4.14 Penalties
4.14.01 The current edition of the OHF Minimum Suspension List will be used for all penalties and
suspensions.
4.14.02 Fighting on or off the ice will not be allowed:
1) On Ice - First Offence - OHF minimum suspension plus a one (1) game suspension.
2) On Ice - Second Offence - OHF minimum suspension plus a three (3) game suspension. The
player will attend a review before the SHA Disciplinary Committee to determine further SHA
sanctioning.
3) On Ice - Third Offence - Indefinite Suspension pending hearing.
4) ALL Off Ice Offences - Indefinite suspension pending hearing.
4.14.03 Match Penalties will be managed by ALLIANCE. Major Injury is defined as any injury that
prevents the non-offending player from participating in any scheduled league game played by the injured
player’s team.
4.14.04 The coach of any Sarnia Hockey Association Recreational League team accumulating a total
penalty time greater than the allowable limit in any Recreational League game will be suspended from the
next scheduled league game played by their team.
1) The allowable time for U9, U11 & U13 is 26 minutes.
2) The allowable time for U15, U18 & U21 is 36 minutes.
3) Player misconducts are not included in penalty minutes.
4.14.05 Any player receiving a total of 3 penalties in a single game, where a double minor counts as a
single infraction, will be ejected for the balance of that game. The current edition of the OHF Minimum
Suspension List will not apply in this instance.
4.14.06 Where any game utilizes running time, players will serve three minutes for a minor penalty, seven
minutes for a major penalty. Only the ordinary two minutes for a minor and five minutes for a major shall
be counted in accumulating the number of penalty minutes for the team for that game.
4.14.07 In U7 and U9, any combination of three penalties involving stick or body checking will result in
ejection from the game.