Rulebook 102_127.qxp
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LINESMAN’S SIGNALS
TOO MANY PLAYERS
ON THE I CE
- RULE 573
Indicate with six fingers (one hand open) in front of the chest.
DELAYED OFFSIDE - RULE 451
Non-whistle arm fully extended above the head. To cancel out
a delayed offside, the Linesman shall lower the arm to the
side.
TRIPPING - RULE 539
Striking leg with a moving follow through motion with either
hand below the knee keeping both skates on the ice.
ICING
WASH OUT
A sweeping sideways motion of both arms
across the front of the body at shoulder level
with palms down;
by the Referee to signal ‘no goal’,
‘no handpass’ ‘no highsticking the puck’.
by the Linesman to signal ‘no icing’ and, in
certain situations, ‘no offside’.
CHECKING
540
TO THE
HEAD
AND
THE
PUCK - RULE 460
The back Linesman (or Referee in the two-man system)
signals a possible icing, by fully extending either arm over his
head. The arm shall remain raised until the front Linesman
or Referee, either blows the whistle to indicate an icing, or
until the icing is washed out. Once the icing has been completed, the back Linesman or Referee shall first cross his
arms in front of the chest and then shall point to the appropriate face-off spot and skate to it.
NECK AREA - RULE
The side movement of the open palm of the hand towards
the side of the head.
OFFSIDE CALL - RULE 450
WOMEN BODY CHECKING - RULE 541
The official shall first blow the whistle and then
extend the arm horizontally poiting along the blue
line with the non-whistle hand.
The palm of the non-whistle hand is brought across the body
and placed on the opposite shoulder.
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