Rules
Pabst Colorado Pond Hockey Tournament Rules - 2012
1. Please review all rules with each player on your team
2. The winner of the captains toss before each game will determine which goal to defend. Teams will
switch goals after the first half.
3. All players must wear helmets and hockey skates. Protective gear is optional but strongly
recommended.
4. No goalie equipment or goalie sticks permitted.
5. There will be one off-ice pond official to monitor play. (scoring, time, puck, reset and arbiter of
infractions.
6. Penalties will be called for rule infractions. Penalties called by referees are final. A minor penalty will
result in a goal awarded to the opposing team as well as posession of the puck. Referees will notify
teams when a goal is awarded due to a minor penalty by whistle blow.
7. Any Major penalty, which includes any action that could possible injure a player, will result in the
player being ejected from the tournament. The team that received the ejection will play the
remainder
of the game short-handed (3 v 4) and the ejected player will not be allowed back into the tournament.
All remaining games may be played (4 v 4). Off-ice official will determine major penalties.
8. Abuse of officials will be considered a major penalty. This includes yelling, arguing or swearing
about calls and/or at officials.
9. No checking is allowed. Such action will result in a major penalty.
10. No slapshots allowed. This action will be a minor penalty.
11. Players can not fall or lay down on the ice in effort to protect the goal area. Such action will result
in a minor penalty.
12. Goaltending is not allowed. A player may not patrol, camp out or remain stationary in the crease
area and act as a goaltender. A defender may deflect the puck in the crease area, but the defender
must do so while continuing to move through the crease area. The crease area is defined as an
imaginary box extending four fee from the outside corners of the goal. Off ice official will make all
calls for goaltending. Goaltending is a minor penalty and will result the opposing team a goal.
13. Contacting the puck with a stick above the waist will result in a loss of posession.
14. Raising the puck intentionally will result in a loss of posession.
15. If a puck goes out of bounds, the last team to touch it loses posession. During a reset, the defender
must give the opponent 2 stick lengths of space.
16. There is no off-sides or icing calls
17. Goals must be scored from the attacking side of center ice. Center ice is determined by markings
on dasher boards.
18. Referees will call out the score after each goal. This includes goals scored by players or awarded
from minor penalties.
19. Teams must give their opponents 1/2 ice after a goal is scored or an infraction takes place.
20. Games are composed of two 15 minute halves and a 2 minute half time.
21. In the event of a tie during both round robin and championship play the game will move to sudden
death format. A coin will be flipped to determine what team will gain first posession.
22. No drinking while playing on the ice. Must be 21 years of age to drink alcoholic beverages.
23. Players can only play on one team per division.
24. Both teams must shovel the rink together after each game in preparation for the following teams.
