Summer Hockey - 3on3 - Playing Rules

Teams are allowed a maximum of 9 skaters plus one goalie, & 3 bench personnel

General rules of the CHA rulebook will be used with the following amendments:

This is a non-contact league. All players must be Canadian Residents.

Horseplay in the arena while on or off the ice is not permitted.

Penalty shots accrued will be taken at the end of each game. The maximum number of penalty shots will be 5. If a team has accumulated 5; each penalty accumulated thereafter will result in one of their shots being removed from them. If that team does not have any shots to remove, then the five shots for the other team will remain as maximum. (E.g. #1: team “A” accumulates 7 penalties, and team “B” accumulates 3 penalties then the shots will be team “A” - 1 shots, team “B” - 5 shot.) (E.g. #2: if team “A” accumulates 7 penalties and team “B” accumulates 0; then maximum shots is team “B” will take 5 penalty shots.) Games are approx. 25 minutes long.

A face-off will start the game. At all other times when the puck leaves the playing surface, it shall be restarted immediately with possession given to the team that did not cause it to go out of play & at a spot near the stoppage but not in the offensive zone.

There will be no icings called, and the centre line is not used for offside calls. After a goal is scored; when the goalie freezes the puck; or an offside at the blue line, the referee will blow his whistle indicating that the offensive players must clear the zone & tag up at the blue line simultaneously. They now become defensive players, and can re-enter the zone to pursue the puck. They CANNOT intentionally play the puck while it is still inside the zone & they haven’t yet cleared to tag-up, or they will be assessed a “delay of game” penalty.

For any penalty, time will not be served in the penalty box. Instead, once the referee calls the penalty as usual (delayed whistle) when the offending team gains possession of the puck, the referee notifies the scorekeeper of the infraction, which is recorded. The puck is then turned over to the non-offending team in the neutral or defensive zone, nearest to where play was stopped. Penalties are recorded and at the end of the game, shots are taken according to the order of the players listed on that game sheet.

Tie Breakers: Regular season games will end tied but in the case of a play-off game once the assessed penalty shots are completed, the order of shooters will continue down the list as printed on the game sheet until the tie is broken.

All participants MUST wear full equipment including CSA approved helmets, facemasks, mouth guards, and neck guards. NO exceptions.

NO BODY CONTACT IS ALLOWED.

Any player assessed a major penalty, a “checking from behind” penalty, or a misconduct for abuse of officials, or any player seen as attempting to intentionally cause injury to another player would be suspended from league play and pending review by the league officials could subsequently be expelled from the league for the remainder of the season.

Any player unable to attend for any reason must notify the league officials in advance so a suitable spare can be arranged. Failure to do so will result in a review of registration and possible expulsion from the league. League officials will be present at every game.

Any player expelled from the league will not be eligible for refund of registration.

All games MUST and WILL start on time!!

(A copy of these rules will be provided to all players, parents, coaches and referees)