Men's Division Rules

 

Rules and Regulations

Men's Division

 

Game Format

  • 3 Ten Minute stop time periods.
  • Floating blue line offside.

  • 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss.

  • No overtime/shootout in the regular season.

  • Before each game, both teams are to meet in the middle to read a Surah and for any announcements. No one should be shooting around during that time.

 

Timeouts

  • Regular season: 1 per game.
  • Playoffs: 2 per game, 1 per period. No timeouts during sudden-death game 3.

 

Attendance - Teams must have minimum 6 players for the game to start. Those who arrive after the first period has finished will not be allowed to play. Players must attend a minimum of 5 games to be eligible for the playoffs.

 

Dress code - All players must be wearing their team jersey during games. Those who do not bring their jersey will be given a two minute minor penalty to start the game. Bottoms that cover until below the knees should also be worn.

 

Code of Conduct

  • Respect the rules of the game and opponents.
  • Respect the facility - All garbage should be put in their appropriate bins in order to maintain a clean atmosphere, both in the dressing rooms and in the stands.
  • Smoking/vaping in the vicinity will not be tolerated and will lead to possible fines/suspensions.

 

Disciplinary

  • Swearing - Two minute minor + a $10 fine which must be paid before the next game.
  • Fighting will result in a one game suspension.
  • All decisions will be made by the referees.

There will be NO NEGOTIATIONS for the rules above.

 

Tie Break Rules (In this order)

  1. Season Standings
  2. Wins
  3. Head To Head
  4. Goal Differential

 

Playoff format

  • 5 out of 6 teams make the playoffs.
  • 4th and 5th seeds play each other in a one-game wild card series, with the winner facing the 1st seed in the semifinal.
  • 2nd and 3rd seeds play each other in the semifinals.

Semifinals/Finals Series format

  • Best of 2 game series. No overtime or shootout to decide each game.
  • If the series is tied after two games, there will be a sudden-death 10 minute 5v5 Game 3 right after Game 2 to decide the winner.

 

Trade/Waiver Requests

  • All trade or replacement requests must be sent to the DIBHA organizers from the team GMs by 11:59 PM ET on Saturday of that week.
  • No player transactions are permitted after the respective trade deadline (December 13, 2025).
  • Goalies - If a goalie is away, the team may bring a temporary replacement for that game after recieving approval from the league.
  • Direct Replacements - Only GMs and goalies are able to be replaced directly. All other replacements must go through the waiver system.
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