floor hockey rules

1. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Floor Hockey – 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 – Marino Recreation Center
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4. General Rules
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 Five players on the court maximum
 Minimum number of players to avoid a forfeit is 4
 Mixed Gendered Leagues:
 At least 2 player must identify as a different gender from 2 other players
on the court at all times
 All players must wear eye goggles
 Players can bring their own or use the ones provided
 Games will consist of 3 periods, each 12 minutes long
 Each team has 1 time-out to use for the entire game
 Mercy Rule:
 A team leading by 7 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. Required Player Equipment
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 Players must be wearing eye
goggles at all times
 Players can bring their
own or use the ones
provided
Players must wear athletic
attire and athletic shoes
 No jeans, flip-flops,
sandals, boots, etc.
 Players are recommended to
bring their own hockey stick, or
use provided sticks

7. Required Goalie Equipment
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 Goalie equipment will be
provided by the Campus Rec
department
 Goalies may not switch during a
period
 Goalies may not cross center
court
 Offensive players may not enter
the crease unless the ball is
already in that area of play

8. Unsportsmanlike Penalties
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 Players receiving any combination of 3 penalties will be ejected from the
game and the facility
 Major penalties, misconduct penalties and game misconduct penalties
will all result in the player’s ejection
 Penalties from the bench will be assessed to the team’s captain
 This is a NON – CHECKING league
 There is to be no intentional contact between the players

9. Unsportsmanlike Penalties
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 Sticks cannot be lifted above a player’s waist at any time
 High sticking is a 2-minute minor penalty
 A stick check that results in a high stick will result in a penalty against the
player committing the stick check
 A team accumulating 6 minor penalties during one game will
automatically lose the contest as a forfeit
 This does not include non-contact penalties like High Sticking

10. Slashing & Hooking
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 Slashing
 Players must attempt to play the ball with their stick
 Any player using their stick to slash an opponent’s body or stick will be
assessed a slashing penalty
 Hooking
 Players may not hook or attempt to hook an opposing player with their
stick

11. Roughing and Checking
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 Floor Hockey is strictly a NON - CONTACT
 Players cannot intentionally make contact with opposing players
 Intentionally contacting an opposing player will result in a minor, major
or game misconduct penalty
 The severity of the penalty will be at the judgment of the official

12. Holding, Tripping & Interference
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 Players may not impede an opponent from progressing in play
 Players using their hands or sticks to hold a player will be assessed a
penalty
 Interference will be called when a player obstructs an opponent’s
movement that does not have possession or control of the ball
 Players using their body or stick to trip an opponent will be assessed a
tripping penalty

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