Chinstrap Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) Is it a penalty in youth hockey to play with a broken stick? Apologies. Original post is quite vague. Left defenseman in offensive zone. Across the ice from bench. Nice pass for one timer, stick breaks blade off of shaft. Edited December 28, 2018 by Chinstrap Clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinstrap Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Never mind. Did some digging. USA Hockey Rule 605. It’s a minor penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Yep always a penalty. Drop the stick and skate away. Surprised if anyone called it at squirt level but a good rule to be aware and teach the kids. Accidents happen it's the hockey equivalent of running with the pencil towards your eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Also what the hell are you playing with a broken stick? Definitely not hockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinstrap Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 Well, the player was playing and his stick broke when he tried a nice one timer from his left defense position. Instead of dropping the stick immediately, he skated across the ice to his bench with the shaft in his hand. He was playing hockey, pretty well at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghKids1st Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 It's a penalty, should have dropped it, lesson learned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinstrap Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Thank you for the replies. It was in a Middle School game. My son’s team lost. The player in question played on the other team. No “Monday morning quarterbacking” of the officials, coaches, players, or other parents. Only a guy that was unsure of the rule and honestly should have dug a bit deeper before posting. Not sure what lesson needed to be learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Shore Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 14 hours ago, Chinstrap said: Thank you for the replies. It was in a Middle School game. My son’s team lost. The player in question played on the other team. No “Monday morning quarterbacking” of the officials, coaches, players, or other parents. Only a guy that was unsure of the rule and honestly should have dug a bit deeper before posting. Not sure what lesson needed to be learned. The lesson is to drop your stick...…………. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinstrap Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Since he was playing on the other team, did not drop his damaged equipment, and did not get a minor penalty called... not sure the lesson was learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Chinstrap said: Since he was playing on the other team, did not drop his damaged equipment, and did not get a minor penalty called... not sure the lesson was learned. I'm not sure anyone said it was your son. Went back and read and no one did. The kid from the other team(and you) learned a lesson. Hopefully the refs are reading and learned one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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