Broomball - Northeastern Intramurals Program

1. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Broomball – Online Managers Meeting

2. The Five Most Important IM Policies
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 Game time is forfeit time – please ensure you have enough rostered
players present prior to the start of your scheduled contest.
 Only a team’s captain may confer with the officials.
 All players must present their valid Northeastern University issued
Husky Card in order to play.
 All roster management is done via the IMLeagues platform.
 After the season’s schedule is published, regular season games will
not be rescheduled at a team’s request.

3. Location – Matthews Arena
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4. General Rules
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 This is a strictly co-ed league
 5 players on the court maximum
 1 goalie of either gender
 2 females and 2 males
 Minimum number of players to avoid a forfeit is 4
 2 females and 2 males
 Any of the four may play goalie
 Games will consist of 3 periods, each 12 minutes long
 There will be 1 minute between periods
 Mercy Rule:
 A team leading by 10 goals in the 3rd period will automatically win

5. The Regular Season & Playoffs
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 Regular season games will not be rescheduled
 Losing By Default:
 If a team can not play and contacts the intramural department to indicate this and fills
out the Default Form on the Campus Recreation Website, they will lose by default.
 Team will not lose the forfeit bond.
 Playoffs:
 The top team in each league will advance to the playoffs
 If two teams are tied in the standings the following will be used to determine who will
advance:
 Sportsmanship
 Forfeited games
 Head-to-head record
 Point differential
 * The remainder of the tie breaking procedures can be found on
page #6 of the Intramural Manager’s Handbook.

6. Out of Bounds
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7. Court Layout
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8. Player Attire
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 All players on the ice must wear a
helmet at all times
 This includes warm-ups and
during scrimmages.
 Gloves, shin pads and elbow pads
are not provided, but are highly
recommended
 The Intramurals staff will supply
broomball sticks and helmets
 Jeans, cargo pants and khakis are
not allowed to be worn by any player.
Players must be in athletic attire.

9. Goalie Attire
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10. Goalie Rules
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 Goalies are allowed to pick up the ball in the area from the face off
circles back to his/her team’s own boards
 When the goalie throws, rolls or kicks the ball, it must hit another
player before crossing the half-line
 Goalies are not allowed to cross over the half line
 Goalie's may not high stick when shooting or passing the ball
 Goalies are allowed to wear hockey shin pads, a goalie glove and/or
baseball mitt
 Goalie pads and goalie blocker gloves are illegal

11. Substitutions
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 Substitutions are conducted on-the-fly.
 In the last two minutes of the game, if a team is down by 2 goals or less,
the goalkeeper may be pulled
 This player loses all goalie rights
 This player may not substitute out

12. Violations
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 Hand or kick passes are not permitted.
 Players may not bobble, juggle or carry the ball with their sticks.
 Violations will result in possession being awarded to the
non-offending team

13. Contact Penalties
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 There is NO CHECKING OR BODY CONTACT
 Players cannot use excessive body contact to gain a competitive
advantage
 Players may, at the official’s discretion, be warned and/ or ejected
for excessive physical contact
 Any player playing in a dangerous or reckless manner can be
warned, penalized, and/or ejected.

14. High Sticking Penalties
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 Sticks should be kept below the level of the crossbar at all times
 This includes penalty shots and passing/shooting from sidelines
 This rule applies to goal keepers as well
 An infraction of this rule will result in a penalty shot against the
offending team’s goalie.

15. Penalty Enforcement
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 Penalty shots are awarded for all penalty infractions

16. Ties and Tiebreakers
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 All ties at the end of regulation will be ties.
 During the playoffs, ties will be decided by 12-minute sudden-death
overtime periods.

17. Quiz
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Thank you for your interest in the Intramural Sports
program – have a great season!