A. "It is the policy of UHSH that fighting not be a part of the
sport of Ice Hockey as promulgated in the State of Utah".
With the exception of 20.1.B., in order to more carefully balance the use
of fisticuffs as a means of enhancing "machismo" with penalties of
sufficient duration to give a player reason to refrain from such behavior, the
UHSH Board of Trustees has adopted the following minimum guidelines for
penalties for "Fighting". This policy applies to all scheduled UHSH
games and any unscheduled games played out-of-state or otherwise if the team(s)
participating are registered UHSH teams.
B. Any player participating on a Utah Stars Team receiving any Fighting
Game Misconduct shall be first subject to the rules of the tournament or
league in which he/she was participating when he/she received the penalty, and
then, in all cases, shall be brought before the UHSH
Disciplinary Board for a hearing to determine if further disciplinary action
is necessary. Utah Stars Team players are not subject to the UHSH
Fighting penalties when they are participating as players for the Utah Stars
team(s). This does not mean however that the Disciplinary Committee
cannot increase the penalty imposed by the tournament or league in which the
player received the original penalty.
20.2. UHSH Penalties for Fighting
A. Any player receiving a Fighting penalty as noted on the official score
sheet, (other than players receiving such a penalty while participating with
the Utah Stars), shall be suspended for the balance of that game and for the
next three games of that team.
B. Any player receiving a second Fighting penalty in a season, as noted on
the official score sheet, (other than players receiving such a penalty while
participating with the Utah Stars), regardless of which other
team he/she was playing with when he/she received the penalty, shall be
suspended for the balance of that game and for the next five games of that
team.
C. Any player receiving a third Fighting penalty in a season, as noted on
the official score sheet, (other than players receiving such a penalty while
participating with the Utah Stars), regardless of which team he/she was
playing with when he/she received the penalty, shall be suspended from
participating in any UHSH activity, including Utah Stars participation, for a
period of one (1) year from the date of the penalty.
D. Any player who is suspended for "Fighting" shall not be
eligible to participate in any other game activities of UHSH or which are
sponsored by UHSH, including but not limited to, participation on another
team, participation in the Utah Winter Games, High School All Star Game,
out-of-state games, etc., during the period of suspension. In all of the above
cases the player may participate with any appropriate team in a practice
capacity only, unless prohibited by USA Hockey.
E. A player who receives a one (1) year suspension, need not register with
UHSH the following season in order for the suspension to be properly served.
F. Upon each 1 year suspension, UHSH shall contact, in writing, the Utah
Amateur Hockey Association and recommend that the offending player be
suspended from any participation in any Utah Hockey program for the same 1
year period. If the player should leave the state and it can be ascertained that he/she is participating in another USA Hockey program, a letter shall be written to that program outlining the sanction and requesting that the player serve the suspension with that program.
G. Players receiving a "Fighting" penalty must serve the required
number of games for the team with which they were playing when they received the penalty. During the period of required suspension, the offending player must also serve up to a maximum of the same number of games for any other team with which he may be playing, including the Utah Stars. If there are fewer or the same number of games for the other team(s) on which the player also participates than the number of games required to be served on the original team where the penalty was incurred, then the player will only be required to serve that number of games for that other team(s).
A player participating on three different teams who receives a first
"Fighting" penalty could serve up to a maximum of 3 games for each team depending upon the schedule.
Example: Player Smith participates in the Utah Stars program and receives his/her first fighting penalty of the season for the Central High School JV team. He/she shall be suspended from the game in which he/she received the fighting penalty plus an additional three game suspension from participation on the JV team. In addition, he/she shall be suspended from participation on the All Star team and shall be suspended for a maximum of up to three games for the Utah Stars team I, a maximum of three games for the Utah Stars team II, (if applicable) and a maximum of three games for the Central High School Varsity team. The number of games served cannot exceed three for each other team and the exact number shall be determined by how long it takes to serve the JV penalty.
If, during the period of suspension from the Central JV team there are 4 Central varsity games, 1 Utah Stars I game, 4 Utah Stars II games and the All Star game, Player Smith shall serve suspensions of 3 JV games, 3 Varsity games, 1 Utah Stars I games, 3 Utah Stars II games and the All Star game.
H. For purposes of defining a game under this section - "A game shall begin at the time the players enter the locker room to dress until the time the last player leaves the ice arena remises including the parking lot".
