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USA Hockey Playing Rules Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Under 601 what constitutes a minor penalty for Abuse of Officials -
Answer✔️✔️-1. Disputes the rulings of any official.
2. Taunts or incites an opponent.
3. Creates a disturbance during the game.
4. Shoots the puck after the whistle, if in the opinion of the Official
such shot was avoidable.
Under 601 what constitutes a bench minor penalty? - Answer✔️✔️-A
bench minor penalty shall be assessed to any team whose players
or team officials commit the following actions while on the player's
bench:
1.Using obscene, profane or abusive language to any person.
2.Using the name of any official in a loud or abusive manner.
3.Throwing any object onto the playing area during the progress of
the game or during a stoppage of play.
4.Banging the boards with a stick or other object at anytime.
5.Using threatening or abusive language or gestures directed at an
opponent.
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6.Interfering in any non-physical manner with any game official,
including off-ice officials, in the performance of their duties.
Under 601, what constitutes a misconduct penalty for abuse of
officials? - Answer✔️✔️-1.Persists in any conduct where they were
previously assessed a minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.
2.Using obscene, profane or abusive language to any person
anywhere in the rink before, during or after the game.
3.Intentionally knocking or shooting the puck out of the reach of an
official who is retrieving it during a stoppage of play.
4.Not proceeding directly and immediately to the penalty bench or
to the dressing room, after being penalized and ordered to do so by
the officials (equipment shall be delivered to him by a teammate, if
necessary).
5.Entering or remaining in the Referee's Crease, unless invited to do
so.
6.Interfering in any non-physical manner with any Game Official
including the Referee, Linesman, Timekeepers or Goal Judges in the
performance of their duties.
What constitutes a misconduct or game misconduct, at the
discretion of the Referee and based on severity under Abuse of
Officials (601A)? - Answer✔️✔️-1.Touches or holds any official with
his hand or stick.
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2.Attempts to continue an altercation after been ordered to stop, or
resists the linesman in stopping the altercation.
3.Intentionally bangs the boards or protective glass or goal frame
with his stick or any other object at anytime. If done in protest of an
officials' decision, an additional minor penalty for unsportsmanlike
conduct shall also be assessed.
A game misconduct penalty shall be assessed to any player or team
official under Abuse of Officials for: - Answer✔️✔️-1.Persists in any
course of conduct for which he has previously been assessed a
misconduct penalty (player) or bench minor penalty assessed to the
team (Team Official).
2.Uses obscene gesture or a racial/ethnic slur anywhere in the rink
before, during or after the game.
3.Interferes in any physical manner with any game official,
including off-ice officials, in performing their duties.
4.A player who receives their second misconduct penalty during the
same game shall be assessed a game misconduct penalty in lieu of
the second misconduct penalty.
What constitutes a match penalty under abuse of officials? -
Answer✔️✔️-1.Deliberately inflicting physical harm, or attempting to
do so, to any game official, including off-ice officials.
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(Note) Any match penalty assessed under this rule must be reported
via written game report by the officials to the USA Hockey District
Referee-in-Chief within 48 hours.
2.Deliberately injuring, or attempting to do so, any opposing player
or team official.
3.Behaving in any manner that is critically detrimental to the
conducting of the game, including spitting at an opponent,
spectator, game or team official, or verbally threatening a Game
Official, opposing Team Official or opposing player with physical
harm.
A player sitting on the players' bench uses profanity towards an
Official. If the Official can recognize the player using this language,
may he assess a misconduct penalty rather than a bench minor? -
Answer✔️✔️-Yes. Rule References 601 (Note), 601(b. Note) and
601(c.2).
The Officials shall assess a misconduct to a player if the player can
be readily recognized. If the Official cannot determine the identity of
the player, he must impose a bench minor on the team. This
interpretation only applies to players on the players' bench or
penalty bench.
A player is assessed a minor penalty for tripping and does not
proceed immediately to the penalty bench while disputing the call.
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