Official Rulebook of NHA______________________________________________________________________
Rules of the Game______________________________________________________________________
- Dribbling the puck is the same as any other pod sport. A walk with result in a turnover, and a self will result in a foul.
- Shooting at goal must be done with a quick sit. Either shooting after a pass, or a dribble, it must be done by quickly alting the pod to the goal without any hesitation.
Another way of shooting, is to place the puck inside the net and have your teammate run in and sit ,But you got too pass it from 3 times before your player can run in and sit on the pod and then run and your player must place the pod in one of those two spots that are Star tiles and sit
,Also u can place pod on on freeze tiles on the right side and sit on it ,If your on the left side sit on the freeze tiles but if your the middle you have too show W and sit in the middle where the two black banzai tiles are
- When shooting, if the attacker with the puck is on the left side of the goal, he can only shoot on either right side roller. And if the attack is on the right side, he can only shoot on the left side rollers.
- Passing can be done by either quick sitting or just by sitting.
- When Shooting, you must shoot from either the 3/4 mark, or where you can see the black mats where faceoffs will occur. You must shoot from that point of further towards the goal.
- Putbacks are only aloud when a player shoots on the SECOND ROLLER, once the pod reaches the 1st roller, a attacker must quick sit and either pass it out, or shoot onto the other SECOND ROLLER. If a defender sits on the pod before an attacker, the play will not end, and the defender is aloud to play on.
- Faceoffs will be take place where both centers will stand at the center of the ice and the ref will say Dp and the Player has too say L for left R for Right Depending on what side the players on. But If the other Player loses he still has a chance of Stealing the puck once its placed, but he can not over the placement. Its like tipping it out on a face off. or u can say LR for Left side Right bottom or RL for Right side Left Bottom too be placed
- Goalies, when saving the puck, goalies must fully stop the puck from falling down from the roller. If the pod hits the floor, it is a goal. If the goalie sits on the pod and the pod falls with the goalie, that is considered a safe save.
- There will be faces during the game
- To check a player and force a turnover, a player must say on shout, CHECKS, CHECKS twice. A check can only be done after 3 seconds of a player with possesion in the same spot
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Fouls___________________________________________________________________________
- Fouls can be given to any player on the rink or on the bench.
- 3 Fouls result in a 1 minute penalty in the penalty box.
- Any trash talking while in the penalty box, will result in more minutes penalized.
- If continuous trash talking, or a unnecessary action takes place, a player can be ejected by the ref.
- 10 fouls = Ejection
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Fights ___________________________________________________________________________
- Fights will be aloud during the game, but the first attacker will be penalized with a 30 seconds to 5 minute penalty, depending on the situation.
- There is no true winner of a fight, but it could pump up the crowd
- If both teams start to fight, both teams will be penalized by the ref.
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Fans___________________________________________________________________________
- Fans will be aloud to cheer for any team, and even talk trash to a player in the penalty box, but if excessive spamming is to occur, the fan will be banned from the arena.
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Penalty Shots ___________________________________________________________________________
- Penalty Shot will be given on some occasions and will be done in a 1v1 matchup against a player and a goalie.
- The player must dribble in a zig zag motion, and can not dribble backwards, in doing so, the penalty shot will be canceled.
- The goalie can come out of the net and steal the puck, but if it is selfed, it results in an automatic goal.
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Substitutions___________________________________________________________________________
- Substitutions can come on at any time during the game, but if a player comes on during a fastbreak, it results in a penalty shot.
- If more than 4 players, including the goalie, is one the rink for more than 3 seconds, it will result in a foul against 1 player, and a penalty shot.
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League Rules___________________________________________________________________________
- 8 Players are aloud on 1 team
- 3 Attackers/Defenders and 1 Goalie is aloud on the rink at one time.
- During the last 3 minutes of the game, the goalie can be substituted by another player, making 4 Attackers/Defenders able to play on the rink.
- When pulling the Goalie, no player is aloud to save the puck from scoring.
