North Eastern House League Rules & Regulations As
North Eastern House League Rules & Regulations As accepted September 16, 2009 Amended September 19, 2016 Section 1 – Officials 1. 2.
The league will adopt a one Referee and two Linesmen system in all categories. All Officials must be properly certified for the level of hockey they are officiating. Requests for outside officials must be made in writing to the League’s President. The team submitting the request will be responsible for all extra costs. This applies only to Bantam and Midget categories. Peewee and down will not use outside officials at any time. Explanation of Outside Officials: An Outside Official is an official who does not reside in either of the two associations playing.
Section 2 – Games 1.
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Hockey rules, regulations and registration of players shall be governed by the CHA, OHF, NOHA and NEHL. All member associations agree to abide to these rules. Failure to comply or an attempt circumvent these rules will mean that all its members will lose the privilege of participating in the League. All Teams in the Initiation, Novice & Atom Division must have a minimum of one hour ice time. All Teams in the Peewee, Bantam, Minor Midget and Major Midget Divisions must have at least one and a half hours of ice time per game. All rescheduled games must have the required hours of ice. Length of games for each Category: INITIATION: 3 periods of 10 minutes each – all stop time ATOM: 3 periods of 11 minutes each – all stop time PEEWEE: 3 periods of 14 minutes each – all stop times BANTAM: 3 periods of 14 minutes each – all stop times MIDGET: 3 periods of 14 minutes each – all stop times All Teams in all categories must realize that their obligation is to the League Schedule The League will not schedule any midget games from 8am-6pm Saturday and Sunday. All cancelled games must be rescheduled between the two teams involved. The Team postponing the game must find an acceptable replacement for the postponed ice slot if they are the Home team. In the event they are the away team, they must search thru their current schedule and attempt to find a team in which they can trade scheduling dates with. In the event this cannot occur, the Home Association will provide an alternative date for re-scheduling. The away team will be courteous and respectful of the dates provided. Ice time is at a premium and many Associations cannot afford to purchase additional ice. Final changes must be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Secretary will forward the changes to the league. No consideration will be given to games rescheduled with less than 1 week notice unless agreed upon by both participating teams. In the event that an agreement between the two participating teams fails, the participating team requesting the postponement of the scheduled game shall forfeit the game. The score will be recorded as 5 – 0. The League shall have the final
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decision if the game cannot be played. This will occur for all scheduled games after November 1st of each season. Only under extreme weather conditions and arena conditions will a two-hour notice of postponement of a game be allowed. The coaches or managers and the League President must be contacted. The League will approve schedules for all Categories. Tie Breaking rule: In the event of a tie for any position at the conclusion of the regular season schedule, the OHF tie breaking formula will apply. If two (2) teams are tied at the conclusion of the regular schedule then the following procedure will be used to determine the ranking. The winner of the series games between the two tied teams gains the higher position The team with the most wins at the end of the regular season schedule gains the higher position If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in head to head competition gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in total League play gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If the two (2) teams are still tied the team with the least number of minutes in penalties at the end of the regular schedule gains the higher position. If the two (2) teams are still tied then a single coin toss will determine which team gains the higher position. If three (3) teams or more are tied at the conclusion of the regular schedule then the following procedure will be used to determine the ranking. NOTE: The three team tiebreaker is used to determine the seeding of the 1 st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams. If any step in the tiebreaker seeds only one (1) team, that team assumes that position. The three team tiebreaker will be used to determine the seeding of the two (2) remaining teams. At no time will teams using this formula go back to the two team tiebreaker. If three (3) teams or more are tied, the points record established in the games AMONG THE TIED TEAMS ONLY will be used as the first tie breaking formula in deciding the seeding The team(s) with the most wins would gain the highest position. If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in head to head competition gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in total League play gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If teams are still tied then the team with the fewest goals against in all league games at the end of the regular schedule will gain the highest position If teams are still tied the team with the most goals for in all league games at the end of the regular schedule will gain the highest position. If teams are still tied the team to gain the highest position will be the team that received the least number of minutes of penalties throughout all league games during the regular season games. If the teams are still tied then a coin toss will determine the winner. In a three coin toss, the odd team gains the highest position. NOTE: All league games are included
NOTE: The higher percentage (1.0 being the highest attainable) gains the higher position The following time allotments will be used by league tiebreakers: Game Misconducts and Misconducts are worth 10 minutes Match penalties and Gross Misconducts are worth 15 minutes
Section 3 – Playoffs 1. 2. 3.
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All divisions will be “elimination type playoffs”. Teams will start on the first available ice time. If the higher placed team can arrange an alternate time that is not conflicting to the opposition home ice, home ice advantage may be retained. If a team has no ice time to play its home games it must play its games on opposition ice but shall retain any home team privileges (last line change, etc.) Teams will play at specific times and locations as scheduled by the secretary. When scheduling playoffs, the secretary will use the teams’ regular ice times as provided to them at the beginning of the season. The secretary will have the option of scheduling playoff games at other alternate times provided by the teams even while playoff series are underway. Any disagreements between teams regarding playoff scheduling which has been arranged by the secretary will be resolved by the executive board. The regular season standings will determine the position of the teams in the round robin of the playoffs. In the event of ties at the end of the playoff round robin the tie breaking rules in section 2 of these rules will be used based on playoff round robin games only. The league will schedule playoffs after the regular schedule ends, to be completed by March 30th. Teams should not schedule tournaments during this period. The league will not stop playoffs for teams scheduling tournaments in this period. Playoffs for all divisions will be based on the playoff schedule in the NEHL constitution.
Addendum – September 22, 2011 Carried forward for 2016-17 Season - September 19, 2016 The League Executive along with the Board Members had agreed on a playoff format. Teams will be divided into divisions based on final League Standings (as per the Constitution). Division winners will be decided by a Tournament type format. The League schedule has been increased to 26 - 28 games to offset the shorter playoff schedule. All division winners will be determined prior to the start of the March break or shortly thereafter.
Section 4 – General 1. 2. 3.
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Teams members and the Associations shall be responsible for the conduct of their teams The winning team will be responsible for submitting to the secretary the NEHL Game Report within 24 hours of the completion of a game via fax, email or telephone. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of 2 points. A player or coach will be ejected from the NEHL game after any four penalties are assessed to such player or coach during any league or playoff game (four-minute minor penalty call for butt ending ,spearing and head check) will be counted as single penalties for the purpose of this rule). Penalties which are coded automatically as two infractions, but are a single occurrence, will count as only one penalty for this rule (i.e. a two minute minor for a head-check is coded as a two minute minor and a ten minute misconduct, this penalty will count as one penalty under this rule) A player receiving three (3) stick infractions under the NOHA rules automatically is ejected from the game and this game ejection is coded as a GE56. Any player or coach receiving any combination of GM, MP or GRM adding up to three infractions during a season will automatically be suspended for two additional NEHL games. Any additional GM, MP, or GRM received after this two game suspension will result in an additional league suspension of five games for each additional occurrence. Minor penalties for Checking from Behind (GM50) will NOT be included in this rule. Amended September 19, 2016.
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A player receiving a third minor penalty for Checking from behind (GM50) during the season will be suspended for two additional NEHL games. Any additional GM50’s assessed in league play will result in one additional league game suspension for each additional (GM50) occurrence. Coaches playing illegal or suspended players or allowing suspended team officials on the bench will receive a two game suspension for the first offence, 5 games for the second offence, third offence will be required to go before the suspension committee
NOTE: all of the above suspensions are in addition to those assessed by the NOHA and are to be served in NEHL games. They will carry into and include playoff games. 8.
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Any player participating in the NEHL who receives a suspension from a High School League shall also serve an identical suspension in the NEHL. The player shall be ineligible to participate in any NEHL game (regular or playoff) until this suspension has been served. These suspensions shall be limited to ONLY those suspensions issued as per the OHF Suspension List. Any additional “in house” suspensions issued by the High School League shall not be recognized for the purposes of this rule. For players ineligible to play while serving suspensions under this rule, the player’s name shall be entered on the score sheet and then stroked out, thus indicating that he did not play in the game. . Any player playing a game when he should be serving the suspension shall serve an additional 2 game suspension. The onus will be on the teams themselves to ensure that the proper players and/or coaches serve these League suspensions once any League suspension is automatically incurred. Each team will be allowed one (1) 30 second timeout per game. Any player receiving two M20, M21 or M22 coded infractions during the season will receive a League imposed 1 game suspension. If a third infraction occurs the suspension will increase to 2 games. If a fourth infraction occurs the suspension will increase to 4 games. Any further infractions will result in a Board of Reference Hearing with the NEHL Suspension Committee. Added September 19, 2016.
Section 5 – Changes or Modifications to the Rules and Regulations As per the Constitutional amendment which was passed at the 2007 Annual General Meeting, these Rules and Regulations may be modified by the Executive Board as required throughout the year without the formality of a Constitutional amendment. Any proposed modification of the existing Rules and Regulations or any new proposed rule or regulation must be passed by a majority vote of the Executive Board, followed by a written notification to each member association of any such changes fourteen days prior to the implementation of such change.
The league will adopt a one Referee and two Linesmen system in all categories. All Officials must be properly certified for the level of hockey they are officiating. Requests for outside officials must be made in writing to the League’s President. The team submitting the request will be responsible for all extra costs. This applies only to Bantam and Midget categories. Peewee and down will not use outside officials at any time. Explanation of Outside Officials: An Outside Official is an official who does not reside in either of the two associations playing.
Section 2 – Games 1.
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4. 5. 6.
Hockey rules, regulations and registration of players shall be governed by the CHA, OHF, NOHA and NEHL. All member associations agree to abide to these rules. Failure to comply or an attempt circumvent these rules will mean that all its members will lose the privilege of participating in the League. All Teams in the Initiation, Novice & Atom Division must have a minimum of one hour ice time. All Teams in the Peewee, Bantam, Minor Midget and Major Midget Divisions must have at least one and a half hours of ice time per game. All rescheduled games must have the required hours of ice. Length of games for each Category: INITIATION: 3 periods of 10 minutes each – all stop time ATOM: 3 periods of 11 minutes each – all stop time PEEWEE: 3 periods of 14 minutes each – all stop times BANTAM: 3 periods of 14 minutes each – all stop times MIDGET: 3 periods of 14 minutes each – all stop times All Teams in all categories must realize that their obligation is to the League Schedule The League will not schedule any midget games from 8am-6pm Saturday and Sunday. All cancelled games must be rescheduled between the two teams involved. The Team postponing the game must find an acceptable replacement for the postponed ice slot if they are the Home team. In the event they are the away team, they must search thru their current schedule and attempt to find a team in which they can trade scheduling dates with. In the event this cannot occur, the Home Association will provide an alternative date for re-scheduling. The away team will be courteous and respectful of the dates provided. Ice time is at a premium and many Associations cannot afford to purchase additional ice. Final changes must be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Secretary will forward the changes to the league. No consideration will be given to games rescheduled with less than 1 week notice unless agreed upon by both participating teams. In the event that an agreement between the two participating teams fails, the participating team requesting the postponement of the scheduled game shall forfeit the game. The score will be recorded as 5 – 0. The League shall have the final
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decision if the game cannot be played. This will occur for all scheduled games after November 1st of each season. Only under extreme weather conditions and arena conditions will a two-hour notice of postponement of a game be allowed. The coaches or managers and the League President must be contacted. The League will approve schedules for all Categories. Tie Breaking rule: In the event of a tie for any position at the conclusion of the regular season schedule, the OHF tie breaking formula will apply. If two (2) teams are tied at the conclusion of the regular schedule then the following procedure will be used to determine the ranking. The winner of the series games between the two tied teams gains the higher position The team with the most wins at the end of the regular season schedule gains the higher position If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in head to head competition gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in total League play gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If the two (2) teams are still tied the team with the least number of minutes in penalties at the end of the regular schedule gains the higher position. If the two (2) teams are still tied then a single coin toss will determine which team gains the higher position. If three (3) teams or more are tied at the conclusion of the regular schedule then the following procedure will be used to determine the ranking. NOTE: The three team tiebreaker is used to determine the seeding of the 1 st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams. If any step in the tiebreaker seeds only one (1) team, that team assumes that position. The three team tiebreaker will be used to determine the seeding of the two (2) remaining teams. At no time will teams using this formula go back to the two team tiebreaker. If three (3) teams or more are tied, the points record established in the games AMONG THE TIED TEAMS ONLY will be used as the first tie breaking formula in deciding the seeding The team(s) with the most wins would gain the highest position. If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in head to head competition gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If two (2) teams are still tied then the team with the best goal average in total League play gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals for and against. If teams are still tied then the team with the fewest goals against in all league games at the end of the regular schedule will gain the highest position If teams are still tied the team with the most goals for in all league games at the end of the regular schedule will gain the highest position. If teams are still tied the team to gain the highest position will be the team that received the least number of minutes of penalties throughout all league games during the regular season games. If the teams are still tied then a coin toss will determine the winner. In a three coin toss, the odd team gains the highest position. NOTE: All league games are included
NOTE: The higher percentage (1.0 being the highest attainable) gains the higher position The following time allotments will be used by league tiebreakers: Game Misconducts and Misconducts are worth 10 minutes Match penalties and Gross Misconducts are worth 15 minutes
Section 3 – Playoffs 1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6. 7.
All divisions will be “elimination type playoffs”. Teams will start on the first available ice time. If the higher placed team can arrange an alternate time that is not conflicting to the opposition home ice, home ice advantage may be retained. If a team has no ice time to play its home games it must play its games on opposition ice but shall retain any home team privileges (last line change, etc.) Teams will play at specific times and locations as scheduled by the secretary. When scheduling playoffs, the secretary will use the teams’ regular ice times as provided to them at the beginning of the season. The secretary will have the option of scheduling playoff games at other alternate times provided by the teams even while playoff series are underway. Any disagreements between teams regarding playoff scheduling which has been arranged by the secretary will be resolved by the executive board. The regular season standings will determine the position of the teams in the round robin of the playoffs. In the event of ties at the end of the playoff round robin the tie breaking rules in section 2 of these rules will be used based on playoff round robin games only. The league will schedule playoffs after the regular schedule ends, to be completed by March 30th. Teams should not schedule tournaments during this period. The league will not stop playoffs for teams scheduling tournaments in this period. Playoffs for all divisions will be based on the playoff schedule in the NEHL constitution.
Addendum – September 22, 2011 Carried forward for 2016-17 Season - September 19, 2016 The League Executive along with the Board Members had agreed on a playoff format. Teams will be divided into divisions based on final League Standings (as per the Constitution). Division winners will be decided by a Tournament type format. The League schedule has been increased to 26 - 28 games to offset the shorter playoff schedule. All division winners will be determined prior to the start of the March break or shortly thereafter.
Section 4 – General 1. 2. 3.
4. 5.
Teams members and the Associations shall be responsible for the conduct of their teams The winning team will be responsible for submitting to the secretary the NEHL Game Report within 24 hours of the completion of a game via fax, email or telephone. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of 2 points. A player or coach will be ejected from the NEHL game after any four penalties are assessed to such player or coach during any league or playoff game (four-minute minor penalty call for butt ending ,spearing and head check) will be counted as single penalties for the purpose of this rule). Penalties which are coded automatically as two infractions, but are a single occurrence, will count as only one penalty for this rule (i.e. a two minute minor for a head-check is coded as a two minute minor and a ten minute misconduct, this penalty will count as one penalty under this rule) A player receiving three (3) stick infractions under the NOHA rules automatically is ejected from the game and this game ejection is coded as a GE56. Any player or coach receiving any combination of GM, MP or GRM adding up to three infractions during a season will automatically be suspended for two additional NEHL games. Any additional GM, MP, or GRM received after this two game suspension will result in an additional league suspension of five games for each additional occurrence. Minor penalties for Checking from Behind (GM50) will NOT be included in this rule. Amended September 19, 2016.
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A player receiving a third minor penalty for Checking from behind (GM50) during the season will be suspended for two additional NEHL games. Any additional GM50’s assessed in league play will result in one additional league game suspension for each additional (GM50) occurrence. Coaches playing illegal or suspended players or allowing suspended team officials on the bench will receive a two game suspension for the first offence, 5 games for the second offence, third offence will be required to go before the suspension committee
NOTE: all of the above suspensions are in addition to those assessed by the NOHA and are to be served in NEHL games. They will carry into and include playoff games. 8.
9. 10. 11.
Any player participating in the NEHL who receives a suspension from a High School League shall also serve an identical suspension in the NEHL. The player shall be ineligible to participate in any NEHL game (regular or playoff) until this suspension has been served. These suspensions shall be limited to ONLY those suspensions issued as per the OHF Suspension List. Any additional “in house” suspensions issued by the High School League shall not be recognized for the purposes of this rule. For players ineligible to play while serving suspensions under this rule, the player’s name shall be entered on the score sheet and then stroked out, thus indicating that he did not play in the game. . Any player playing a game when he should be serving the suspension shall serve an additional 2 game suspension. The onus will be on the teams themselves to ensure that the proper players and/or coaches serve these League suspensions once any League suspension is automatically incurred. Each team will be allowed one (1) 30 second timeout per game. Any player receiving two M20, M21 or M22 coded infractions during the season will receive a League imposed 1 game suspension. If a third infraction occurs the suspension will increase to 2 games. If a fourth infraction occurs the suspension will increase to 4 games. Any further infractions will result in a Board of Reference Hearing with the NEHL Suspension Committee. Added September 19, 2016.
Section 5 – Changes or Modifications to the Rules and Regulations As per the Constitutional amendment which was passed at the 2007 Annual General Meeting, these Rules and Regulations may be modified by the Executive Board as required throughout the year without the formality of a Constitutional amendment. Any proposed modification of the existing Rules and Regulations or any new proposed rule or regulation must be passed by a majority vote of the Executive Board, followed by a written notification to each member association of any such changes fourteen days prior to the implementation of such change.
