ICE HOUSE 2005 FALL-WINTER ADULT LEAGUE RULES

1.     A 2 minute minor penalty will be assessed for minor penalties.

2.     A double minor penalty (4 minutes on the clock) will be assessed if an official feels that an infraction is more severe than a minor penalty, but does not warrant a major and a game misconduct. Any penalty can be issued as a double minor.

3.     A misconduct penalty (10 minutes with nothing on the clock) will be issued if an individual has done something that requires an individual to be penalized without penalizing the team.  This is an excellent method to deal with issues such as taunting or behavior approaching abuse of official.  Officials do not have to call a minor penalty in order to issue a misconduct penalty.

4.     A game ejection will be assessed to a player whose conduct is deemed detrimental to the safety of other players or a travesty of the game.  A minor or double minor penalty may or may not be issued with a game ejection.  A game ejection does not entail an additional game suspension.  It is a method by which an individual can be removed from a game in order to diffuse a potentially dangerous situation.

5.     A major penalty (5 minutes on the clock) will be assessed for any deliberate infraction that results in an injury or is determined by an official to be so violent that a double minor is deemed insufficient.

6.     A game misconduct will be issued concurrently with any major penalty.  A game misconduct entails a suspension from Ice House league play in all divisions until the conclusion of the next game played in the division in which the suspension was issued.  If a player plays in multiple divisions that player may miss multiple games. If you are suspended on Monday you cannot play on Tuesday.

7.     If a player is removed from a game that player is not to return to the arena for any reason.  The player is to either remain in the locker room or leave the building.  Failure to comply can only result in further disciplinary action.

8.     A suspended player is not allowed on the bench for any reason.

9.     A match penalty will be assessed for any infraction that is a deliberate attempt to injure.  The result is five minutes on the clock and an indefinite suspension pending a review by the league office.

10. Teams do not have to put any one in the penalty box to serve a major penalty.  The team will play with 4 skaters for the duration of the penalty and a fifth skater will come off the bench after the major expires.

11. The league office will review repeat offenders and assess additional suspensions or expulsion if necessary. 

12.  If a player leaves the bench during an altercation that player will receive a game misconduct.

13.  If a player is the “third man in”during an altercation that player will receive a game misconduct.

14.  If a goaltender receives a game misconduct the officials can decide if he is to be dismissed from the game.  If the officials believe that the goaltender is of no further threat he may remain in goal for the good of the game.  5 minutes will go on the clock and the goaltender will be suspended for the next game.

15.   A total of 15 penalties in a game will result in running time.  Coincidental minors count as one penalty.  Stop time will resume for the last 2 minutes of the third period.

16.   If a player receives three penalties in a game that player is ejected from that game with no additional suspension. No player needs to serve that minor penalty, but the team will play shorthanded.

17.  Double minors and misconducts count as one penalty toward a player’s or team’s penalty total.

18.  If a player drops his/her gloves or removes his/her helmet in preparation for an altercation, that player will receive at least a game ejection even if there is no altercation.

19.   Any penalty assessed during or after the post-game handshake will be a game misconduct.

20.   Any player who skates under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be ejected immediately and face supplementary discipline, which may include expulsion. For safety sake, players are urged to make officials aware of these situations.

21.   Alcoholic beverages on the bench will result in a forfeit.

22.   There is no two line offside pass.

23.   Red line icing is in effect.

24.   Touch-up offside is in effect.

25.   Each team is allowed a 30 second time-out.

26.   No player is allowed on the ice or in the player bench area until the zamboni doors are closed.

27.   Games will consist of 3 periods of 15 minutes stop time.

28.   Games will begin no earlier than 3 minutes after the zamboni doors have closed. The game can commence at any point after those 3 minutes at the discretion of the on-ice officials.

29.   The clock will run if there is a 5 or greater goal differential at any time after the end of the second period.  Should the differential close to within 2 goals, stop time will resume for the duration of the game.

30.   The clock will run if the officials have to get involved in physically breaking-up an altercation and will continue to run until the officials are ready to report the penalties to the scorekeeper.

31.  If a game ends having a goal differential of greater than seven, those goals will not be recorded for purposes of scoring leader statistics.  For example, if a game ends 11-3, the persons receiving the goal and assist(s) for the 11^th goal will not be credited in the scoring race.  This is a measure to ensure gentlemanly play in disparate games.

32.   Rosters must be submitted to the league office in a spread sheet format at a preseason captain’s meeting or must be emailed to rgibbons@icehousenj.com 48 hours prior to your team’s first game.

33.   Rosters are to include players’ number, full name, and date of birth.

34.   Any roster changes should be submitted to rgibbons@icehousenj.com 48 hours prior to your team’s next game.

35.   Only 20 players are allowed on a given roster unless permission to exceed that number is requested in writing to the league office and subsequently approved by the league.

36.   All players on a given roster must be 18 years of age or older by the first game of the season.

37.   A player may not be on two rosters in the same division.  If you play in multiple divisions, you must play in divisions that are not more than 3 divisions apart.  For example, if you play in d-1 you can play in d-3 but not in d-4.  If that player were to play in 3 divisions those divisions would have to be 1 through 3.

38.   All players in the league must supply a clear, legible, photocopy of a government issued form of photo identification to the hockey office in order to validate league eligibility prior to playing in a league game. Players are not considered to be rostered if an i.d. is not on file with the league.

39.   A forfeit will be issued to a team who plays with an illegal player. An illegal player is not of age, not rostered, playing in an inappropriate division, suspended, etc.

40.   In the event that a team is shorthanded, they may play the game with players not rostered with their team, but who are members in good standing in the Ice House league, with the understanding that it will be recorded as a 1-0 forfeit.  Suspended players are not an option.  Prior to the game, the use of non-rostered players must be brought to the attention of the scorekeeper and on-ice officials who will work the game.  Suspensions accrued in this type of game will be enforced, however, scoring statistics will not be recorded.  If a team does not make the officials aware that it is playing with non-rostered players a forfeit will be issued and that team will be excused from the ice.

41.   Only non-rostered goaltenders can play without a forfeit resulting, providing the hockey office was notified of the situation prior to the game.

42.   As of Sunday, November 13^th, 2005 every team must have matching jerseys that are numbered and free of conflicting numbers.  If your team does not meet our standards you will be issued a set of 20 matching, numbered jerseys at a charge of $250 to be paid before your game that week.  Failure to pay for your jerseys that evening will result in a 1-0 forfeit to be officiated by the on and off-ice officials. Your team will continue to forfeit games until you have matching jerseys.  The situation can be alleviated if you dismiss the players who are in violation.  No team may compete in the playoffs without jerseys that are up to Ice House hockey office standards.

43.   In order to compete in the playoffs a player must play in 7 of a team’s 15 regular season games.  Until the roster deadline of December 4^th, 2005, a team representative must report to the first floor hockey office across from rink three and write in the team’s roster prior to each game. If there is already a sticker on the score sheet, you have no further pre-game responsibility.  Score sheets are not to leave the office. If a team does not send a representative to the office, the roster will have to be filled-out on the ice prior to the game.  This may result in running time in the third period.

44.   The on and off-ice officials will be responsible for making sure that the number of players on the bench match the number of players on the score sheet.  They will cross off the names of anyone on the score sheet that is not playing in the game. Subsequently, records will be kept in the hockey office and teams will be made aware who is eligible for playoffs before they begin.

45.   A team representative must sign and take a copy of the score sheet after each game.