Rulebook

Proposal 75: Guidelines for penalties [ Revision 3 ]

Committee: Hockey
Submitted on 2017-01-14
Status: Passed on January 24, 2017

Background

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Proposal

OLD:

14B.7.5 Penalty Box

The Referee can send a player off the field for two minutes, five minutes or for the remainder of the game. This is done in the case of unsporting behavior and also for intentional or dangerous disregard of the rules. While a player is in the penalty box, the team may not substitute a replacement for that player.

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NEW:

14B.7.5 Penalty Box

The referees should consider the following guidelines when punishing a player:

2 minutes:

Intentional delay of the game
Repeated fouls by the same player
Intentional foul
Dangerous play
Backchat to referee (Constant backtalking to the referee or questioning decisions)
Intentional usage of incorrect equipment and clothing
Intentionally having too many player on the field

5 minutes:

Repeated fouls of a player who has already received 2 minutes before
Intentional dangerous foul
Violent conduct against other players, their team officials or spectators

Off for the remainder of the game:

Repeated fouls of a player who has already received 5 minutes before
Repeated violence of a player who has already received 5 minutes before
Violence against referees

Body

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References

Discussion

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Change Log:

Revision 3 changed by Nicolai Krieger (15 Jan 07:40): corrected spelling: The Referee can send a player o the field for two minutes
Revision 2 changed by Nicolai Krieger (15 Jan 05:29): Added intentional usage of incorrect clothing as a guideline for a penalty box of 2 minutes.
Revision 1 changed by Nicolai Krieger (14 Jan 08:49)

Votes on this proposal:

7 out of 8 voting members have voted.

Agree: 7, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 0.