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NFHS 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.

Rule cycle NFHS 2026-27 (page cites from the 2024-25 book where noted) Last verified

NFHS NFHS cards 26

  1. Delayed penalty, then a goal: on the scoresheet but not on the clock NFHS 4-10-1, NFHS 4-10-2 Card of the week Oct 5, 2026
  2. Coincident minors: substitute right away, release at the next stoppage NFHS 4-2-7 Card of the week Oct 12, 2026
  3. Power-play goals end one minor, and never on a penalty shot NFHS 4-2-2, NFHS 4-2-3, NFHS 4-2-4, NFHS 4-2-5 Card of the week Oct 19, 2026
  4. Goalkeeper penalties: who sits for what NFHS 4-8-1, NFHS 4-8-2, NFHS 4-3-2, NFHS 4-4-3 Card of the week Oct 26, 2026
  5. Neck laceration protectors are required equipment NFHS 3-4-4, NFHS 3-3-1 Coming up
  6. Helmet or face mask comes off: immediate whistle NFHS 3-4-8, NFHS 8-2-5 Coming up
  7. Icing in NFHS: no race, and the penalty-expiring exception NFHS 9-5-1, NFHS 9-5-2, NFHS 9-5-3 Coming up
  8. Offside and the delayed offside NFHS 9-6-1, NFHS 9-6-2, NFHS 9-6-3 Coming up
  9. Majors: five full minutes, and a second major means a game misconduct NFHS 4-3-1, NFHS 4-3-3, NFHS 4-3-4, NFHS 4-2-6 Coming up
  10. Misconduct: ten minutes for the player, no shorthanded team NFHS 4-4-1, NFHS 4-4-2 Coming up
  11. Five penalties in one game equals a game misconduct NFHS 4-5-1, NFHS 4-5-2 Coming up
  12. Game disqualification: a major, the rest of the game, and suspensions NFHS 4-6-1, NFHS 4-6-2, NFHS 4-6-5, NFHS 7-4-4 Coming up
  13. Never fewer than four: stacked (delayed) penalties NFHS 4-9 Coming up
  14. Penalty shot on a breakaway: all five conditions must be met NFHS 4-7-9, NFHS 7-16-4 Coming up
  15. Penalty shot or minor: the fouled team chooses NFHS 4-7-2, NFHS 4-7-3, NFHS 4-7-8 Coming up
  16. How a penalty shot is run NFHS 4-7-4, NFHS 4-7-5, NFHS 4-7-6, NFHS 4-7-7 Coming up
  17. Line change procedure: visitors first, then home NFHS 2-5-4, NFHS 2-5-5 Coming up
  18. Illegal substitution late in the game becomes a penalty shot NFHS 2-5-8, NFHS 2-5-9, NFHS 2-5-10 Coming up
  19. Captain's choice: who serves, and whose record it goes on NFHS 2-2-6, NFHS 4-2-8 Coming up
  20. Mouth protectors and bench helmets NFHS 3-4-5, NFHS 3-4-9 Coming up
  21. Contact to the head: indirect versus direct NFHS 7-6-1, NFHS 7-6-2, NFHS 7-6-3 Coming up
  22. Checking from behind: open ice versus into the boards NFHS 7-19-1, NFHS 7-19-2 Coming up
  23. Fighting and leaving the bench: automatic game disqualification NFHS 7-24-1, NFHS 7-24-2, NFHS 7-24-3, NFHS 7-26 Coming up
  24. Slurs, spitting and abuse of officials: game disqualification NFHS 6-1-6, NFHS 6-1-7, NFHS 6-1-9 Coming up
  25. Hand passes, control and possession NFHS 9-4-1, NFHS 9-4-3, NFHS 9-4-4, NFHS 9-4-5, NFHS 9-4-6 Coming up
  26. Overtime and the one time-out NFHS 9-11-1, NFHS 9-12-4, NFHS 4-1-3 Coming up

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