 |
Intramurals: Ice Hockey
Ice Hockey Rules
All games will be played under the following rules. Rules not covered below will
follow current National Federation Ice Hockey rules.
Admittance to Playing Area
1. Each player must be a USM student and have a valid USM student ID or
he/she will not be admitted on the ice. Any player suspected of drinking
alcoholic beverages before the game will be admitted on the ice.
2. Teams will be held strictly responsible for the personal conduct of all
related parties and individuals before, during and after the game.
Equipment
SECTION 1 - Required player Equipment
1. Required equipment shall be worn by all players and goalkeepers on the ice
during warm-ups before the game, between periods and during each period. All
players are required to wear equipment while in the players' or penalty box.
2. Required equipment for all players and goalkeepers shall include:
A. Ice Hockey Helmet with chin straps securely fastened to the head.
Helmets must have a full face mask with an attached foam chin guard (mask must
not allow a stick blade to pass through any openings).
B. Dental Guard which should cover all the teeth of the upper jaw.
C. Protective Cup.
3. Required equipment for goalkeepers shall include: glove, blocker, hockey
skates, stick, throat guard, leg pads, chest pads, and hockey pants.
4. Required equipment for players, other than goalkeepers, shall include
hockey gloves, hockey skates, stick, shin and knee guards, and elbow pads.
PENALTY -
First offense, WARNING. Returning to the game without correcting equipment,
GAME MISCONDUCT.
5. A player whose helmet has been dislodged must skate immediately to their
team bench where he/she can be replaced by a substitute. PENALTY - MINOR
SECTION 2 - Recommended Player Equipment
1. Recommended equipment includes thigh pads, hip pads, and shoulder pads.
2. A complete set of goalie equipment (excluding protective cup) can be
issued before each game for goalies. An approved helmet may be checked out for
use by
all other players with their Student ID card. Remaining required equipment must
be provided by each player.
Periods and Intermissions
SECTION 1 - Length of Periods and Intermissions
1. There shall be 3 periods, each consisting of 12 minutes of running time,
with intermissions of 2 minutes each between periods. The clock will stop during
the
last two (2) minutes of the third period for whistles, if the losing team is
within two (2) goals.
2. There will be a 5 minute sudden death overtime in the playoffs only.
During the regular season or following the sudden death overtime during the
playoffs, a
sudden death shootout will take place. (If team A scores, team B must score or
the game is over.) If the shootout continues you must use different players
until everyone is used on the with the least amount of players. Then both teams
will
start from the beginning unless the team with more players chooses to continue
using its players that have not had an attempt.
3. Games will not be delayed more than ten (10) minutes. If a team is not in
attendance and ready to play ten (10) minutes after the scheduled starting time,
the game is forfeited to the team that is ready. At least five (5) of six (6)
players must be present, one of which must be the goalie.
4. Each time will be permitted to take 1 time-out of 1 minute duration during
the game. The time out must be taken during normal stoppage of play.
5. Penalties are all stop time: Minor - One minute and twenty seconds of
actual playing time. Major - Three minutes of actual playing time. Misconduct -
six
minutes of actual playing time.
Putting the Puck in Play
SECTION 1 - Face-off
1. The puck shall be put in play by a face-off.
2. The puck shall be faced-off by the referee or linesman dropping the puck
on the ice between the sticks of the players facing off.
3. If a player facing-off fails to take the proper position immediately when
directed by the official, the official may order that player replaced for that
face-off
by any teammate on the ice.
SECTION 2 -Face-off Areas
1. The puck shall be faced off at center ice:
a. At the start of each period and overtime period and after a goal is
scored;
b. when the referee accidentally signals play to stop;
c. when ends are changed at the middle of any period.
2. The puck shall be faced-off at the place where it was last played when:
a. A player causes the puck to leave the rink from that players defensive
zone or the neutral zone or that players stick was the last to touch it before
it
left the rink from these zones;
b. a player in the neutral zone commits a foul while the puck was in that
zone;
c. play becomes stalled in the neutral zone;
d. a player passes or shoots the puck into their attacking zone from the
neutral zone or that players defensive zone when a teammate is in their
attacking zone;
e. play is officially stopped for any other reason while the puck is in the
neutral zone.
3. The puck shall be faced off in the neutral zone at a point 5 feet (1.52 m)
from the zone line and nearest where the puck was at the time of the foul when:
a. An attacking player commits a foul while the puck is in that players
attacking zone;
b. an attacking player or his/her stick is in the opponents' crease while the
puck is in the possession of a teammate (not in the crease) unless the
goalkeeper is outside the crease;
c. an attacking player in the attacking zone causes the puck to leave the
rink, or that or player or his or her stick was last to touch it before it left
the
rink from this zone.
d. any stoppage of play is caused by the attacking team in it's attacking
zone including injury, accident, and causing the puck to become lodged in the
outside of the goal cage net.
4. The puck shall be faced-off at an end zone face-off spot when:
a. Icing is called;
b. in the opinion of the referee, an intentional offside has been made;
c. defensive stalling occurs;
d. a goal cage is unintentionally displaced;
e. a defensive player causes the puck to become lodged in the outside of the
goal net except when caused by the attacking team;
f. a penalty shot has been tried but not made;
g. a defending player has struck the puck with the stick when the puck is
above the height of 4 feet (1.22 m) in any zone.
5. If the puck hits a referee, play shall not be stopped regardless of
whether a team is shorthanded, unless the puck hits an official and goes
directly into the goal
net.
Playing the Puck
SECTION 1 - Use of Stick
1. The puck may not be played or stopped with any part of the stick when the
puck is over 4 feet (1.22 m) off the ice. If a puck is touched by a stick when
the
puck is more than 4 feet (1.22 m) off the ice, a "slow whistle" shall be in
order unless
the puck is first played by an opponent, regardless of the zone in which this
violation occurs, except when the puck is directed at the goalkeeper or goal
cage by a
player from the attacking team in which case an immediate whistle should be
blown.
PENALTY - FACE-OFF in the defensive zone of the offending team.
2. Carrying sticks above the height of 4 feet (1.22 m) in a way likely to
cause injury is prohibited. PENALTY - MINOR
3. Striking the opponent with the stick above the opponent's shoulders is
prohibited. PENALTY - MINOR. If flagrant - MAJOR (whether or not injury
results).
4. Intentionally striking an opponent with the stick above the opponent's
shoulders is prohibited. PENALTY - MAJOR (whether or not injury results).
5. No player shall kick, throw, hold or knock an opponent's stick for the
purpose of keeping it from the possession of an opponent. PENALTY - MINOR
(Unsportsmanlike conduct)
6. A player without a stick may participate in the game. A broken stick shall
be dropped to the ice IMMEDIATELY. A goalkeeper may continue to play with a
broken stick until stoppage of play or until legally provided with a stick.
PENALTY - MINOR
7. No player, including the goalkeeper, shall throw a stick or portion of a
stick from the playing surface. PENALTY - MISCONDUCT.
SECTION 2 - Use of Hand
1. The puck may be stopped by any part of the body on the ice or in the air,
but not carried. It may be propelled by the hand or arm, even though in the
crease,
along the ice, but not thus passed to a teammate, unless both players are in
their
defensive zone. If the puck is caught and dropped immediately, play shall
continue. PENALTY - Face - off
2. If the puck is first touched by a teammate (except a side ward or backward
bat from the goalkeeper) after being batted in the air by hand, or propelled by
the
hand along the ice, then play shall be immediately stopped (i.e. the player who
last hit the puck is required to play it next for that team). PENALTY - Face –
off
SECTION 3 - Zone Play
1. A player is offside when both skates are completely over the outer edge of
the blue line involved in the play at the instant the puck completely crosses
the
outer edge of that line.
EXCEPTION: An attacking player in possession and control of the puck may
precede the puck over the blue line.
a. If an attacking player precedes the puck, which is shot, passed or
deflected, into the attacking zone, but a defending player is able to play
the puck, the official shall signal a delayed offside (except that if the puck
is shot on goal, play shall be stopped immediately for the off-side
violation). The official shall drop his arm to nullify the off-side violation
and allow the play to continue if:
1. The defending team passes or carries the puck into the
neutral zone, or
2. all attacking players in the attacking zone clear the attacking zone
by making skate contact with the blue line
b. If the attacking team does not clear the attacking zone, the official
shall stop play for the off-side violation if any attacking player touches the
puck
or attempts to gain possession of a loose puck while the puck is still in the
attacking zone or forces the defending puck carrier further back in the
attacking zone. The attacking zone must be completely clear of attacking
the players before a delayed off-side can be nullified with the puck still in
the attacking zone.
SECTION 4 - Icing
1. For the purpose of this rule, the center line will divide the ice in
halves. Should any player of a team, equal or superior in numerical strength to
the opposing
team, shoot, bat or deflect the puck from his or her own half of the ice beyond
the
goal line extended of the opposing team, play shall be stopped and the puck
faced-off
at the end of the face-off spot of the offending team, unless on the play the
puck enters the net of the opposing team, in which case the goal shall be
allowed.
Icing shall occur the instant the puck crosses the opponent's goal line extended
including when a time penalty expires bringing teams back to equal strength
before the puck crosses the goal line extended.
2. Icing is nullified and play shall continue when:
a. Players of the team icing the puck deflect (or tip) the puck in the
attacking half of the ice before the puck reaches the goal line extended;
b. the icing team has fewer players on the ice than the opposing team;
c. the shot is made from a face-off;
d. the puck touches an opposing player or his or her equipment before
reaching the goal line extended;
e. a player of the opposing team other than the goalkeeper is able, in the
opinion of the referee, to play the puck before it passes the goal line
extended but does not do so;
f. the puck is played by the goalkeeper prior to reaching the goal line
extended on the rink or enters the cage (in which case a goal is scored);
g. the puck passes through any part of the goal crease;
h. the puck is shot and rebounds from the body or stick of an opponent in his
or her own end of the ice, it crosses the goal line extended of the player
shooting the puck
PENALTY - Face-off at end zone face-off spot in the defensive zone on
side nearer the place the shot was made.
SECTION 5 - Intentionally Causing the Puck to Leave the Rink
No player shall cause the puck to leave the rink for the obvious purpose of
stopping play. PENALTY - MINOR.
If on a goalkeeper MINOR (Captain's choice of players on the ice).
Scoring
SECTION 1 - Goals
1. A goal is made when the puck, entering from the front, passes between the
goal posts, below the top of the net and completely across the goal line.
2. An attacking player may score a goal when the puck was last touched by the
player's stick, and then only if the puck was not more than 4 feet (1.22m) off
the ice (height of the goal cage). If the puck was last touched by a defending
player before it entered the cage, the goal is allowed regardless of the manner
in
which the puck was caused to enter the cage, except as prohibited in this
section.
3. A goal shall not be allowed if:
a. the puck is kicked, thrown, carried or otherwise deliberately directed
into the goal by means other than by a stick, or propelled illegally with the
stick, even if the puck bounds or deflects off the person or equipment of
any defensive player into the net;
b. the puck hits an official and goes directly into the net;
c. the puck is between the goalkeeper's pads or lodged in his or her
equipment and is carried over the goal line by an opponent pushing the
goalkeeper into the cage.
(But, if it is so carried over by a teammate pushing the goalkeeper, or if the
goalkeeper himself propels it over the goal line, the goal is allowed);
d. the attacking team commits a foul which assists in the making of a goal
(illegal player, to many players, interference, etc.).
Conduct
SECTION 1 - Players
1. Only one of the playing captains of either team may have the privilege to
talk or confer with a referee. The playing captain shall not dispute judgment
decisions
of the referee. PENALTY-MISCONDUCT. If further disrespect, GAME MISCONDUCT. If
continued disrespect, GAME DISQUALIFICATION.
2. No player shall show disrespect for an official, nor when penalized shall
fail to go directly and immediately to the penalty box. PENALTY -MISCONDUCT. If
further disrespect, GAME MISCONDUCT. If continued disrespect, GAME
DISQUALIFICATION.
3. No player shall use foul or abusive language or gestures to officials or
others while play is in progress or during an intermission. PENALTY-MISCONDUCT.
If
further disrespect, GAME MISCONDUCT. If continued disrespect (or if following
the game),
GAME DISQUALIFICATION.
4. No player shall intentionally touch, trip, hold, push or in any other way
molest an official before, during or following a game. PENALTY-GAME
DISQUALIFICATION.
5. There shall be no refusal of players to obey the decision of the referee.
PENALTY-FORFEITURE.
6. No player shall display unsportsmanlike conduct during the progress of a
game. PENALTY-MINOR.
SECTION 2 - Bench Personnel
1. No coach, manager or other team personnel shall throw a stick, puck or
other equipment onto the ice. If equipment is thrown onto the ice which
definitely
interferes with or confuses play, an immediate whistle should occur. If play is
not interfered with or confused, a slow whistle is in order. PENALTY-MINOR.
2. No coach, manager or other bench personnel shall use foul or abusive
language or gestures to an official or otherwise try to influence an official
while play is
in progress or during an intermission, or following the game. PENALTY-MINOR upon
a player on the ice at the time of the incident.
3. No coach, manger or other team personnel shall intentionally touch, trip,
hold, push or in any other way molest an official before, during, or after the
game.
PENALTY-GAME DISQUALIFICATION.
4. There shall be no refusal of a coach, manger or other team personnel to
obey the decision of the referee. PENALTY-FORFEITURE.
5. No coach, manager or other bench personnel shall display any
unsportsmanlike conduct during the progress of the game or during an
intermission or following
the game. PENALTY-MINOR.
SECTION 3 - Personal Fouls
1. No player shall body check an opponent.
PENALTY - MINOR If flagrant MAJOR.
2. No player shall:
a. Cross check: thrust the stick into an opponent with both hands unless part
of the stick is on the ice and the primary effort is toward the puck not the
opponent;
b. Slash: swing the stick at an opponent with unnecessary force, regardless
of height;
c. force a knee or elbow into an opponent;
d. trip or slash at an opponent with a stick, leg, foot or sliding body
block;
e. push an opponent with unnecessary force;
f. strike a opponent with a stick above the opponent's shoulders;
g. slash, jab or poke at the puck after the goalkeeper has the puck covered
and/or in possession. PENALTY - MINOR If flagrant - MAJOR
3. A minor or major penalty at the discretion of the referee shall be imposed
on a player who makes physical contact with an opponent after the whistle has
blown.
PENALTY - MINOR or MAJOR.
SECTION 4 - Game Disqualification
A player shall not act in a way designed to incite or threaten an opponent into
incurring a penalty (e.g. threatening, dropping of gloves or stick, taunting,
abusive
language, gestures or banging sticks on the ice or boards.). PENALTY -
MISCONDUCT
If continued GAME MISCONDUCT.
SECTION 5 - Holding
There shall be no holding of an opponent, or an opponent's stick, with the hand,
arm, leg, stick or otherwise, except that it shall be permissible for a player
to lift the
stick of an opponent who is playing or attempting to play the puck. PENALTY -
MINOR.
SECTION 6 - Hooking
No player shall use his stick I a hooking manner to impede or hold back another
player. PENALTY - MINOR.
SECTION 7 - Displacing Cage
No player shall deliberately displace a cage. PENALTY - MINOR. If to prevent a
goal.
PENALTY SHOT. (If shot clearly would have gone in - AWARD GOAL).
Penalties
SECTION 1 - Timed Penalties
1. Time Penalties are:
MINOR - One minute and twenty minutes of actual playing time.
MAJOR - 3 minutes of actual playing time. MISCONDUCT - 6 minutes of
actual playing time.
2. The time shall be served by the offending player.
SECTION 2 - Minor Penalty
1. A minor penalty shall be assessed for:
a. Failure to wear required equipment;
b. wearing illegal equipment;
c. altercation of the face mask, dental guard, throat guard or glove of a
player;
d. failure to skate immediately to the team bench when helmet has been
dislodged.
SECTION 3 - Major Penalty
1. A major penalty shall be assessed for:
a. intentionally striking an opponent with a stick above the opponent's
shoulders;
b. flagrant personal fouls;
c. refusal to obey referees decision;
d. charging into, roughing, physically interfering with, or any foul against
a goal keeper who is in his goal crease; or slashing, jabbing, or poking at the
puck after the goalkeeper has the puck covered and/or in possession can be
a major or minor penalty at the discretion of the referee;
e. continuing or joining an on-ice altercation;
f. a Game Disqualification.
2. When a player receives a major and a minor penalty at the same time the
major penalty shall be served first.
SECTION 4 - Misconduct Penalty
1. A misconduct penalty shall be assessed when:
a. An extra player tries to prevent a breakaway toward goal - penalty shot
and misconduct;
b. a stick is thrown from the ice;
c. a player shows disrespect for an official;
d. a player uses foul or abusive language or gestures;
e. a player attempts to intimidate another;
f. a player interferes with a penalty shot.
SECTION 5 - Game Misconduct Penalty
|
|
