HEO Rule of the Week

HEO Rule of the Week

Rule of the week is an HEO Officiating Program series highlighting Hockey Canada rules to provide education to players, coaches, officials, volunteers, and spectators.

You can check out all of the episodes below!

Season 4

Rule of the Week: Feb 9, 2025 - Cancelling Penalties (S4E20)

Rule of the Week: Feb 2, 2025 - Penalty Scenario (S4E19)

Rule of the Week: Jan 18, 2025 - Holding (S4E18)

Rule of the Week: Jan 18, 2025 - Mental Health (S4E17)

Rule of the Week: Jan 12, 2025 - Blindside Hits (S4E16)

Rule of the Week: Jan 5, 2025 - Delayed Start to Time Penalties (S4E15)

Rule of the Week: Dec 8,2024 - Goal Not Seen by Referee (S4E14)

Rule of the Week: Jan 11, 2025 - Kicking Penalty (S4E13)

Rule of the Week: Nov 24, 2024 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct (S4E12)

Rule of the Week: Nov 17, 2024 - Injured Player on the Bench (S4E11)

Rule of the Week: Nov 10, 2024 - Green Armband Myths (S4E10)

Rule of the Week: Nov 3, 2024 - Goaltender Going to Bench During Stoppage in Play (S4E9)

Rule of the Week: Oct 26, 2024 - Slashing (S4E8)

Rule of the Week: Oct 20, 2024 Deliberate Illegal Substitution (S4E7)

Rule of the Week: Oct 13, 2024 - Puck Strikes Official (S4E6)

Rule of the Week: Oct 6, 2024 - Interference (S4E5)

Rule of the Week: Sept 29, 2024 - Goalie Helmets (S4E4)

Rule of the Week: Sept 22, 2024 - Dressing Room Etiquette (S4E3)

Rule of the Week: Sept 14, 2024 - Rule Change Clarifications (2024-2025) (S4E2)

Rule of the Week: Aug 15, 2024 - Rule Changes (2024-2025) (S4E1)

Season 3

Rule of the Week: Feb 12, 2024 - Off-Side (S3E16)

Rule of the Week: Feb 4, 2024 - Game Incident Reports Writing (S3E15)

Rule of the Week: Jan 28, 2024 - Spectator Ejections (S3E14)

Rule of the Week: Jan 22, 2024 - Diving & Embellishment (S3E13)

Rule of the Week: Jan 1, 2024 - Protective Equipment (S3E11)

Rule of the Week: Dec 11, 2023 - Goaltender Penalties (S3E10)

Rule of the Week: Dec 4, 2023 - Gathering in the End Zone (S3E9)

Rule of the Week: Nov 27, 2023 - Slew-Footing (S3E8)

Rule of the Week: Nov 20, 2023 - Checking from Behind (w/ John Reid) (S3E7)

Rule of the Week: Nov 13, 2023 - Physical Harassment of Officials (S3E6)

Rule of the Week: Nov 6, 2023 - Instigator & Aggressor Penalties (S3E5)

Rule of the Week: Oct 30, 2023 - Player in Goal Crease (S3E4)

Rule of the Week: Oct 22, 2023 - Communicating with Coaches (S3E3)

Rule of the Week: Oct 15, 2023 - Goaltender Covering Puck Outside the Crease (S3E2)

Rule of the Week: Oct 8, 2023 - Body Checking vs Body Contact (S3E1)

Season 2

Rule of the Week: Mar 5, 2023 - Unsportsmanlike vs. Abusive Behaviour

Rule of the Week: Mar 12, 2023 - Injured Players

Rule of the Week: Jan 31, 2023 - Butt-Ending

Rule of the Week: Jan 24, 2023 - Spearing

Rule of the Week: Jan 15, 2023 - Face-off Procedure

Rule of the Week: Dec 12, 2022 - Linesperson Responsibilities/Procedures for Breaking up Fights

Rule of the Week: Dec 6, 2022 - Clipping

Rule of the Week: Nov 29, 2022 - Penalty Shots (Part 3) - Procedure for Conducting a Penalty Shot

Rule of the Week: Nov 22, 2022 - Refusal to Start Play

Rule of the Week: Nov 14, 2022 - Fighting (Part 1)

Rule of the Week: Nov 8, 2022 - Penalty Shots (Part 2)- Game Scenarios that Call for a Penalty Shot

Rule of the Week: Nov 1, 2022 - Boarding

Rule of the Week: Oct 25, 2022 - Kneeing

Rule of the Week Oct 18, 2022- Criteria for Calling a Penalty Shot when a Player is a Breakaway (Part 1)

Rule of the Week: Oct 10, 2022 - Criteria for Physical Fouls

Season 1

Rule of the Week Mar 6, 2022 - Unidentified Player Penalties

Rule of the Week Feb 22, 2022 - Charging

Rule of the Week Feb 15, 2022 - Too Many Players

Rule of the Week: Jan 18, 2022 - Handling the Puck

Rule of the Week: Dec 14, 2021 - Broken Sticks

Rule of the Week: Dec 8, 2021 - Slew Footing

Rule of the Week: Nov 30, 2021 - Head Contact

Rule of the Week: Nov 23, 2021 - Checking from Behind

Rule of the Week: Nov 17, 2021 - Maltreatment Video