The Discipline committee is made up of 2 Hockey Directors from Millwoods Hockey Association and will review all game sheets at the end of each day. The committee reserves the right to make all decisions regarding the interpretation of the rules and regulations and all decisions are final. No appeals are allowed. Hockey Edmonton Minimum Suspension Guidelines will be in effect.
•    UNRULY BEHAVIOR will not be tolerated. All participants are to respect the Good of the Game Code. The Tournament Director or Rink Manager will - at his/her discretion: ban fans, players and coaches from rinks for unruly behavior. 
•    The referees used in this tournament are not affiliated with the Millwoods Hockey Association. Abuse of officials will not be tolerated.

As required by Hockey Edmonton: the minimum suspension guidelines have been included in your package. 

HOCKEY EDMONTON MINIMUM SUSPENSION GUIDELINES
Hockey Canada Rule #    Description    Minimum Suspension
INELIGIBLE PLAYERS
Rule 2.2(c)(g)(h)    Team official who is party to or had knowledge of playing a player not properly registered or affiliated with that team    Indefinite
    Team official who is party to or had knowledge of playing under suspension.    Indefinite
    No player under suspension may participate in the pre-game warm-up or occupy the players bench    Indefinite
        
EQUIPMENT        
Rule 3.5(d)    Goaltender refusing to remove his/her face protector for purposes of identification    2 games
Rule 3.6(c)    Any player who removes their chinstraps before or during fights. 
If a player removes his helmet and releases his chin strap to fight and the opposing player does not, the former gets an additional two-minute Minor penalty and Game Misconduct.  
If a player removes his opponent’s helmet or releases the chinstrap before or during a fight.    2 games
        
PRE/POST GAME ALTERCATIONS (Refer to Rule 10.15 for protocol)
Rule 4.1    Any player involved where majors, game misconducts, gross misconducts and match penalties are assessed, pre or post game.    1st offence – 3 games
        2nd offence – 4 games
        3rd offence – Indefinite
    Coach of a team whose players are so penalized    Indefinite
    Any team involved in a pre or post game brawl.    Indefinite
        
MINOR PENALTIES
Rule 4.2(f)    Any player incurring a total of three or more stick infraction penalties (high sticking, cross-checking, slashing, spearing, butt-ending)    Game Ejection – no additional suspension
        
MAJOR PENALTIES
Rule 4.4    All Major penalties assessed at Novice and Atom and No-Hit Leagues (EGHA and HERHL) will result in a minimum 1 game suspension no matter when the Major penalty was assessed.    1 game
    At all other Categories this suspension guideline is applicable only if the Major penalty was assessed in the final 10 minutes of the game or in overtime.    1 game
        
MISCONDUCT        
Rule 4.5(c)    Any player who is assessed a second misconduct penalty in the same game shall be assessed a game misconduct.    1 game
        
GAME MISCONDUCT
Rule 4.6(c)    Any player or team official who is assessed a game misconduct in the last 10 minutes of regular time, or any time in overtime, or at the conclusion of the game and prior to the player or team official entering his dressing room shall be automatically suspended for a minimum of the next regular league or play-off game or seven days.    1 game minimum.

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In all Hockey, any Player or Team Official who is assessed a Minor Penalty and a Game Misconduct or a Major and a Game Misconduct or any other infraction resulting in a Game Misconduct/Gross Misconduct penalty, that occurs in the last ten (10) minutes of regular time or any overtime, or at the conclusion of the game and prior to the Player or Team Official entering his/her dressing room, shall automatically be suspended for a minimum of the next regular League/Playoff/Pre-Season/Tournament/Provincials Game.  This is in addition to any other suspensions directed by EMHA Minimum Suspensions.
If the game misconduct is associated with a major or match penalty, and those suspensions are in excess of one (1) game, additional games may not be added.
        
GROSS MISCONDUCT 
Rule 4.7    Gross Misconducts (any time)    2 games
        
GOALTENDER PENALTIES
Rule 4.11(f)    A minor penalty shall be assessed a goaltender  who, after catching the puck, drop kicks the puck- if an injury results a major penalty and game misconduct shall be assessed.    1 game
        
MATCH PENALTIES ATTEMPT TO INJURE / DELIBERATE INJURY
Rule 6.1(a)    Deliberate attempt to injure or deliberately injures an opponent, official, team official, or spectator (match)    Indefinite
Rule 6.1(a)    Use of Blocker (match)    3 games
Rule 6.1(b)    Head-butt (match)    2 games
Rule 6.1(b)    Double Minor & Gross Misconduct to Team Official who head-butts or attempts to head-butt an opponent    Indefinite
Rule 6.1(c)    Kicking (match)    3 games
Rule 6.1(d)    Grab face-mask, chin strap, helmet/hair pulling (match)    2 games
Rule 6.1(d)    Grab face-mask, chin strap, helmet/hair pulling (major)    1 game
Rule 6.1(e)    Facial protector as weapon (match)    3 games
Rule 6.1(f)    Butt-end (match)        3 games
Rule 6.1(g)    Spearing (match)        3 games
    Double Minor & Gross Misconduct to Team Official who pokes or jabs or attempts to poke or jab an     opposing player with the toe of the blade of a stick    Indefinite
Rule 6.1(h)    Slash, high stick, cross check (match)    3 games
        
BOARDING, ELBOWING, TRIPPING, BODY CHECKING MAJOR
Rule 6.2(a)(b)    Boarding, body-checking, elbowing, charging, tripping (major)    1 game
        
CHARGING MAJOR
Rule 6.3(a)(b)    Charging (major)    1 game
        
CHECKING FROM BEHIND 
Rule 6.4(a)    Check from behind (minor in the last 10 minutes or later)    1 game
Rule 6.4(a)    Check from behind (major at any time in the game)    2 games
Rule 6.4(b)    Check from behind (match at any time in the game)    4 games
        
CHECKING TO THE HEAD
Rule 6.5(a)    Checking to the head Minor with less than 10 minutes of regular time remaining    1 game
Rule 6.5(b)    Checking to the head Major    2 games
Rule 6.5(b)    Checking to the head Major with injury    3 games
Rule 6.5(b)(c) match    Checking to the head (match) intent to injure    4 games
        
ELBOW/KNEE MAJOR
Rule 6.6(a) (b)    Elbowing/kneeing (major)    1 game
Rule 6.7(a)    Fighting (major) - seasonal    
**If occurs in final 10 minutes, then 2 games    1st offence – 1 game** 
        2nd offence – 3 games
        3rd offence – Indefinite
Rule 6.7(b)    A player who is identified by the Referee as being the instigator or aggressor shall be assessed a game misconduct in addition to any other penalties incurred    1st offence – 1 game 
        2nd offence – 2 games
        3rd offence – 3 games
        4th offence – Indefinite
Rule 6.7(e) match        Any player wearing a ring, tape or any other material on his/her hands, who becomes involved in a fight and who uses such to gain an advantage or to inflict punishment  and/or injury     3 games
Rule 6.7(g)    Fighting off the playing surface (major)    2 games
Rule 6.7(h)    3rd man in a fight    2 games
Rule 6.7(h)    Any player receiving a second fighting major penalty during the same stoppage of play.     2 games
Rule 6.7(i)    Fighting with a team official    2 games

ROUGHING MAJOR
Rule 6.7(k)    Roughing (major)    1 game 

ROUGHING AFTER WHISTLE MAJOR
Rule 6.7(k)    Roughing after whistle (major)    1 game

HOLDING MAJOR
Rule 7.1(a) (b)    Holding (major)    1 game

HOOKING, BUTT-END HOOKING
Rule 7.2(a)(b)    Hooking/butt-end hooking (major)    1 game

INTERFERENCE MAJOR
Rule 7.3(a)(b)(e)    Interference (major)    1 game

TRIPPING/SLEW FOOTING MAJOR
Rule 7.4(a)(b)    Tripping or slew footing (major)    1 game

BUTT-ENDING
Rule 8.1 Player match (see 6.1f)
Rule 8.1 Team official double minor & gross misconduct (see 4.7)

CROSS CHECK MAJOR/MATCH
Rule 8.2(a)(b)(c)(d)    Cross-checking (major)    1 game  
Rule 8.2(e)    Cross-checking (match)    3 games

HIGH STICK MAJOR/MATCH
Rule 8.3(a)(b)    High Sticking (major)    1 game
Rule 8.3(c)    High Sticking (match)    3 games

SLASHING MAJOR/MATCH
Rule 8.4(a)(b)    Slashing (major)    1 game
Rule 8.4(d)    Slashing (match)    3 game

SPEARING
Rule 8.5 Player match (see 6.1g)
Rule 8.5 Team official double minor & gross misconduct (see 4.7)

HARASSMENT OF OFFICIALS UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT/MISCONDUCT
Rule 9.2    Verbal abuse or disrespect toward Official/s Game Misconduct (zero tolerance)    2 games 
Rule 9.2(f)    Gross misconduct penalty pursuant to these provisions    3 games

LEAVING PLAYERS OR PENALTY BENCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIGHTING
Rule 9.5(b)    Any player identified as the first to leave the players’ bench during a fight
Any player identified as being the first to leave the players’ bench to start a fight    2 games
Rule 9.5(b)(c)(d)    Any player identified as the first to leave the penalty bench during a fight    3 games
Rule 9.5(b)    The coach of the team whose player is penalized under the above two points    3 games
Rule 9.5(c)    Any player who is not identified as the first to leave the players or penalty bench during a fight.     1 game
Rule 9.5(c)    The coach whose player/s left the players’ or penalty bench but is not identified as the first to leave the players’ or penalty bench during an on-ice altercation    1 game
Rule 9.5 (f)    Any team official who gets on the ice surface after the start of the game, without the permission of the    referee, shall be assessed, at the discretion of the referee a bench minor or a game misconduct    1 game for Game Misconduct

ABUSE OF OFFICIALS
Rule 9.6(a) match        Any player or team official who threatens or attempts to strike a Referee, Linesman or any Off-ice Official before, during or after a game.    Indefinite
(Minimum 1 month)
Rule 9.6(b) match    Any player or team official who intentionally touches, holds or pushes a Referee, Linesman or Off-ice Official before, during or after a game.    Indefinite
(Minimum 3 months)
Rule 9.6(c) match    Any player or team official who deliberately strikes, trips or body checks a Referee, Linesman or Off-ice Official before, during or after a game.    Indefinite
(Minimum 1 year)

SPITTING
Rule 9.7 match    Spitting on an Official    8 games
Rule 9.7 match    Spitting on an Opponent    3 games

THROWING STICK OR OBJECT
Rule 9.8(b)(c)    Minor or Major penalty     2 games
Rule 9.8(d)    Thrown outside the playing area    3 games

REFUSING TO START PLAY
Rule 10.14(a)    Refusing to start play    Indefinite
Rule 10.14(a)    If a team being ordered to return, does return, then the coach is assessed a major penalty and game misconduct.     2 games
Rule 10.14(e)    Player or team official refuses to leave the bench or playing area after being assessed a game misconduct, gross misconduct or match penalty.    Indefinite

START OF GAME & PERIODS
Rule 10.15    If an altercation that results in penalties occurs    1 game