Rules

Ten game season plus playoffs. Playoffs will be a semi-final and then finals. There will also be a consolation final.

Please inquire if you wish to coach or players want to play in Provincials

Game Rules

Three minute warm up before game
Home team starts with game sheet and hands over to away team
Two 15 minute stop time periods (one minute break between periods)
Two Referees per game (mandatory) and must be certified by OBHA
Make sure a goalie is able to attend and have a backup plan
Borrowed goalie equipment must be returned
Teams must start on home or away side as per schedule and switch ends between periods
Players will have jerseys supplied by their teams and returned at end of season (supplied by local businesses and used for future seasons)
5 vs 5 with a goalie
Mercy rule will start if a team is up by more than five goals, the clock will continue to run
Teams must have one coach present on the bench to start the game
One timeout per team per period
Last two minutes are stop time, if the leading team has less than a five goal lead
If tied after two periods, a three man shootout will decide the game
No water bottles on the floor at any time
Water breaks (for goalies) may be taken if arena is hot

Playing Rules

Draft Rules

All players will be drafted, then goalie
Players will be sorted by age
Highest level of hockey played to the lowest level of hockey played
Snake order draft (1 through 4, then 4 through 1)
Coaches will pick number from hat to determine who receives first overall
All coaches must contact their teams' drafted players
Players that have to be drafted together go in as two players. The team that drafted both players will have to pass on the next round of the draft and the teams that are drafting will have to draft same caliber of player with the same hockey experience as of both players that were drafted

Draft