Covid Rules for 2021
1. Must have your own water bottle
2. No spitting (1 warning and then asked to leave)
3. Lose a glove must retrieve it right away
4. No switching ends
5. Two 25 minutes running time periods
6. No handshakes
7. Games that are tied stay as a tie
8. All face offs will be at the 4 end face off dots (circle will gauge the 6 feet)
9. 2 guys in the penalty box, third penalty is a penalty shot (per team)
10. 11 players + Goalie (per team) and 1 ref
ROSTERS: must be sent to rosters@ykrecleague.ca with names of players and phone numbers by 6pm of game day (failure to do so will result in a $50 fine). This is for contract tracing in case COVID
Winning team sends Herb the score after each game.
1. Must have your own water bottle
2. No spitting (1 warning and then asked to leave)
3. Lose a glove must retrieve it right away
4. No switching ends
5. Two 25 minutes running time periods
6. No handshakes
7. Games that are tied stay as a tie
8. All face offs will be at the 4 end face off dots (circle will gauge the 6 feet)
9. 2 guys in the penalty box, third penalty is a penalty shot (per team)
10. 11 players + Goalie (per team) and 1 ref
ROSTERS: must be sent to rosters@ykrecleague.ca with names of players and phone numbers by 6pm of game day (failure to do so will result in a $50 fine). This is for contract tracing in case COVID
Winning team sends Herb the score after each game.
- Penalties: Any penalty that’s called will result in the player serving the infraction in the penalty box, unless: (1) If two players are already serving an infraction in the penalty box, the third infraction and beyond will result in penalty shots being issued as there can never be three (3) players in the same penalty box at the same time; or (2) a major penalty is assessed, at which point the player would be ejected and another player from the team will be required to serve the infraction.
- Penalty Shots: In the event that an infraction is required to be served through the issuance of penalty shots, the following scenarios shall apply with penalty shots initiated from centre-ice: (Two-Minute Infraction) one (1) penalty shot; (Four-Minute Infraction) two (2) penalty shots; (Major Penalty) two (2) penalty shots and a game ejection to the penalized player
- Shooter: The player who is the victim of an infraction will be required to take the penalty shot(s). An alternate may be selected only in the event of injury, or an infraction not against another skater (e.g. Goaltender Interference, Too Many Men on the Ice)
- Fighting: If a player(s) drops their glove(s) and continues an altercation, an automatic game ejection shall be assessed. Any player(s) that are assessed as a fighting major in any division will be a suspension for the balance of the season, including playoffs, subject to location variance.
- Body Contact: Any intentional body contact that results from a player not playing the puck with their stick will result in a four-minute body contact infraction being issued.
- Crease Violation: Any instance of a player intentionally entering the opposing team’s crease will result in a goaltender interference infraction being issued
- Penalty Thresholds: Players will be ejected from the game if they accrue any combination of: (1) Two 4-minute penalties; (2) One 4-minute penalty, and two 2-minute penalties; (3) Three 2-minute penalties; or (4) One 5-minute major penalty.
- 10-Minute Misconduct: A 10-minute misconduct will result in the player being ejected from the game.
- End of Game: If a team is losing or tied at the end of game and is awarded one (1) or two (2) penalty shot attempts, even if the clock reads 0:00, the team will be permitted to take the attempts if the sum of the attempts allows for the team to either tie or win the game. (e.g. A team is losing 3-1 and is awarded two penalty shot attempts. They would be awarded the two attempts, and assuming they score on the first goal, they would subsequently be able to take the second attempt to try and even the score at 3-3.)