Cross Checks
Shaft to the neck
| Correct Call: | If the shaft is just resting there, No call. If there is a punching motion, Cross Check, 1 minute Non Releasable if the brunt of the force is directed into the neck or head area. If there is no punching, but the offensive player’s movement is impeded, 30 second hold. If the check started legal on his back, and then drove up into the head or neck, the same criteria above applies. | |
| For this not to be a penalty: | If there is no punching motion or impeding of the offensive player. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at every level. However on lower skilled games or with two hot tempered players or teams, good game control would be to call this as strict as possible. |
Check to the head
| Correct Call: | Cross check to the head. 1-3 minutes non-releasable. At the 8 second mark the white player lands a check to the head. This should land in the 1-2 minute area. | |
| For this not to be a penalty: | Check needed to land on the shoulder or chest. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at every level. |
Check to the helmet
| Correct Call: | Cross check to the head. 1-3 minutes non-releasable. This should land in the 1-2 minute area. | |
| For this not to be a penalty: | Check needs to land in the chest area. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
Check that starts low, ends up in the neck
| Correct Call: | Cross check. 1 minute personal foul. This is one we have to be more consistent on. The check starts low but does end up in the neck. Per the rulebook, this should be a 1-3 minute non-releasable. How do we want to call this? | |
| For this to not be a penalty: | Keep the hands from sliding up into the neck. | |
| Game Level: | This could be called a more severe penalty on lower tiered games. |
Defenseman checks pick setter
| Correct Call: | Unnecessary roughness. 1 min. Possible 2-3 minutes if check was to the head or neck area. The on ball defenseman looks at the pick setter and then decides to cross check them. | |
| For this to not be a penalty: | The on ball defenseman needs to keep his eyes on the ball and not on the pick. If the on ball defenseman does look at the pick setter, no violent contact should be made. Contact alone does not make this a penalty. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called at all levels. |
Crosscheck to head while falling
| Correct Call: | Crosscheck to the head & neck area. 1-3 minutes Non Releasable. Two minutes should be considered for this. | |
| For this not to be a penalty: | The check needs to be more on the chest, with the hands a little closer together. | |
| Game Level: | This should be called a penalty on all game levels. |