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VIII. Playing Rules |
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a. Rules/Equipment |
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i. Playing rules and equipment shall be USA Hockey, as amended by the GLHL |
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b. Points of Emphasis & Zero Tolerance |
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i. Team captains ONLY are to converse with game officials |
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1. Unnecessary or additional discussions/arguments are to be penalized |
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ii. Verbal abuse and unnecessary language are to be strictly enforced and penalized |
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iii. The puck must be kept in motion and will be strictly enforced and penalized under USA Hockey Rule 629 A&B |
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1. Goaltender may not participate in play on or beyond the center red line |
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iv. Checking from behind, boarding, charging, high sticks, and head shots are to be strictly enforced and penalized |
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v. Teams are expected to “play hockey”, or player shall be penalized as necessary to control the game |
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vi. Careful discretion and judgment should be used in altercations to be determine actual “fighting” and levels of participation |
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1. Also to identify an instigator and/or aggressor should be additionally penalized, BE CONSISTENT |
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vii. In penalty and altercation situations, the following team/player “handling” procedure shall be used: |
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1. Linesman |
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a. Communicate with partner(s) and offer assistance to Referee in severe situations |
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b. Hustle in at stoppages and gatherings as usual to help prevent potential situations |
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c. Separate players: Direct to break up, go to bench. Go to penalty box. Line-up for face-off |
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d. Physically escort players to penalty box ONLY if they must be kept separated |
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e. When (all clear) prepare and conduct face-off as efficiently as possible |
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2. Referee |
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a. Communicate with partner(s) and consult with Linesmen in Severe situations |
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b. Maintain awareness to all situations and assess any necessary penalties |
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c. Oversee gatherings/altercations, maintain presence and direction to players and follow through with penalty assessment as per rules/policies/procedures |
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d. Players who do not conform and cooperate immediately as directed shall be assessed a misconduct penalty, in addition to any others, or an appropriate “next step” penalty |
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viii. Face-offs must be controlled relevant to positioning/procedures |
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1. Players must be aligned “square and fair” |
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2. The quick drop face-off will be used |
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c. GLHL Amendments/Procedures |
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i. Game times shall be published in the GLHL Schedule |
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1. Warm-ups (15 minutes) should begin 30 minutes prior to game time |
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2. Remaining time allow for resurfacing, maintenance, etc |
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3. GAMES ARE TO START ON TIME |
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ii. Games shall consist of three 20 minute stop-time periods |
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1. By mutual agreement of both team’s coaches, running time may be played in the third period |
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a. Only stopping when a goal is scored, a penalty assessed and while being served (on the clock), injuries, or unusual delays |
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iii. In the event of a tie, there will be one 5 minute overtime period |
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1. Still tied at the end of overtime there will be a 4 man shoot-out |
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2. If still tied there will be another 4 man shoot-out with different players |
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3. If still tied the shoot-out will revert back to the original 4 players, etc |
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4. Using the 4 plus 4 players until the tie is broken |
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5. The winner will receive 2 points and the loser 1 point |
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6. No resurface and teams do not change ends |
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iv. Teams may dress/roster 25 players for GLHL games, and only those players dressed and present may be included on the game roster |
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1. REFEREES ARE TO VERIFY |
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2. Additions/changes to the score sheet game roster may be made prior to the second period with no penalty |
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3. Any further adjustments to be handles as per USA Hockey rules |
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4. All other team/bench rules shall apply |
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v. NO COINCIDENTAL MINORS shall apply in any penalty situation |
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1. i.e. all minor penalties will be served |
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2. teams shall play 4x4, 3x3, etc as penalized |
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vi. New goaltenders entering a game for the first time may be allowed a one-minute warm-up |
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1. This is not a time out, but is only allowed once per team, per game |
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2. The new goaltender must remain in the game until play resumes and may not be replaced by another goaltender until the next stoppage of play, unless injured during warm-up (allow immediate replacement) |
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vii. The GLHL will go strictly by USA Hockey rules for fighting |
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1. If during a game a player gets cut a 5 minute major will be assessed to the offending player, the offending team will play short handed for a full 5 minutes (referee discretion will come into play) |
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viii. If fighting, third man in, or verbal abuse infractions occur to cause any player or coach to be removed, he shall be given a Game Misconduct and shall sit out the remainder of that game plus the next scheduled GLHL (league) game |
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ix. For all games between GLHL teams, all match penalties are attempts or intentional injury to another player, team, or official, shall be ruled upon by the league Commissioner |
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1. Match penalties for abuse of official on/off ice will be ruled upon by the WAHA disciplinary committee |
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2. The infraction must be detailed in writing by the Referee immediately following the game and forwarded with a copy of the game report and score sheet to the RIC and the GLHL Commissioner |
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3. GLHL suspensions are in addition to those imposed by USA Hockey/Affiliates (WAHA/MAHA) |
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4. Game reports must be entered on the WHOA website and/or faxed to Pat Dyer, WHOA R-I-C (212-349-0327), within 24 hours per WAHA/WHOA procedures |
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5. GLHL will immediately forward reports from Michigan officials, and/or games played in MI to the appropriate authority |
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6. REMEMBER TO SUBMIT ALL GAME REPORTS ON THE WEB SITE |
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x. Any player or coach involved in an off-ice infraction shall receive an automatic 10 game suspension, with a fine of $250.00 assessed to his team |
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1. The fine must be sent to the Secretary/Treasurer/Publicist by the following Tuesday |
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2. The referee shall be the only reporting official, and all complaints during or after the game must be made to the referee |
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3. A second infraction by the same player or coach shall result in another $250.00 fine to his team and an automatic suspension for the remainder of that season plus all of the following |
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4. The off-ice area includes the players |
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a. Bench |
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b. Score/time |
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c. Penalty benches |
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d. Complete building |
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xi. If a player should cut an opponent with his stick a 5-minute penalty will be assessed (not recorded as a major) |
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1. If the player is assessed another penalty for cutting an opponent with his stick, he shall be assessed a game ejection/game misconduct per section VIII C 8 |
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a. This rule applies to cuts only, the type of injury that would require more attention than a bandage |
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b. Scratches, scrapes, or bloody lips would not fall under this amendment |
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2. If in the judgement of the referee a stick caused minor injury to a player, that player would receive the normal High Sticking penalty of 2 minutes |
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a. The referee staff will strictly enforce stick contact |
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xii. Quick face-offs |
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1. After a stoppage of play, the visiting team will have 8 seconds to complete a line change |
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a. At 8 seconds the referee will raise his arm to signal the home team that they have 8 seconds to complete their line change |
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b. After the 8 seconds the referee will drop his arm, that signals the linesman dropping the puck to blow his whistle and start counting out loud to five |
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c. The centers shall take their proper positions at the face-offs before the count of 5 |
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d. NOTE: when the puck is in the end zones and the defensive center is not ready, he will be ejected from the face-off, If he is chronically late then the puck will be dropped |
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e. If the center replacing the ejected center does not take his proper position a delay of game penalty will be assessed |
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f. Face-offs in the neutral zone will be dropped by the count of 5 |
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xiii. The 2-line pass has been eliminated in the GLHL (NO red line) |
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