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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Rules 2009-2010 © Copyright 2009 National Hockey League All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the National Hockey League. National Hockey League Official Rules 2009-2010 i National Hockey League Official Rules 2009-2010 NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. All NHL logos and marks and team logos and marks depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises L.P. © NHL 2009. All rights reserved. Diagrams of equipment and officials’ signals reproduced courtesy of USA Hockey, Inc. Printed in Canada. Design, production by: Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc. 194 Dovercourt Road Toronto, Ontario M6J 3C8 416-531-6535 Fax 416-531-3939 Distributed in Canada by: North 49 Books 35 Prince Andrew Drive Toronto, Ontario M3C 2H2 416-449-4000 Fax 416-449-9924 Published in the United States of America by: Triumph Books 542 South Dearborn Street, Suite 750 Chicago, Illinois 60605 312-939-3330 Fax 312-663-3557 ISBN: 978-1-894801-18-8 The National Hockey League 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 1800 McGill College Avenue, Suite 2600, Montreal, Quebec H3A 3J6 50 Bay Street, 11th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2X8 www.NHL.com National Hockey League Official Rules 2009-2010 ii 2009-2010 NHL OFFICIATING TEAM REFEREES LINESMEN Jersey Jersey No. Name No. Name 2 Fraser, Kerry 47 Schachte, Dan 3 Leggo, Mike 50 Cherrey, Scott 4 McCauley, Wes 54 Devorski, Greg 5 Rooney, Chris 55 Heyer, Shane 6 Marouelli, Dan 56 Wheler, Mark 7 McCreary, Bill 57 Sharrers, Jay 8 Jackson, Dave 59 Barton, Steve 9 O’Rourke, Dan 61 Seitz, Lyle 10 Devorski, Paul 65 Racicot, Pierre 11 Sutherland, Kelly 66 Gibbs, Darren 13 O’Halloran, Dan 67 Champoux, Pierre 14 LaRue, Dennis 68 Driscoll, Scott 15 Auger, Stephane 70 Nansen, Derek 18 Kimmerly, Greg 71 Kovachik, Brad 19 Dwyer, Gord 73 Rody, Vaughan 20 Peel, Tim 74 Cameron, Lonnie 21 Van Massenhoven, Don 75 Amell, Derek 23 Watson, Brad 76 Cormier, Michel 25 Joannette, Marc 77 Nowak, Tim 26 Martell, Rob 78 Mach, Brian 27 Furlatt, Eric 79 Pare, Mark 28 Lee, Chris 80 Nelson, Thor 29 Walsh, Ian 82 Galloway, Ryan 30 Hasenfratz, Mike 84 Sericolo, Anthony 32 Kowal, Tom 86 Lazarowich, Brad 33 Pollock, Kevin 88 Cvik, Mike 34 Meier, Brad 89 Miller, Steve 36 Morton, Dean 90 McElman, Andy 38 St-Laurent, Francois 91 Henderson, Don 40 Kozari, Steve 92 Shewchyk, Mark 43 Pochmara, Brian 93 Murphy, Brian 45 St. Pierre, Justin 95 Murray, Jonny 96 Brisebois, David 97 Morin, Jean Minor League Team Minor League Team Members Members 37 Rehman, Kyle 94 Pancich, Bryan 41 Ciamaga, Chris 44 Banfield, David 46 Charron, Frances 48 L’Ecuyer, Frederick 49 Hebert, Ghislain National Hockey League Official Rules 2009-2010 iii OFFICAL DIMENSIONS OF RINK SURFACE DETAIL OF GOAL CREASE National Hockey League Official Rules 2009-2010 iv FACE-OFF CONFIGURATION APPROVED GOAL FRAME National Hockey League Official Rules 2009-2010 v Table of Contents ............................................................ vii Section 1 – Playing Area ................................................... 1 Section 2 – Teams ............................................................. 6 Section 3 – Equipment .................................................... 11 Section 4 – Types of Penalties ....................................... 25 Section 5 – Officials ........................................................ 48 Section 6 – Physical Fouls ............................................. 66 Section 7 – Restraining Fouls ........................................ 79 Section 8 – Stick Fouls ................................................... 84 Section 9 – Other Fouls .................................................. 87 Section 10 – Game Flow ............................................... 107 Reference Tables ........................................................... 132 Index ............................................................................... 160 2008-2009 NHL Schedule .............................................. 209 National Hockey League Official Rules 2009-2010 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 – Playing Area Rule 1 – Rink .................................................................................... 1 Rule 2 – Goal Posts and Nets .......................................................... 3 Rule 3 – Benches ............................................................................. 4 Rule 4 – Signal and Timing Devices ................................................ 5 Section 2 – Teams Rule 5 – Team .................................................................................. 6 Rule 6 – Captain and Alternate Captains ......................................... 7 Rule 7 – Starting Line-up .................................................................. 8 Rule 8 – Injured Players ................................................................... 9 Section 3 – Equipment Rule 9 – Uniforms ........................................................................... 11 Rule 10 – Sticks ............................................................................. 14 Rule 11 – Goalkeeper’s Equipment ............................................... 19 Rule 12 – Illegal Equipment ........................................................... 23 Rule 13 – Puck ............................................................................... 23 Rule 14 – Adjustment to Clothing or Equipment ............................ 24 Section 4 – Types of Penalties Rule 15 – Calling of Penalties ........................................................ 25 Rule 16 – Minor Penalties .............................................................. 26 Rule 17 – Bench Minor Penalties ................................................... 27 Rule 18 – Double-minor Penalties.................................................. 27 Rule 19 – Coincidental Penalties ................................................... 28 Rule 20 – Major Penalties .............................................................. 30 Rule 21 – Match Penalties ............................................................. 31 Rule 22 – Misconduct Penalties ..................................................... 32 Rule 23 – Game Misconduct Penalties .......................................... 33 Rule 24 – (Not in use) .................................................................... 35 Rule 25 – Penalty Shot ................................................................... 35 Rule 26 – Awarded Goals .............................................................. 39 Rule 27 – Delayed Penalties .......................................................... 39 Rule 28 – Goalkeeper’s Penalties .................................................. 40 Rule 29 – Supplementary Discipline .............................................. 42 Rule 30 – Signals ........................................................................... 42 Section 5 – Officials Rule 31 – Appointment of Officials ................................................. 48 Rule 32 – Referees ........................................................................ 48 Rule 33 – Linesmen ....................................................................... 50 Rule 34 – Official Scorer ................................................................ 52 Rule 35 – Game Timekeeper ......................................................... 54 Rule 36 – Penalty Timekeeper ....................................................... 55 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE OFFICIAL RULES 2009-2010 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 5 – Officials (continued) Rule 37 – Goal Judge ..................................................................... 57 Rule 38 – Real Time Scorers .......................................................... 58 Rule 39 – Video Goal Judge ........................................................... 58 Rule 40 – Abuse of Officials ............................................................ 61 Rule 41 – Physical Abuse of Officials ............................................. 63 Section 6 – Physical Fouls Rule 42 – Boarding ......................................................................... 66 Rule 43 – Charging ......................................................................... 67 Rule 44 - Checking from Behind ..................................................... 67 Rule 45 – Clipping ........................................................................... 68 Rule 46 – Elbowing ......................................................................... 69 Rule 47 – Fighting ........................................................................... 69 Rule 48 - Head-butting .................................................................... 75 Rule 49 – Kicking ............................................................................ 75 Rule 50 – Kneeing........................................................................... 76 Rule 51 – Roughing ........................................................................ 76 Rule 52 - Slew-footing ..................................................................... 77 Rule 53 - Throwing Equipment ....................................................... 77 Section 7 – Restraining Fouls Rule 54 – Holding ...........................................................................