The board of directors for Hendersonville Inline Hockey Association have adopted the following rules

Veteran’s Park Rink Rules & Regulations

• All players must wear all required safety equipment at all times while on the rink surface, including practice and games. Required safety equipment also includes mouthpiece, hockey style shin pads, and protective cup/pelvic protection. If under age 18, helmet must have full face shield.
• All players must register to play by the last sign up date established by the Board. The Board may, in its discretion, allow registration as late as the Parents Night meeting scheduled by the Board. No other late sign ups will be allowed except in the most extraordinary circumstances and as approved by the Board which shall have sole and absolute discretion as to whether to approve such late sign up. Examples of such as extreme circumstances include severe illness or injury and moving into the area after the normal sign up deadline.
• Teams will be selected via draft by coaches in that age division. All players drafted will be evaluated and numerically rated. The numerical rating system will be based upon new player evaluations and player rating sheets submitted by the coaches for previous players. All players must play on their assigned team. There shall be no deviations to this rule based upon carpooling or other considerations.
• The child or children of a coach and assistant coach, depending upon age, shall be automatically assigned to the parent’s team. For purposes of this rule, no team shall be considered to have more than one coach and one assistant coach. Siblings playing within the same age group may be placed on the same team if requested by parents at sign ups.
• A player may, in the discretion of the Board, play up one age division. The player’s parent must authorize such in writing on such form as required by the Board.
• Parents are responsible for providing league officials with a correct jersey size and correct spelling of last name for jersey at sign ups. No replacement jersey shall be provided unless necessary due to the fault of the league.
• All games will be played on such date as scheduled by the League with the exception of rained out games which shall be played on such date and time as may be rescheduled by the Board. There will be no exceptions to this rule.
• No games will be rescheduled by anyone but the Board at any time or for any reason.
• In the event a team does not have the minimum number of players required for a game as set out in USA Inline Hockey rules, the game shall be forfeited. Notwithstanding the forfeit, the opposing coach shall select from his team a sufficient number of players to provide the forfeiting team the minimum number of players and the teams shall then proceed with playing their scheduled game. For purposes of league statistics, the score shall be considered 1-0 and none of the other statistics from such game shall be included in official league records or standings.
• If at any time during a game a player has scored 4 goals, and the player’s team has a leading score, that player will be frozen and ineligible to score as long as the player’s team maintains the leading score.
• If at any time during the second period of a game, one team goes ahead by as much as eight (8) goals, the game shall be considered over and the team which is ahead shall be declared the winner and no further statistics shall be kept in the game. If both coaches agree, the teams may finish the game solely for fun and experience and no further score or statistics shall be kept.
• Hendersonville Inline Hockey Association is intended to be a recreational/instructional hockey league. All coaches shall endeavor to provide their players with adequate instruction and shall endeavor to equalize playing time between their players.
• At no time shall a player, coach, referee, league official, parent, or spectator act inappropriately while attending a game or practice. At all times, such persons shall be courteous and respectful to all other persons participating in and attending such games and practices.
• No spectators shall be allowed on the bench side of the rink during any games and at all times shall remain behind the protective fencing at the rink.
• There shall be no more than two (2) persons, including coaches, in the bench area of any team during warm-ups, during games, and after games. This rule does not include scorekeepers. No non-player children shall be in the bench area at any time. Teams in the 08U division shall be allowed one (1) extra person in the bench area to assist the players..
• Referees will not be paid for games that are forfeited if at least 24 hours notice is given to the referee by a Board member.
• At the end of each season, all coaches are required to submit to the Board a rating sheet (to be provided by the Board) setting forth a rating as to each of his or her players.

Veteran’s Park Rink Regulations

• It is recommended that all persons wear all recommendet and elbow pads. If engaged in playing hockey, recommended safety equipment also includes mouthpiece, hockey style shin pads, and protective cup/pelvic protection. If under age 18, helmet should have full face shield.ed safety equipment at all times while on the rink surface. Recommended safety equipment includes helm
• All persons on rink surface shall wear inline skates, quad skates, or athletic shoes.
• No skateboards, bicycles, tricycles, or other similar devices or conveyances shall be allowed on the rink at any time.
• Hendersonville Inline Hockey Association shall be allowed to place temporary signs at and on the rink facility. This shall include banner type signs attached to the rink and sponsor signs on the exterior side of the board system so long as the latter can be reversed such that the sign is not visible during times that games are not being played.
• No person shall purposely cause any damage to any part of the rink surface or board system. Any person willfully causing damage to the same shall be responsible for the same.
• No spectators shall be allowed on the bench side of the rink during any games and at all times shall remain behind the protective fencing at the rink.
• Hendersonville Inline Hockey Association activities of any kind take precedence over all other activities at the rink.
• All Hendersonville Inline Hockey activities including practices and games shall be scheduled through the appropriate Hendersonville Inline Hockey Association Board member.
• All non-HIHA uses of the rink facility shall be scheduled through the appropriate Hendersonville Inline Hockey Association Board member.
• All spectators, players, coaches, refere es, and league officials must demonstrate proper decorum and respect toward all other persons at all times. Failure to comply with this rule will result in possible penalties and/or expulsion from the rink.