Refusal to Report
Section 4.12
After an official calls and signals a penalty, the player receiving the penalty must proceed directly to the penalty box and is not entitled to any conference with officials on the explanation behind a call. Failure to do so may, at the referee’s discretion, result in an Unsportsmanlike Conduct or Misconduct penalty.
NOTE: Game flow is critical in ensuring that games can finish on time. Discussions between players and officials are highly encouraged to be limited to intermissions or at the conclusion of the game.
NOTE: Officials are encouraged to use their discretion to identify players who embody attributes that are likely to result in more productive discussions, regardless of a player’s status as an identified “Captain”, “Alternate”, or Team Representative.
NOTE: Players who approach Officials during an intermission or at the conclusion of the game are encouraged to so in a non-leading and neutral way. Officials should respond without escalating in these scenarios but are not obliged to fully describe the rationale behind a particular call.