EMRHL
Official Rules
for
Saturday and Tuesday Leagues
9-11-11
All standard hockey rules
apply with the exception or addition of our league rules below.
Please note: icing has been
removed from league play as of Oct 2007. Also, the ball will be played off
the netting if it comes back into play.
New rules as of September
2011:
New rules starting Fall 2011 for both leagues:
1. Hand passes are now allowed up to the center
line. In other words, the hand pass must start and finish in your half of
the court.
This
should speed up the game by allowing an extra 20 feet in the defensive zone
to make a hand pass to a teammate.
2. Throwing your stick on the court or onto the
bench, or smashing it anywhere on the court in a violent manner will result
in an automatic 2:00 penalty. 2nd offense 10 min misconduct. 3rd game
misconduct.
This
should have been the rule all along, but now we are publically addressing
this issue and taking matters out of the ref's hands by making it an
automatic penalty.
3. Offside rule has been modified. The old rule
was you couldn't make a direct pass to a teammate over the center line. The
new rule is you cannot make a direct pass over THREE lines to a teammate.
There is the center
line and two white defensive zone lines on the court. The ONLY way a pass is
offside is if you now pass from your defensive zone (behind your white line)
all the way to a teammate who is in the attacking zone (opponent's white
line). If it hits an opposing player, the ball is live no matter where the
play starts and finishes.
This should dramatically speed up the game and
still put a restriction on extreme hanging. With this change there will be
no more 4 foot offside passes. In order for a pass to be offside it will
need to be a 40 foot pass and go over all 3 lines.
If you are on defense and
the ball hops over your stick at center. You no longer need to gain the
center line to make a pass in the offensive zone. You now have an extra 20
feet to work with, all the way back to your white line.
If the other teams ices
the ball, you no longer have to gain the center line to put your teammates
onside, you only need to get to your white line and all players are
considered onside. If you are behind your white line in your defensive zone,
your teammates can now receive a pass all the way up to the opposing team's
white line.
 GAME SET UP
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Saturday games consist of
three 18 minute running periods.
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Tuesday games are
17 minute running periods.
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Game clock stops
in last two minutes of game if the lead is two goals or
less.
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Regulation play is 4 on 4 skaters and 1 goalie per team.
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One point for regulation tie. One more point for OT
or shootout win.
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Each team has one
timeout per game.
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Minor penalties are served at the player bench, 2 minute
penalties, to start when the ball drops at the ensuing faceoff.
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17 goals scored
by one team ends the game.
The game may continue until the clock runs out, but the game is awarded to
the team with 17 goals and no more stats are kept for that game.
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The clock will
run after a whistle in a 2 goal game if there are under 10 seconds
remaining, unless the faceoff is in defensive zone of the winning
team.
GAME PLAY
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Kicking the ball
in with your skate is LEGAL and a goal.
-
 Lifting your
stick over your shoulder to play the ball will result in a delayed whistle, in
which a faceoff in the offending players own zone will take place once the
ball is touched by any member of the offending team. (Note: you do not
have to make contact with the ball for the high stick violation to take
place.)
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You cannot put
yourself offside on a play.
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You can legally
grab the ball if you put it right down.
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Hand passes are
legal if they start and end in your own half of the court.
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The Scorekeeper
is an official, and may discuss a play with the on ice officials.
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A player CAN be
in the crease when a goal is scored, as long as in the opinion of the
officials, the player did not interfere with the goaltender trying to make
the save in any way.
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The game will
continue if the goal is slightly displaced. If the goal has been displaced
by more than a few inches, the ref can either stop play, or fix the net if
play continues away from the displaced goal.
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The official can
drop the ball if a player is deliberately stalling to enter the face off.
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If you trip a
player, even if you touch the ball first, it is still a minor penalty.
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Shooting the ball
down the court after a goal will result in a warning, with a minor penalty
handed out for all subsequent actions.
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Chinstraps now
Mandatory. All players must have chinstraps fastened for EMRHL games. If
your chinstrap is not fastened and your helmet comes off, it will be an
automatic delay of game minor penalty.
SHOOTOUT and
PLAYOFF OVERTIME
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Regular season will always use a
shootout. (as of 2010)
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Playoff games will use Overtime.
(one standard length period, then a single round shootout)
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Overtime penalties, maximum one minute for minor penalties.
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Overtime is played 3 on 3.
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NO STOPPING
THE CLOCK IN OT.
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If one team
deliberately delays the game during the running time in the Overtime, and
this deliberate act causes the clock to run out, or nearly run out, thus
giving said team an unfair advantage, the ref can award a penalty shot to
the other team, or order that time be put back on the clock.
Dave Gardner - Commish
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