ACHA Rule of the Week
Every published card, newest topic first within each code. Cards repeat through the season, so each shows when it was last the card of the week.
ACHA ACHA cards 26
- Which rulebook? The 2026-28 NCAA book plus the ACHA additions ACHA Manual Part Three, Art. II, Sec. 1, ACHA Additions (introduction) Card of the week Oct 5, 2026
- Men's Division 1: four officials at every home game ACHA Manual Part Four, Art. I (Game Day Requirements), ACHA Manual Part Four, Art. III, Sec. 1(D) Card of the week Oct 12, 2026
- ACHA overtime and shootouts by division NCAA 91.1, NCAA 91.3, ACHA 2026-28 Overtime and Shootout Requirements Card of the week Oct 19, 2026
- Overtime strength when regulation ends on a power play ACHA 2026-28 Overtime and Shootout Requirements, OT Notes 1-3 Card of the week Oct 26, 2026
- Last five minutes: a major-versus-minor differential goes up at once NCAA 19.3, NCAA Appendix G, ACHA Additions Rule 19 Coming up
- Goalkeeper's major or misconduct: a teammate serves it NCAA 28.1, NCAA 28.2, ACHA Additions 28.2 Coming up
- A second major means an automatic game misconduct NCAA 20.4, NCAA 22.3, ACHA Additions Rule 20 Coming up
- Fighting redefined: repeated punches, or a wrestle the linespersons can't break up NCAA 48.1, NCAA 48.2, NCAA 48.3, NCAA 48.4, ACHA Additions Rule 48.1 Coming up
- Roughing tiers and the women's sucker punch NCAA 53.1, NCAA 53.2, NCAA 53.3 Coming up
- Thrown objects: a penalty shot in the defending zone, a game misconduct out of the rink NCAA 55.3, NCAA 55.4, NCAA 55.5, ACHA Additions 59.1 Coming up
- Awarded goals: obstacles left by a pulled goalkeeper, nets moved on a breakaway NCAA 28.6, NCAA 67.5, ACHA Additions 'Rule 55' and 67.5 Coming up
- Face-offs: full blade on the ice, and who puts the stick down first NCAA 81.1, ACHA Additions Rule 81 Coming up
- Hand passes and high sticks: the ACHA version NCAA 84.2, NCAA 84.4, ACHA Additions 84, 84.3/84.4 Coming up
- Off-side: control with the stick before both skates cross NCAA 86.1, ACHA Additions 86.1 Coming up
- Goalkeeper freezes a long dump-in: no change, attacker picks the dot NCAA 67.6, NCAA 85.2, NCAA 85.4, ACHA Additions 67.6 Coming up
- Time-outs: one per team, and none extra in overtime NCAA 92.1, NCAA 92.2, ACHA Additions 92.1, 92.2 Coming up
- Helmets: deliberate removal, and the goalkeeper's mask on a breakaway NCAA 9.4, NCAA 53.1, NCAA 67.5, ACHA Additions 9.4 Coming up
- Spitting and offensive language: game disqualification NCAA 79.3, NCAA 79.5, ACHA Manual Part Three, Art. II, Sec. 1(C) Coming up
- Contact to the head: no stand-alone major NCAA 45.1 Coming up
- Shootout eligibility and the goalkeeper's misconduct NCAA 91.2, NCAA Appendix B, ACHA Additions 91.2 Coming up
- ACHA: blow the whistle when a goal is scored ACHA Rule Update Memo: Whistle after Goals Coming up
- Full face protection: half-shields are not allowed ACHA Manual Part Three, Art. II, Sec. 1(E), NCAA 9.4 Coming up
- Men's Division 1 game protocol: the 60-minute clock NCAA 82.2, NCAA 82.3, ACHA Manual Part Four (M1 Game Day Requirements, item 10) Coming up
- Scoring during a delayed minor: the minor goes away NCAA 15.1, NCAA 15.2, NCAA 15.3, NCAA 16.2 Coming up
- Hybrid icing: the race to the end-zone dots NCAA 85.1, NCAA 85.3, NCAA 85.6 Coming up
- Women's ACHA: body contact, not body checking NCAA 94.1, 2026-27 NCAA women's point of emphasis on Rule 94 (in the ACHA additions) Coming up