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- Rule 35. Appointment of Officials
- The Commissioner shall appoint a
Referee, two
Linesmen,
Game Timekeeper,
Penalty Timekeeper,
Official Scorer and two
Goal Judges for each game.
- The Commissioner shall forward to all clubs a list of Referees,
Linesmen, and Off-ice Officials, all of whom must be treated with
proper respect at all times during the season by all players and
officials of clubs.
- Rule 36. Referee
- The REFEREE shall have general supervision of the
game and shall have full control of all game officials and players
during the game, including stoppages; and in case of any dispute, his
decision shall be final. The Referee shall remain on the ice at the
conclusion of each period until all players have proceeded to their
dressing rooms.
- All Referees and Linesmen shall be dressed in black trousers and
official sweaters. They shall be equipped with approved whistles and
metal tape measures with minimum length of six feet.
- The Referee shall order the teams on the ice at the appointed
time for the beginning of a game and at the commencement of each period.
If for any reason, there is more than fifteen minutes' delay in the
commencement of the game or any undue delay in resuming play after
the fifteen-minute intervals between periods, the Referee shall
state in his report to the Commissioner the cause of the delay
and the club or clubs which were at fault.
- It shall be his duty to see to it that all players are properly
dressed, and that the approved regulation equipment is in use at all
times during the game.
- The Referee shall, before starting the game, see that the
appointed Game Timekeeper, Penalty Timekeeper, Official Scorer and
Goal Judges are in their respective places and satisfy himself that
the timing and signalling equipment are in order.
- It shall be his duty to impose such penalties as are prescribed
by the rules for infractions thereof and he shall give the final
decision in matters of disputed goals. The Referee may consult with
the Linesmen, Goal Judge or Video Goal Judge before making his decision.
- The Referee shall announce to the Official Scorer or Penalty
Timekeeper all goals legally scored as well as penalties, and for
what infractions such penalties are imposed. The Referee shall cause
to be announced over the public address system the reason for not
allowing a goal every time the goal signal light is turned on in the
course of play. This shall be done at the first stoppage of play
regardless of any standard signal given by the Referee when the
goal signal light was put on in error. The Referee shall report
to the Official Scorer the name or number of the goal scorer but
he shall not give any information or advice with respect to assist.
(NOTE)
The name of the scorer and any player entitled to an assist
will be announced on the public address system. In the
event that the Referee disallows a goal for any violation of the
rules, he shall report the reason for disallowance to the Official
Scorer who shall announce the Referee's decision correctly over
the public address system. The infraction of the rules for which
each penalty has been imposed will be announced correctly, as
reported by the Referee, over the public address system. Where
players of both teams are penalized on the same play, the penalty
to the visiting player will be announced first. Where a penalty
is imposed by the Referee which calls for a mandatory or automatic
fine, only the time portion of the penalty will be reported by the
Referee to the Official Scorer and announced on the public address
system, and the fine will be collected through the League office.
- The Referee shall see to it that players of opposing teams are
separated on the penalty bench to prevent feuding.
- He shall not halt the game for any infractions of the rules
concerning off-side play at the blue line or center line, or any
violation of
Rule 61 - Icing the Puck.
Determining infractions of these rules is the duty of the Linesmen
unless, by virtue of some accident, the Linesman is prevented from
doing so in which case the duties of the Linesman shall be assumed
by the Referee until play is stopped.
- Should a Referee accidentally leave the ice or receive an
injury which incapacitates him from discharging his duties while
play is in progress, the game shall be automatically stopped.
- If, through misadventure or sickness, the Referee and
Linesmen appointed are prevented from appearing, the Managers
or Coaches of the two clubs shall agree on a Referee and Linesman.
If they are unable to agree, they shall appoint a player from each
side who shall act as Referee and Linesman; the player of the home club
acting as Referee and the player of the visiting club as Linesman.
- If the regularly appointed officials appear during the
progress of the game, they shall at once replace the temporary officials.
- Should a Linesman appointed be unable to act at the last
minute or through sickness or accident be unable to finish the game,
the Referee shall have the power to appoint another in his stead,
if he deems it necessary, or if required to do so by the Manager or
Coach of either of the competing teams.
- If, owing to illness or accident, the Referee is unable to
continue to officiate, one of the Linesmen shall perform the duties
of the Referee during the balance of the game, the Linesman to be
selected by the Referee. In the event that an NHL Supervisor is
in attendance at a game where a spare official is present, he shall
have the authority to substitute the injured Referee with the
spare official.
- The Referee shall check club rosters and all players in
uniform before signing reports of the game.
- The Referee shall report to Commissioner promptly and in
detail the circumstances of any of the following incidents:
- When a stick or part thereof is thrown outside the playing area
Rule 81(C)
- Throwing Stick;
- Every obscene gesture made by any person involved in the
playing or conduct of the game whether as a participant or as an
official of either team or of the League, which gesture he has
personally observed or which has been brought to his attention
by any game official
Rule 68(a)
- Obscene or Profane Language or Gestures;
- When any player, Trainer, Coach or club executive becomes
involved in an altercation with a spectator
Rule 63(b)
- Interference by/with Spectators;
- Every infraction under
Rule 28(b)
- Major Penalties, Major and Game Misconducts.
- In the event of failure by a club to comply with a provision of
the League constitution, by-laws, resolutions, rules or regulations
affecting the playing of a game, the Referee shall, if so directed by
the Commissioner or his designee, refuse to permit the game to proceed
until the offending club comes into compliance with such provision.
Should the offending club persist in its refusal to come into
compliance, the Referee shall, with the prior approval of the
Commissioner or his designee, declare the game forfeited and the
non-offending club the winner. Should the Referee declare the game
forfeited because both clubs have refused to comply with such a
provision, the visiting club shall be declared the winner.
If the game is declared forfeited prior to its having commenced,
the score shall be recorded as 1-0 and no player shall be credited
with any personal statistics.
If the game was in progress at the time it is declared forfeited,
the score shall be recorded as zero for the loser and 1, or such
greater number of goals that had been scored by it, for the winner;
however, the players on both clubs shall be credited with all
personal statistics earned up to the time the forfeit was declared.
- Rule 37. Linesman
- The duty of the LINESMAN is to determine any infractions
of the rules concerning off-side play at the blue line or center line, or
any violation of
Rule 61
- Icing the Puck.
He shall stop the play when the puck goes outside the playing area,
when it is interfered with by any ineligible person, when it is
struck above the height of the shoulder and when the goal post has
been displaced from its normal position. He shall stop the play
for off-sides occurring on face-offs and for premature entry into
face-off circles. He shall stop the play when he has observed that
a goal has been scored which has not been observed by the Referee.
He shall stop the play when there has been a premature substitution
for a goalkeeper under
Rule 18(a)
- Change of Players; for injured players under
Rule 19(f)
- Injured Players; for a player batting the puck forward
to a teammate under
Rule 57(e)
- Handling Puck with Hands;
the calling of a double-minor penalty for accidental high sticks, under
Rule 58(c)
- High Sticks;
interference by spectators under
Rule 63(a)
- Interference by/with Spectators;
the calling of a double-minor penalty to a player who attempts to
poke, jab, spear or butt-end an opponent, under
Rule 79(c)
- Spearing and Butt-ending;
and the calling of a penalty under
Rule 81(a)
- Throwing Stick,
for deliberately throwing a stick in the defensive zone.
- He shall face-off the puck at all times, except at the start of
the game, at the beginning of each period and after a goal has been
scored. The Referee may call upon a Linesman to conduct a face-off
at any time.
- He shall, when requested to do so by the Referee, give his version
of any incident that may have taken place during the playing of the game.
- He shall not stop the play to impose any penalty except when a
major penalty is warranted to a player on the ice when a serious
incident has been observed by him but not by the Referee and/or when
he observes any violation of
Rules 18(a) and (c),
change of players (too many men on the ice);
Rule 42(k),
articles thrown on the ice from vicinity of players' or penalty bench;
Rule 42(l),
interference with game officials by player, Coach, Trainer or club executive;
Rule 46(c),
stick thrown on ice from players' bench and
Rule 50(c),
delaying the game by deliberately
displacing the post from its normal position. He shall report such
violation to the Referee who shall impose a bench minor penalty against
the offending team.
In addition, when assessing a major penalty to a player, he may,
at his discretion, assess a minor penalty to a player
of the opposing team that he deems instigated the incident for which
the major penalty was assessed.
He shall report immediately to the Referee his version of the
circumstances with regard to interference on a goaltender when a
goal is scored.
He shall report immediately to the Referee his version of any
infraction of the rules constituting a major or match foul or game
misconduct or any conduct calling for a bench minor penalty or
misconduct penalty under these rules.
- Rule 38. Goal Judge
- There shall be one GOAL JUDGE at each goal. They
shall not be members of either club engaged in a game, nor shall
they be replaced during its progress, unless after the commencement
of the game it becomes apparent that either Goal Judge, on account of
partisanship or any other cause, is guilty of giving unjust decisions,
when the Referee may appoint another Goal Judge to act in his stead.
- Goal Judges shall be stationed behind the goals during the
progress of play, in properly protected areas, if possible, so
that there can be no interference with their activities. They
shall not change goals during the game.
- In the event of a goal being claimed, the Goal Judge of that
goal shall decide whether or not the puck has passed between
the goal posts and entirely over the goal line.
- Rule 39. Penalty Timekeeper
- The PENALTY TIMEKEEPER shall keep, on the official
forms provided, a correct record of all penalties imposed by the
officials including the names of the players penalized, the
infractions penalized, the duration of each penalty and the time
at which each penalty was imposed. He shall report in the Penalty
Record each penalty shot awarded, the name of the player taking
the shot and the result of the shot.
- The Penalty Timekeeper shall check and ensure that the time
served by all penalized players is correct. He shall be responsible
for the correct posting of penalties on the scoreboard at all times and
shall promptly call to the attention of the Referee any discrepancy
between the time recorded on the clock and the official correct time
and he shall be responsible for making any adjustments ordered by
the Referee.
He shall upon request, give a penalized player correct information
as to the unexpired time of his penalty.
(NOTE)
- The infraction of the rules for which each penalty has been
imposed will be announced twice over the public address system
as reported by the Referee. Where players of both teams are
penalized on the same play, the penalty to the visiting player
will be announced first.
- Misconduct penalties and coincident major penalties
should not be recorded on the timing device but such penalized
players should be alerted and released at the first stoppage of play
following the expiration of their penalties.
- Upon the completion of each game, the Penalty Timekeeper shall
complete and sign four copies of the Penalty Record to be distributed
as quickly as possible to the following persons:
- One copy to the Official Scorer for transmission to the
League Commissioner;
- One copy to the visiting Coach or Manager;
- One copy to the home Coach or Manager;
- One copy to the home team Public Relations Department.
- The Officiating Department shall be entitled to inspect, collect
and forward to League headquarters the actual work sheets used by the
Penalty Timekeeper in any game.
- Rule 40. Official Scorer
- Before the start of the game, the OFFICIAL SCORER
shall obtain from the Manager or Coach of both teams a list of all
eligible players and the starting line-up of each team which information
shall be made known to the opposing Manager or Coach before the start
of play, either personally or through the Referee.
The Official Scorer shall secure the names of the Captain and
Alternate Captains from the Manager or Coach at the time the
line-ups are collected and will indicate those nominated by placing
the letter "C" or "A" opposite their names on the Referee's Report
of Match. All this information shall be presented to the Referee
for his signature at the completion of the game.
- The Official Scorer shall keep a record of the goals scored,
the scorers, and players to whom assists have been credited and shall
indicate those players on the lists who have actually taken part in the
game. He shall also record the time of entry into the game of any
substitute goalkeeper. He shall record on the Official Score Sheet a
notation where a goal is scored when the goalkeeper has been removed
from the ice.
- The Official Scorer shall award the points for goals and assists
and his decision shall be final. The awards of points for goals and
assists shall be announced twice over the public address system and all
changes in such awards shall also be announced in the same manner.
No requests for changes in any award of points shall be considered
unless they are made at or before the conclusion of actual play in the
game by the team Captain.
- At the conclusion of the game, the Official Scorer shall complete
and sign four copies of the Official Score Sheet for distribution as
quickly as possible to the following persons:
- One copy to the Official Scorer to be transmitted to the
League Commissioner;
- One copy to the visiting Coach or Manager;
- One copy to the home Coach or Manager;
- One copy to the home team Public Relations Department.
- The Official Scorer shall also prepare the Official Report of
Match for signature by the Referee and forward it to the League
Commissioner together with the Official Score Sheet and the Penalty
Record.
- The Official Scorer should be in an elevated position, well
away from the players' benches, with house telephone communication
to the public address announcer.
- Rule 41. Game Timekeeper
- The GAME TIMEKEEPER shall record the time of
starting and finishing of each period in the game. During the game
the game timekeeper will start the clock with the drop of the puck
and stop the clock upon hearing the Official's whistle or the
scoring of a goal.
- The Game Timekeeper shall signal the Referee and the competing
teams for the start of the game and each succeeding period and the
Referee shall start the play promptly in accordance with
Rule 82
- Time of Match.
For the purpose of keeping the spectators informed as to
the time remaining during intermissions, the Game Timekeeper
will use the electric clock to record the length of intermissions.
The clock will not start for the intermission until all players
and officials have left the ice.
To assist in assuring the prompt return to the ice of the
teams and the officials, the Game Timekeeper shall give
preliminary warnings five and two minutes prior to the
resumption of play in each period.
- If the rink is not equipped with an automatic signalling
device or, if such device fails to function, the Game Timekeeper
shall signal the end of each period by blowing a whistle.
- He shall cause to be announced on the public address
system at the nineteenth minute in each period that there is
one minute remaining to be played in the period.
- In the event of any dispute regarding time, the matter
shall be referred to the Referee for adjustment and his decision
shall be final.
- The Game Timekeeper is required to synchronize his timing
device with the Television Producer of the originating broadcast.
- Rule 41A. Statistician
- There shall be appointed for duty at every game played in the
League a STATISTICIAN and such assistants or
alternates as may be deemed necessary.
- The duty of the Statistician(s) is to correctly record on
official League forms all of the required data concerning the
performances of the individual players and teams.
- These records shall be compiled and recorded in strict
conformity with the instructions printed on the forms supplied
and shall be completed as to totals where required and with such
accuracy as to ensure that the data supplied is "in balance".
- At the conclusion of each game, the Statistician shall
sign and distribute four copies of the final and correct
Statistician's Report to each of the following persons:
- One copy to the Official Scorer for transmission to
the League Commissioner;
- One copy to the visiting Coach or Manager;
- One copy to the home Coach or Manager;
- One copy to the home team Public Relations Department.
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