As a USA Hockey Ref, it is our obligation to stop the game and to facilitate having those spectators removed from the game. The clock keeps running... and those spectators may face additional sanctions from the governing body. USA Hockley strongly recommends that a volunteer monitor is in place at these games to help monitor situations, and intervene prior to the situation escalating. This should never have been allowed to happen or to continue. This is rule 626 in the USA Hockey Casebook, and it highly stressed at every training session.
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