Rulebook 10_51.qxp
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f) In IIHF competitions, each player shall wear his name on the upper portion of the back
of his sweater, printed 10cm high, in block capital Roman letters.
PUCK
All measurements in cm
250 - PUCK
a) The “Puck” shall be made of vulcanized rubber or other material approved by the IIHF
and be primarily black in colour.
b) The dimensions of a puck shall not exceed:
Diameter - 7.62 cm
Thickness - 2.54 cm
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Weight -156 to 170 gms
260 - MEASUREMENT
PUCK LOGO
NEW
The printed logo, trademark and/or advertising shall not exceed in diameter 4.5 cm
of the area of each side of a puck or 35% of the area of each side of the puck.
There may be printing on both sides of a puck.
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EQUIPMENT
a) The Referee may, at any time and at his own discretion, measure any equipment.
b) The Captain of a team may make a formal complaint against specific dimension of
any equipment. The Referee shall make the necessary measurement immediately.
However, no goal shall be disallowed as a result of any measurement.
c) If the complaint is not sustained, the requesting team shall be penalized with a Bench
Minor penalty (see Rule 555)
d) If the complaint is sustained, the guilty player shall be penalized with a Minor penalty
(see Rule 555)
e) Such request shall be limited to one team at any stoppage of play.
f) The measurement of goalkeeper's equipment, with the exception of the stick, may
only be requested immediately at the end of any period.
g) If a captain of the team that is two men short in the last two minutes of the game or
in any time in overtime, requests an equipment measurement that proves to be legal
equipment following the measurement, the Referee shall award to the non-offending
team a Penalty Shot (PS).
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