Bodychecking

NOTE: Body-contact and bodychecking are not synonymous. Body contact is incidental contact of two opposing players in pursuit of the puck on the ice in the same direction. If, in the opinion of the Referee, the contact is reasonable and done to “battle” for the puck, no penalty should be assessed. Safety and degree of impact should be taken into account to differentiate body-contact from bodychecking. Safely angling an opponent into a different position is not automatically bodychecking.