| Correct Call: | Moving pick. Turnover, quick whistle. The pick setter’s feet are clearly still moving when contact is made with the defenseman. | |
| For this to not be a penalty: | The picker needs to have his feet set before contact, or avoid contact all together. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
High check into the helmet
| Correct Call: | Slashing. By definition this is in the head/neck area and should be a 1-3 minute non-releasable penalty. This should land in the 1 minute area. | |
| For this to not be a penalty: | If the defenseman’s stick was just up in the air and the offensive player ran into it, than this would not be a slash. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
Off ball d-man checks other guys arm on a pick
| Correct Call: | Slash. 1 minute. The off ball defenseman slashes the arm of the ball carrier. While the velocity is not super strong, the location is in slash territory. This particular scenario has been a point of emphasis to discourage defenses to stop slashing the arm of the ball carrier on picks. | |
| For this to not be a penalty: | The check needs to get stick and not the upper arm. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
Defenseman checks pick setter
| Correct Call: | Unnecessary roughness. 1 min. Possible 2-3 minutes if check was to the head or neck area. The on ball defenseman looks at the pick setter and then decides to cross check them. | |
| For this to not be a penalty: | The on ball defenseman needs to keep his eyes on the ball and not on the pick. If the on ball defenseman does look at the pick setter, no violent contact should be made. Contact alone does not make this a penalty. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
Shooter runs into defenseman after the shot
| Correct Call: | Unnecessary Roughness. 1 min. While the shooting players speed carries him into the defender, the defender makes a clear attempt to body check the shooter, even after the ball has been out of his stick for a couple seconds. | |
| For this to not be a penalty: | The body check would need to come sooner, or as the shooter runs into the defenseman, make more of an effort to not extend his hands and just stand there, or step aside. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
Inappropriate after goal celebration
| Correct Call: | The slicing of the throat is considered a threatening gesture. 1 min unsportsmanlike, non-releasable. | |
| For this not to be a penalty: | Throwing hands up in the air, fist pumping are good legal celebrations. | |
| Game Level: | This should be a penalty on all levels. |
Legal pick blow up
| Correct Call: | Legal. Since the defenseman keeps his eyes on his man, and doesn’t acknowledge the pick, this is legal. | |
| For this to be a penalty: | The on ball defenseman would need to look at the pick setter and then blow him up. | |
| Game Level: | This could be called a penalty on lower tiered games. But never on higher level games. |
Pushed into crease on a pick
| Correct Call: | Legal contact pushes the white player into the crease. Turnover, quick whistle. | |
| For this to not be a turnover: | If the push was in the back or otherwise illegal, white would maintain the ball and have a man up situation. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
Not Withholding on Faceoff
| Correct Call: | Not withholding. | |
| For this to be a penalty: | One more second of being clamped over the ball. | |
| Game Level: | This is not withholding for all game levels. |
In and Out – Goalie starts outside of crease
| Correct Call: | Goalie picks up ball outside of crease, then runs into crease. White ball outside the box. |