Underwater Hockey Rules

UNDERWATER HOCKEY RULES WHAT NOT TO DO: MANDATORY EQUIPMENT: Official Underwater Hockey Mask / Fins / Snorkel / Head Cap / Glove Infringements: / Mouth Guard / Stick. q Standing on the bottom; q More than 6 players in the water; DID YOU KNOW?!….. q Handling or advancing the puck 1. An official game consists of 2 x 30 with anything other than the stick; minutes halves with a 3-minute break q Lifting or carrying the puck in-between. Teams switch ends at balanced on the stick; half time. q Stopping a goal being scored with 2. Each team can have a maximum of 6 anything other than the stick (ie: players in the water, and 4 substitutes body); on deck. q Obstructing an opponent in anyway 3. The goal is 3 meters in length! while not in possession of the puck; 4. The puck must not be touched by a q Covering or obstructing the puck player’s hand, or lifted / carried on a with a player’s body or equipment player’s stick. while not in possession of the puck; 5. Sticks must be held only by their q Using hands / arms / body in any handle. way to grasp, pull or push an opponent or their stick; NEED A BREAK?! …USE A q Removing any of opponent’s “SUB” equipment; 1. Substitutes must be entirely out of the q Deliberately hurting an opponent; water (including fins), and must wait q FINALLY # 1 RULE = Behaving in behind the starting line of their team. an unsportsman like manner. 2. Before a sub can enter the water, the player being replaced must be If you DO any of the above it entirely out the water (including their will result in one of the fins). following: 3. Teams can sub while the game is 1. A warning (for Minor offenses); underway (referred to as “subbing on- 2. Time out (Major offense); the-fly”), or at any natural break in the 3. Equal Puck (Accidental offenses); game (a goal / half time / etc.). 4. Advantage Puck (Minor & Major); 4. Failure to sub correctly results in a 1- 5. Penalty Shot (Offense close to minute penalty for the sub, and for 1 goal); player in the water. 6. Player dismissed (serious offense). EQUAL PUCK ADVANTAGE PUCK PENALTY SHOT For minor or accidental q For offenses committed q For infringements made infringements against the team in with-in 3m of net, and Puck placed on or possession with the puck which prevented the goal. close to spot where q Puck placed the same as q Puck is placed 3m out from infringement occurred in EQUAL PUCK the centre of the net. (must be 2m away from q Offending team must be q Offended team selects 2 walls, and 5m away 3m back from the puck “attackers”. They start from nets) q Offended team can be behind the puck. Players arrange anywhere in the playing q Offending team selects 1 themselves between area “defender”. They start at the puck and their net q On “GO” offended team the wall. On “GO” they can remaining on the must contact puck before submerge, but must have 1 surface until “GO” is offending team can cross hand touching the wall until signaled the 3m line an “attacker” touches the puck. Black team goal “Offended” team B (Whites offended) B B B B B - - - - - - - - - O - - - B B B B 3m - - - O (puck) - - - - - B B W W W W W W W W W W W W W W 3m B “Offending” team White team goal q The penalty shot ends when either the attackers score, or when the defender gets the puck outside the 6m penalty box COULD THE FOUL HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL?? NO YES Was foul of a serious nature?? Minor Infringement: q Advantage or Equal Puck Rewarded q Player NOT penalized YES NO Major Infringement: q Advantage Puck Rewarded Serious Infringement: q Player penalized 1-2 min. q Advanced Puck Rewarded q Player Dismissed.

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