Rule 6.9 – High-Sticking the Puck

Players may not contact the puck with their stick, above the normal height of the shoulders.

Players may not contact the puck with their stick, above the normal height of the shoulders. When this occurs, play will be stopped if the offending player, or a teammate, gains possession and control of the puck.

The play will not be stopped if, after the puck is high-sticked, a player of the non-offending team gains possession and control of the puck.

Note 1: The “normal” height of the shoulders refers to when a player is standing fully upright.
No goal may be scored as the result of High-Sticking the Puck, unless a player of the offending team bats the puck into their own goal, in which case the goal will be allowed.
In Minor of Female divisions, any player who high-sticks or attempts to high-stick the puck and, in doing so, contacts an opposing player with their stick, will be penalized under Rule 7.6 – Head Contact.

INTERPRETATIONS
Interpretation 1	Rule 6.9 (a)(i) Where the puck is contacted with a high stick, deflects off an opposing player and is taken by a player of the offending team, play will be stopped. A deflection results in possession but not control of the puck.
Interpretation 2	Rule 6.9 (a)(i) Where a player contacts the puck with a high stick, the Referee will delay the call. If it becomes obvious that both teams are refraining from playing the puck, the Referee should stop play immediately. The ensuing face-off would occur at the location nearest to where the stoppage of play occurred, unless otherwise stated in the rules. Play is stopped because both teams have committed an infraction of the rules - one team contacted the puck with a high stick; the other, by not pursuing possession and control, has failed to keep the puck in motion.
Interpretation 3	Rule 6.9 (a)(i) A defending player high-sticks the puck, which drops in the goal crease and an attacking player shoots the puck into the goal. GOAL.
Interpretation 4	Rule 6.9 (a)(i) A player has their stick above the normal height of the shoulder. The puck, however, hits the butt-end of the stick below the level of the shoulder and goes into the goal. GOAL. The determining factor is the height at which the puck makes contact with the stick.
Interpretation 5	Rule 6.9 (a)(i) A player of Team A contacts the puck with a high stick and while the puck is still in the air, a player of Team B contacts the puck with a high stick. STOP PLAY IMMEDIATELY. Immediate stoppage of play, with the face-off at the location nearest where the second infraction occurred, unless otherwise covered in the rules. If the player of Team B was an attacking player in the attacking zone, the face-off will take place in the neutral zone. No goal may be scored in this situation.