NHL Rules Insanity: 2008-09 Edition Quiz

Answer: Slew-footing

Rule 52. "Slew-footing is the act of a player or goalkeeper using his leg or foot to knock or kick an opponent's feet from under him, or pushes an opponent's upper body backward with an arm or elbow, and at the same time with a forward motion of his leg, knocks or kicks the opponent's feet from under him, causing him to fall violently to the ice."

Answer: One

Rule 10.6. "If the [first] stick is "illegal" the player will be assessed a minor penalty. He will be ordered to obtain a new (second) stick prior to the penalty shot. After he takes the shot he will be required to serve his penalty. If second stick is "illegal", disallow the opportunity for the penalty shot and assess one minor penalty for the first illegal stick." So if the shooter if found to have an illegal stick, he gets a minor penalty, which he serves following the shot, gets another stick, and has it checked. If the second one is illegal, then he must serve the penalty without the chance to take the penalty shot.

Answer: Rule 24

Rule 24 regards to the classification of "gross misconduct," which is now classified as "game misconduct." Rule 15 regards calling penalties, Rule 40 tells of situations with abuse of officials, and Rule 83 clarifies offside.

Answer: 5 minutes

Rule 77.3. Basically, with less than 5 minutes, the referee may call intermission. Any more time left, and he may only do so with the home team's permission.

Answer: Double-minor

Rule 58. "The action whereby a player or goalkeeper uses the shaft of the stick, above the upper hand, to check an opposing player in any manner or jabs or attempts to jab an opposing player with this part of the stick. A double-minor penalty will be imposed on a player or goalkeeper who attempts to butt-end an opponent." The double-minor is given to anyone who attempts to butt-end, major to anyone who does, and higher penalties for injuring an opponent as a result of butt-ending. Minors cannot be given for an attempted butt-end.

Answer: 1-0

Rule 66. "If the game was in progress at the time it is declared forfeited, the score shall be recorded as zero for the loser and 1, or such greater number of goals that had been scored by it, for the winner..." Since Team A was not ahead, then they win 1-0. If they were ahead by multiple goals, then A's score would have been the difference at the time the forfeit was called, and B's would be 0.

Answer: Hitting the leg with either hand below the knee with both skates on the ice

Rule 30.31. Hitting behind the knee is clipping, side-sweeping is washout, and hitting the knee is kneeing. Remember, the key to those signals is to keep both skates on the ice.

Answer: When the puck is hit and deflected off another player's skate

Rule 78.5. It is legal for the puck to deflect off of a skate and go in. If it happens, then whoever the puck bounced off of would be credited with the goal, and the player who hit it with his stick would get an assist. Kicking the puck in is forbidden, along driving the goalie into the net with the puck and hitting the puck in with the blade raised above the height of the stick. If those are seen, the goal is disallowed and play resumes at the appropriate faceoff spot.

Answer: 5 feet

Rule 3.2. This is mainly for the protection of the fans. It may be 10 or 15 feet, but it must not be shorter than 5 feet.

Answer: Yes; bench-minor

Rule 84.2. During overtime, goalies may not change "on-the-fly" as the others do. He may only replace the extra attacker at the next stoppage of play. Furthermore, if Team B was to score from Team A's goalie's absence, not only would Team B win, but Team A would forfeit the automatic point in the league standings given for taking a game to overtime.