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 2005 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 10 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