This is the more complete text:
"A minor or major penalty shall be imposed on a player
who skates, jumps into or charges an opponent in any manner.
Charging shall mean the actions of a player who, as a result of
distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A
“charge” may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal
frame or in open ice."
I would probably reword it to something like this:
Charging shall mean:
- leaving your feet and jumping into a player at the point of contact
- travelling an unnecessary distance to apply a violent hit to a player
- gathering an excessive and unnecessary amount of speed in order to violently hit a player
- in all instances a key consideration is whether or not the player making the hit's primary motivation is to make a violent hit. If the hitting player makes a valid play on the puck while making a hit, or only applies enough force in the hit to separate the defender from the puck, then it it is less likely to be charging.