TABLE OF CONTENTS IIHF OFFICIAL RULE BOOK 2023/24 – SECTION 06 87 PHYSICAL FOULS Whenever a Coach or other team personnel becomes involved in an altercation with an opposing Player, Coach or other team personnel on or off the ice, they shall be assessed with a Game Misconduct Penalty and automatically suspended from the game, ordered to the Dressing Room and the matter will be reported to Proper Authorities for Supplementary Disciplinary actions. 46.12. HELMETS No Player may remove their helmet prior to engaging in a fight. If they should do so, they shall be assessed a Minor Penalty for “Unsportsmanlike Conduct”. Helmets that come off in the course of and resulting from the altercation will not result in a penalty to either Player. 46.13. JERSEYS A Player who deliberately removes their jersey prior to participating in an altercation or who is clearly wearing a jersey that has been modified and does not conform to ➔ Rule 9 – Uniforms, shall be assessed a Minor Penalty for “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” and an automatic Game Misconduct Penalty (2´+GMP). This is in addition to other penalties to be assessed to the participants of an altercation. If the “altercation” never materializes, the Player would receive a Minor Penalty for “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” and a ten-minute (10’) Misconduct Penalty for deliberately removing their jersey. RULE 47 HEAD-BUTTING 47.1. HEAD-BUTTING The act of head-butting involves a Player making deliberate contact, or attempting to make contact, with an opponent by leading with their head and/or helmet, whether contact is made or not. 47.2. DOUBLE-MINOR PENALTY The Referee shall, at their discretion, assess a Double-minor Penalty to any Player who attempts to “head-butt” an opponent. 47.3. MAJOR PENALTY AND GAME MISCONDUCT PENALTY The Referee, at their discretion, may assess a Major Penalty and an automatic Game Misconduct Penalty if, in their judgment, the Player recklessly endangers their opponent by “head-butting”. Such assessment of reckless endangerment shall be based on the severity of the infraction, severity of the contact, the degree of violence and the general reprehensibility involved. 47.4. DISCIPLINARY MEASURES If deemed appropriate, Supplementary Discipline can be applied by the Proper Authorities at their discretion. ➔ Rule 28 – Supplementary Discipline. RULE 48 ILLEGAL CHECK TO THE HEAD OR NECK 48.1. ILLEGAL CHECK TO THE HEAD OR NECK There is no clean check to the head or neck. The Player delivering the hit must avoid hitting the opponent’s head or neck. A hit resulting in contact with an opponent’s head where the head was the main point of contact and such contact to the head was avoidable is not permitted. This rule supersedes all similar actions regarding hits to the head and neck. 06 SECTION · PHYSICAL FOULS
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