Ice Oasis

Penalties

Types of Penalties

· Minor penalties are two minutes in length. The penalized team must play shorthanded for the duration of the penalty, or until the opposition scores a goal while the teams are not at even strength.

· Misconduct penalties are six minutes in length. The penalized team is not shorthanded due to a misconduct penalty.

· At the referees discretion any player may be ejected from the game at any time. The referee must make a note on the game sheet as to why.

· A penalty shot may be awarded if the infraction that occurs is outside of the player with puck possessions defensive zone, and it removes a scoring opportunity from a player with no further opposition between himself and the opposing goalie. If the goal is unattended an automatic goal shall be awarded.

· Coincidental penalties will be called, when appropriate, to maximize ice time for the non-penalized teammates.

· At the referees discretion an infraction may result in any one, or combination of the above type of penalties.

· Any player who is assessed eight penalty minutes during a single game will be ejected from the game. If this occurs within the last five minutes of a game the player shall receive an automatic one game suspension.

· The league may assess further disciplinary action on top of anything outlined within these rules. If an investigation is requested by a team or the league on its own initiative, it must be initiated within seventy-two hours following the completion of the game in which the incident occurred. Any and all fighting and game ejections are subject to review by the league and can result in-and-up-to a lifetime ban from Ice Oasis. No refunds will be given to players that are suspended from the league.

Serving of Penalties

· Any player issued multiple minor penalties at the same stoppage the player shall remain in the penalty box for the entire duration of the minor penalties (i.e. A double minor is issued, the player must serve all four minutes regardless of the number of goals scored against their team.) The penalized team must place a second player in the box and play shorthanded for two minutes, at which point the second player may return to the ice.

· If a third player of any team shall be penalized while two players of the same team are serving minor penalties the penalty time of the third player shall not commence until the penalty of time of one of the two players already penalized has elapsed. Never-the-less, the third player penalized must at once proceed to the penalty bench but may be replaced by a substitute until such time as the penalty time of the penalized player shall commence.

· When any team shall have three players serving penalties at the same time and because of the delayed penalty rule, a substitute for the third offender is on the ice, none of the three penalized players on the penalty bench may return on the ice until play has stopped. When play has been stopped, all players whose full penalty has expired may return to play.

· Coincidental and misconduct penalties should not appear on the scoreboard. Time of expiration shall be provided by the scorekeeper upon request.

Offenses

Too Many Men on the Ice

· A player on the ice may be substituted with a player from the players’ bench; the player leaving the ice must be within five feet of the player’s bench and out of the play before the substitution is made.

· If the player leaving the ice is the goaltender and the substitution is made prematurely, play shall be stopped immediately by the referee and the face-off shall happen at the center ice face-off dot. No penalty shall be assessed.

· If the player entering game intentionally plays the puck in any fashion while the retiring player is still on the ice a penalty shall be assessed. Being accidentally struck by the puck does not warrant a stoppage or penalty.

· In the case of a player returning to the ice before their time has expired through an error of the scorekeeper, they are not to serve an additional penalty but must serve their unexpired time. (Such as when coincidental penalties being put on the scoreboard and the players not being informed as such.)

Delay of Game

· A penalty will be assessed when a player throws anything onto the ice during the progress of the game or during a stoppage in play.

· A penalty will be assessed to any player that:

o Deliberately shoots, throws or bats the puck with their stick or hand outside the playing area.

o Deliberately displaces a goal post from its normal position.

o Deliberately falls on or gathers the puck into their body.

o Deliberately removing their helmet during play to incur a stoppage.

· A penalty will be assessed against the goaltender when:

o They choose to cause a stoppage when there's ample opportunity to keep the play alive.

o Outside of the crease the goalie falls on or gathers in the puck, or holds or places the puck against any part of the goal.

· A penalty shot will be awarded if a defending player other than the goaltender freezes the puck within the goal crease.

· If the goal post is deliberately displaced by a goalkeeper during the course of a breakaway, a penalty shot will be awarded.

· If the goal is displaced by a defending player prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal positions of the goal posts, the referee may assess a minor penalty (delay of game) or award the goal.

· If there is insufficient time in the regular playing time or by reason of penalties already imposed, the minor penalty assessed to a player for deliberately displacing the goal post cannot be served in its entirety within the regular playing time of the game or at any time in overtime, a penalty shot shall be awarded against the offending team.

· Catching the puck in the hand and not immediately putting it back down on the ice directly in-front of the player that caught it will cause a stoppage, but not a penalty.

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

· A penalty will be assessed when any player who is guilty of verbal abuse, rude gestures, personal insult, physical abuse or anything else deemed unsportsmanlike by the official.

· Any player who deliberately applies physical force in any manner against an official, in any manner attempts to injure an official, deliberately makes contact with an official, or physically demeans an official shall be penalized.

· Any player who attempts to draw a penalty by his actions of "diving" shall be penalized.

· Any embellishment of an original penalty to ensure that the penalty is called shall be construed as diving, and both the original penalty and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty will be assessed at the same time.

· If a goaltender participates in the play in any manner when he is beyond the center red line, a penalty shall be assessed.

Attempt to Injure

· Any action deemed by an official as "attempt to injury" shall result in the offending player receiving a penalty.

· A push or trip that causes an opponent to be thrown violently into the boards.

· Referees are encouraged to eject the player from the game.

Fisticuffs (Fighting)

· Fisticuffs shall result in the offending player being ejected from the game and a two game suspension. A second fight during the same season will result in a three game suspension, and a third fight will result in an indefinite suspension pending league review.

Illegal Equipment

· When a player breaks their stick, the player must immediately drop the stick to the ice, the only legal way to acquire a replacement stick is to proceed to the players’ bench, or be handed an unbroken stick by a teammate. If the player receives a stick in an illegal fashion, or continues to play with the broken stick, a penalty shall be assessed.

· A player carrying two sticks will be assessed a penalty.

· Players must wear league issued jersey and socks. A penalty will be assessed at the discretion of the referee for those without proper attire.

Body Checking

· When the offensive player is skating towards the defensive player, the defending player may not hit the offensive player by going the opposite direction to that player. The body contact must be as a result of the movement of the offensive player.

· NOTE: Rub out hockey is allowed. Rub out hockey is when a player uses their body (hips or shoulders) to gain better position as long as the player is attempting to play the puck.

Cross Checking

· A blow delivered with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice shall result in a penalty.

Butt-ending

· Butt-ending, or any attempt to butt-end, will result in a penalty.