RULES – TOSS UP LEAGUES

• Full payment is due before your first game or a $10 late fee will be assessed
• Referee fees must be paid prior to the start of the game. A 5-minute grace period will be allowed before run clock and delay of game penalties will be issued (to be served after the game begins).
• Warm up is 3 minutes
• Games are two 17 minute periods with 1 minute intermissions and 1 one minute time out
• Running clock format only stops for SHORT-HANDED situations or a 1 goal or less differential within the last 5 minutes of the final regular period
• Center dot only used for start of period, after a goal and illegal goalie substitutions
• No delay of game if puck is shot out of bounds and no additional 10 minute penalty for high stick
• MAJOR penalties carry a GAME MISCONDUCT (ejection from game)
• FIGHTING penalties result in ejection from game and suspension of at least 1 game (possibly more upon review by league manager)  
• THIRD MAN IN penalties result in ejection from game and suspension of at least 2 games (possibly more upon review by league manager)
• Goals are awarded if players not affecting the play are in the crease area during a goal
• All regular season and playoff games that end in tie will go to a 5 minute 3-on-3 sudden death overtime period. If the tie remains, there will be a 1-and-1 shootout until there is a winner. No timeouts allowed in overtime.
• In the event of a seeding tie for playoffs, the following will be the order of determination: Wins, Head to Head, Goal Differential, Most Goals For, then Least Goals Against
• All Championship games that end in a tie will go to continuous 15 minute sudden death periods
• Clock does not stop during overtime periods
• 1 referee 
• No Alcohol allowed on the rink, player’s benches, or score keeper’s box

SUSPENSIONS

A suspended player may not play in the league/division in which the suspension was issued until the player serves the suspension by sitting the bench with his/her team for the given number of games. 

• All players will be rated by a committee – no single person will assign ratings
• Players must be 16 years of age or older or have permission from league manager
• Players will be rated as Novice, Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum and re-evaluated every season
• Teams will be created so each team has a similar number of players at each skill

SUBSTITUTE PLAYERS

• Must have at least 1 player from roster or the game is forfeit.  After game is declared forfeit, substitutes agreeable to opponent can be added and a game, with referee, can be played but stats and actual results will not be recorded. 
• If a team has at least 1 player from their roster, they may pick up substitute players (who must be players in the league) rated at the same base level as the players they are missing (Novice for Novice, Bronze for Bronze, etc.), with no regard for the * status, to bring their total to 6 players or the number of players of their opponent, whichever is less.  Any questions or issues will be decided by the League Manager or Rink Manager.  Subs do not participate in shootouts.
• A team may “roster check” the opponent at any time prior to the end of the game or prior to using their time out, whichever comes first.  If the opponent has any ineligible players, the ineligible players will be ejected from the game and a present rostered player will serve a 10 minute misconduct penalty.  If the opponent has no ineligible players, the team calling for the “roster check” will lose their ability to call a time out.
  

• Inline skates (no brakes), shinguards (covered by pants), gloves, helmet (face cage or half shield strongly suggested), elbow pads, and stick. Players required to bring a white/light and a black/dark jersey to each game.