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Summary: What you can and can't get by with in hockey. Learn about interference and goaltender interference hockey penalties in this free hockey rules video from a hockey coach.
Chris DiRico has been playing ice hockey for more than 12 years. He is currently the assistant coach of the Amherst College women’s ice hockey team in Amherst, MA. DiRico played all...read more
"Now we're going to show you interference, or goaltender interference. The hand signal for this penalty is like this, and it happens when a player prevents movement of another player who does not have the puck. And as demonstrated, if a player is coming in, dumps the puck into the zone and you try to get in the way and you prevent the movement of the player to get to the puck, that's going to be interference. Also, it happens when a goalie is in his crease and a player comes in the crease and runs into the goalie like that, or the goalie is in his crease and comes around and the goalie tries to back up and backs into me, that's interference of the goalie. This penalty will result in a minor penalty, and that's goal-tending and interference."
eHow Article: Hockey Penalties: Interference