The following Rules were modified from our governing rule book of the USA Ball Hockey Rule Book.
Adult Teams
Adult Teams must turn in a roster of a minimum of 10 and maximum 15 Players and 1 goalie.
Spare Players: The team is allowed to have 4 additional spare players on their roster. These spare players can be from other teams in the league but must get approval from their opposing team to be able to play. Only when a team has less than 8 players from there team can a spare be played. They must have a matching jersey.
GAME LENGTH:
YOUTH LEAGUES ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Youth U6 Learn to Play- (1) 30 minute practice time and 30 minutes of cross court game.
Youth (U9,U12,U15) & ADULT - (1) 5 minute practice time and (3) 10 minute stop time periods.
RUN TIME will take place in 3rd Period with a 5 goal differential.
OVERTIME:
REGULAR SEASON GAMES: NEW RULES FOR 2023 If there is a tie at the end of regulation time, 3v3 5-minute stop-time sudden death overtime period will be played to attempt to break the tie. If the score remains tied at the end of the 5 minutes, we will have a 1v1 shootout until we have a winner.
PLAYOFF GAMES: If there is a tie at the end of the last period, a 4v4 5-minute run-time sudden death overtime period will be played. If at the end of the 5-minute overtime, the score is still tied, a shootout will be conducted to break the tie.
TIME OUTS: Each team will be allowed 1 timeout per game. The timeout is 1 minute.
OFFSIDES:
We play a floating Blue Line for offsides.
CLEARING (Icing in Ice Hockey):
A player can cross over the Clearing Line (Yellow Line) and dump the ball into the opponents end with out a whistle. Clearing will be only called when the player dumps the ball to the opponents end before reaching the Clearing line in their defensive end.
PENALTIES:
Ball Hockey Penalty Differences
Minor Penalties: Minor penalties will be assessed 1 minute.
Roughing/Checking: Ball Hockey is a non-checking sport any checking will be assessed a "Roughing" penalty.
High Sticking: High stick when you strike someone when you stick is above the shoulder.
Handling the Ball with Hands: You can close your hand around the ball provided that you bring the ball straight down to your feet and do not change the direction you are moving in.
Major Penalties: Major Penalties will be assessed a 4:00 minute penalty.
Fighting: Fighting is not part of Ball Hockey and will not be tolerated. Any fighting will result in ejection from the game, a player on the rink at the time of the infraction in the box for 4 minutes and possible suspension from the league.
Hitting From Behind: Any player that hits a player from behind will automatically be assessed a Major Penalty, a Game Misconduct and possible suspension from the league.
Any player who receives 4 penalties in one game will be ejected from the game.