Rule 30. Major Penalties

(a) Any player, goaltender or Team Official incurring a Major penalty and a Game Misconduct penalty, shall be ordered to the dressing room for the remainder of the game, and shall be reported to the President for further action. The Manager or Coach of the penalized team, through the playing Captain, shall designate any player of their team on the floor at the time of the infraction to serve the penalty.

(b) When coincident Major and/or Match penalties or coincident penalties of equal duration including a Major or a Match are imposed against players on each team during the same stoppage of play, immediate substitutions shall be made for those penalties, and such penalties shall not be taken into account for the purpose of the delayed penalty.

In the case where the penalized players remain in the game, they shall take their place on the penalty bench and shall not leave until the first stoppage of play following the expiry of their respective penalties. When the coincident Major/Match penalty rule is applied and there is a differential in the total time penalties, those penalties causing the differential shall be served first in the normal manner and shall be taken into account for the purpose of applying Rule 28 (b) – Minor penalties and Rule 38 – Delayed penalties. Any time difference or differential in the total time penalties must be served by a player (or players) on the floor at the time of the infraction.

(c) The Referee in charge shall report to the President any player who incurs a second Major penalty within ten minutes of the game’s conclusion.

SITUATION 1 Rule 30 (b)
When canceling coincidental Major/Match penalties the following procedure will be used in the order listed – “MOTO”:
i) Cancel as Many penalties as possible.
ii) Cancel in a way to make the team only One player short.
iii) Cancel in a way to avoid Taking an extra player off the floor.
iv) Cancel using the order of penalty Occurrence or in the order that they were reported by the Referee.
In order to apply this rule, there must be at least one Major/Match penalty to each team. The following examples illustrate the above procedure. All penalties were assessed at the same stoppage.
i) A6 – MATCH ( 5 )             B12 – 5+GM
Immediate Substitution – Full Strength.
ii) A6 – 5+GM+5+GM       B12 – 5+GM
                                                           B11 – 5+GM
Immediate Substitution – Full Strength.
iii) A6 – 5+GM                         B12 – 5+GM
       A7 – 5+GM
Team A to resume play 1 player short. A7 to serve the time penalty to be served by player from on the floor. A6 penalty is cancelled due to order of occurrence.
iv) A6 – 5+GM+5+GM       B12 – 5+GM
Team A will play 1 player short for 5 minutes. Team A must take a player from the floor to serve the time penalty.
v) A6 – 5+GM+2                     B7 – 5+GM + 2
Immediate Substitution – Full Strength.
vi) A6 – 5+GM+2                   B7 – 2
                                                          B8 – 5+GM
Immediate Substitution – Full Strength.
vii) A6 – 5+GM+2                 B8 – 2 + 2
         A7 – 5+GM+2                 B9 – 5+GM+5+GM
Immediate Substitution – Full Strength.

SITUATION 2 Rule 30 (b)
A3 – 2                                            B7 – 2
A4 – 2                                            B8 – 5+GM
A6 – 5+GM
Team A will resume play 1 player short for 2 minutes. A4 will serve the time penalty because of order of occurrence.

SITUATION 3 Rule 30 (b)
A3 – 5+GM+2                          B7 – 2
A4 – 5+GM+2+2                    B8 – 5+GM+ 2
A6 – 5+GM                                B9 – 5+GM+5+GM+ 2
Immediate Substitution – Full Strength.

SITUATION 4 Rule 30 (b)
A player involved in the coincidental penalty rule may go to the dressing room and not be replaced by a substitute on the penalty bench. This is the same procedure followed as in the case of a player serving a Misconduct, Game Misconduct, Gross Misconduct or Game Ejection penalty. The only case where a substitute would be required on the penalty bench is where a player must serve a time penalty with their team playing shorthanded.

SITUATION 5 Rule 30 (b)
A player involved in the coincidental penalty rule must serve the full amount of time assessed to them, except if a goal scored against their team washes out a portion of a Minor penalty.
A9 – 5+GM+2                            B14 – 5+GM 8:40
                                                               A SCORES 8:25
The coincidental penalty rule is applied, and immediate substitution is permitted for B14. Team A is required to send a player from the floor to the penalty bench to serve the time penalty assessed to A9. The time penalty starts at 8:40. With the goal by Team B at 8:25, the time penalty being served is washed out.

SITUATION 6 Rule 30 (b)
A6 – 5+GM + 2                          B11 – 5+GM
A7 – 5+GM
Team A will play 1 player short for 7 minutes. A7 will cancel with B11 to place Team A only 1 player short.

SITUATION 7 Rule 30 (b)
A6 – 2+2                                        B11 – 5+GM+2
A7 – 5+GM+ 2                           B12 – 5+GM+5+GM
A8 – 5+GM
Team A and B will each resume play, 1 player short. A6 will serve the 4-minute time penalty. Team B will need a player from the floor to serve the 5-minute time penalty to B12.

SITUATION 8 Rule 30 (b)
A6 – 5+GM+2                           B11 – 5+GM+5+GM+2+2
A7 – 5+GM                                 B12 – 5+GM+5+GM
A8 – 5+GM
Team B will start 1 player short. Team B will need a player from the floor to serve the 7-minute time penalty to B11. The Major is to be served first.

SITUATION 9 Rule 30 (b)
A6 – 2                                             B11 – 5+GM+5+GM
A7 – 5+GM+2                           B12 – 5+GM
A8 – 5+GM
Team A will start 2 players short. A6 will serve the 2-minute time penalty. Another player from the floor will serve the 2-minute time penalty to A7. Team B will start one player short with a player from the floor serving the 5-minute time penalty to B12.

SITUATION 10 Rule 30 (b)
A3 – 5+GM+ 2                          B7 – 2
A6 – 5+GM+2+2                     B8 – 2
A9 – 5+GM                                 B11 – 5+GM+2
                                                           B12 – 5+GM+5+GM+2
Team B will resume play 1 player short. The Minors to B11 and B12 are cancelled to avoid taking another player from the floor. B8 serves the time penalty. B7 penalty is cancelled because of order of occurrence.

SITUATION 11 Rule 30 (b)
A3 – 5+GM+2                           B7 – 5+GM+2
A4 – 5+GM+2+2                     B8 – 5+GM+5+GM
Both teams will resume play 1 player short. Team A will need 1 player from the floor to serve the 4-minute time penalty to A4. Team B will need 1 player from the floor to serve the 5-minute time penalty to B8.

SITUATION 12 Rule 30 (b)
A6 receives a 5-minute Major and automatic Game Misconduct for High Sticking. Subsequently is assessed a 5-minute Major for fighting with B12.

RULING: A6 – 5 and automatic Game Misconduct for High Sticking + 5 and automatic Game Misconduct for Fighting. B12 – 5 and automatic Game Misconduct for Fighting. Plus, any other penalties incurred.
Note: A6 is not assessed a 3rd Game Misconduct for incurring two Major penalties in the same game.

SITUATION 13
The Referee has assessed a player a Minor penalty and it is announced as a minor. They then realizes that the penalized player, having injured an opponent, should have received a Major and Game Misconduct.

QUESTION: Should the Referee change the penalty from a Minor to a Major and Game Misconduct?
ANSWER: Yes.