Rule 6.11 – Kicking the Puck

Kicking the Puck

Kicking refers to a player propelling the puck by way of a deliberate action with their foot. A puck that deflects off a player’s skate, without a deliberate kicking action on the part of that player, will not be considered kicking.

  1. Kicking the puck will be permitted in all zones.

  2. Kicking the puck cannot result in a goal, unless a defending player kicks the puck into their own goal. This includes when an attacking player kicks the puck and it deflects off any other player or object and goes into the goal. The key principle of this rule is that no goal can be scored as the result of a kicking motion by an attacking player.

  3. No goal can be scored when an attacking player kicks another object which, in turn, propels the puck directly or indirectly into the goal.

INTERPRETATIONS 

Interpretation 1

Rule 6.11 (b)(c) 

Any attacking player that kicks a puck to a teammate and:

  1. it deflects off the teammate’s skate, body or stick – no goal.
  2. it is deliberately directed into the goal by a teammate’s stick, but not clearly shot – no goal.
  3. it is deflected or deliberately directed (but not kicked) into the goal by a teammate’s skate – no goal.