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Originally posted by sir_eldren
I called a penalty on a guy last Monday night who was holding a guy against the boards. It was a USA Hockey non-checking league, and when I called the penalty, the guy said "You can hold somebody on the boards! That's legal."
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Just a general note - interference only happens on someone who doesn't have posession of the puck. If a player has the puck, they can't be interfered with.
Other than that, it depends on the level of hockey. If you watch TV or any elite level of hockey, you often see a defenceman "pinning" an opposing player to the boards in an attempt to win a scrum. As long as the pinned player has the puck, its generally an accepted practice. Once the puck moves away, however, the d-man should be releasing the pin. Most officials will yell at the d-man to let him go, and if the d-man complies quickly, then its no-harm, no-foul.