QMJHL Members vote amendments to fighting regulations
LONGUEUIL, QC – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced new amendments to its playing rules as voted by the Assembly of Members in a meeting held by videoconference earlier today. These changes become effective immediately.
RULE 47 – All players involved in a fight will now be assessed a misconduct penalty (duration of ten minutes) which will be added to the major penalty (five minutes), except if a player involved is considered an instigator or an aggressor. An automatic 1-game suspension will be assessed after the third fight, and for any additional fight.
Here is a table that breaks down the different in-game situations in which penalties will be assessed for fighting (2019-20 vs. 2020-21):
| Game situation | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
| Fighting Code 2-2 | Major penalty | Major penalty + Misconduct penalty |
| Code 4-1 Agressor | Automatic 1-game suspension | Automatic 1-game suspension |
| Code 4-1 Agressor – Goaltender judged aggressor against a player | Automatic 5-game suspension | Automatic 5-game suspension |
| Code 4-1 Agressor – Goaltender judged aggressor on another goaltender | Automatic 10-game suspension | Automatic 10-game suspension |
| Code 1-4, 2-2 and 3-4 Instigator
|
Minor penalty, major penalty and misconduct penalty | Minor penalty, major penalty, and misconduct penalty |
| Code 1-4, 2-2 Instigator
|
Minor penalty and major penalty | This situation will not be available anymore |
| Code 4-2 in the last 5 minutes of play with a two-goal differential | Game misconduct penalty | Game misconduct penalty |
|
Code 1-4, 2-2 and 4-4 Instigator in the last 5 minutes of play or in overtime |
Minor penalty, major penalty, and game misconduct penalty | Minor penalty, major penalty, game misconduct penalty |
| Code 4-3 Fight between a player and a goaltender | Automatic 5-game suspension | Automatic 5-game suspension |
| Code 4-6 Second fight by the same player during the same stoppage of play | Game misconduct penalty | Game misconduct penalty |
| Code 4-7 Second fight during the same stoppage of play | Automatic 1-game suspension | Automatic 1-game suspension |
| Code 4-10 Staged fight | Automatic 1-game suspension | Automatic 2-game suspension |
| Accumulation of code 2.2 | Automatic 1-game suspension starting with the 11th fight | a- Automatic 1-game suspension starting with the 3rd fight
b- Automatic 1-game suspension for any additional fight |
| Accumulation of codes 3.4, 4 and 5 | Starting with a 4th infraction, an automatic 1-game suspension | Starting with a 4th infraction, an automatic 1-game suspension |
| Players involved in the first battle during the warm-up period
|
Automatic 10-game suspension | Automatic 10-game suspension |
