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Information on how the games will be set up and run, as well as how the seasons will be structured.
Game Format
Timing
Games will run for 1 hour total and the zamboni will run between games. The zamboni time is not part of our hour ice times.
Games will consist of a 3 minute warm up and three 18 minute periods with a 1 minute break between each period leaving 1 minute at the end of the game to vacate the ice for the zamboni to start on time. All time will be running time (the clock will not stop).
As of now we will plan on there being no overtime or shootouts, at the end of regulation time either one team will win, or it will be a tie.
The zamboni runs for 15 minutes and if we have another game the second ice time will begin.
Officials
To continue to keep this inexpensive we will not be paying to hire actual officials. Players who are willing to volunteer as officials during games in which they are not playing will be compensated from available league funds after ice time has been completely paid for, the current rate is $30 per game (to be paid out at the end of the season). This may change from season to season depending on available funds.
We will utilize only one official per game, if a volunteer is present. The majority of Society members who voted agreed that we would like our games to be as close to USA Hockey rules as possible. That being said, volunteer officials will be primarily responsible for dropping the puck at face-offs, calling off-sides and icing, and calling any obvious penalties. Outside of that we ask volunteers to call what they're comfortable with.
Resources for potential volunteers can be found here ---> USA Hockey Rules and Resources
If no volunteer official is present, then penalties, off-sides, icing, etc. are all going to be somewhat self-governed and based on the honesty system.
Score Keeping
Again, to continue to keep this inexpensive, score keepers will also be by volunteer. Players who are willing to volunteer as score keepers during games in which they are not playing will be compensated from available league funds after ice time has been completely paid for, the current rate is $30 per game (to be paid out at the end of the season). This may change from season to season depending on available funds.
The Youtube tutorial for how to run the scoreboard can be found here ---> Daktronics All Sport 5000 Score Keeper tutorial
Score keepers will keep time and keep team scores only and will not record individual player stats.
If you are interested in volunteering to either act as an official or to run the scoreboard, please watch for the sign ups that will be posted with each season.
Season Format
Ideally we are looking to organize teams into groupings of 12-15 players plus 1 goalie each. Bare minimum we can operate with 10 players per team and 2 goalies total (if the goalies are willing to play all games for the day), this allows for one full line change at a time. This means we need at least 40 players per season if we organize 4 teams, and at 60 players we can bump up to 6 teams.
The sample season schedules below show how a season would be organized for both 4 or 6 teams. If we get enough players interested to move beyond this we will address the changes at that time.
4 Team Sample Season Schedule
Each team will play a total of 9 games where they play every other team exactly three times. The schedule to accommodate this runs across 9 weeks with all 4 teams playing across 2 games each week. This schedule example mostly varies what order the teams play in and gives every team a roughly even split of 4-5 home games and 4-5 away games. Due to difficulty balancing ALL elements there is one team (D) that does end up with a heavier "later game" schedule (6 late vs 3 early).
6 Team Sample Season Schedule
Each team will play a total of 10 games where they play every other team exactly twice. The schedule to accommodate this runs across 12 weeks alternating three games one week and two games the following (short) week. This schedule example varies what order the teams play in, gives every team an even split of five home games and five away games, and ensures that no team misses out on two short weeks in a row.
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