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1997 NHL Rulebook - Playing Rules
Rule 45. Board Checking and
Checking from Behind
NOTE: Any unnecessary contact with a player playing the puck on an obvious "icing" or "off-side" play which results in
that player being knocked into the boards is "boarding" and must be penalized as such. In other instances where there is
no contact with the boards, it should be treated as "charging". "Rolling" an opponent (if he is the puck carrier) along the
boards where he is endeavoring to go through too small an opening is not boarding. However, if the opponent is not the
puck carrier, then such action should be penalized as boarding, charging, interference or, if the arms or stick are
employed, it should be called holding or hooking.
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