Rule 16 - Starting Lineup
(a) Prior to the start of the game, at the request of the
Referee, the Manager or Coach of the visiting Team is required
to name the starting line-up to the Referee or Official Scorer.
At any time in the game, at the request of the Referee made to
the Captain, the visiting Team must place a playing line-up on
the ice and promptly commence play.
(b) Prior to the start of the game, the Manager or Coach
of the home Team, having been advised by the Official Scorer
or the Referee the names of the starting line-up of the visiting
Team, shall name the starting line-up of the home Team. This
information shall be conveyed by the Official Scorer or the
Referee to the Coach of the visiting Team.
(c) No change in the starting line-up of either Team
as given to the Referee or Official Scorer, or in the playing
line-up on the ice, shall be made until the game is actually
in progress. For an infraction of this Rule, a bench minor penalty
shall be imposed upon the offending Team, provided such infraction
is called to the attention of the Referee before the second
face-off in the first period takes place.
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