Broomball Rules - Campus Recreation

Broomball

General Rules:

All players must present their valid Northeastern University Photo ID to play. No exceptions! Current, valid NU photo identification must be present in order to participate. Participation will be denied to anyone without their current, valid NU photo identification card.
Jewelry is not allowed to be worn by any participant during an Intramural event. Any and all dangerous equipment must be removed prior to participation. Jewelry cannot be taped or covered with a band-aid.
GAME TIME IS FORFEIT TIME! The minimum number of players must have their Husky Cards turned in, be present on the field and in uniform for a team not to forfeit. The team manager must be responsible for collecting his team’s IDs and registering their uniform numbers with the IM staff.
3 Unsportsmanlike Penalties will result in a team disqualification regardless of the score. 2 Personal Unsportsmanlike Penalties will result in the player leaving the game. Only a team’s designated Captain is allowed to confer with the officials. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for any unsportsmanlike behavior directed towards players, officials, and staff.
The supervisor on duty reserves the right to remove any player from competition who has violated any NU Intramural Policy or Rule and/or endangered any player or IM staff member. Ejected players must leave the facility. Any player or team that exhibits a pattern of troublesome behavior will be removed from intramural sports. Supervisors also have the authority to end a game.

The Game and Field:

All games will be played at Matthews Arena.
Game Length: The game will consist of three (3) 12-minute periods (running time). The game may be shortened at the discretion of the Supervisor. A face-off is used to initiate play. The players take positions identical to hockey for the face-offs.
All ties at the end of regulation will be ties. During the playoffs, ties will be decided by a 12- minute sudden death overtime period. If, at the end of the period the game is still tied, 2-on-0 shoot-outs will occur. Each team will choose 2 guy/girl pairs to partake in the shootout. The initial shootout will be a best of 3, and will become sudden death if the score is still tied after 3.
MERCY RULE: All games with a 10-goal differential at any time in the 3rd period will be ended.
A team consists of two (2) men and two (2) women at all times and a goalie of either gender.
All players must wear hockey helmets AT ALL TIMES (including scrimmages after a forfeit). Intramurals staff will provide helmets, if necessary. Gloves, shin pads and elbow pads are not provided, but are highly recommended. Footwear must have a smooth surface. Running, basketball, and/or tennis shoes are recommended. No street shoes or boots will be allowed on the ice. It is recommended that goalies have a glove and leg pads (No hockey goalie pads are allowed). The Intramurals staff will supply broomball sticks. Jeans are not allowed to be worn by any player.
Exchanging equipment is only permitted on the sidelines. Players lacking proper equipment will not be allowed to participate.

Player Rules:

Players may sub at any time. These substitutions must be an even switch on the sideline. In the last minute, if a team is down by one (1) goal, the goalie may be pulled, but this player loses all rights of the goalie. If the goalie is pulled, he/she may not sub.
Goalies:
1. Goalies are allowed to pick up the ball in the area from the face off circles back to his/her team’s own boards.
2. When the goalie throws/rolls the ball, it must hit another player before crossing the half-line. Goalies may use their sticks to pass/shoot the ball without breaking this rule.
3. Goalies are not allowed to cross over the half line.
4. Goalies are allowed to wear hockey shin pads and pants.
5. Goalie pads and goalie blocker gloves are illegal.
A hand-pass or kick-pass to a teammate will result in a change of possession. The ball will be given to the non-offending team’ goalie.
There is NO CHECKING OR BODY CONTACT. Any contact to an opponent using the body or stick will result in a penalty shot. a. Players cannot use excessive body contact to gain a competitive advantage. b. Players may, at the officials’discretion, be warned and/ or ejected for excessive physical contact. c. Any player playing in a dangerous or reckless manner can be warned, penalized, and/or ejected.
Sticks should be kept below the level of the crossbar at all times. There is no high-sticking at any time during play. This includes penalty shots and passing/shooting from the sidelines. Goalies are also required to adhere to this rule and will be penalized if they raise their stick above the crossbar. An infraction of this rule will result in a penalty shot against the offending team’s goalie.
Penalty shots are awarded for all infractions, unless noted in the rules above. Penalty shots are taken from in between the two (2) hash marks of the face off circles. Players not shooting must remain behind the ball and outside the red circle until the shot has been taken. All penalty shots are live balls after the shot has been taken, unless there are penalty shots on both teams.