Lunch League Rules
USA Hockey Rules apply except as follows:
- Blue Line Icing
- Teams may ice the puck from their own blue line
- Hot Puck
- Offsides
- Played "Hot" (puck stays live)
- Double chirped whistle
- Offense must give up possesion and tag up
- Defense must take possesino below the top of the circles and continue play
- Defense has 3 seconds to continue play
- Goalie Covers Puck
- Played "Hot" like delayed offside
- Double chirped whistle
- Offense must tag up
- Defense must take possesino below the goal line and continue play
- Defense has 3 seconds to continue play
- Other Dead Puck Plays
- Single chirped whistle
- Face-Off
- Offsides
- Game Length
- 5 minute pre-game warm-up
- Three 15 minute run-time periods
- Last 2 minutes of game will be stop time if within 2 goals
- Clock shall stop for long delays due to injury or facility problems
- Each team allowed one 30-second timeout per game
- Play must be stopped to call timeout
- Timeouts may be called during continuous hot puck plays
- Final season games shall not end in a tie
- 4 minute stop time, 4v4 sudden death overtime period
- If tied after overtime, 3 man shootout
- If tied after 3 man shootout, successive single shootout rounds
- Teams must cycle through all shooters before shooters can repeat
- Each team shall shoot the same number of shots
- Substitute Players
- 3 sub skaters allowed per team per game
- Sub players must be equal or lesser ranked
- Goalie subs shall be arranged by a league administrator
- Goalie subs may rank higher only after all equal attempts fail
- All subs (name and number) must be added to the scoresheet
- Team captains are responsible to declare all subs to the scorekeeper
- No unranked subs allowed
- No skater subs allowed for Championship games
- Subs are allowed for the 3rd v 4th place final game
- League administrator must approve all player rankings
- Eligibility
- All Players (regulars and subs) must sign in at the front desk
- Forfeiture
- Forfeit if team is unable to play at their designated start time
- Must field at least 5 players to play
- Forfeit if sub skater is over-ranked or unranked
- Forfeit if team is unable to play at their designated start time