Mighty Ducks Hockey League

Mighty Ducks Hockey League

RULES OF PLAY & POLICIES

IHF rules shall govern MDHL play except as modified herein.

SPORTSMANSHIP

The common interest that members of the Association share is to inspire youth to practice the ideals of sportsmanshipand fair play. Any player, coach, team, parent, spectator, administrator orreferee whose behavior detracts from this purpose is subject to disciplinaryaction regardless of technical hockey background, expertise, accomplishments orstanding.

IHF FIELD REGULATIONS

  1. DIMENSIONS. IHF Law 1 provides for flexible external field dimensions within a given maximum and minimum width andlength. These dimensions should be adhered to for all fields used byteams under 12 and older.
  2. COMPETITION FIELDS. Fields used within the competition program must be a minimum of 100 x 60 yards.Leagues,districts or associations participating in the state competition program that areunable to provide a field that meetsthese minimum requirements must advise theState Competition Board which will assign its Fields Committee to inspectthe field and recommend to the Board whether or not a waiver of the minimumdimensions should be granted. Teams from leagues, districts or associationsthat are unable to provide an acceptable field may be required to play all theirgames away
  3. FIELDS USED BY YOUNG AGE GROUPS.
    1. U-6 play on a field approximately 20 X 40 yards with no penalty areas. Fields for older age groups should be progressively larger
    2. U-8 plays on a field 40-50 yards in length and 20-30 yards width.
    3. U-10 play on a field 70-80 yards in length and 40-50 yards in width.
    4. In addition, fields used by young age groups may have their internal dimensions and size of goal similarly modified

ALL PLAY

All-play means that every recreation player on every team shall play atleast fifty percent of each game. Coaches in the competition program are encouraged to play their players 50% of each game.