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- For a "MINOR PENALTY", any player, other than a
goalkeeper, shall be ruled off the ice for two (2)
minutes during which time no substitute shall be
permitted.
- A "BENCH MINOR" penalty involves the removal
from the ice of one player of the Team against
which the penalty is assessed for a period of two (2)
minutes. Any player except a goalkeeper of the
Team may be designated to serve the penalty by the
Manager or Coach through the playing Captain and
such player shall take his place on the penalty bench
promptly and serve the penalty as if it was a minor
penalty imposed upon him.
- If while a Team is "short-handed" by one or more
minor or bench minor penalties, the opposing Team
scores a goal, the first of such penalties shall
automatically terminate.
(NOTE) "Short-handed" means that the Team must be
below the numerical strength of its opponents on the
ice at the time the goal is scored. The minor or bench
minor penalty which terminates automatically is the
one with the least amount of time on the clock. Thus
coincident minor penalties to both Teams do NOT
cause either side to be "short-handed".
This Rule shall also apply when a goal is awarded.
(NEW for 2005-06) This Rule does not apply when a goal is scored on a
penalty shot (i.e. offending team's penalized player(s)
do not get released on the scoring of a goal on a
penalty shot).
Minor penalty expiration criteria
- Is the Team scored against short handed?
- Is the Team scored against serving a Minor
Penalty on the clock?
If both criteria are satisfied, the minor penalty with
the least amount of time on the clock shall terminate
except when coincidental penalties are being served.
When the minor penalties of two players of the
same Team terminate at the same time, the Captain
of that Team shall designate to the Referee which of
such players will return to the ice first and the
Referee will instruct the Penalty Timekeeper
accordingly.
When one player receives a major penalty and a minor penalty at the same time, the major penalty shall be served first by the penalized player, except under Rule 27(c) where coincidental penalties are in effect in which case the minor penalty will be recorded and served first.
When ONE minor penalty is assessed to ONE player
of EACH Team at the same stoppage in play, these
penalties will be served without substitution
provided there are no other penalties in effect and
visible on the penalty clocks. Both teams will
therefore play four skaters against four skaters for
the duration of the minor penalties.
(NOTE) Should one or either of these players also incur
a misconduct penalty in addition to their ONE minor
penalty, this rule shall apply and teams would still play
four skaters against four skaters (the player incurring
the misconduct penalty would have to serve the entire
12 minutes - minor plus misconduct - and his team
would have to place an additional player on the
penalty bench to serve the minor penalty and be able
to return to the ice when the minor penalty expires).
When multiple penalties are assessed to both
teams, equal numbers of minor and major penalties
shall be eliminated using the coincident penalty rule
and any differential in time penalties shall be served
in the normal manner and displayed on the penalty
time clock accordingly. If there is no differential in
time penalties, all players will still serve their
allotted penalty time, but will not be released until
the first stoppage of play following the expiration of
their respective penalties.
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