IIHF Rule Book 2010 | Page 36

526 - ELBOWING a) A player who uses his elbow to foul an opponent shall be assessed at the discretion of the Referee a: Minor penalty or Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty or ELBOWING (5’+GM) Match penalty ELBOWING SIGNAL RULE 526 (2’) (MP) b) A player who injures an opponent by elbowing shall be assessed at the discretion of the Referee a: Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty or (5’+GM) Match penalty (MP) 527 - EXCESSIVE ROUGHNESS Any player who commits an action not permitted by the rules ]X^H