Category Archives: Know the Rules

Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week!   Welcome back! We would like to apologize for last week as some technical difficulties have prevented us from posting our weekly column! To stay in the same topic, we then decided to name this week’s column “Need a Break?”. […]

Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will try to take some confusion away on why sometimes an obvious offside was waved off by the linesman! Rule 83.1 states:If a player legally carries or passes the puck back into his own defending zone while a player of the opposing team is […]

Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will once again feature the goalkeepers, to be more specific; their sticks! As per rule 10.2; the blade of the goalkeeper’s stick shall not exceed three and one-half inches (31/2”) in width at any point except at the heel, where it must not exceed […]

Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week!   Welcome back! This week’s column will try to try to explain who’s player needs to serve a penalty or multiple penalties assessed to a goalkeeper. As you know, goalkeepers do not serve their own penalties in the penalty box! […]

Rule / Situation of the week Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! This week’s column will feature a few situations were an appeal is lodged at the referee by a team for an improper starting line-up from the other team. It is important to know that this is an appeal play and therefore […]

Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week!   Welcome back! This week’s column will try to explain why sometimes a player receive a Game Misconduct penalty for losing his jersey during the course of a fight and why sometimes this same Game Misconduct penalty is not assessed. […]

Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will feature some situations where a player either lost or broke his hockey stick. Rule 10.3 (Broken Stick – Player) is very clear on how a player can get a replacement stick during the course of the play.   Rule 10.3 (Broken Stick – […]

Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will go over some situations where a penalized player ends up going on the ice during the play, thinking that his penalty his expired, but finds out at the next whistle that he has to go back in the “sin bin” for illegal substitution! […]

Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! Everybody needs a little break at Christmas and our Rule/Situation of the week will be no different! The last NHL games before the Christmas break will be played this Wednesday (December 23rd). The games will resume on December 27th giving the players, coaches, team personnel and the officials […]

Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week!   Welcome back! This week’s column will focus on a more aggressive aspect of the game than the previous weeks; third man in an altercation. As you may all be aware, no one is allowed to enter an altercation in […]