Re: SNC Regular Season 2009-10
Here what is listed in the NCAA Ice Hockey rules for disqualification:
Disqualification Penalties
SECTION 5. a. A disqualification penalty involves the removal of a player,
including a goalkeeper, for the remainder of the game plus a major
penalty, and may be assessed before the start of the game, during or
after the game.
When coincidental disqualification penalties are assessed against an
equal number of players of each team, the teams then shall be permitted
substitutions on the ice for the penalized players.
The offending player may not go to the penalty bench and may
not, for the duration of the penalty (including any progressive game disqualification
penalty), occupy any area designated or reserved for
players, and may not communicate or contact team personnel in any
manner for the duration of the disqualification penalty(s). A substitute,
other than a spare goalkeeper, must enter the penalty bench immediately
in the place of the disqualified player(s) and enter the game after the
five-minute penalty(s) has elapsed.
A player may be assessed more than one disqualification penalty in
a game.
b. The progressive game-disqualification structure shall be:
1. First disqualification penalty—that game plus one.
2. Second disqualification penalty—that game plus two.
3. Third disqualification penalty—that game plus three.
4 Fourth disqualification penalty—that game plus four.
(The progression shall continue after the fourth disqualification penalty.)
c. Progressive game-disqualification penalties shall carry over to the next
season for players with remaining eligibility.
d. The team of the disqualified player(s) shall be permitted to dress a
substitute player or players (equal to the number of disqualified players)
in the next scheduled game.
A player who receives a disqualification penalty in any game (including
exhibition games) shall not be permitted to play in the team’s next played
regular-season or tournament game against an NCAA member institution.
Exhibition games cannot be used to fulfill the disqualification penalty.