Official USARS Rulebook
(All AHC leagues are refereed according to the guidelines set forth by our official governing body-USARS)
Some variations specific to individual, in-house leagues exist-please see league specific rules
Registration
Rules:
• All teams must pay half of the league fee during registration to secure spot in league
• The second half must be paid prior to the start of the SECOND game
• No refunds are given once deposit is paid
• All players must be registered with AHC and must have a completed waiver on file
• All players must have proof of current AAU membership
• Each team is responsible for providing one representative who will deal with the hockey director
directly and is responsible for providing one e-mail address and one correct phone number in which
suspensions and other information can be communicated. This representative is responsible for
checking this e-mail and communicating news to their team.
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- • Roster checks must be made after the game starts and before the FIRST period ends. If the roster is legal, a two-minute delay game penalty will be assessed to the team questioning the roster, and charged with their timeout
• Any team using illegal players will forfeit game immediately.
• Rosters will be locked by team captain/coach prior to the fourth game. After this time, that team
may use no new players.
Any player listed on the teams roster who is not registered with AHC by the roster lock date, will be deemed ineligable and taken off the team's roster.
• All players must sign signature roster five minutes prior to each game. Failure to sign-in will result
in a two-minute delay of game penalty.
• Players arriving after their game start time must check in at the front desk and scorebox before joining the game.
• Players must play and be signed in for a minimum of five regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.
• No substitution of players is allowed for the playoffs including goaltenders.
• Any player judged to be inappropriate for the division in which they are playing by the hockey
director will be removed from that team. The team will still be responsible for their full team fee.
This player is encouraged to play in a higher division.
• Any team judged to be inappropriate for the division in which they are playing may be removed
from the division or moved up a division at the discretion of the hockey director.
• Players must be 18 years of age or older to play in an adult division. Exceptions are only made
for goaltenders who may be Bantam age and MUST have a waiver signed by their parent/legal
guardian on file.
Females playing in the co-ed division may also be 16 with a signed waiver on file.
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- • All jerseys must have a number. No duplicate numbers on the same team.
• Players must have similar color-based jerseys.
• In an event that two opposing teams wear similar jerseys, the team with the wrong jersey
must change, at referee's discretion
• Home jerseys are light, away jerseys are dark
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- • There is a ten goal mercy goal
• No off-sides
• No icing
• All games played 4 on 4 when at even strength
• When numerous penalties are assessed, there will never be less than two players and a goalie
on the floor per team at one time.
• Games will be two(2) 20-minute running time periods. Warm-up will be 2 minutes
• Last 1 minute is stop time when the difference is within 1 goal in the final period
• During the playoffs, games tied at the end of TWO periods will go to a five-minute sudden
victory overtime period followed by a 3-player shootout if the game remains tied. The game
will go to a sudden victory shootout if it is still tied.
• Teams must use entire bench depth during the shootout before any player shoots twice. Once through bench depth, players must shoot in the same order as the first shootout round.
• Any player or coach judged to be engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct will be penalized,
ejected, and/or suspended.
• Any person under the age of 18 who enters the player bench area MUST wear a helmet with
a full face mask. If they do not, a warning will be given followed by a 2-minute delay of game
penalty for that team.
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- • In the event that two teams have the same number of points at the end of the regular season, the
tie breakers are as follows:
1.
Team with more wins
2.
Team with fewest goals against
3.
Team with most goals for
4.
Team with fewest penalty minutes
5.
Coin Toss
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Penalties
and Suspensions:
- •After three penalties in a single game, the player will be ejected from the game
• The event of a game misconduct results in the player's immediate ejection
• Any penalty assessed as a fight, intent to injure, or abuse of an official will result in a
minimum of a 2 game suspension.
• Any player's second fight or second major penalty in that same season will result in immediate
expulsion from that season and playoffs and may result in expulsion from the league in future seasons.
• All offenses are accumulative over the course of all seasons; no players will have a clean slate
and repeat offenders will be penalized as such.
• All suspension rulings are final and non-negotiable.
• Teams are responsible for the conduct of their fans and may be penalized, suspended or
expelled based on the actions of their fans.
• No refunds will be granted to players and/or teams suspended or expelled from leagues.
• Players may be suspended for games in a specific league, or may be suspended from all
leagues in which they play for a given time period at the discretion of the hockey director.
• All suspensions will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. No assumptions about the length
of a suspension can be made by players and/or coaches based on similar prior incidents. The
hockey director will consider the referee's report, game situation and circumstance, player's
history, severity of act (e.g injury caused), etc.
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- Youth
Recreation League Specific:
- •All players must wear the Anaheim Hockey Club Jerseys during all games. If a player forgets their
jersey, they may sign one out from the front desk.
Any skater who wishes to play goalie, may play one age division down at the discretion of the
Hockey Director.
• Girls may play one age division down at the discretion of the hockey director.
• During the regular season, teams may borrow a goaltender from another team in the same division.
Teams may not use any skaters not on their roster.
• During playoffs, a team may use a substitute goalie from a rec division aged below that at which
they are playing, or they may use a skater off their roster in goal.
• All players must register through AHC administration and be placed on a team by the hockey
director. Coaches may not add players to their own team.
• Carpool requests will be accepted by petition only.
• A coach may name one assistant coach and have both of their child placed on their team. However, if the hockey director believes that placing the two coaches together will threaten the parity of the league, coaches may be denied their request to coach together. In this case, coaches are encouraged to coach their own team.
• Immediate family members may be placed on the same team.
• All coaches, including assistants, must have proof of current AAU coaches' membership and all
head coaches must have AAU coaching certification by the next available certification class.
• All players must be played equally at ALL times. Any coach judged to be playing players unequally
will receive one warning and then be removed from coaching if the problem persists.
• Team rosters may be changed during the season by the hockey director to ensure parity.
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Goaltenders may play down one age division.
• Girls may play down one age division.
• For regular season games, if a team does not have a goalie they may substitute a goaltender
from the same division.
All skaters must be rostered players.
• In playoffs all players, including goaltenders must be rostered players.
Exception: a team may use a goaltender from the same age division in Rec or the division below theirs in club, if they are missing their goaltender in playoffs.
• Each team must specify one sole representative (coach, manager, etc) that Anaheim Hockey Club
can communicate with regarding suspensions or any other issue. Only this representative will be dealt
with and they will be responsible for communicating to their team.
• All coaches, including assistants, must have proof of current AAU coaches' membership and all
head coaches must have AAU coaching certification by the next available certification class offered.
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AHC Junior High League Specific:
- • All but 2 players must have a valid student ID from the same school.
2 free-agents are permitted, but must be pee wee age or below and approved by the hockey director before their first game.
• When the coach signs and locks the teams' roster before their fourth game, they will be
responsible for ensuring that all rostered players have a valid student ID on file and that free-agents have been approved by the hockey director or the player(s) in question will be deemed illegal.
• Any team found to be using an illegal player, will forfeit all games played with that player(s).
Combinatio school teams may be granted by petition only.
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AHC High
School Specific:
- • All but 2 players must have a valid student ID from the same school.
2 free-agents are permitted, but must be Bantam age or below and approved by the hockey director before their first game.
• When the coach signs and locks the teams' roster before their fourth game, they will be
responsible for ensuring that all rostered players have a valid student ID on file and that free-agents have been approved by the hockey director or the player(s) in question will be deemed illegal.
• Any team found to be using an illegal player, will forfeit all games played with that player(s).
Combination school teams may be granted by petition only."
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