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NFHS practice quiz

These are original practice questions written from our cited Rule of the Week cards. They are not questions from any governing body's exam.

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

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  1. NFHS, even strength: a delayed minor is signaled on Team B and Team A scores before the whistle. What happens to the minor?

    • It becomes a misconduct
    • It is served normally
    • It is recorded on the scoresheet, but no time is served
    • It is not recorded at all
    Show the answer to question 1

    It is recorded on the scoresheet, but no time is served

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Delayed penalty, then a goal: on the scoresheet but not on the clock’ (NFHS 4-10-1; NFHS 4-10-2).

    NFHS 4-10-1; NFHS 4-10-2 · Rule of the Week: Delayed penalty, then a goal: on the scoresheet but not on the clock

  2. NFHS: with no other penalties, one player from each team gets a minor at the same stoppage. Strength?

    • The home team chooses
    • Five skaters each, with immediate substitution
    • Four-on-four for two minutes
    • Four-on-four until the next stoppage
    Show the answer to question 2

    Five skaters each, with immediate substitution

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Coincident minors: substitute right away, release at the next stoppage’ (NFHS 4-2-7).

    NFHS 4-2-7 · Rule of the Week: Coincident minors: substitute right away, release at the next stoppage

  3. NFHS: a team is short two players on minors with 1:40 and 0:30 left. The opponent scores. Which minor ends?

    • Both
    • Neither
    • The one with 0:30 left
    • The one with 1:40 left
    Show the answer to question 3

    The one with 0:30 left

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘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).

    NFHS 4-2-2; NFHS 4-2-3; NFHS 4-2-4; NFHS 4-2-5 · Rule of the Week: Power-play goals end one minor, and never on a penalty shot

  4. NFHS: a goalkeeper receives a misconduct. Who serves the 10 minutes?

    • A skater chosen by the captain
    • The backup goalkeeper
    • No one; goalkeeper misconducts are not served
    • The goalkeeper; a replacement goalkeeper plays
    Show the answer to question 4

    The goalkeeper; a replacement goalkeeper plays

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Goalkeeper penalties: who sits for what’ (NFHS 4-8-1; NFHS 4-8-2; NFHS 4-3-2; NFHS 4-4-3).

    NFHS 4-8-1; NFHS 4-8-2; NFHS 4-3-2; NFHS 4-4-3 · Rule of the Week: Goalkeeper penalties: who sits for what

  5. NFHS: a skater's neck laceration protector comes off during play. What do you do?

    • Stop play immediately and assess a minor
    • Nothing; neck guards are optional
    • Stop play immediately with no penalty
    • Order the player to the bench and let play continue; a minor only if the player does not comply
    Show the answer to question 5

    Order the player to the bench and let play continue; a minor only if the player does not comply

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Neck laceration protectors are required equipment’ (NFHS 3-4-4; NFHS 3-3-1).

    NFHS 3-4-4; NFHS 3-3-1 · Rule of the Week: Neck laceration protectors are required equipment

  6. NFHS: with 1:30 left in regulation a player deliberately removes his helmet during play. Penalty?

    • Minor only
    • Game disqualification
    • Penalty shot and misconduct
    • Minor and misconduct
    Show the answer to question 6

    Penalty shot and misconduct

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Helmet or face mask comes off: immediate whistle’ (NFHS 3-4-8; NFHS 8-2-5).

    NFHS 3-4-8; NFHS 8-2-5 · Rule of the Week: Helmet or face mask comes off: immediate whistle

  7. NFHS: officials whistle icing in error. Where is the faceoff?

    • Where the puck was shot
    • Center ice
    • Offending team's end zone
    • Nearest neutral-zone spot
    Show the answer to question 7

    Center ice

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Icing in NFHS: no race, and the penalty-expiring exception’ (NFHS 9-5-1; NFHS 9-5-2; NFHS 9-5-3).

    NFHS 9-5-1; NFHS 9-5-2; NFHS 9-5-3 · Rule of the Week: Icing in NFHS: no race, and the penalty-expiring exception

  8. NFHS: with the delayed-offside arm up, the puck goes into the defenders' own net. Ruling?

    • Goal counts
    • Goal counts if the defense put it in
    • Penalty shot
    • No goal
    Show the answer to question 8

    No goal

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Offside and the delayed offside’ (NFHS 9-6-1; NFHS 9-6-2; NFHS 9-6-3).

    NFHS 9-6-1; NFHS 9-6-2; NFHS 9-6-3 · Rule of the Week: Offside and the delayed offside

  9. NFHS: a player receives a second major in the same game. What else is assessed?

    • A game disqualification
    • A misconduct
    • A game misconduct
    • Nothing else
    Show the answer to question 9

    A game misconduct

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘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).

    NFHS 4-3-1; NFHS 4-3-3; NFHS 4-3-4; NFHS 4-2-6 · Rule of the Week: Majors: five full minutes, and a second major means a game misconduct

  10. NFHS: a player receives a minor plus a misconduct. How many of that team's players go to the penalty bench?

    • None; the misconduct allows immediate substitution for both
    • One
    • Two
    • Three
    Show the answer to question 10

    Two

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Misconduct: ten minutes for the player, no shorthanded team’ (NFHS 4-4-1; NFHS 4-4-2).

    NFHS 4-4-1; NFHS 4-4-2 · Rule of the Week: Misconduct: ten minutes for the player, no shorthanded team

  11. NFHS: does a misconduct count toward the five-penalty game misconduct?

    • Only majors count
    • Only penalties in the same period count
    • Yes; minors, majors and misconducts all count
    • No; only minors count
    Show the answer to question 11

    Yes; minors, majors and misconducts all count

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Five penalties in one game equals a game misconduct’ (NFHS 4-5-1; NFHS 4-5-2).

    NFHS 4-5-1; NFHS 4-5-2 · Rule of the Week: Five penalties in one game equals a game misconduct

  12. NFHS: who serves the five-minute major when a player is disqualified?

    • No one; the team is not shorthanded
    • The disqualified player
    • A substitute other than the spare goalkeeper
    • The spare goalkeeper
    Show the answer to question 12

    A substitute other than the spare goalkeeper

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘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).

    NFHS 4-6-1; NFHS 4-6-2; NFHS 4-6-5; NFHS 7-4-4 · Rule of the Week: Game disqualification: a major, the rest of the game, and suspensions

  13. NFHS: Team A has two players in the box with 1:30 and 0:45 left, and a third is penalized. When does the third penalty start?

    • When the 1:30 penalty expires
    • At the next stoppage
    • When the 0:45 penalty expires
    • Immediately
    Show the answer to question 13

    When the 0:45 penalty expires

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Never fewer than four: stacked (delayed) penalties’ (NFHS 4-9).

    NFHS 4-9 · Rule of the Week: Never fewer than four: stacked (delayed) penalties

  14. NFHS: a breakaway player is fouled from the side and loses the scoring chance. Penalty shot?

    • No; the foul must come from directly behind
    • Yes
    • Only in the last two minutes
    • Only if the goalkeeper was pulled
    Show the answer to question 14

    No; the foul must come from directly behind

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Penalty shot on a breakaway: all five conditions must be met’ (NFHS 4-7-9; NFHS 7-16-4).

    NFHS 4-7-9; NFHS 7-16-4 · Rule of the Week: Penalty shot on a breakaway: all five conditions must be met

  15. NFHS: a penalty shot for a minor-type foul is taken and missed. Does anyone serve two minutes?

    • Yes; the offender serves the minor
    • The captain decides
    • Yes, but only if the shot missed
    • No; the penalty is charged on the scoresheet but no time is served
    Show the answer to question 15

    No; the penalty is charged on the scoresheet but no time is served

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Penalty shot or minor: the fouled team chooses’ (NFHS 4-7-2; NFHS 4-7-3; NFHS 4-7-8).

    NFHS 4-7-2; NFHS 4-7-3; NFHS 4-7-8 · Rule of the Week: Penalty shot or minor: the fouled team chooses

  16. NFHS: during a penalty shot, a player on the bench bangs the boards to distract the shooter, who misses. Ruling?

    • No goal and no penalty
    • Award a goal
    • Minor to the bench
    • Retake the shot, and a misconduct to the player who distracted the shooter
    Show the answer to question 16

    Retake the shot, and a misconduct to the player who distracted the shooter

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘How a penalty shot is run’ (NFHS 4-7-4; NFHS 4-7-5; NFHS 4-7-6; NFHS 4-7-7).

    NFHS 4-7-4; NFHS 4-7-5; NFHS 4-7-6; NFHS 4-7-7 · Rule of the Week: How a penalty shot is run

  17. NFHS: which team makes its line change first after a stoppage?

    • The team that caused the stoppage
    • The visiting team
    • Both at the same time
    • The home team
    Show the answer to question 17

    The visiting team

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Line change procedure: visitors first, then home’ (NFHS 2-5-4; NFHS 2-5-5).

    NFHS 2-5-4; NFHS 2-5-5 · Rule of the Week: Line change procedure: visitors first, then home

  18. NFHS: with 1:20 left in regulation, a team deliberately puts too many players on the ice. Penalty?

    • Minor (captain's choice)
    • Bench minor and misconduct
    • Game misconduct
    • Penalty shot
    Show the answer to question 18

    Penalty shot

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Illegal substitution late in the game becomes a penalty shot’ (NFHS 2-5-8; NFHS 2-5-9; NFHS 2-5-10).

    NFHS 2-5-8; NFHS 2-5-9; NFHS 2-5-10 · Rule of the Week: Illegal substitution late in the game becomes a penalty shot

  19. NFHS captain's choice: may the captain send a player who was on the bench when play stopped?

    • No; the player must have been on the ice, and not a goalkeeper
    • Yes, any player
    • Yes, but not the goalkeeper
    • Only the captain may serve
    Show the answer to question 19

    No; the player must have been on the ice, and not a goalkeeper

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Captain's choice: who serves, and whose record it goes on’ (NFHS 2-2-6; NFHS 4-2-8).

    NFHS 2-2-6; NFHS 4-2-8 · Rule of the Week: Captain's choice: who serves, and whose record it goes on

  20. NFHS: a team was already warned for one player's missing mouth protector. A different player on that team is caught later. Penalty?

    • Minor
    • No penalty for a different player
    • Misconduct
    • Another team warning
    Show the answer to question 20

    Misconduct

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Mouth protectors and bench helmets’ (NFHS 3-4-5; NFHS 3-4-9).

    NFHS 3-4-5; NFHS 3-4-9 · Rule of the Week: Mouth protectors and bench helmets

  21. NFHS: a check's initial force lands directly on the opponent's head. Options?

    • Misconduct
    • Minor only
    • Major or game disqualification
    • Minor, major or GD
    Show the answer to question 21

    Major or game disqualification

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Contact to the head: indirect versus direct’ (NFHS 7-6-1; NFHS 7-6-2; NFHS 7-6-3).

    NFHS 7-6-1; NFHS 7-6-2; NFHS 7-6-3 · Rule of the Week: Contact to the head: indirect versus direct

  22. NFHS: a non-flagrant check from behind into the boards. Minimum penalty?

    • Minor
    • Game disqualification
    • Major
    • Major and misconduct
    Show the answer to question 22

    Major and misconduct

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Checking from behind: open ice versus into the boards’ (NFHS 7-19-1; NFHS 7-19-2).

    NFHS 7-19-1; NFHS 7-19-2 · Rule of the Week: Checking from behind: open ice versus into the boards

  23. NFHS: what is the penalty for leaving the players' bench during an altercation?

    • Minor
    • Major only
    • Misconduct
    • Game disqualification
    Show the answer to question 23

    Game disqualification

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Fighting and leaving the bench: automatic game disqualification’ (NFHS 7-24-1; NFHS 7-24-2; NFHS 7-24-3; NFHS 7-26).

    NFHS 7-24-1; NFHS 7-24-2; NFHS 7-24-3; NFHS 7-26 · Rule of the Week: Fighting and leaving the bench: automatic game disqualification

  24. NFHS: a player spits at an official. Penalty?

    • Major
    • Game misconduct
    • Game disqualification
    • Minor and misconduct
    Show the answer to question 24

    Game disqualification

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Slurs, spitting and abuse of officials: game disqualification’ (NFHS 6-1-6; NFHS 6-1-7; NFHS 6-1-9).

    NFHS 6-1-6; NFHS 6-1-7; NFHS 6-1-9 · Rule of the Week: Slurs, spitting and abuse of officials: game disqualification

  25. NFHS: a hand pass between two teammates in the neutral zone. Where is the faceoff?

    • Offending team's defending-zone faceoff spot
    • Center ice
    • Nearest neutral-zone spot
    • No stoppage
    Show the answer to question 25

    Offending team's defending-zone faceoff spot

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘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).

    NFHS 9-4-1; NFHS 9-4-3; NFHS 9-4-4; NFHS 9-4-5; NFHS 9-4-6 · Rule of the Week: Hand passes, control and possession

  26. NFHS base rule: how long is overtime?

    • Not more than eight minutes, after a three-minute intermission
    • A full 15-minute period
    • Five minutes of 3-on-3
    • There is no overtime in NFHS
    Show the answer to question 26

    Not more than eight minutes, after a three-minute intermission

    See the Rule of the Week card ‘Overtime and the one time-out’ (NFHS 9-11-1; NFHS 9-12-4; NFHS 4-1-3).

    NFHS 9-11-1; NFHS 9-12-4; NFHS 4-1-3 · Rule of the Week: Overtime and the one time-out