-TEAM ROSTERS
- All teams must be registered through the Top Gun League. Rosters must be submitted to the appropriate district/select/club registrar by the applicable deadline.
· Rosters must be submitted to the league office before May 1st, 2024.
- Birth certificates of those players on the roster must be made available to the league officials upon request.
-GAME PROCEDURES
- The playing rules of the league are put in place by the current League operators and managers of Top Gun League’s rule book.
- Teams should be ready to play 5 minutes prior to the scheduled game time. A warm-up period of three minutes shall be allowed prior to the start of each game. Teams not prepared to play after the warm-up period will be assessed a minor penalty for delay of game.
- All divisions will play 3, 15-minute stop time periods.
- There are no running time situations in the Top Gun League games.
- There are no time outs allowed during regular season games.
- Penalty Times:
All divisions – Minor (2:00) Major (5:00) Misconduct (10:00) Minutes
-PLAYER ELIGIBILITY, REQUIREMENTS & ENFORCEMENT
- Player eligibility dates for team rosters will be like with USA Hockey guidelines although we are independently sanctioned. Players must participate in 75% of the team’s league games to be eligible to participate in playoffs.
- Any player who plays for a team in any of the Top Gun Leagues qualifying games which includes all brackets/age groups must then compete in 75% of that team’s regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.
- Any team that has a player that fails to meet the minimum game requirement of 75% after playing in any of that team’s Top Gun League’s qualifying games will be excluded from the playoffs and will be expelled from the Top Gun League for the subsequent season.
- Any player that plays in the Top Gun Leagues qualifying game for more than one team will be expelled from the Top Gun League.
- A player from a team at a lower/younger level may be carried as an alternate. Each alternate may play unlimited games for the team above. Each time an alternate player plays he or she must sign the score sheet prior to the start of the game otherwise the game will result in a forfeit. *Any player’s movement outside of the above criteria requires permission from the league office.
- Players, including alternates, must wear the same jersey number throughout the season. (No Duplicate numbers on Game Sheets.)
-GAME CANCELLATION POLICY
- In case of inclement weather teams should contact their opponent. If the rink is open the game should be played.
- Teams requesting postponement with other teams due to inclement weather are responsible for the full cost of the regularly scheduled game unless the game has been cancelled by the home team.
- Teams can submit blackout dates in advance of the league schedule being generated and published. Therefore, any game that does not fall on a submitted “black out date” cannot be changed by either team and will result in a $500 fine to the team requesting the change if more than 10 days prior to the game date; and $1,000 fine if request is being made less than 10 days prior to the game date.
- Any designated home game that is not played will result in a $500 fine. If a game that is not played has any effect on the league’s standings the home team and the organization’s other teams will be subject to further fines and may not be eligible to participate in playoffs.
-PROTESTS & COMPLAINTS
- All complaints, written or otherwise, by directors, coaches or parents will not be accepted unless they have been approved by the board of directors of their program.
- All protests must be made to the League Commissioner within 24 hours by phone and 48 hours in writing, or before the next game. Note: Judgment calls of officials are not grounds for protest.
-ADDITIONAL RULES
- Fighting or attempting to injure/match penalty will result in expulsion from the league.
- Any player assessed a game misconduct penalty while playing in a Top Gun League hockey game shall be required to serve the game misconduct in their next scheduled Top Gun League Hockey League game.
- Any player that receives 4 penalties in a game, including misconduct penalties, will be suspended from that game and the next scheduled Top Gun League Hockey League game.
- Any coach, manager or trainer ejected from a game will automatically receive a one game suspension from the Top Gun League hockey league. Repeat offenders can be suspended permanently.
- Any coach who forgets he or she is teaching young children and behaves in a less than gentlemanly manner either during, before or after the game, will receive a suspension from the league. Any parent acting in the same manner will cause their child to be suspended.
-STANDINGS & TIE BREAKERS
- The regular season team standings will be computed by a points system, Win = 2 points, Tie = 1 point, Loss = 0 points.
- Tie Breakers
- Head-to-Head results against teams tied.
- Goals Differential Head-to-Head between teams tied.
- Most Wins
- Goals Differential in all games