This is an example of how an on-ice official like 3refs can clarify what is sometimes spread across a billion or two individual rules scattered thruout any league's rule book.... The average rule book does not usually allow for database user sorting such as "all rules pertaining to sticks" one moment and "all rules pertaining to penalty boxes" the next. Anyone who has ever written a rule book, policy manual, or FAQ will relate to the challenge! :~)

One last question-- is it allowed to plant a stick up an opponent's.....

~Susan