Hope to get involved with some Developmental leagues as per the recommendation above and catch a whole bunch of Ice-Dogs and Bears games as often as possible.

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Great to see we got support in Taiwan. Hopefully you visit Sydney during our season and can get to a game…

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I never thought about giving out a complete set of AIHL rules. Really good idea. As there are a few differences in AIHL rules compared to say the NHL and Ice Hockey in Australia. For instance, with fighting in the AIHL, if you fight after the 7:30 mark in the 3rd period(the last half of the last period of the game) you are suspended for the next game. Other than that if you fight before that time you only are kicked out for the rest of the game. This is to prevent things getting out of hand at the end of the games and make players think twice.

Just a little something for now while I try to think of a few more and maybe add a second addition of Rookies guide to Ice Hockey.
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3. Out of these 5 skaters, the 3 up front are the forwards and the 2 at the back play defence. These 5 players make up a “line” of the team and coaches generally keep line combinations together.

that might explaine why the whole team (except the keeper) gets changed as a complete team.

where canwe get a complete set of the rules of the AIHL.

Thanks
DanSON14

And an even bigger thanks to Shaz our web guy for getting this going and convincing us a blog is the way to go.

My pleasure. Hope to meet you at the next home game

Thanks for your questions and also coming to our game. Your support means heaps to us. Our icing is the international ruling as opposed to the NHL touch up rule as you pointed out.

The 15 minute thirds or periods as they are known around hockey is only done in the Australian Ice Hockey league. Internationally at a professional level they are 3 x 20 minute periods stop time. The reason for 3 x 15 minute periods stop time in the Australian Ice Hockey League is due to the cost and availability of Ice time.

With our penalties we instigated the fights on both accounts so we got an instigator penalty which is what really hurt us. The first fight both players should have been kicked out of the game as although our player clearly instigated the Melbourne Ice player participated in the fight and it went for a while.

Lastly you can find the ref signals in our game programs which are 2 bucks at the game, but I quickly looked up ref signals on google and found this link you can check out: http://www.firstbasesports.com/hockey_signals.html

Thanks again for coming to our games and contributing on the blog. Hopefully meet you at an upcoming game

Cheers
Scott

Just a few quick questions and I also need some clarification on a few things.

Firstly, icing. I know the Australian League uses different icing rules vs. the NHL. What rules are we using? International?

Also, are the 15min 3rds also an International standard, or is it just our league that does it?

Fighting, just need a little clarification on this one as I dont understand the way the refs give out the penalties. For example, last nights game againts Melb Ice. Both fights the dogs were given longer penalties, is this based on who initiates the fight? How does it work?

One last one mate, I know you’re busy, do you have a link to a list of the penalties and the ref signals?

Hope it makes sense,
Cheers Jared

Thanks for helping out…totally forgot to mention the backhand. In regards to non-contact hockey leagues that are developmental, Senior C (or senior 3) would be perfect for this. If you go to http://www.nswicehockey.com.au and click on competition for Winter and click on Senior 3 you will see there are a couple of teams you may be able to contact for more info. The summer has a few leagues that may also be similar. That site would be a good starting point for info on leagues and rinks in the sydney area.

backhand – it is when you shoot the puck while holding the stick on the “unnatural” side of your body and it makes contact with the blade. i.e. when you hold a hockey stick, you either have right handed shot or a left handed shot. for example, I hold my stick on the left side of my body (I shoot left) and a backhand shot for me would be if I took a shot off my right.

typically these are used as short targetted shots into the net, and are often unplanned for (you just know you need to take a backhanded shot when the time is right).

now i have a question… I am considering moving to sydney. where are there non-contact developmental leagues for adults?

I will try to explain as best I can. A slapshot is when the player winds up, lifting the stick up past their hips to take the shot. This shot is less accurate than other shots but can be more powerful and is usually used at long range.

A wrist shot is a quick release shot used when in close around the net. There is no wind up. A snapshot is halfway between the two.

Hope this helps out a bit.

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Cheers