SMHA SUSPENSION LISTINGS (see Rules of Thumb below)
For questions or clarifications, please contact smha manager of hockey operations andrew bailey by email or Blair Daviduke, SMHA 2nd Vice President and Discipline Committee Chairperson - 306-280-5379
- Major (5 min) penalties and game misconducts will result in a minimum of a one-game suspension to be served in the next league or tournament game. The game misconduct is NOT the suspension.
- Head Contact, Checking from Behind and Fighting major penalties are 2-game suspensions in SMHA leagues.
- A coach/player receiving a game misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct will be suspended for two-games minimum for a 1st offense (three games if occurs in the last 10 minutes of a game)
- A 10-minute misconduct (received at any point of the game) will not result in a suspension unless a player accumulates three (3) in a season
- A 2-min minor Checking from Behind (CFB) penalty and game misconduct will only be a suspension for the next game if the infraction occurs in the last 10 minutes of a game.
- Players accumulating two CFB minors & game misconducts in SMHA league play will be suspended one game.
- Any game misconduct in the last 10 minutes of a game results in a one-game suspension or an additional game suspension in the case of a major penalty.
- Suspensions must be served starting in the next league, tournament or playoff game - whichever comes first.
- Suspension games cannot be served in exhibition games nor can a suspended player play in the exhibition game while suspended.
- Playing a suspended player will result in a suspension to a head coach of up to 30 days.
