TRAVELLERS
ADULT SUMMER
ICE
HOCKEY LEAGUE
1. RULES
CAHA rules will apply in
addition to the following League rules.
2. WAIVER FORMS
2.1 All players and
team officials participating in games shall sign the hockey waiver prior to
their first game to be approved to play in the league. Players playing on
multiple teams need only sign once. All players must be at least 19 years of
age prior to the start of the current season (with exceptions, subject to the
discretion of the league Convener).
2.2 It is the responsibility of the team rep to ensure that all of his
players sign the league waiver. Failure to do so will result in the team rep,
plus top two scorers being suspended for one game.
2.3 Any player must
produce valid identification within 24 hours if requested by a league official.
Failure to do so will constitute that team as having an ineligible player.
2. MINIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS
3.1 A team must have at
least 5 skaters plus a goalie on the ice at the 23:00 minute mark ready to
begin play. Failure to do so will result in a delay of game penalty. During the
regular season, teams are allowed to use players from a game that preceded
them. NO GAME MAY START WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF PLAYERS.
In situations where a goalie may arrive at the last minute, and in order
to avoid a delay to the start of a game, the league advises its teams to start
a goalie that may be coming off the ice. If no goalie is ready and on the ice
by the 12:00 minute mark of the first period, the game will be forfeited to the
team that has enough players. A team defaulting a game will lose by a score of
1-0.
3.2 The league’s Arena
Supervisor has the authority to overrule on any possible default and order that
the game be played, even if the 12:00 minute deadline has expired (depending on
outstanding circumstances).
3.3
Any team which forfeits a game because of rule 3.1 will be assessed a $125.00
fine, of which the $125.00 will be
awarded to the other team that made the effort to show up and play. The
fine must be presented to the league in cash prior to the following game;
otherwise the game will not start.
3.4 A team, whose goalie is injured and unable to continue to play, will be
allowed to use an extra skater on the ice (with no goalie privileges, unless of
course he is wearing goalie equipment).
3.5 Any team who is unable to ice a minimum of three skaters and a goalie
for any faceoff will forfeit the game.
3.6 Any player who arrives late for a game may not enter the playing
surface until there is a stoppage of play. Failure to do so will result in a
delay of game penalty.
4.
GAME TIME
4.0 The game clock shall start at the
twenty-six (26) minute mark, as soon as the Zamboni and rink staff is off the
ice
and the rink doors are closed. The league asks
that players only enter the ice surface once the rink doors are closed.
WARM-UP Three
(3) minutes
1st PERIOD Twenty-three (23) minutes
2nd PERIOD Twenty-three (23) minutes
4.1 The last two (2) minutes of the second period will be stop time if
the score differential is one goal.
4.2 The game time will stop on all penalty shots and will re-start upon
completion of the shot.
4.3 It will be to the discretion of the on-ice officials or senior
off-ice officials as to whether the clock is momentarily stopped due to injury
of other delay (ice problems, rule explanations etc).
5.1 PENALTIES AND
SUSPENSIONS
MINOR Three
(3) minutes
MAJOR Seven
(7) minutes plus game ejection (Note 5a)
All major penalties result in an
immediate ejection from the game.
MISCONDUCT Ten (10)
minutes
GAME MISCONDUCT Immediate
ejection (Note 5b)
GROSS MISCONDUCT Immediate
ejection (Note 5b)
MATCH Immediate
ejection (Note 5b)
Note 5a) Major penalties may carry an additional minimum one (1) game
suspension.
5b) These penalties will be further reviewed by the League’s Convener
where additional suspensions could be
given.
Any misconduct in the last ten minutes of a game may result in a MINIMUM
ONE (1) GAME SUSPENSION.
Any misconduct after the conclusion of the game may result in a MINIMUM
TWO (2) GAME SUSPENSION.
5.2 SUSPENSIONS
a) All suspensions will
appear on the league’s website. Teams will no longer be notified over the
telephone or through email.
NOTE
:The Convener of the Travellers 2003 Summer Ice Hockey League reserves the
right to suspend any player for any injurious or dangerous on ice offence that
may have gone unnoticed during the course of a game or simply been called a
minor penalty at the time.
5.3 FIGHTING
First time: Minimum Two (2) game suspension plus additional game(s) if
designated aggressor or instigator.
Second time: Out of league (No reimbursement of any league fees)
5.3a Players receiving
majors, misconducts and match penalties may also be given a choice of paying a
“Personal/Performance Bond” to remain in the League.
5.3b Any player
receiving three (3) penalties during the same game will be ejected. Any player
being ejected for three penalties for the third time during the entire season will automatically receive a 1 game
suspension and an additional game suspension for each similar subsequent
ejection.
5.3c Delayed penalties
which result in a goal being scored, will also be recorded on the official game
sheet as a penalty against the player who committed the infraction.
5.3d In circumstances
where a team is shorthanded and a delayed penalty is called against that team,
resulting in a goal, the penalized player in the penalty box will leave the box
and the player who committed the most recent infraction will serve his full penalty.
5.3e No player may
serve another teammate’s penalty except in the following situations:
i) A penalty assessed to a
goalie,
ii) A major penalty assessed to
a player having been ejected from the game
iii) Any minor penalty assessed to a player having to leave the game
because of an injury.
5.3f Teams are not
required to have a player serving a teammate’s penalty, whenever the latter has
been ejected from the game and has received a coincidental minor with an
opposing player.
5.4 SERVING OTHER PLAYERS’
PENALTIES
Whenever a player has been ejected from the game, leaving his team
shorthanded for six minutes or longer, a team has the option of putting someone
in the penalty box at any time during that penalty (on stoppages of play). However, if a team waits too long and
doesn’t put a player in the penalty box and the penalty expires, the team is
not allowed to have a player go onto the ice from his bench. If such is the
case, the team will continue to play one man short until the next stoppage of
play.
5.5 Any altercation in the hallway with any
opposing player will result in a MINIMUM FIVE (5) GAME SUSPENSION TO ANY OR ALL
PLAYERS INVOLVED.
5.6. Any and all players, upon ejection from the
game, for any reason whatsoever, must immediately proceed to the dressing
room. He may not stick around to watch the remainder of the game behind
the glass. He may, however, return to watch the game FROM THE STANDS, after
changing into his street clothes. A
violation of this rule will result in a minimum one game suspension. In
addition, ejected players who cause any off-ice disturbances which prevents any
game from continuing its regular flow, will be subject to a possible further
suspension.
5.7 Any player who surpasses forty minutes (40)
minutes in penalties, will from that point on, be assessed a $5.00 fine for
each subsequent minor penalty and $10.00 for any more serious infraction
(major, misconduct, etc). This fine will be deducted from the Team Bond Note:
These fines will be used to offset costs for end of the year awards.
NOTE: Any
player, upon exceeding the penalty limit (40 minutes), will have his penalty
total reduced by twelve (12) minutes should he then play five (5) consecutive
games without earning a penalty.
5.8 Any player who threatens the safety and well-being of any on-ice or off-ice official will be receive a minimum season-long suspension.
5.9 Suspended players are not allowed to be near
the bench area during a game.
5.9a Only players actually playing the game are
allowed on the team bench.
5.10 Players will be responsible for being familiar
with the league’s rules and regulations and thus will not question
them or harass league officials for any decision an official takes which
is in accordance with those rules. Harassing officials in cases such as this
will result in suspensions and in severe cases, ejection from the league.
6. GOALIES
6.1 The goalie is the only player on the ice who
is not automatically ejected for three penalties or for a more serious offence
such as a major or misconduct. It will be at the discretion of the on-ice
officials to determine whether this player in question could be a threat or a
liability for the remainder of the game. Goalies in these outstanding
circumstances will be subject to a possible league suspension.
6.2 Any goalie receiving three (3) minor penalties
in a game will not be ejected from the game but will however be assessed an
automatic one (1) game suspension and therefore will not be permitted to play
for that team’s next regularly scheduled game.
7. EQUIPMENT
7.1 All players shall wear CSA approved hockey
helmets. All goalies shall wear CSA approved hockey helmets with CSA approved
facemasks. Goalies are not allowed
to wear cat-eye style masks.
Players without proper helmets and chin straps (no substitute
whatsoever) will NOT be permitted on the ice during a game. The league has
extra equipment (gloves, elbow pads, pants, goalie equipment etc) which can be
borrowed free of charge should it be needed.
7.2 If insurance needs dictate, face masks and /or
eye shields may also become necessary for all players.
7.3 Any player participating in a league game, who
is notified by an on or off-ice official of an equipment or sweater violation,
is prohibited from returning to the ice until the violation has been corrected.
Failure to abide by rule 7.3 will result in a one game suspension to the
aforementioned player.
8. SWEATERS
8.1 Teams shall have two (2) full matching sets of
sweaters with numbers for each player participating in the game. All teams members, including the goalie,
must wear matching sweaters. The goalie is the only player allowed to play
without a number. No players on any one team may wear identical numbers nor may
any player wear no number. Tape will not be accepted as a means to create a
number on a sweater.
Note: 1) All teams will have until May 20 to secure two sets of
matching sweaters. From this point, teams using ineligible sweaters will be
fined $10 per ineligible sweater. Teams may elect to borrow a league sweater at
a cost of $5.00/sweater (three sweaters or more/maximum $10.00); otherwise a
set must be secured from a League Supervisor, at a rental charge of $10.00. All
sweater violations or rentals will be deducted from the team bond.
8.2 When there is a color conflict, the team that
has had the fewest changes during the year will be the one to change sweaters.
If both teams have made an equal number of changes, then the home team will be
the ones to change
9.
OFFSIDES AND ICINGS
The determining line for an icing call will be a team’s defensive blue
line. The red line will not be used
when considering two line passes. It
will only be used as a location to begin play to start a period or following a
goal.
10. SLAPSHOTS AND BODY
CHECKING
Slapshots in all divisions are allowed. Body Checking is not allowed in
any division.
11. CHANGING OF PLAYERS ON
THE ICE
11.1 Change of players will only be allowed on the
fly, except after: A GOAL, A PENALTY CALLED, AN INJURY (only for injured
player), and END OF PERIOD.
NOTE: Teams will no longer be allowed to change
after a whistle during stop time mode.
Repeated violations of this rule
could result in a delay of game penalty called by an on-ice official.
12. GAME OFFICIALS
The two on-ice officials will be on the ice as soon as the Zamboni is
off playing surface.
13. PLAYOFF ELIGIBILITY
13.1 Players must have played three (3) regular
season games with a team to be eligible to participate with that team during
playoffs and may play on only one team per division during the playoffs unless
approved in writing by the League Convener.
NOTE: Each team will be allowed to designate two players having played
only two (2) regular season games with that team to participate with them
during the playoffs.
13.2 If a team’s goalie has a legitimate reason for
not being available for a playoff game, a replacement goalie may be used,
however, he must be approved by the league Convener.
14.1 The following penalties will be assessed to
any team that is found to be using a player while he is under suspension, or an
ineligible player, or a player using an alias:
A)
The final score
of the game in which the suspended player anticipated will be recorded as
“0" for the team using the ineligible player. The opposing team, if having
lost the game, will see the score reversed.
B) The ineligible player will receive an
additional five (5) game suspension.
C) The team using the
suspended/ineligible player will also have their team representative PLUS their
top scorer
(team rep will not
count as top scorer) suspended for that team’s next game.
14.2 No suspended player may play on any team in
this League until AFTER he has served his complete suspension.
a) Severe infractions of the rules (however, not serious enough to
warrant a complete season suspension).
b) Repeated disregard for the rules and safety of either players or
minor officials.
c) Player has been suspended on more than one occasion during the course
of the season.
The league reserves
the right to place any player, at any time, on a performance bond with “just
cause”.
16.
DIVISION RE-ALIGNMENTS
16.1 TEAM POINTS, INDIVIDUAL POINTS, AND GOALIE AVERAGES:
No team may move from one
division to another (either up or down) with more points than the totals of the
highest team or the lowest team
17. PLAYOFF FORMAT
. Further details of the
playoff structure will be provided as divisional alignments are finalized.
18. TIE-BREAKERS
18.1 The
following tiebreakers will be used if TWO teams are tied in points at the end
of the regular season:
A Head to head matchups
B) Most wins
C) Goals For minus Goals
Against
D) Fewest Goals Allowed
E) Most Goals Scored
18.2 The
following tiebreakers will be used if THREE OR MORE teams are tied:
A) Best winning % between
the teams involved.
B) Most Wins
C) Goals For minus Goals
Against
19. DRESSING ROOMS
Dressing rooms are to cleared within thirty
(30) minutes after completion of each game. ****ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED INSIDE THE DRESSING ROOMS OR ON OTTAWA U
PROPERTY. This is stipulated in our contract with the Ottawa U
sports complex. Smoking is also
prohibited in the dressing rooms. Teams caught in violation of these rules will
face an immediate ejection from the league (without refund of fees paid).
20. ROOM KEYS Keys for the dressing rooms at Ottawa U must be
obtained at the customer service desk.
21. HOME TEAM
The home team listed on the schedule will always take the right bench
upon stepping onto the ice. Teams will always take the end opposite to their
bench.
22. GAME SHEETS AND LINEUPS
Game sheets will be
provided to the teams following the conclusion of each game. Lineups on a clipboard will be presented to the
teams prior to the start of a game. Failure to provide the lineup to the
timekeeper prior to the end of the warmup will result in a delay of game
penalty.
23. EMERGENCY CHANGES
TO THE RULES:
The League Convener
reserves the right to make any emergency changes and/or additions to the above
rules. Teams and officials will be advised in writing as soon as possible
(before change is enacted).
24. The
League was formed to provide area hockey players an opportunity to participate
under recreational non-contact rules. Injurious actions by players to others
and disrespect towards minor and/or senior on-ice and off-ice game game
officials play no part in this league. Violations of the previous may
constitute just cause for ejection from the League of any player OR team without
refund of fees paid. Teams and/or players can easily be replaced.
25.
Please remember that we all have family and business responsibilities to attend
to.
Every effort is being made by the Association
to continue this as a first class league. Your continued cooperation will be
most appreciated.
Brian Kukulka,
League Convener
234-1349