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1997 NHL Rulebook - Team Rules
Rule 18. Change of Players
NOTE 1: When a goalkeeper leaves his goal area and proceeds to his players' bench for the purpose
of substituting another player, the rear Linesman shall be responsible to see that the substitution made is
not illegal by reason of the premature departure of the substitute from the bench (before the goalkeeper
is within five feet (5') of the bench). If the substitution is made prematurely, the Linesman shall stop the
play immediately by blowing his whistle unless the non-offending team has possession of the puck in
which event the stoppage will be delayed until the puck changes hands. There shall be no time penalty
to the team making the premature substitution but the resulting face-off will take place on the center
"face-off" spot".
NOTE 2: The Referee shall request that the public address announcer make the following
announcement: "Play has been stopped due to premature entry of a player from the players'
bench." If in the course of making a substitution, the player entering the game plays the puck with his
stick, skates or hands or who checks or makes any physical contact with an opposing player while the
retiring player is actually on the ice, then the infraction of too many men on the ice will be called.
If in the course of a substitution either the player entering the play or the player retiring is struck by the
puck accidentally, the play will not be stopped and no penalty will be called.
NOTE: When a substitution has been made under the above rule, no additional substitution may be
made until play commences.
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