevins 43 Charlie O’Connor 64 Ken Radolinski 87 Shane Gustafson 44 Tyler Mackereth 65 Daniel Iulianello 87 Kollin Kleinendorst 44 Adam Wood 65 Logan Wetekamp 88 Sam Rankin 45 Sean D’loughy 67 Scott DeBaugh 88 Tarrington Wyonzek 45 Eric Frank 67 Eli Rivera 89 Brady Fagan 46 Sam Schildkraut 68 Randy Dengler 90 Kilian McNamara 46 Joe Sherman 68 Konner Roskovich 91 Cade Bloomenrader 47 Sheldon Keough 69 Michael Emanatian 91 Jake Davis 47 Michael Miggans 70 Darryl Butt 92 Joe Maynard 48 Jason Leisten 70 Jud Ritter 92 Ben Shiley 48 Trent Williams 71 Daniel Huntington 93 Connor Bohl 49 Andrew Collins 71 Jason LaHaie 93 Jordan Knox 49 Nathan Frechette 72 Tyler Loftus 94 Kyle De Coste 50 Jason Lortie 73 Scott Lawson 94 Bob Marcis 50 Christopher Provost 73 Daniel Spore 95 Andy Bethmann 51 Aaron Schacht 74 Marc-Antoine Beaulieu 95 Dustin McCrank 51 JP Waleski 74 Shane Kanaly 96 James McKenna 52 Stephen Drain 75 Richard Jondo 96 Tony Pizzutelli 52 Colin Gates 75 Jim Vail 97 Charles Schamel 53 Robert Griffin 76 Daniel Barnes 97 Denny Urban 53 Tim Lyons 76 Chad Fuller 98 Terry Wicklum 54 Matt Ceko 77 Brent Colby 54 Neil Frederickson 77 Billy Gubelman 55 Derek Howard 78 AJ Potvin 55 Karl von Hassl 78 Jordan Solomon 56 Scott Senger 79 Nicholas Bet 56 Matt Wyld 79 Cameron Dykstra 57 Brian Lambert 80 Addison Brush 57 Ryan Madsen 80 Ross Crimaldi 58 William Kingdon 81 Guillaume Brunelle 58 Craig Peterson 81 Michael Coleman 59 CJ Hallman 82 Patrick Richardson 59 Chase Wilkinson 83 Kyle Flood 61 Rhodes Dolan 83 Evan Knox ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 ii ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 iii ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 iv ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 v ECHL OFFICIAL RULES TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ................................................................................... vi Section 1 – Playing Area ....................................................................... 1 Section 2 – Teams .................................................................................. 6 Section 3 – Equipment ......................................................................... 11 Section 4 – Types of Penalties ............................................................ 23 Section 5 - Officials .............................................................................. 45 Section 6 – Physical Fouls .................................................................. 59 Section 7 – Restraining Fouls ............................................................. 72 Section 8 – Stick Fouls ........................................................................ 78 Section 9 – Other Fouls ....................................................................... 81 Section 10 – Game Flow .....................................................................100 Reference Tables ................................................................................124 Index ....................................................................................................163 Glossary of Terms ..............................................................................227 Note: Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner of the ECHL or any League Officer designated by him to perform duties and exercise authority set out in these rules. ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 – Playing Area ....................................................................... 1 Rule 1 – Rink ................................................................................. 1 Rule 2 – Goal Posts and Nets ........................................................ 3 Rule 3 – Benches .......................................................................... 4 Rule 4 – Signal and Timing Devices .............................................. 4 Section 2 – Teams .................................................................................. 6 Rule 5 – TEAM .............................................................................. 6 Rule 6 – Captain and Alternate Captains ....................................... 7 Rule 7 – Starting Line-up ............................................................... 8 Rule 8 – Injured Players ................................................................ 8 Section 3 – Equipment ......................................................................... 11 Rule 9 – Uniforms ........................................................................ 11 Rule 10 – Sticks ........................................................................... 13 Rule 11 – Goalkeeper’s Equipment ............................................. 17 Rule 12 – Illegal Equipment ......................................................... 21 Rule 13 - Puck ............................................................................. 22 Rule 14 – Adjustment to Clothing or Equipment .......................... 22 Section 4 – Types of Penalties ............................................................ 23 Rule 15 – Calling of Penalties ...................................................... 23 Rule 16 – Minor Penalties ............................................................ 24 Rule 17 – Bench Minor Penalties ................................................. 25 Rule 18-Double - minor Penalties ................................................ 25 Rule 19 – Coincidental Penalties ................................................. 26 Rule 20 – Major Penalties ............................................................ 27 Rule 21 – Match Penalties ........................................................... 29 Rule 22 – Misconduct Penalties ................................................... 29 Rule 23 – Game Misconduct Penalties ........................................ 30 Rule 24 – Penalty Shot ................................................................ 33 Rule 25 – Awarded Goals ............................................................ 36 Rule 26 – Delayed Penalties ........................................................ 37 Rule 27 – Goalkeeper’s Penalties ................................................ 38 Rule 28 – Supplementary Discipline ............................................ 40 Rule 29 – Signals ........................................................................ 40 Section 5 - Officials .............................................................................. 45 Rule 30 – Appointment of Officials ............................................... 45 Rule 31 – Referee ....................................................................... 45 Rule 32 – Linesmen ..................................................................... 47 ECHL Official Rules 2019-2020 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Rule 33 – Official Scorer .............................................................. 49 Rule 34 – Game Timekeeper ....................................................... 51 Rule 35 – Penalty Timekeeper ..................................................... 52 Rule 36 – Goal Judge .................................................................. 53 Rule 37 – Real Time Scorers ....................................................... 54 Rule 38 – Video Goal Judge – N/A .............................................. 54 Rule 39 – Abuse of Officials......................................................... 54 Rule 40 – Physical Abuse of Officials .......................................... 57 Section 6 – Physical Fouls .................................................................. 59 Rule 41 - Boarding ....................................................................... 59 Rule 42 - Charging ...................................................................... 60 Rule 43 – Checking from Behind ................................................. 60 Rule 44 - Clipping ........................................................................ 61 Rule 45 - Elbowing ...................................................................... 61 Rule 46 - Fighting ........................................................................ 62 Rule 47 – Head-butting ................................................................ 67 Rule 48 - Illegal Check to the Head ............................................. 67 Rule 49 -Kicking .......................................................................... 68 Rule 50 - Kneeing ........................................................................ 68 Rule 51 - Roughing ...................................................................... 69 Rule 52 – Slew-footing ................................................................. 69 Rule 53 – Throwing Equipment .................................................... 70 Section 7 – Restraining