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Question 1: If an Official sees a stick which appears cracked, chipped or splintered, is he permitted to have such stick removed from the game without assessing a penalty to the player in possession of it?  Answer

Question 2: True or False: The Goalkeeper's Privlileged Area includes all area between the end spots and the end boards.  Answer

Question 3: During a delayed penalty signal to Team A, Team B scores a goal. The signaled penalty is not assessed. Is the signaled infraction included in the cumulative penalty rules for players and teams (Midget and below)?  Answer

Question 4: The goalkeeper warm-up area consists of:  A) The goalkeeper's entire Defending Zone B) Only the goalkeeper's Privileged Area C) The goalkeepers Privileged area, extended to include the areas between the end spots and the intersection of the goal line and side boards Answer

Question 5: The goalkeeper leaves his crease to stop a shot. Before he can return to his crease, an attacking player enters the crease before the puck and a teammate shoots the puck into the goal. Is the goal legal?  Answer

Question 6: A player taking a face off, is deliberately delaying getting set for the face off. Should the Official conducting the face off, after a short time, drop the puck with only one player ready?  Answer

Question 7: The penalty shot for falling on the puck int he crease requires that:  A) The goalkeeper must be out of the crease.  B) The infraction must occur when the puck is in the crease. C) The puck must be in the crease when play is stopped. Answer

Question 8: Leaving the feet to play the puck:  A) Results in a penalty if causing an opponent to trip or fall.  B) Results in a minor penalty whether or not an opponent is contacted.  C) Is a legal method to check an opponent. Answer

Question 9: A player swings his stick at an opponent during the course of an altercation. What penalty must be assessed?  Answer

Question 10: True or False: An altercation is defined as any physical interaction between 2 or more opposing players resulting in a penalty or penalties being assessed.  Answer

Question 11:  If a player has possession of the puck in the Neutral Zone, turns around & skates backwards, & precedes the puck across the attacking blue line while still in possession & control of the puck is he considered to be off-sides?  Answer

Question 12: The puck is shot from behind the center red line, creating a potential icing situation. The puck makes contact with the line that forms the goal crease prior to crossing the goal line extended. Does this constitute an icing infraction?  Answer

Question 13: A Pee Wee player was inadvertently omitted from the game roster. If the error is detected after the game begins:  A) the player may be added without penalty. B) The player may not play in the game. C) The player may be added to the game roster if there are less than 20 names on it, & a bench minor penalty shall be assessed Answer

Question 14: Pawling defenseman at his offensive blue line. He high sticks a puck and lets it sit at his feet. His team mates leave the puck alone. No one from Pawling attempted to play the puck. Highland players realizing that they could get the face off in the Pawling zone do not play the puck. There is a stand off and no one on the ice plays the puck. What's the correct call?  Answer

Question 15: The goalkeeper, in the act of proceeding to his player's bench, unintentionally bumps into another player and loses possesion of his stick in front of his goal. the goalkeeper dos not retrieve the stick and continue sto the bench. The puck then hits the stick. Is a penalty required in this situation?  Answer

Question 16: For a slashing penalty to be assessed, must stick contact be made with the opposing player?  Answer

Question 17: Under what circumstances should the Referee impose a major and a game misconduct penalty for spearing when there is no contact made?  Answer

Question 18:  Under what circumstances should the Referee impose a major and a game misconduct penalty for butt-ending when there is no contact made?  Answer

Question 19: True or False. If a player, other than the player facing off, fails to maintain a proper position, the center of that team shall be ejected from the face-off.  Answer

Question 20: A team has eighteen players and two goalkeepers listed on the game score sheet. What happens if a player who is not listed on the score sheet participates in the game and scores a goal?  Answer

Question 21: A player on the ice makes a direct and unmistakable obscene comment to an on-ice official in protest to a penalty. There has been no previous problems with the player. My understanding is an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and/or misconduct is the initial penalty. Yet, under the new 601(f)(2) rule "obscene gestures or racial/ethnic slurs" an obscene gesture to anyone, anywhere at anytime is an immediate game misconduct penalty. Is this correct in both cases?  Answer

Question 22: An attacking player straddling the attacking blue line receives a pass on his stick in the Neutral Zone. He then brings the skate which was in the Neutral Zone over the line while the puck is still on his stick in the Neutral Zone. He then pulls the puck over the blue line. Is he off-side?  Answer

Question 23: True or False. No time penalty is assessed for premature goalkeeper substitution  Answer

Question 24: Time Team A Team B 3:00 Player X: 2 Minutes   3:30 Player Y: 2 Minutes   4:00   Player B: 2 Minutes 4:30   Goal Who returns to the ice?  Answer

Question 25:        Time Team A Team B 3:00 Player X: 2 Minutes   3:30   Player B: 2 Minutes 4:00 Player Y: 2 minutes   5:20   Goal Who returns to the ice?  Answer

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