USA Hockey Rules Practice
Questions and Answers
A team arrives with only five players, but is willing to play the
entire game short-handed. Should the game be played? -
Answer️️ -No. Rule Reference 201(a). A team is defined as having
six players. If a team cannot put six players on the ic...
USA Hockey Rules 2021-2025 Practice
Questions and Answers
A team arrives with only five players, but is willing to play the
entire game short-handed. Should the game be played? -
Answer✔️✔️-No. Rule Reference 201(a). A team is defined as having
six players. If a team cannot put six players on the ice at the start
of the game, it is not considered a "team" and must forfeit the game
to its opponent.
During the game, through injuries and penalties, a team is unable
to place four players on the ice. Can the game proceed? -
Answer✔️✔️-No. Rule References 201(a) and 408(a). Any time a team
is reduced to below four players on the ice during a game for any
reason, the game shall be forfeited. Players in the penalty bench
with delayed penalties are not permitted to participate in the game
(on the ice) or leave the penalty bench until their penalties expire.
During the game a Team Captain advises the Referee that the
opposing team has more than the allowable number of Team
Officials occupying the players' bench. What action should the
Referee take? - Answer✔️✔️-Once the Referee has become aware of
the violation, they shall direct the offending team to reduce the
number of Team Officials on the players' bench to a maximum of
four. Rule References 201(b) and 610(h). No penalty is assessed at
that time. However, if the situation is not corrected or occurs again
during the same game, the Referee shall assess a bench minor
penalty for delaying the game to the offending team.
During the course of the game, a team no longer has a properly
registered coach available to them on the bench. Can the game
continue? - Answer✔️✔️-Yes. Rule Reference 201(b). The game shall
be allowed to continue provided that team has adult supervision on
the players' bench. This person may come from the stands and
should be a registered member of USA Hockey in some capacity. If
no such person is available, the game should be suspended and a
report provided to the proper authorities.
During the course of the game the referee is notified that Players or
Team Officials that have received a previous suspension are
participating in the game. The suspended individuals did not sit out
or fulfill their obligated suspension time. Should the referee
penalize the offending team? - Answer✔️✔️-No. Rule Reference
201(c). The referee may not be aware of the time period that has
taken place between games and therefore cannot enforce
suspensions to Players or Team Officials. The referee is required to
report the incident to the proper authorities for further review.
A player/coach is suspended for the team's next regularly
scheduled game and because of circumstances out of the control of
the player/coach, the opponent forfeits the game. Does this forfeited
game count towards serving the suspension? - Answer✔️✔️-There
may be some special circumstances that warrant the suspension
being served (i.e. Game forfeited while both teams are on site due to
circumstances out of the offending player/ coach control). It is best
that the Proper Authorities take into consideration the
circumstances involved and the "good faith" effort of the suspended
party to serve the suspension while reviewing each instance. There
are also situations (the game is forfeited days in advance) where the
suspension would definitely not be considered served.
The Referee notices that a team has three players with a "C" on
their uniforms during the pre-game warm-up. How many players
should the Referee allow to act as Captain? - Answer✔️✔️-One. Rule
Reference 202(a). In this situation the Referee should look at the
game sheet to determine the Captain. If there is more than one
Captain designated, the Referee must ask the Coach to appoint only
one of the three players to act as the team's Captain. The Referee
must also inform the Coach that the other two players will be
allowed to have Captain's privileges, but they must be designated as
Alternate Captains.
The Team Captain and the Alternate Captain(s) are incapacitated by
reasons of injuries or are unavailable due to penalties and the
Referee deems it necessary to convey a message to the bench. With
whom shall the Referee communicate? - Answer✔️✔️-Any player on
the ice with whom the Referee elects to converse. Rule Reference
202(a). The Referee has the authority to select a player on the ice to
convey the message to the bench. Failure of a team to have a
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