HOCKEY SUR TABLE QUÉBEC – GAME RULES

Version 9.3 -  September 2009

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IMPORTANT NOTE: The english translation is provided for your convenience. If there’s a difference between the english and french rules, the french rules prevail.

1 - DECORUM, SPORTSMANSHIP: The participants agree to adopt a sportsmanlike conduct and pleasurable for all. The main objective of everybody will be to have fun in a friendly manner. After a warning, the tournament organization reserves the right to exclude a participant that wouldn’t respect this rule.

2 - LE TEMPS: The games consist of a timed five (5) minute period. In the preliminary round, the ties are accounted for as such, and there is no overtime. In the playoffs, there is overtime until the first goal. Each player can ask for a timeout of thirty (30) seconds per game.

3- PLAY STOPPAGE CALLED BY THE REFEREE : There is a play stoppage and the timer stops when :
• a puck is projected out of the surface of play;
• a puck is inaccessible on the surface of play (including behind the net, see rule #6);
• there is a goal or a disallowed goal (see the rules #9-10);
• there is a defective part (see rule #7);
• the “5 seconds” rule is not respected (see rule #5);
• the puck is frozen in the goalie crease for 3 seconds. The opposing centerman can hit the goalie before the expiration of the 3 seconds delay;
• the referee judges that a situation necessitates a play stoppage.

4- FACE-OFFS : All face-offs are done at center. During a face-off at center, the center figurines and the base of the rods must be outside the face-off circle. The winger-figurines and the defensemen-figurines must be placed outside of the zone included between both blue lines. During the face-off, the centers have the right to move only after the puck touches the surface of play. If a player moves or hits the puck before that it touches the surface of play, there is a « jump » or false start and the referee must stop the timer and redo the face-off by the « puck dropper ». When the players are ready and well placed, the referee drops the puck on the « puck dropper » and restarts the timer only when the puck touches the surface of play. Now the goals scored following a face-off are good without any restriction, no matter what happens on the game board.

5- « 5 SECONDS » RULES : When a player takes possession of the puck, a player disposes of a maximum of 5 seconds to try a pass, a clearing or an attack (passes from « winger-to-winger » or « defenseman-defenseman » behind the net are not considered like being a new take of possession). If this time limit is not respected AND/OR that the referee judges that this player lets time go down voluntarily, the referee calls a play stoppage and then does a face-off at center with the « puck dropper ».

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