MPHL Guidelines/Rules

Revised: October 28th, 2022

Division/Schedule Format:

The MPHL will consist of the 10 member schools with everyone playing each other twice. The Malloy Division teams will meet and play the Bowers Division teams at the MPHL Kick-off Weekend in October and again at the Crossover Weekend in January. There will be (2) Division Weekends where the same Division teams meet to play each other. All teams will play a total of 18 MPHL regular season league games. All teams will also play three games during MPHL Playoff Championship Weekend.

Game Format:

Game length will be three 18 minute periods for the in Division Weekends as well as Playoff Games and three 15 minute periods in Cross Division Weekends, ice cut after every period if possible. If not possible every two periods there should be an ice cut. There will be a 3-7 minute warm up. The Home team wears dark color Jerseys. Away team wears light colored jerseys. The first team listed on the schedule is the home team.

Game Summary:

If the MPHL Weekend host team does not have a computer in the scorer’s box to record the game stats as the game is being played, it will be the Host team’s responsibility to record the game statistics into Point Streak immediately following each game.

Playing Rules:

USA Hockey High School in US & Canadian Federation in Canada. There is no limitation to coaches/staff or dressed players on a bench though.

Regular Season Overtime Format:

Overtime- 5 minutes of 3 on 3 sudden death play, if still tied, the game will go to a 3 man shootout with no player shooting twice until the entire team has shot. Players in the penalty box at the time are not eligible to shoot.

Game Misconduct:

If a player receives a game misconduct, that player must serve it in the next scheduled MPHL league game.

Officials:

Three man officiating system will be required for all MPHL games. With two referees and one linesman or one referee and two linesman being the preferred systems when we can do this. A four man system is acceptable if possible.

Eligibility:

The policy for adding players onto a MPHL team roster will be as follows. If a student enrolls into a school after January 15th, that student will not be eligible to play any remaining MPHL regular season or playoff games that season.

Each team will submit a player roster by January 15th and only those players will be eligible for the rest of the season. The coach should have all of these players listed on their Pointstreak roster.

Students/Player cannot be older than 19 years of age at the start of the school year.

Discipline:

If there is a complaint filed by a school about a player’s/coaches conduct or attempt to injure another player, we can ask that the host team send out a copy of the game to all of the other schools to take a look at the incident and form a committee to determine if the complaint warrants disciplinary actions.

League Annual Dues:

The MPHL annual dues will be $3,500 per school. The dues will cover the cost of officials and trainers for all MPHL Weekends. It will also pay for the plaques and trophies for the Playoffs plus the cost for each schools use of Point Streak and any other miscellaneous expense the league may occur.

Allotted Cost:

The MPHL will budget an allotted cost amount for schools hosting MPHL Events for the purpose of paying for officials and trainers.

Kick-off Classic $6,500

Crossover $6,500

Division Weekend $3,500

Playoff Tournament $5,500

League Meetings:

There will be in-person league meetings held 3 times a year during the Kick-off, Crossover and Playoff weekends. An alternative to in-person meetings is to have zoom meetings instead of in-person meetings if necessary.

Website Rosters:

If schools do not have their players complete player profile/rosters including picture posted on Pointstreak before the Kick-off. That school will be fined $100.

MPHL Weekend Host Schools:

Each League Member School has the option to host one of the MPHL Weekends. It must be agreed upon by all members in a meeting from their respective division for in-division weekends and the whole league for crossover weekends. The host team will be responsible for the following:

· Paying for and securing necessary ice. Ice times cannot start before 8:30am, end after 10:30pm and there must be at least a 5 hour gap in between games on the same day form first game end time to second game start time. No team should play more than 2 games in a day or two games in less than 12 hours on back to back days.

· Paying for and securing trainer/EMT/medical professional coverage, scorekeepers and officials.

· It is preferred there be some sort of a scout/coaches room or space provided throughout the weekend.

· Passing along the weekend’s schedule to scouts.

· Game summary’s being programmed into pointstreak during or immediately following each game.

· Programs or ability to have line-up sheets/rosters available to spectators/scouts.

· Ability to live stream all the games (Hockey TV, You Tube, Facebook, LiveBarn, etc.)

· When Rice Memorial is the host site for the MPHL Kick-off Classic. The League will compensate Rice Memorial $6,500 and permit them to charge an admission fee at the gate of $5 Day and $10 for a Weekend Pass. All proceeds will go to Rice to help with the cost of ice time.

League All Stars:

Each Division will have an All Star team of (3) Forwards (2) Defense (1) Goalie. Coaches will nominate players from their own team, including player’s name, position, grade and the reason you feel he is a good candidate for the All Star team. The coaches will vote at the Playoff meeting for the six players in their own Division and are unable to vote for players from your own team. Each team will also be able to nominate one player from their own team to be awarded Honorable Mention to the All Star team. Also, the coaches will vote for a Coach of the Year for the whole league.

MPHL League Patch:

MPHL patches must be sewn on the front chest of both Home & Away game Jerseys. All patches must be on your Jerseys for the Kickoff Weekend failure to do so will result in a$100.00 fine. To order MPHL patches call Bob at 847 584-0305.

Playoff Format:

Please see page 6 document of this document which shows the format and layout of the playoffs for a 10 team league. Each school will be guaranteed at least three games for the weekend.