Elementary Program Rules
- 5 on 5 FULL ICE games
- Full equipment required
- 3 periods of 12 minutes
- 5 minute warm up
- 1 minute intermission between periods
- Lines matched by skill level
- First line will be most experienced players through third line being the least experienced
- Special circumstances (low number of skaters for a team) will be discussed between coaches and official prior to the start of the game
- Players will change after 90 seconds (buzzer)
- Puck will be played from the closest face off circle to where the play was stopped
- Clock stoppage
- Clock will stop for penalties, offside, goalie covers, injuries and goals (Normal hockey game stoppages)
- If a clock stoppage for play happens within 10 seconds (face off in neutral zone) or 5 seconds (in zone) the clock operator may use the buzzer to indicate a line change
- Games are given 60 minute time slots, if a game is approaching a time limit the clock operator should notify the officials and coaches and a running clock will be used
- Face off locations
- All face offs will occur at the closest circle to where the play stops
- Offside plays will result in a face off on the neutral zone dots
- Face offs will be at center ice following goals
- Offside
- Offside calls will be called on the top two lines
- Offside calls on the third line will be optional. Situation, coach/official digression
- Penalties will result in the player being sent back to the player bench for the remainder of the shift (90 second change)
- Both team must play with at least 3 skaters
- If a player gets more then 5 penalties in a game that player will be removed from the game.
