Altercation - Altercation is defined as any incident involving players leading to a penalty or penalties.
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Break-away - Can be defined as a player in full control of the puck and having no opposing player between himself and the opposing goalkeeper (or goal if the goalkeeper has been removed).
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Broken stick - A broken stick is one which, in the opinion of the Referee. is unfit for normal play.
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Butt-ending - Identifies the condition whereby a player uses the shaft of the stick, above the upper hand, to check an opposing player in any manner or jabs or attempts to jab an opposing player with this part of the stick. A butt-ending penalty shall be called when any of these conditions arise.
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Captain - The Captain is a player, exclusive of a goalkeeper, who is selected or named by the team, to represent the team with the Officials in accordance with the rules. Wherever the word "Captain" appears in the rule book, it defines those players who have been designated as Captain or Alternate Captain on the Official Game Sheet.
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Charging - Identifies the act of taking more than two steps or strides to contact an opposing player.
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Coach - A Coach is a person primarily responsible for directing and guiding the actions and efforts of his team. Along with the Manager he is responsible for the conduct of the players before, during and after the game in the arena.
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Creases - Identifies enclosed areas designed for the protection of the goalkeeper and the use of the Referee in the discharge of their respective duties. The lines which designate these areas are to be considered as part of the creases.
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Cross checking - Where a stick is being held with both hands, the action of using the shaft of the stick between the two hands and no part of the stick on the ice to check an opponent at any height shall constitute cross-checking".
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Delayed off side - A "delayed off-side" is a situation where an attacking player has preceded the puck across the attacking blue line, but the defending team is in a position to bring the puck back out of its defending zone without any delay or contact with an attacking player.
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Dive - A "dive" refers to a situation where a player, by his actions, attempts to draw a penalty against an opposing player whether he has been checked or not.
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EIHA - The English Ice Hockey Association
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Excessive rough play - Identifies an action by a player or team official who commits an action not permitted by the rules that may cause or causes an injury to an opponent, to a team or game official.
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Executive Committee - The senior management team that runs amateur ice hockey in England.
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Face-off - Identified as a result of the action of the Referee or Linesman in dropping the puck between the sticks of two opposing players to start or resume play. The conduct of a face-off begins when the Referee indicates the location of the face-off and the official and the players take their appropriate positions. It ends when the puck has been legally dropped.
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Game - A game is a meeting of two teams playing for a specific length of time for the purpose of declaring a winner through the scoring of goals. The game consists of regular playing time and overtime, if such is required.
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Game ejection - means that a player or team official has been removed from the game by the Referee and must leave the area of the players' bench and must in no way direct, coach or assist the team in any manner for the remainder of the game.
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Goalkeeper - A goalkeeper is a person designated as such on the Official Game Sheet, who is identified by the use of special and legal equipment and privileges to prevent the puck from entering the goal.
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Goalkeepers' skates - These are skates specifically designed for the use of goalkeepers only. The blade of the skate is closed at both ends and is specially constructed so as to prevent the puck from passing through the blade.
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Heel of the stick - The heel of the stick is the portion between the straight part of the shaft and the flat part on the bottom of the blade.
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High sticking - is the action of the player carrying the stick or any part of the stick above the normal height of the shoulders.
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Holding - is any action by a player that impedes the progress of an opposing player who is in possession of the puck.
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Hooking - is the action of using the blade of the stick in a "pulling or tugging" motion to impede the progress of an opponent. The hooking action may apply to any part of an opponent's body or stick.
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IIHF - International Ice Hockey Federation
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Interference - Any action which impedes the progress of an opponent who is not in possession of the puck.
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EIHL - Elite Ice Hockey League (The professional face of ice hockey in the UK)
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Kicking - The motion of a players foot towards an opponent with no intent to play the puck.
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Linesman - the referee's assistants. These officials wear black and white striped shirts, with no armbands. Their duties are the calling of offside, and icing calls, and where necessary assisting the referee to carry out his duties.
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LMC - League management committee (They manage the league on behalf of the EIHA executive committee.)
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Netminder - or goalkeeper (as defined by the rulebook), stands in the way of opposing forwards between the posts.
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Off-ice official - Any official taking part in the running of the game who is not skating on the ice during the game.
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Period - The duration of one phase of play. In a senior game this is usually 20 minutes.
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Players - The players are the members of the team physically participating in a game in accordance with the rules. Except where special rules apply to him, the goalkeeper is to be considered as one of the players.
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Plexi - the glass (or plastic) which prevents the puck from leaving the playing surface.
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Protective equipment - This is defined as the equipment worn by a player for the sole purpose of protecting himself from an injury.
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Puck - A disk of rubber that the players try to score with and Goalkeepers try to keep out of the net.
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Slashing - is the action of hitting an opponent with a stick while holding the stick with one or both hands. Tapping the stick of the puck carrier is not considered slashing in as much as it is limited to hitting the stick of the opponent for the sole purpose of taking the puck. A player who swings his stick at an opponent and makes no contact shall still be guilty of slashing.
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Spearing - Spearing is the act of poking or attempting to poke an opponent with the point of the blade of the stick while holding the stick with one or both hands.
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Team Official - The term "Team Official" applies to all persons involved in the management of a team and includes Coaches Manager, Trainers, Stick Boy, Team Doctor or any other non-playing member of teams organisation.
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Zamboni - the machine used to resurface the ice between periods.
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