2011-2012 TEAM APPLICATION FOR SENIOR WINTER STREET
HOCKEY LEAGUES
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THIS SEASON
BEGINS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 30 WEEKS
WITH THE SEASON ENDING IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
PLAYOFFS WILL BE HELD IN MAY AND THE PAIRINGS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THEN.
**ALL TEAMS WILL BE CHARGED $100.00 FOR
EACH AND EVERY GAME, TO BE PAID IN FULL BEFORE THE START OF EVERY GAME**. A TWO
GAME DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED BEFORE ENTERING THE LEAGUE AND MUST BE ON HAND AT
HOCKEYTOWN AT ALL TIMES. (TOTAL DEPOSIT = $200.00) THIS DEPOSIT CAN ONLY BE USED
FOR THE LAST TWO GAMES OF THE SCHEDULE OF WHICH YOU HAVE PLAYED THE FIRST GAME,
UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED UPON BY THE MANAGER.
HOCKEYTOWN USA WILL PROVIDE TO THE BEST OF IT’S ABILITY ALL SCHEDULING OF
GAMES, A SCOREBOARD, TWO REFEREES, AND THE REST OF THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR
THE GAME OF STREET HOCKEY; DASHERBOARDS, GLASS, NETS, BENCHES, ETC. IN THE EVENT
OF A TEAM NOT SHOWING UP FOR A SCHEDULED CONTEST, DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND
THE CONTROL OF THE MANAGEMENT, THE TEAM THAT IS PRESENT HAS THE OPTION OF USING
THE SURFACE FOR THEIR SHARE OF THE BILL OR NOT PLAYING AT ALL WITH NO OBLIGATION
TO PAY. EITHER WAY THE TEAM PRESENT
WILL WIN THE CONTEST BY FORFEIT (1-0.)
THE TEAM NOT PRESENT WILL BE CHARGED THEIR SHARE OF THE BILL REGARDLESS.
NO TEAM WILL ACTUALLY BE CONSIDERED “IN” THE LEAGUE UNTIL THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE LEAGUES HAS OK’ED EACH TEAM.
TEAMS CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THE LEAGUES HAVE PRIORITY PROVIDED THE TEAM
HAS A FULL DEPOSIT AND NOTIFIED HOCKEYTOWN BY FILLING OUT THE PROPER APPLICATION
BY
ANY PLAYER OR SPECTATOR WHO PROPELS ANY OBJECT FROM ANY RINK WILL BE
SUBJECT TO PERMANENT SUSPENSIONS FROM THE BUILDING.
NEW TEAM______________IF NO, CURRENT LEAGUE__________________________________________
ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED UNDER THE AMERICAN STREET
HOCKEY INSTITUTE RULES AS PUBLISHED WITH NO CHECKING ALLOWED AND THE FOLLOWING
HOUSE RULES:
EACH
TEAM MEMBER WILL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER WITH THE LEAGUE BY POSING FOR A
HOCKEYTOWN IDENTIFICATION CARD AND PRESENTING THE OFFICE PERSONNEL WITH EITHER:
A.)
PICTURED I.D. WITH
NAME, ADDRESS AND BIRTHDATE
OR
B.)
TWO FORMS OF
IDENTIFICATION (ONE WHICH INCLUDES BIRTHDATE, ONE WHICH INCLUDES A PICTURE)
HOCKEYTOWN WILL PROCESS THE INFORMATION AND ISSUE AN INDIVIDUAL NUMBERED
I.D.CARD. EVERY PLAYER MUST REGISTER FOR AN I.D. CARD FOR EACH SPORT HE PLAYES
(ICE HOCKEY, DECKHOCKEY, WIFFLEBALL.) THERE WILL BE A CHARGE OF $5.00 FOR EACH
CARD. ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE THEIR CARDS PRIOR TO PARTICIPATING IN LEAGUE
PLAY.
1.)
ONLY THOSE PLAYERS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE MASTER ROSTER, A LIABILITY WAIVER
AND HAVE RECEIVED AN I.D. CARD WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR LEAGUE PLAY.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO PLAYS IN A LEAGUE GAME BEFORE BEING REGISTERED WILL
SUBJECT THE TEAM HE PLAYED FOR TO A FORFEITURE FOR THAT PARTICULAR GAME.
2.) FOUR
MINOR PENALTIES IN ONE GAME OR A COMBINATION OF ONE MAJOR PLUS TWO MINOR WILL
RESULT IN A GAME MISCONDUCT.
3.) INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS WHO
ARE GIVEN FIVE MISCONDUCTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE SEASON, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS,
WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR TWO GAMES. FOR
EACH ADDITIONAL MISCONDUCT GIVEN AFTER THAT POINT THE GAME SUSPENSION WILL
INCREASE BY THAT NUMBER OF MISCONDUCTS GIVEN. (FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS RULE ALL
GAME MISCONDUCTS WILL CONSTITUTE TWO MISCONDUCTS.)
4.) TWO FIGHTS FOR ANY
INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TEAM THEY PLAY ON, WILL CONSTITUTE SUSPENSION
FROM ALL LEAGUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON OR SIX (6) MONTHS WHICHEVER IS
GREATER.
5.) SUSPENSIONS REGARDING
TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS WILL BE DECIDED BY THE MANAGEMENT AS IT SEES FIT.
6.) ANY
PLAYER NOT HAVING THE SAME TEAM
DEPOSIT
WILL STILL BE REQUIRED. ( THERE WILL BE A $10.00 CHARGE FOR EVERY
6A.) GOALTENDERS MUST WEAR
THE SAME COLOR JERSEY AS THEIR TEAM.
7.) ALL GAMES WILL CONSIST OF
THREE 10 MINUTE STOP TIME PERIODS.
AFTER THE SECOND PERIOD TIME WILL COMMENCE TO RUNNING TIME WHENEVER THERE IS A
FIVE GOAL DIFFERENCE. WHENEVER THERE
HAVE BEEN 18 OR MORE PENALTIES CALLED IN THE GAME, REGARDLESS OF THE PERIOD, THE
GAME WILL REVERT TO RUNNING TIME.
THE CLOCK WILL RUN DURING ANY AND ALL ALTERCATIONS.
7A.) EACH TEAM WILL BE
ALLOWED
7B.) ALL GAMES ENDING IN A
TIE WILL HAVE ONE 2 MINUTE 30 SECOND SUDDEN DEALTH OVERTIME.
8.) THE CLOCK WILL BEGIN FIVE
MINUTES AFTER THE PREVIOUS GAME TIME ENDS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE
TEAMS ARE READY TO PLAY. ANY TEAM
NOT BEING READY WILL RECEIVE A MINOR PENALTY FOR DELAY OF GAME.
AT THE FIVE MINUTE MARK OF THE FIRST PERIOD, IF THE TEAM IS STILL NOT
READY, THEY MUST FORFEIT THE GAME.
BOTH TEAMS WILL STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT AND MUST ALSO PLAY OUT THE
REMAINDER OF THE GAME.
9.) ALL MISCONDUCT PENALTIES
WILL CONSIST OF FIVE MINUTES.
10.) ALL MAJOR PENALTIES WILL
BE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.
11.) ALL MINOR PENALTIES WILL
BE ONE MINUTE.
12.) ALL PENALTIES START WHEN
THE BALL IS PUT INTO PLAY FOLLOWING THAT STOPPAGE OF PLAY.
13.) FIGHTING IS FORBIDDEN.
ANY PLAYER CALLED DOR A FIGHTING PENALTY WILL BE EJECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THAT GAME AND THE AND THE NEXT SCHEDULED CONTEST (AT LEAST ONE GAME.)
A SECOND FIGHT WILL CONSTITUTE SUSPENSION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON
OR SIX (6) MONTHS WHICH EVER IS GREATER. SUSPENSIONS ARE APPLIED TO ALL LEAGUES.
14.) IN THE EVENT OF A FIGHT,
IF THERE IS AN OBVIOUS AGGRESSOR AS DETERMINED BY THE REFEREES, THAT PLAYER WILL
BE SUSPENDED FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE GAMES.
15.) INTIMIDATION OF ANY
REFEREE (ANYWHERE ON HOCKEYTOWN PROPERTY) SUCH AS THREATENING, WAVING A STICK,
VERBAL ABUSE, PUSHING OR STRIKING AN OFFICAIAL IN ANY WAY WILL RESULT IN A
MINIMUM SUSPENSION OF TEN GAMES.
16.) ANY PLAYER WHO IN THE
JUDGEMENT OF A REFEREE DELIBERATELY ATTEMPTS TO INJURE ANOTHER PLAYER (OR ANYONE
ELSE) WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR AT LEAST FIVE GAMES.
17.) ANY PLAYER, COACH OR
MANAGER WHO REFUSES TO LEAVE THE RINK AREA AFTER BEING GIVEN A GAME MISCONDUCT
OR GAME DISQUALIFICATION WILL SUBJECT HIS TEAM TO A POSSIBLE GAME FORFEITURE TO
THE OPPOSING TEAM REGARDLESS OF THE SCORE.
18.) ANY PLAYER USING HIS
STICK AS A WEAPON WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR AT LEAST THE ENTIRE SEASON (INCLUDING
PLAYOFFS.)
19.) A MASTER ROSTER MUST BE
HANDED IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, SIGNED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL PLAYER.
ROSTERS ARE LIMITED TO TWENTY-TWO PLAYERS MAXIMUM AND ELEVEN PLAYERS MINIMUM.
PLAYERS MAY BE ADDED TO THE ROSTER AT ANY TIME DURING THE REGULAR SEASON
PROVIDED THEY HAVE A HOCKEYTOWN PHOTO I.D. AND SIGN THE MASTER ROSTER BEFORE
THEY PLAY IN A REGULAR SEASON GAME AND THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON THE
ROSTER OF ANOTHER TEAM IN THE SAME LEAGUE IN WHICH THEY ARE PLAYING, BUT,
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PLAYOFFS EACH PLAYER MUST HAVE PLAYED IN AT LEAST 1/3 OF
THE REGULAR SEASON GAMES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GOALTENDERS, THEY MUST HAVE
PLAYED IN TWO (2) REGULAR SEASON GAMES.
19A.) ROSTERS ARE RESTRICTED
TO 3 DIV I PLAYERS CURRENTLY PLAYING
ON A DIV I ROSTER.
19B.) ROSTERS ARE ALSO
RESTRICTED TO 1 45 OR OLDER DIV I PLAYER PER TEAM. PLAYERS OVER 50 ARE EXEMPT
FROM BEING CLASSIFIED DIV I PLAYERS.
20.) ALL PLAYERS MUST BE
18 YEARS OLD TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY IN THE SENIOR LEAGUE.
THE OVER “30” LEAGUE – ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE REACHED THEIR 30TH
BIRTHDAY BEFORE THEY PLAY IN ANY GAME (GOALIES IN THE OVER “30” LEAGUE CAN BE 25
YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.)
21.) ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ON THE BENCH WILL CONSTITUTE A BENCH MINOR PENALTY AND POSSIBLE FORFEITURE OF
THE GAME. (NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ARE ALLOWED ON PREMISES.)
22.) NO MORE THAN THREE
PEOPLE WITHOUT UNIFORMS ARE ALLOWED ON THE BENCH AND THEY MUST HAVE A HOCKEYTOWN
PHOTO I.D. CARD. ONE WARNING, THEN A BENCH MINOR PENALTY. PLAYERS THAT ARE
SUSPENDED ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE BENCH, THIS WARRANTS FURTHUER SUSPENSIONS.
23.) ANY TEAM CONSIDERED BY
THE MAJORITY OF REFEREES AND MANAGEMENT TO BE EXCESSIVELY ABUSIVE, EITHER
PHYSICALLY OR VERBALLY, TOWARDS THE REFEREES, THE OPPOSITION OR THE FACILITY
WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM THE LEAGUE PERMANENTLY, AND FORFEIT THEIR DEPOSIT.
23A.) ANY PLAYER, COACH OR
SPECTATOR WHO, IN THE OPINION OF THE REFEREE, ABUSES THE FACILITIES SHALL BE
SUSPENDED FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE WEEKS.
24.) ONLY PLAYERS WITH THE
PROPER GOALIE EQUIPMENT WILL BE ALLOWED GOALTENDER PRIVILEGES. PROPER EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF: GOALIE PADS, CATCHING GLOVE AND BLOCKER
AND A FULL FACE MASK.
25.) SUSPENSIONS ISSUED BY
THE MANAGEMENT APPLY TO ALL LEAGUES.
IF A TEAM DRAWS A BYE DURING A SUSPENSION, THAT SUSPENSION WILL BE EXTENDED ONE
GAME. ANY PLAYER WHO PLAYS WHILE UNDER SUSPENSION WILL BE SUSPENDED
INDEFINITELY.
26.) AN INTENTIONAL CHECK (IN THE OPINION OF THE REFEREE) AT
THE END OF A GAME WILL RESULT IN A MINIMUM SUSPENSIONS OF ONE GAME.
27.) A MATCH PENALTY GIVEN TO
ANY PLAYER IS DEFINED AS A MAJOR PENALTY PLUS A GAME DISQUALIFICATION AND
CONSTITUTES THE PLAYER BEING SUSPENDED INDEFINITLY UNTIL BEING REINSTATED BY THE
MANAGEMENT NOT THE REFEREE.
28.) LEAGUE STANDINGS WILL BE
DETERMINED BY 2 POINTS FOR A WIN, 1 POINT FOR A TIE. TIES IN THE STANDINGS WILL
BE BROKEN IN THIS ORDER: MOST WINS, FEWEST LOSES, MOST TIES, LEAST GOALS AGAINST
AND MOST GOALS FOR. IN THE EVENT OF
AN UNEQUAL AMOUNT OF GAMES PLAYED DURING THE SEASON THEN WINNING PERCENTAGE WILL
BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN THE STANDINGS.
IF A TEAM COMES INTO THE LEAGUE LATE, TOTAL POINTS WILL DETERMINE THEIR
POSITION.
29.) GAMES WILL BE FORFEITED
TO THE OPPOSING TEAM FOR ANY TEAM USING AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER. INELIGIBLE PLAYERS
ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: ANY PLAYER NOT ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE GAME ROSTER, ANY
PLAYER WHO HAS NOT SIGNED THE MASTER ROSTER (KEPT IN THE OFFICE,) ANY PLAYER WHO
DOES NOT HAVE A HOCKEYTOWN PHOTO I.D., ANY PLAYER NOT HAVING SIGNED HOCKEYTOWN’S
LIABILITY WAIVER AND ANY PLAYER FOUND PLAYING ON MORE THAN ONE TEAM PER LEAGUE.
30B.) THE CURVATURE OF THE
BLADE OF ALL STICKS SHALL BE RESTRICTED IN SUCH
31.) ALL PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED
TO WEAR MYLEC SHIN & ANKLE PADS AT ALL TIMES.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RULE BY ANY PLAYER MAY CONSTITUTE A GAME
FORFEITURE FOR HIS TEAM. REFEREES
MAY GIVE ONE WARNING.
32.) GLOVES (OF ANY KIND)
COVERING THE ENTIRE HAND ARE MANDATORY FOR EVERY PLAYER ON THE FLOOR.
FIRST OFFENSE CONSTITITES A MINOR PENALTY, THE SECOND OFFENSE IS A GAME
MISCONDUCT.
33.) ANY BLEEDING WOUND MUST
BE REMOVED FROM THE GAME UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WOUND IS COVERED AND BLEEDING IS
CONTROLLED.
33A.) ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
PENALIZED FOR SPITTING WILL RECEIVE A GROSS MISCONDUCT AND A MINIMUM FIVE (5)
GAME SUSPENSION.
34.) TAG UP RULE WILL BE IN
EFFECT. IF THE BALL ROLLS FREELY
ACROSS THE CENTER LINE WITH AN OFFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE OFFENSIVE ZONE AND NO
OFFENSIVE PLAYER TOUCHES THE BALL, THE REFEREE CAN CALL A DELAYED OFF-SIDE BY
SIMPLY RAISING HIS ARM BUT DOES NOT STOP PLAY.
THE REFEREE SHALL DROP HIS ARM TO NULLIFY THE OFFSIDE VIOLATION AND ALLOW
PLAY TO CONTINUE IF: 1. THE DEFENDING TEAM PASSES OR CARRIERS THE BALL INTO
THEIR ATTACKING ZONE; 2. ALL OFFENSIVE PLAYERS IN THE ATTACKING ZONE CLEAR THE
ZONE BY CROSSING THE BLUE LINE. THE ATTACKING ZONE MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAR OF
OFFENSIVE PLAYERS BEFORE OFFSIDE IS NULLIFIED. (IF BALL ENTERS NET DIRECTLY FROM
A SHOT ORIGINATED WHILE TEAMMATES WERE OFFSIDE IT IS NO GOAL.
IF PLAYED BY ANY DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND GOES INTO THE NET THEN THE GOAL IS
ALLOWED.)
****THE PLAYOFF FORMAT WILL
BE DETERMINED BY MANAGEMENT AFTER REVIEWING THE NUMBER OF DIVISIONS AND THE
QUALITY OF THE TEAMS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FAIR AND EQUITIBLE COMPETITION FOR ALL
TEAMS. AWARDS AND PLAYOFF SCHEDULES
WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOCKEYTOWN MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO THE END OF REGULAR SEASON
PLAY.****
I UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE RULES AND
WILL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO
INFORM ALL PERSONS ON MY TEAM ROSTERS OF THESE RULES AND TO INFORM THEM THAT
THEY MUST ABSOLVE HOCKEYTOWN U.S.A, INC. FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES FOR ANY
INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THEM ON THESE PREMISES.
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