Rule 10.9 – Passes

1. A pass shall be considered to have been completed if the puck, so passed, contacts any part of the stick, body or skate of the player on the same team. 

2. If an attacking player passes the puck backwards towards their own goal from the attacking zone, an opponent may play the puck regardless of whether or not they (the opponent) were in the same zone at the time the puck was passed. 

3. A player in their own defending zone may make a pass to a player of the same team, anywhere in the neutral zone.