MIAA Suspends Two Hockey Rules for 2002-03 Season.Business/Sports Editors FRANKLIN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2002 The Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization of 360 high schools that sponsor athletic activities in 33 sports. More than 200,000 young men and women compete annually in approximately 100,000 competitions among MIAA member schools. (MIAA MIAA Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association MIAA Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (formerly the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) MIAA Mortgage Industry Association of Australia ) voted Tuesday to eliminate two Ice Hockey rules The majority of ice hockey around the world is played under the umbrella of three organizations, Hockey Canada, USA Hockey, and the International Ice Hockey Federation, each with their own set of rules. which penalize pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. teams whose players accumulate a combination of infractions causing them to be disqualified from tournament competition. At the request of its Ice Hockey Committee the Board voted to suspend Blue Book Rules 71.12 and 71.16 for this winter season. Rule 71.12 eliminates from tournament qualification any teams whose players receive collectively a combination of more than six misconducts, game misconducts and/or game disqualification penalties in the pre-season and/or regular season competitions. Rule 71.16 calls for forfeiture of the subsequent game by a team, which accumulates a seventh, such infraction Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation. The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction. INFRACTION. . The Ice Hockey Committee told the Board that existing Blue Book Rules 71.13 and 71.15 provide adequate opportunity for regulating misconduct by ice hockey players, and that deleting the other two rules will provide an opportunity for more consistent officiating in dealing with misconduct penalties. The Board's vote is effective immediately and applies to the 2002-03 season. The Ice Hockey Committee will collect data throughout the season and make a report to the Board this Spring about the affect of this "experiment." |
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