WCHA Rules - UPDATED 02/07/11

WCHA Rules, Adopted 31 January 2011

 

Free Agents

Rules for free agents:

1)    Free agents will switch teams at half. Exceptions will be made for goalies and in the case where there is only a single free agent playing on an under-manned team.

2)    The team that is lower in the standings gets to pick first, regardless of number of players. Exception: in the situation where a team has three or fewer players available and there is only one free agent available, that team will receive the services of the free agent. In all other situations, the team that is lower in the standings will choose first, regardless of numbers. Situation 1: Team A has five players and is lower in the standings than Team B, who have four players; Team A shall have the first choice of free agents. Situation 2: Team A has four players, Team B has three players. Team B is higher in the standings. There is a single free agent available for the game. Team B gets to use the free agent.

3)    No first round draft picks can play for other teams. Captains can play for other teams only in the situation where a team does not have enough players to field a team.
4)  Teams are only eligible to play a free agent goalie in one-half of their games, starting with games on Tuesday, 8 February 2011.

Miscellaneous Rules

1)    No slap-shots: all sticks must be kept below the waist on shots. Violations result in a turn over from the spot of infraction.

2)    High sticks will result in a turn-over from the spot of the infraction. High stick is defined as above the crossbar.

3)    First to a ball in the snow or out of play within the bounds of the fence will have possession. Opposing players must give this player the opportunity to put the ball back in play. The interpretation of this rule is at the discretion of the referee.

4)    All balls that go beyond the fence will turn over. The ball will come back into play from the non-offending team’s half.

5)    Goal-scorers are responsible for reporting assists to the referee.

Schedule - UPDATED!

Note that we have moved the games that were originally scheduled for 22 February to 15 February in order to accommodate Reading Week. Here is the updated schedule:

Jan 25	CHI v DET	BOS v NYR	TOR v MON
Feb 1	DET v BOS	MON v CHI	TOR v NYR
Feb 8	MON v BOS	NYR v DET	TOR v CHI
(Feb 12)	MTL v NYR	CHI v BOS	TOR v DET
Feb15	NYR v CHI	DET v MON	TOR v BOS
March 1	CHI v DET	BOS v NYR	TOR v MON
March 8	DET v BOS	MON v CHI	TOR v NYR
(March 12)	MON v BOS	NYR v DET	TOR v CHI
March 15	MTL v NYR	CHI v BOS	TOR v DET
March 22	NYR v CHI	DET v MON	TOR v BOS

Notes: Toronto will play all games at 9PM to accommodate all of their players. We will be playing games on two Saturdays, 12 February and 12 March, in order to fit all games into the league schedule. Finally, we will be holding an end of season tournament from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, 26 March.

Statistics - Free Agents

Free Agents are players who cannot commit to the full schedule of games, and so offer their services as and when possible. Currently, players from one team can sub in for other teams if there are not sufficient numbers. Their statistics are compiled separately from regular team players. This first week, we had four free agent scorers:

Name	Team	G	A	PTS	GP
Andrew Kaye	Canadiens	2	1	3	1
Josh Stewart	Red Wings	1	1	2	1
Luke LaRoque	Blackhawks	0	2	2	1
Jake Stewart	Bruins	1	0	1	1

 

Statistics - Goalies

Statistics - Regular Players:

Name	Team	W	L	T	GA	EN	SA	SV%	GAA
Luke LaRoque	Canadiens	1	0	0	4	0	34	.882	4.00
Jake Stewart	Blackhawks	1	0	0	3	0	33	.909	3.00
Simon Davis	Maple Leafs	0	0	0	2	1	11	.727	4.00
Sarah Holmstrom	Red Wings	0	1	0	5	0	35	.857	5.00
Daniel Marker	Maple Leafs	0	1	0	5	0	20	.750	10.00
David Matthews	Bruins	0	1	0	7	0	36	.806	7.00

  Statistics - Free Agents:

Name	Team	W	L	T	GA	SA	SV%	GAA
Sarah Holmstrom	Rangers	1	0	0	3	22	.864	3.00

 

Statistics - Players

 

Name	Team	G	A	PTS	GP
Dane Neufeld	Blackhawks	4	1	5	1
Jamie Monkman	Rangers	3	1	4	1
Lane Scruggs	Canadiens	3	1	4	1
Sean Otto	Canadiens	2	2	4	1
Paul Patterson	Maple Leafs	3	0	3	1
Steve Hewko	Red Wings	2	1	3	1
David Ney	Rangers	2	1	3	1
Justin Blum	Canadiens	1	2	3	1
Josh Stewart	Maple Leafs	1	2	3	1
Andrew Hubbard	Bruins	2	0	2	1
David Boehmer	Rangers	1	1	2	1
Paul Smith	Blackhawks	1	0	1	1
Simon Davis	Maple Leafs	0	1	1	1
Wendell Brock	Blackhawks	0	2	2	1

Scores and Standings - Week One

Scores and Standings after the first night of action for the WCHA:

Scores:

Blackhawks 5 - Red Wings 3
Rangers 7 - Bruins 3
Canadiens 8 - Maple Leafs 4

Standings:

Team	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Blackhawks	1	0	0	5	3	2
Canadiens	1	0	0	8	4	2
Rangers	1	0	0	7	3	2
Bruins	0	1	0	3	7	0
Maple Leafs	0	1	0	4	8	0
Red Wings	0	1	0	3	5	0

Schedule

The schedule for the upcoming season has been released:

Jan 25	CHI v DET	BOS v NYR	TOR v MON
Feb 1	DET v BOS	MON v CHI	TOR v NYR
Feb 8	MON v BOS	NYR v DET	TOR v CHI
(Feb 12)	MTL v NYR	CHI v BOS	TOR v DET
Feb 22	NYR v CHI	DET v MON	TOR v BOS
March 1	CHI v DET	BOS v NYR	TOR v MON
March 8	DET v BOS	MON v CHI	TOR v NYR
(March 12)	MON v BOS	NYR v DET	TOR v CHI
March 15	MTL v NYR	CHI v BOS	TOR v DET
March 22	NYR v CHI	DET v MON	TOR v BOS

Notes: Toronto will play all games at 9 PM to accommodate all of their players. There will also be two Saturday sessions in order to accommodate two games against each opponent. March 26 will mark our end of season tournament, held from 10 AM to 4 PM.