Constitution
A few highlights from the constitution for commonly asked questions:
HELMET, NECK GUARD AND MOUTH GUARD POLICY
All ROHL players will be required to wear a properly fastened C.S.A. approved helmet with a Full Cage / Visor or Half -Visor properly secured with a Chinstrap during all on-ice activities. Players who wear a helmet with a Half -Visor must wear a Mouthguard. All players must wear an approved Neck Guard, or a Base Layer Neck Guard Shirt.
HIGHSTICKING
Players must always carry their sticks and use them safely. High sticking will be called if a player tries to check or bat the puck down with their stick above their waist. There will be no penalty unless there is contact with an opponent. If a player commits this infraction, their team will lose possession of the zone. A goalie may make a save with their stick above their head, but they cannot intentionally bat the puck over their head or after throwing it out of their glove. The penalty for high sticking is 2 minutes, or 4 minutes if it unintentionally causes blood to be drawn on an opponent.
ICING
The center red line is not used and any pass from one end of the ice up to the opposing team’s blue line will be considered legal. Similarly, icing is called when the puck is shot from behind one blue line and passes over the opposing team’s goal line.
SLAPSHOTS
If a player uses a “slap-shot” during the game a stoppage of play will occur, and the faceoff will be in the defensive zone of the shooter.
(Note): The Slap-shot is to bring the stick back behind the puck more than fifteen inches either on or off the ice. If a player uses a Fake Slap-shot for the purpose of intimidating an opposing player and/or goalkeeper, play shall be stopped immediately, and that player shall be assessed a minor penalty. Snap-shots are allowed if the stick is brought back no more than 15 inches either on or off the ice and the puck is shot in a wrist shot fashion.
SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
The ROHL is committed to a safe and respectful game environment for players, timekeepers, referees. To ensure that such an environment exists, the ROHL supports and will enforce a Zero Tolerance Unsportmanship Policy that protects these participants from any form of harassment or abuse coinciding with “12. GENERAL RULES / PENALTIES (9) Major Unsportsmanship Conduct / Abuse of Officials Penalty”. Anyone violating the Zero Tolerance Unsportmanship Policy will be subject to further action which may include multiple game suspensions or expulsion from the league at the discretion of the General Manager and Operating Committee.
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