530 - HIGH STICKING
a) A player who carries or holds his stick or any part of it above the height of his shoulders that
makes contact with an opponent shall be assessed, at the discretion of the Referee, a:
Minor penalty
or
Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty
or
(5’+GM)
Match penalty
HIGH STICKING SIGNAL
RULE 530
(2’)
(MP)
b) A player who carries or holds his stick or any part of it above the height of the shoulders that makes contact with an opponent and causes an injury with his stick or any
part of it to an opponent shall be assessed at the discretion of the Referee a:
HIGH STICKING
Cradling the puck on the blade of the stick (like lacrosse) above the normal height of
the shoulders shall be prohibited and a stoppage of play shall result.
If this is done by a player on a Penalty Shot or a Game Winning Shot, the play will be
immediately blown dead by the Referee and the play will be considered complete
Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty
or
(5’+GM)
Match penalty
(MP)
c) However, if the high sticking action that caused the injury was judged accidental, the
offending player shall be assessed a:
Double Minor penalty
531 - HOLDING
AN
(2’+2’)
OPPONENT
A player who holds an opponent with his hands or stick or in any other way shall be
assessed a:
Minor penalty
(2’)
532 - HOLDING
HOLDING SIGNAL
RULE 531
HOLDING
THE
STICK
A player who holds an opponent's stick with his hands or in any other way shall be
assessed a:
Minor penalty
(2’)
HOLDING THE STICK SIGNAL
RULE 532
(Two Stage Signal)
533 - HOOKING
a) A player who impedes or seeks to impede the progress of an opponent by hooking him
with his stick shall be assessed at the discretion of the Referee a:
Minor penalty
or
Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty
or
Match penalty
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HOLDING
THE
(2’)
(5’+GM)
(MP)
STICK
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