BHI RULES CHEAT SHEET
- Games are played 5 on 5
- All league games consist of 3 – 10 minute stop time periods
- Adult team roster – Min of 11 players + goalie, Max is 18 plus a goalie
- Youth rosters – Max of 14 players plus a goalie
Required equipment:
Youth – Hockey helmet with face shield, hockey shin pads, hockey gloves, running shoes and a stick
Adult – Hockey gloves, stick and running shoes
*A minor penalty will be assessed if player plays the ball with any of the required equipment*
- A player can join a game in progress as long as they play a shift before the end of the second period
- Mercy Rule – run time at 10 goals at any point of the game or by 5 goals at the 5 min mark of the 3rd period unless the losing team brings the score within a two-goal difference
- A player will be removed from the game if he or she receives 3 penalties
- No body checking permitted
- Icing is the blue line and not red line.
- Floating Blue Line: once the attacking team has crossed the blue line, for the defending team to clear the zone, they must propel the ball outside the center red line. This gives teams additional space for offensive plays
- Goalies can only freeze the ball if they have at least a foot or body part in the crease area.
- Balls that hit the time keeper plexi glass result in a whistle and faceoff where the ball was shot from.
- Balls that hit any part of the players benches (post, wood) results in a whistle and faceoff closest dot.
- A team can only pick up a player if they have less than 7 players, can’t exceed two runners on the bench. Teams cannot pick up any players in playoffs – Youth is having 3 runners on the bench
- Team can pick up a default goalie once per round during the playoffs as long as they are in the same division or lower
- Youth regular season, tie games will be followed by a 3 players shootout for all divisions
- Adult regular season, tie games will be followed with a 3 on 3 overtime (5 min) and then a 3 players shootout for all divisions
- Youth playoffs, tie games will be followed by a 3 player shootout in Round Robin play, by a 5 minute sudden death overtime period followed by a 3 player shootout in best 2 out 3 series and continuous sudden death overtime in Championship games
- Adult playoffs, tie games will be followed by a 3 on 3 overtime (5 min) then a 3 player shootout, and 5 on 5 continuous sudden death overtime for Championship games
- A player cannot participate in a shootout if he or she has been ejected from the game or serving a penalty
- In Youth division only, a player can only score 3 goals in one game including overtime but not a shootout
- Teams can score 5 guy goals. First period, teams are allowed to score up to 3 guy goals, the second period you are allowed to score the 4th guy goal and in the third period you are allowed to score the 5th guy goal. Example: If a team has 2 guy goals at the end of the first period, then in the second period that team can score 2 more guy goals only and must not score the fifth guy goal until the 3 period begins. Guys goals will reset in overtime only.
- In coed division, only girls can take slap shots. Men shots can only be knee high
- Delay of the game penalty with 2 minutes or less in the 3rd period is a penalty shot and not a penalty.
- A 5 minute major penalty along with a game ejection will be issued for any contact to the head area that draws blood (accidental or intentional)
- Delay of the game penalty will be issued if a player shoots the ball directly over a fence area from their defensive zone behind blue line not red line –
(Penalty shot will be issued if this occurs in the final two minutes of a game)
Sliding is now permitted in men’s divisions. A minor penalty will be assessed if the following occurs:
a) any player who deliberately slides and makes contact with an opponent in any manner.
b) in the event that a player has to take extreme measures to avoid being upset by an opponent that is sliding
c) in the coed, ladies, and youth leagues, a minor penalty shall be assessed to any player who deliberately slides anywhere on the playing surface.
d) A major penalty and game misconduct shall be assessed to any player who injures an opponent as a result of a deliberate slide
- Coed suspensions must be served in the coed league (however still eligible to play in men’s and ladies leagues)
- Men’s suspensions must be served in the men’s league (however still eligible to play in coed and ladies leagues)
- Ladies suspensions must be served in the ladies league (however still eliglible to play in men’s and coed leagues)
- Unsportsmanlike Rule (any verbal taunts, insults or intimidation based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation and physical disability) will result in a game ejection