The Ladies Summer Hockey League is a NON-CONTACT league aimed at keeping hockey fun! All players are expected to display sportsmanlike conduct, both on and off the ice. Aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated. The LSHL reserves the right to suspend or expel any participant without warning.
In an effort to encourage fair play, when two teams are tied at the end of the regular season, one of the tiebreaker's that is unique to the Ladies Summer Hockey League is that the team with the least penalty minutes finishes ahead.
Please be advised that insurance is not provided.
Games will consist of 1 x 12 minute and 2 x 10 minute stop-time periods. There is no overtime and no time-outs in the regular season.
If a team does not have six players ready to play at the end of the warm-up, then they will be given 5 minutes running time, to ice a team. Once the team is ready, the offending team will be given a 2 minute penalty for delay of game and the first period will be 7 minutes stop-time (instead of 12). If the offending team is not ready to play at the end of the 5 minutes, the game is defaulted.
Teams are discouraged against running up the score of a game. To deter this, the league will only record the final score up to a five-goal spread. Individual stats for the extra goals will not be counted. Also, if there is a five-goal spread during the third period, the clock may continue to run.
Penalties: Once a player or team official has been suspended from a game, he/she cannot return to the ice/bench to participate in any post-game ceremonies (hand-shaking, presentations, etc.). Persons found participating while under suspension will be subject to further suspension.
***Any team whose penalty minutes exceed 50 will be issued a warning. If the penalty minutes reach 75, a $50 fine will be assessed to the team.***
Minor Penalties are two minutes in length. Any three infractions in one game will result in suspension from the rest of the game.
Major Penalties are five minutes in length. Any player who receives a major penalty will also receive a Game Misconduct automatically and will be suspended for the remainder of the game, as well as face additional suspensions.
Game Misconduct Penalties, in addition to suspension from the rest of the game, will result in additional game suspensions if they take place in the third period.
Gross Misconduct and Match Penalties will result in a minimum additional two game suspension with possible expulsion for the rest of the season.