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Ice House Adult Hockey League Rules

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Tie Breakers will be as follows:

Most Points
Head to Head Wins
Most Regulation Wins
Least Goals Against
Most Goals For

All players must register with USA Hockey and show proof of registration to the Hockey Office.
The league will follow USA Hockey's new standard of play and rules enforcement. To learn about this please visit the link at the top of this page.
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.
All teams must have matching jerseys with a unique number.
Unless Ice House is closed, we will not reschedule any games.
A 2 minute minor penalty will be assessed for minor penalties.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
Double minors and misconducts count as one penalty toward a player’s or team’s penalty total.
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.
Any penalty assessed during or after the post-game handshake will be a game misconduct.
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.
If a player leaves the bench during an altercation that player will receive a game misconduct.
Alcoholic beverages on the bench will result in a forfeit.

There is no two line offside pass.
Red line icing is in effect.
Touch-up offside is in effect.
Each team is allowed a 30 second time-out.
No player is allowed on the ice or in the player bench area until the zamboni doors are closed.
Games will consist of 3 periods of 15 minutes stop time.
Games will begin promptly with as few as 3 players on the ice for a given team.
Rosters must be submitted to the league office in a spread sheet format at a preseason captain’s meeting or must be emailed to tpreville@icehousenj.com 48 hours prior to your team’s first game.
Rosters are to include players’ number, full name, and date of birth.
Any roster changes should be submitted to rgibbons@icehousenj.com 48 hours prior to your team’s next game.

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.
All players on a given roster must be 18 years of age or older by the first game of the season.
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.
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.
Only non-rostered goaltenders can play without a forfeit resulting, providing the hockey office was notified of the situation prior to the game.
In order to compete in the playoffs a player must play in half of a team’s regular season games.
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.
A suspended player is not allowed on the bench for any reason.
The league office will review repeat offenders and assess additional suspensions or expulsion if necessary.