Roller Hockey

Adult Roller Hockey

Rules & Regulations

As Of Fall 2008 Session

 

Adult Roller Hockey Winter 2008-2009 League Changes & Procedures

·        Referee Fee Of $30 Per Game (cash directly to Referee).  Any Team That Forfeits A Game For Any Reason Must Pay $60 Forfeit Fee (Must Be Paid Cash) Before Their Next Game.

 

·        4v4 Games Will Now Consist Of Two 23 Minute Halves

 

·        All Tied Games During Regular Season Will Play A 5 Minute Sudden Death Overtime Period.  If Game Is Still Tied After The Overtime The Game Will Be Deemed A Tie.

 

·        During Playoffs All Tied Games Will Play One 10 Minute Running Time Period.  If Still Tied After Overtime A 3 Man Shootout Will Determine The Winner.

 

·        During All Overtime Games (Regular Season & Playoffs) Teams Will Play 1 Man Down.  Example; The Thur/Fri Over 30 That Normally Plays 5 on 5 Will Now Play 4 on 4.  For All 4 on 4 Leagues They Will Play 3 on 3.

 

·        All Leagues Will Now Follow The New “NHL” Standard Faceoff Rules.  All Ensuing Power Play Faceoff’s Will Take Place In The Offensive Zone.  All Out Of Play Crossbar & Goal Post Deflections Will Take Place In Offensive Zone.

 

·        New Game Point System: Winning Team Will Receive 2 Points

                              Overtime Losing Team Will Receive 1 Point

                              Tied Game Both Teams Will Receive 1 Point

                              Losing Team During Regulation Will Receive 0 Points

 

Section I: Rink Regulations

 

Section II: Playing Rules

 

TAB RAMOS SPORTS CENTER

RINK REGULATIONS

MONDAY MEN’S OPEN

TUESDAY MEN’S OVER 30

WEDNESDAY MEN’S OPEN

THURSDAY/FRIDAY OVER 30

 

 

1.      ROSTER Each team will be allowed to carry as many skaters on the roster as they wish, though a player may not play on 2 teams in the same league (Monday, Wednesday, & Over 30) under no circumstances no matter how many divisions are in the league. The only way a player may change teams during a season is if the his/hers original team drops out of the league *(goal keepers are the exception to this rule. During the regular season goal keepers can play for as many teams as needed but for playoffs the goal keeper must be on the teams’ roster unless authorized by management and or okayed by the captain of the opposing team prior to the start of the playoff game.  Thursday/Friday Over 30 league may use another goalie during the playoffs if he or she plays in the same or lower division that the teams are in.

 

     Tuesday Over 30 Teams may carry one (1) player under the age of 30 years old, but players must turn 30 the next year.  Example; To participate in the Tuesday Over 30 league all players must be born in 1979, a team may carry one (1) player under the age of 30 years old but he must be born in 1980.

 

Playoff Eligibility:

All players to be eligible for playoffs must play at least 4(four) games during the regular season.  If due to special circumstances, i.e. injuries, medical reasons. A player must supply a medical doctors notice stating the illness/injury and a medical release form to be permitted back to participate in the remainder of the season, playoffs, and/or finals.

 

 

2.      Individual Team Fee: Monday, Wednesday, & Over 30 adult teams will pay a team fee that is set and promoted by Tab Ramos Sports Center, to register a team the following must be done by the scheduled registration deadline

                                                                           i.      Must complete registration form with all pertinent information.

                                                                         ii.      $200 registration non-refundable deposit.

                                                                        iii.       Credit card #, this is held for default on payment, credit card will not be charged unless there is a default on payment

                                                                       iv.      Remaining balance must be paid in full by the teams 3rd scheduled game, but the balance must be paid in thirds in each of the first three scheduled games.

                                                                         v.      All players must carry the USA Hockey Inline insurance.  The cost is $25 per year and covers you from September 1 to August 31.

 

3.      Referee fees Each team is responsible for a $20 referee fee payable to the referee before each game

 

 

4.      Schedules once the schedule is completed all times listed are final and will not be changed, of course, all dates and times are subject to change per management of Tab Ramos Sports Center. Requests must be made at the time of registration. Tab Ramos Sports Center will try to honor all request but will not be guaranteed. Every opportunity will be made to play all games in the season.

 

 

5.      Seasons consist of an 8 game regular season plus playoff. Every team makes playoffs and will playoff until defeated.

 

6.      Forfeits Any team that forfeits a game for either no showing or being consistently late will have to pay a fee of $40 to Tab Ramos Sports Center for the imposition of the opposing team, referees, and management. It is Tab Ramos Sports Center policy to cancel or forfeit games for teams that are consistently arriving late. Tab Ramos Sports Center also understands that sometimes games do run late due to conditions beyond our control. Tab Ramos Sports Center hopes that any inconveniences that may occur should not give an unfair advantage to the teams that consistently are on time and ready to play when scheduled. (If a team is not ready to play 15 minutes after the scheduled time, the game will be deemed a forfeit. This does not mean that the 15 minutes are applied after the previous game. If the game is already late it will start after the warm up period.)

 

 

7.       Captains Each team will be allow to have 2 captains listed on the roster and will be responsible on submitting a complete roster by week #1. The captain also will be the only player to ask for an explanation for a call from a referee.

 

8.      Spectators All spectators must be on the bleacher side of the facility and may not make way to the bench area or the floor without consent either from the game officials or Tab Ramos Sports Center management

 

9.      Style of play

                                                                           i.      MONDAY  division will be playing 4 on 4 NHL style off sides (blue line in red line out) with no icing.

                                                                         ii.      TUESDAY OVER 30 division will play 4 on 4 NHL style off sides (blue line in red line out) with no icing.

                                                                        iii.      WEDNESDAY division will be playing 4 on 4 tournament style rules no icing and no off sides.

                                                                       iv.      The THURSDAY/FRIDAY OVER 30 & OVER 40 division will play 5 on 5 NHL style off sides (blue line in red line out) with non touch up icing.

  

 

 

 

 

 

10.  Non-check This is a non-checking division but note that there will be incidental contact tolerated.

 

11.  Mandatory Equipment inline skates (no brakes), H.E.C.C approved helmet (with full cage or shield optional), elbow pads, athletic supporter, knee and shin protection, * (all helmets must be worn at all times including on bench)

 

12.  Uniforms Jerseys must have the same base color numbered (1-99) * (if a player forgets his/her jersey it will be to the discretion of the referee to allow the closest replacement

 

13.  Season Champions Any team who wins there respective division will be placed in the higher division the following season they participate in. Example: Blue team wins the Silver Division in the Fall session, for the Winter session the Blue team will be placed in the Gold Division.

 

14.  Last Place Teams Any team that finishes last in there respective division will have the option to be bumped down a division for the following division.  Example Red team finishes last in the Gold Division during the Fall session, for the Winter Session they will have the option to either stay in the Gold or be bumped down to the Silver.

 

 

 

TAB RAMOS SPORTS CENTER

HOUSE RINK

PLAYING RULES

MENS OPEN

 

 

(a.)  START of PLAY For all adult divisions including Over 30, there must be at least 4 skaters and a goalkeeper or 5 skaters to start the game. A team may not go below 3 skaters and a goalkeeper or 4 skaters on the floor. If the team cannot comply game will be deemed a forfeit.

 

(b.)  GAME TIME is the time that the game has been scheduled and if a team does not have enough players to start 5 minutes after the scheduled game time, that team will receive a 2 minute delay of game penalty.  At 10 minutes after the scheduled game time and the team still does not have enough players, the game will be shorten from two 25 minute halves to two 23 minute halves. If the team does not have enough after  period the game will be deemed a forfeit. *(In the event that both teams do not have enough players to start both teams receive a loss. The grace period is not issued if Tab Ramos Sports Center is already running late.)

 

(c.)   LENGTH of GAME (regular season) each game will start with no less than a 3 minute warm up and no more than 5 minute warm up period. The men’s open games will consist of two 25 minute running time periods and the over 30 games will consist of three 15 minute running time periods with stop time in the last 10 seconds of the first 2 periods when a face off is in one of the attacking zones, also in the last two minutes of the 3rd period if within 2 goals * (If the game was delayed from the grace period the game will consist of two 20 minute halves with the teams starting on the opposite sides of the rink) (playoff games) all the same rules will apply except that the stop time in the 3rd period will be in the last 3 minutes if the goal differential is 2 goals or less.   Over 30 will play three 15 minute running time periods. 

 

(d.)  Tied games  In the regular season teams will go to a 1 on 1 shootout until a winner is declared.  Home team will be decided on which team scores the very first goal of the game.

 

(e.)  Playoffs; will have an additional 5 minute sudden death period with no stop time. If still tied after the additional period the game will go to a 4 man shoot out, then a sudden death shoot out.  Sudden death shoot out will 1 on 1 until a winner is determined.  Teams must use the same 4 shooters and in the same order from original shoot out.

 

(f.)    Mercy rule After a team is leading by 10 goals, the game will be considered over and the score at that point will be final. Both teams may continue playing on the floor until the game time expires.  

 

(g.)  Penalty bench and termination of penalties A player who has just been assessed a penalty must go directly to the penalty box located closest to the scorekeepers booth. At the termination of the time on the scoreboard the player must exit the penalty box onto the floor and can either enter play or go to the bench for a change of player (The player must touch up on the floor) If the penalty time expires during a stoppage of play, the player must wait till the next drop of the puck to be able to touch up or enter the play.

 

(h.)  Penalties times affecting manpower will be 2 minutes, 4 minutes, or 5 minutes. Good sports will be using running time on all penalties and if the penalized team is not lining up in a prompt manner the referee will give a verbal warning that the puck will be put into play. If they still refuse to hustle to the face off the puck will be dropped to the team that is lined up. Coincidental penalties will not affect manpower and will have to wait for the first whistle after the time expires to be eligible for play

 

 

(i.)    Classification of Penalties All penalties will be enforced by either of the referees on the floor. Tab Ramos Sports Center will be using TORHS America rulebook.

Minor, double minor, major, 10 minute misconduct, game ejections, game misconducts, match penalties, gross misconducts. Any minor penalty can be assessed as double minor if the infraction was more severe the a minor and at the discretion of the referee if the infraction has the intent to injure a major plus a game misconduct  *(The above penalties definitions can be found in the USA Hockey Inline hockey rule book.)

 

a.      Any major penalty will result in a one game suspension or more depending on the situation.

b.      2nd offense for the same infraction will result in a 2 game suspension

c.       3rd time offense of the same infraction will result in the rest of the entire season including playoffs and may carry over to the next season.

d.       3rd game ejection or suspendable offense in a season will result in a suspension for the remaining of the season including playoffs.

e.      Repeat offenders of the supplementary discipline policy will be under review and on probation (If a player can not follow the rules and regulation of Tab Ramos Sports Center he/she will be asked never to come back)

f.        Abuse of officials either verbal or physical abuse will result in suspensions from one game to lifetime banishment. This will comply on and off the rink, just because the game is over that doesn’t mean a player or coach is allow to badger a rink employee or a game official a stiffer suspension will be issued if this type of action does not cease.

g.      4 infractions in one game will result in a game ejection and a 1 game suspension; a double minor will count as 2 infractions

h.      Fighting will not be tolerated and will be subject to a minimum 1 game suspension.

i.        3rd man in an altercation will carry at least a one game suspension (even if the intension of the player was to help

j.        Leaving the bench any player leaving the bench and entering in a bench brawl will be suspended minimum of 1 game or more depending on the altercation.

k.      Any altercation after the game in the locker rooms, in the parking lot or anywhere on Tab Ramos Sports Center property will result in one or more games suspensions.  The length of suspension is determined by Sports Center staff.

l.        Sports Center property If any spectator or player damaging the property of Tab Ramos Sports Center, the police will be called, you will be prosecuted, you will pay and you will not play.

m.    Slamming sticks on the floor, boards, or glass will result in a 10-minute misconduct to that player; the next offence by any player on either of the teams will be a game ejection. Floor tiles and glass cost money and any player damaging rink property even in frustration will be responsible to pay for any damage.

n.      Suspensions any player who is removed from a game for excessive penalties, misconducts, and/or majors will automatically receive a one game suspension.

 

Tab Ramos Sports Center has the rite to change any or all of the above according to circumstances

 

 

(j.)    Off sides Expanded zone This age division will be playing blue line in and red line out. The entire puck must be over the blue line going into the attacking zone before any player may enter the zone, at this point the offensive zone expands and now the attacking zone becomes the entire halve of the rink from the red line in. Clearing the zone the entire puck must be completely over the red line in the neutral zone before the attacking team must exit the original non-expanded zone (back to the blue line.)

 

 

(k.)  Icing non-touch up icing. A player deliberately clearing the puck from behind the defensive blue line with the puck reaching the offensive zone goal line. At the discretion of the referee if the player was intending to make a pass to a teammate that was not completed but the result of the play lead the puck behind the opposing teams goal line the icing may be waved off, or if the defensive team has a play on the puck before it reaches the icing position and refuses to play the puck the icing also will be wave off.  Icing is only played in the Over 30 & Over 35 divisions.

 

(l.)    Face offs All face offs at the start of the game, periods, and after goals will take place at the center rink face off dot. All other face off drops will take place according to the situation.

Basic situations

2.      Goalkeeper save (low attacking zone spot on the side the shot came from)

 

3.      Off sides (on one of the face off dots out side the attacking zone or where the pass originated from)

 

4.       Icing (on one of the defensive zone dots where the clearing came from)

 

5.      Deflection out of play including puck striking the nets above the glass (Where puck was last played not giving an advantage to any team e.g. Puck deflected of an attacking team players stick, the face off comes outside the offensive zone to the neutral zone dot on the corresponding side of the rink)

 

6.      After a penalty call (where the puck was touched up by the penalized team but not to be dropped in the penalized teams offensive zone

 

7.      Puck played by a players stick above shoulder length (all the way back to the defensive zone dot.)

 

8.      Face offs in the expanded attacking zone. If the zone was already gained by the offensive team and the puck goes out of play off a defensive player outside the blue line but still in the expanded attacking zone, the puck will dropped one tile inside the blue line and will be considered still on sides

 

9.      All other face off situations will be at the discretion of the officials on the floor and can be found in the USA inline rule book

 

(m.)Goals and assists only the referee and the scorekeeper will be allowed in the calling of goals and assists. The puck must be completely over the goal line (the back end of the final blue tiles in the crease) for the referee to call it a goal the player who previously passed the puck to the player who scored will be issued an assist.

 

(n.)  Goal posts are not magnetized down and will occasionally come off its spots. If a goal is scored and the net is off (a little) both referees will determine whether or not the puck would have crossed the goal line if the net was on its original position, a goal can be awarded in this situation

 

(o.)  Goalkeeper’s crease and privileged area the goal crease is defined by the blue tiled area in front of the goal. No player may enter this area unless the puck is there and uncovered by the goalkeeper. The goal keepers privileged area is an area bounded in the rear end boards, in front by an imaginary line connecting the end zone face off spots and on the sides by imaginary lines extending perpendicular from the end boards to the end zone face off spots. In this area the goalkeeper will be allowed to freeze pucks and stop play (only if there is pressure in the vicinity). No one will be allow to intentionally touch the goalkeeper in this area. Crease violation (If a player enters the crease with out the puck being there first and if the player is a distraction to the goalkeeper the whistle will stop play and a face off will take place out side the attacking zone spots.) The no harm no foul rule will be in affect. Though if a player deliberately makes contact with a goalkeeper inside or outside of the crease area a minor penalty can be assessed. 

 

(p.)  Hand passes Legal when started and completed in the defensive zone

 

(q.)  . Referees The Referee shall have general supervision of the game and shall have full control over, Team officials and players before, during and after the game, on and off the rink surface. In case of any dispute, the decision of the referee shall be final.