{"id":12,"date":"2012-08-30T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beloteenterprises.com\/lshl\/newsite\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-09-15T09:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:27:20","slug":"rules-and-regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beloteenterprises.com\/lshl\/newsite\/rules-and-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules and Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of the Loudoun Street Hockey League’s games are 6 on 6.\u00a0 Each team should have 6 players on the court at all times (unless a penalty is being served).\u00a0 Each team has a 5 minute grace period after the start of its scheduled game time to field a minimum of 6 players from their team’s roster.\u00a0 If a team fails to field 6 players, the opposing team’s captain may either decide to play, permit substitute players, or take a win by forfeit.\u00a0 The game clock may begin running during the grace period. \u00a0All substitute players must be registered LSHL players for the current season, and they must be approved by either the opposing team captain or the league commissioner. \u00a0For playoff eligibility, a player must have participated in at least 3 games for his\/her team, during a regular season (2 games during a draft season).<\/p>\n

Equipment<\/strong>
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All games are played with a standard street hockey ball.\u00a0 Forwards and defensemen should play in comfortable shoes or sneakers only; No skates are allowed.\u00a0 The only other required piece of equipment for a forward or defensemen is a stick.\u00a0 Gloves, shin guards, and mouth guards are highly recommended.\u00a0 All goalies are required to wear a helmet with a face mask, a chest protector, a catching glove, a blocker pad, and goalie leg pads.<\/p>\n

Game Clock<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each game consists of three 15-minute periods.\u00a0 The clock will continue to run, even if play stops, with only the following 3 exceptions:\u00a0 1) During the final minute of Period 1 and Period 2, 2) During the final 2 minutes of the game, ONLY if the score is within 2 goals, and 3) At the beginning of and for the duration of all penalties.<\/p>\n

If the score remains tied after 45 minutes, during the regular season, there will be one 5 minute period of sudden death overtime.\u00a0 In overtime play will be 5 on 5 (4 players and a goalie per side). The team that scores first in this period will be declared the winner of the game.\u00a0 If the score remains tied after the sudden death overtime period, there will be a 3 round shootout.\u00a0 Each team will select 3 different forwards or defenders to take a breakaway against the opposing team’s goalie.\u00a0 The captain of the Home Team will choose whether his team shoots first or his goalie defends first.\u00a0 The breakaway will start from the center of the court, and the player will have one chance to score within 15 seconds of touching the ball.\u00a0 The play is also considered over, once a goalie makes a clear save or the ball\/player shooting has crossed the goal line. If the shootout remains tied after 3 rounds, each team will continue to shoot until a goal is scored AND each team has shot an even number of times.\u00a0 A player cannot shoot twice in the same game until all forwards or defenders on his\/her team have shot once.\u00a0 All playoff games remaining tied after 45 minutes of play will be decided by 15 minute periods of sudden death overtime (6 on 6).<\/p>\n

Each team has one 30 second timeout per game.<\/p>\n

Referee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each game will have a minimum of one referee, which be provided by the LSHL.\u00a0 The referee is responsible for making sure the rules are followed by both teams.\u00a0 The referee starts each half with a face-off from the center line\/circle.\u00a0 He enforces all penalties, confirms all goals, and has the final word in any game\u00a0disputes.<\/p>\n

Face-offs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each game will start with a face-off from the center line\/circle.\u00a0 The referee will drop the ball and the players may not make contact with it until it has touched the ground.\u00a0 If a player touches the ball before it hits the ground, the face-off will be re-done.\u00a0 If the same player commits that infraction twice during the same face-off, he\/she will be asked to the leave the face-off circle, and the face-off will have to be taken by another member of his\/her team.\u00a0 Face-offs will also occur from various places on the court, if there is a stoppage in play.<\/p>\n

Penalties<\/strong><\/p>\n

PENALTIES ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.\u00a0 Any and all contact (checking, charging, boarding, cross-checking, fighting, pushing, punching, kicking, etc) will NOT<\/span> be tolerated.\u00a0 A player whose intentional actions result in a penalty may be pulled from the game and will not be allowed to return to the game, at the referee’s discretion.\u00a0 Again, if a player intentionally causes physical harm to another player, THEY WILL BE EJECTED FROM THE GAME AND FACE SUSPENSION AND POSSIBLE EXPULSION FROM THE LEAGUE.\u00a0 The safety of all players is our first priority.\u00a0 If a penalty occurs unintentionally, the player who committed the penalty will be assessed a Two Minute Minor Penalty.\u00a0 The penalized player must sit out of the game for 2 minutes.\u00a0 The penalized player’s team will play “shorthanded” for the full 2 minutes or until the opposing team scores a goal.\u00a0 The Two Minute Minor Penalties are listed below:<\/p>\n

HIGH STICKING – Raising your stick above your shoulders near another player. \u00a0This can be called at the referee’s discretion, whether you actually make contact with another player or not. \u00a0This includes calling for a pass, attempting to “bat the ball out of the air”, or “deking” around another player. \u00a0Exceptions to this rule can be made on shots or clearing attempts (windup\/follow-through), unless the stick draws contact with another player.\u00a0 Additionally, if the shooting or clearing is deemed unnecessarily reckless, the referee may still choose to call a penalty. \u00a0These calls cannot be disputed. \u00a0Please control your stick at all times.<\/p>\n

SLASHING – Striking or slashing at an opponent with your stick<\/p>\n

HOOKING – Interfering with your opponent’s progress with your stick<\/p>\n

HOLDING – Interfering with your opponent’s progress with your hands<\/p>\n

ELBOWING\u00a0– Striking your opponent with your elbows<\/p>\n

TRIPPING – Using your stick or body to knock an opponent’s feet out from under them<\/p>\n

Also, if a player acts in an unsportsmanlike manner (ie: arguing with the referee, challenging the referee’s calls, verbally abusing the referee, verbally abusing opponents and\/or teammates, “diving” to fake a fall or injury with the intent of drawing a penalty, throwing his\/her stick, etc.), that player will receive a Two Minute Minor Penalty for UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.<\/p>\n

The LSHL observes the following Two Minute Bench Minor Penalties:<\/p>\n

TOO MANY MEN ON THE COURT – This penalty will be assessed if a player enters the game during play (“on the fly” line change) and\u00a0touches\u00a0the ball while having more than 6 players from\u00a0his\/her team on the court.<\/p>\n

DELAY OF GAME – This penalty will\u00a0be assessed if a player clearly<\/em> (without it deflecting off the boards, fence, or another player’s body\/stick) shoots the ball over the fence\/high boards\/off the rink, while in his\/her own defensive zone.\u00a0 This penalty will also be assessed if a player breaks his\/her stick and fails to drop it on the ground (continuing to play) or if a player other than the goalie closes his\/her hand or glove on the ball or uses his\/her body to cover the ball preventing play.\u00a0 A player may, however, catch the ball with his\/her hand or glove, but must drop it within 3 seconds and cannot take any steps while holding the ball.<\/p>\n

Other Important Rules & Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LSHL follows the Offsides rule with a “floating blue line”, and “Icing” is also enforced.\u00a0 Icing will called when the offending team shoots\/clears the ball from inside their own defensive zone and the ball crosses the opposing goal line.\u00a0 If the ball has a chance to be played by the opposing team, Icing may be waived off\/negated, at the referee’s discretion. \u00a0The opposing team will choose which side (left or right circle) the face-off will occur in, after any icing calls.<\/p>\n

Players may not stand in an opposing team’s goal crease. \u00a0They will be warned by a referee, and if they continue to stand in the crease they may be assessed a Two Minute Minor Penalty for UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT. \u00a0Any goals scored when a player is standing in an opposing goal crease will be disallowed.<\/p>\n

Hand Passes are legal in\u00a0a player’s own defensive\u00a0zone.\u00a0 If a player commits a hand pass in the\u00a0opposing team’s zone (offensive zone) and the ball is played first by\u00a0a member of that player’s team,\u00a0play will stop.\u00a0 A face-off\u00a0will commence in the\u00a0defensive zone of the\u00a0team that\u00a0committed the\u00a0hand pass.<\/p>\n

Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Final standings will be based on a point system.\u00a0 Each team receives 2 points for a win, 1 point for a Shootout or Overtime Loss, and 0 points for a loss in regulation.\u00a0 If\u00a0multiple teams are tied in points, the first tie-breaker will be number of regulation plus overtime wins (shootout wins are excluded). \u00a0The team with more regulation plus overtime wins will be awarded the higher seed. \u00a0If both teams have the same number of regulation wins, the next tie-breaker is the head-to-head record between the tied teams.\u00a0 If the head-to-head records are the same or cancel each other out, teams remain tied.\u00a0 The next tie-breaker will be the total goals scored against all opponents during the current season.\u00a0 If\u00a0teams still remain tied, the\u00a0higher seed will be awarded to the team that has given up the least goals to all opponents during the current season.\u00a0 Playoff seeding will be determined by the LSHL based on these standings and the number of teams participating in a season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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