Proposal 87: Termination of 2min penalties [ Revision 3 ]
Committee: 14. HockeySubmitted on 2025-07-19
Status: Passed on August 12, 2025
Background
2-minute penalties should end immediately if the opposing team scores a goal (also during continued play after a foul but before penalty was assessed). The motivation behind this change is to increase the game’s pace and allow for stricter enforcement of fouls.
Proposal
This proposal only adds text to the rules. The proposal builds on Proposal 89.
New (addition to rule 14B.9.5 with a new sub-heading):
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If a player from the team in possession of the ball commits an offence warranting a 2-min, 5-min, or match penalty, the referee shall immediately interrupt the game and impose the penalty. If a player from the team not in possession commits the offence, play shall continue until the offending team gains control of the ball, at which point play is stopped (including stoppage of timer) and the penalty assessed.
If the penalty to be imposed is a 2-min penalty and a goal is scored during the continued play, the 2-min penalty shall not be imposed. This does not apply to 5-minute or match penalties, which shall be imposed regardless of whether a goal is scored. If two or more 2-min penalties are to be imposed and a goal is scored during the continued play, the captain of the offending team shall designate which penalty(ies) are to be assessed and which one is cancelled due to the goal.
In instances of a penalty, the offending team must play with one fewer than their legal maximum for the duration of the penalty, or until the end of the current match, whichever comes first. [...]
14B.9.5.x Termination (added as a new sub-heading, at the end if other sub-headings exist)
A team is considered “short-handed” when it has fewer players on the field than its opponent due to one or more 2-min penalties. If a team is "short-handed" and the opposing team scores a goal or is awarded one (14B.9.3 Penalty Goal), the earliest active 2-min penalty automatically terminates. If a team already short-handed incurs an additional 2-min penalty and the non-offending side scores during continued play, the goal counts, the new penalty is assessed, and the earliest existing 2-min penalty terminates. If a 2-minute penalty is to be imposed against a team already serving a 5-minute or match penalty, and the non-offending team scores during continued play, the 2-minute penalty shall not be assessed due to the scoring of the goal.
Body
2-minute penalties should end immediately if the opposing team scores a goal. The motivation behind this change is to increase the game’s pace and allow for stricter enforcement of fouls. Additionally, termination of penalties helps to prevent that no team has too many players in the penalty box for 2min penalties and that thus game would end up in weird situations (e.g. no players left to play).
References
Closely linked to Discussion 177 (general clarification of penalties) and Proposal 69 (stricter penalties), additionally related changes may be introduced by Proposal 89 and Proposal 90
Discussion
View DiscussionChange Log:
- Revision 3 changed by Nicolai Krieger (30 Jul 23:48)
Replaced further instances of „on advantage“ by „during continued play“.
- Revision 2 changed by Nicolai Krieger (27 Jul 02:40)
- Removed two sentences about enforcing penalties also added in Proposal 89 (including rewording of advantage to "play shall continue")
- Rephrased from "goal is scored during advantage" to "goal is scored during the continued play" according to wording in Proposal 89
- Clarified where new (additional) rules should be added.
- Revision 1 changed by Nicolai Krieger (19 Jul 05:34)
Votes on this proposal:
10 out of 12 voting members have voted.
Agree: 7, Disagree: 1, Abstain: 2.