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 $150.00 fine, of which the $150.00 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