LAST MAN STANDING HOCKEY LEAGUE OFFICIAL LEAGUE RULES (v3.3)

LMSHL COMMISSIONER & FOUNDER
SHIZZ

LMSHL DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS
SWIZZ | SNAKE | SJUL

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
ADMINS – BUBBA | EATFRESH | JSON | D-TURP | SCARACE | OLIMPIO | JAYMO
NHL OWNERS XC REP – OLIMPIO | AHL OWNERS XC REP – JAYMO

LMSHL TEAMS & OWNERS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
METRO
PHI (Pawxs) | PIT (Snokd) | NYR (JJ) | TBL (Trixter) | WSH (Olimpio)
ATLANTIC
BOS (Tim) | BUF (Swizz) | DET (Snake) | HFD (Miiko) | TOR (Dykie)

WESTERN CONFERENCE NORTHWEST – CGY (Bubba) – EDM (Rum) – SEA (Sjul) – UTA (Harry) – VAN (Shizz) CENTRAL – ANA (Storm) – CHI (Shrek) – COL (Viper) – LAK (MLN) – VGK (Martins)

LMSAHL TEAMS & OWNERS EASTERN CONFERENCE METRO – PHA (Dave) – WBS (Tacos) – HFD (Duff) – SYR (No No) – HER (Fatal) ATLANTIC – PRO (Bkeis) – ROC (Mighty) – GR (Triton) – CTW (Pocketts) – TOR (Cancer)

WESTERN CONFERENCE NORTHWEST – CGY (DJ) – BAK (Tavares) – CV (Kim) – TUC (Smarty) – ABB (Poseidon) CENTRAL – SD (Grandpa) – RFD (Henteye) – COL (Drock) – ONT (Jaymo) – HSK (Cookie)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.    INTRODUCTION & CODE OF CONDUCT
1.1.    ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
1.2.    CODE OF CONDUCT
1.2.1. Refusing to Play/Report to Team – Automatic Season + Next Season Ban
1.2.2. Other Prohibited Behavior
1.3. CHIRP CHANNEL
1.4. RULE AMENDMENTS & UPDATES
1.5. MID-SEASON RULE LOCK

2. LEAGUE OVERVIEW – STRUCTURE, SIGN UP REQUIREMENTS, AND SCHEDULE

2.1. TITLE & PLATFORMS; LEAGUE STRUCTURE

2.2. DISCORD & LEAGUE WEBSITE - CHEL MACHINE – https://lmshl.chelmachine.com/

2.2.1. Discord Verification

2.3. MANDATORY SEASON + NEXT SEASON BAN – LEAVING DISCORD WITHOUT APPROVAL

2.3.1. Rights of Teams Regarding Players Who Have Left Main League Discord

2.4.      LMSHL & LMSAHL

2.5.      NHL & AHL CONFERENCES & DIVISIONS

2.6.      GAME DAYS & TIMES; REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

2.7.       GAME DAYS & TIMES; PLAYOFF FORMAT & SCHEDULE; TIE BREAKERS

2.8.      PLAYOFF TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURE

2.9.      LEAGUE GAME NIGHT REQUIREMENTS; NHL & AHL ECUs/PLAYER LOANS

2.10.     LEAGUE OWNERS; APPOINTMENT & REMOVAL; DISCIPLINARY POLICY

2.10.1. Owners Must End Season on Team Owned at Start of Season

2.11.     TEAM MANAGEMENT; APPOINTMENT & REMOVAL

2.12.     OWNERSHIP & MANAGEMENT TRANSFER WINDOW (OTW/MTW)

2.13.     PLAYER ACQUISITION & INITIAL ROSTER BUILDING

3.     LMSHL S6/LMSAHL S3 – PLAYER CONTRACT TYPES & ICE TIME RULES

3.1.       LMSHL S6/LMSAHL S3 TEAMS & CONTRACT TYPE

3.2.      REGULAR SEASON LMSHL/LMSAHL ICE TIME REQUIREMENTS

3.3.      REGULAR SEASON LMSHL/LMSAHL MAXIMUM GAMES ALLOWED LIMIT

3.4.      LMSHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF ELIGIBILITY

3.5.      LMSAHL CALDER CUP PLAYOFF ELIGIBILITY

3.6.      LMSHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF & LMSAHL CALDER CUP PLAYOFF – GAMES PER ROUND LIMIT

3.6.1. Played Game Defined

3.6.2. Starting Goalie Exception

3.7.       LMSHL/LMSAHL PLAYOFF MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS

4.     TRANSACTIONS – TRADES; FREE AGENCY; RAs; WAIVERS; INJURY RESERVE

4.1.       TRADES

4.1.1. Initial Posting of Trades to League Discord

4.1.2. League Review & Approval Required

4.1.3. Prohibited Trades & Trade-Related Activities

4.2.      LMSHL S6/LMSAHL S3 ADDITIONAL TRADING RULES

4.3.      TRADE REQUESTS

4.4.      FREE AGENCY – NEW PLAYER ASSIGNMENT

4.4.1. Free Agency – Dropping a Player

4.4.2. Reporting FA Drops in Discord

4.5.      LMSAHL SEASON 3: RANDOM ASSIGNMENTS (RAs)

4.5.1. RA – Trade Availability

4.5.2. RA – Off Season Draft Eligibility & Protection Status

4.6       LMSHL SEASON 6/LMSAHL SEASON 3: PLAYER CALL-UPS & WAIVERS

4.6.1. Player Call-Ups (Roster Vacancy)

4.6.2. Player Call-Ups & Waivers (No Roster Vacancy)

4.6.3. Successful Waiver Claims – Trade Availability & Off-Season Status

4.7.       INJURY RESERVE (IR)

4.8.      GAME NIGHT EMERGENCY CALL-UPs (ECUs)

4.9.      PLAYER LOAN PROGRAM

5.     IN-GAME RULES

5.1.       CLUB SET UP

5.1.1.  S6/S3 In-Game Scoreboard Abbreviations

5.2.      TEAM CUSTOMIZATION

5.3.      PLAYER CUSTOMIZATION

5.4.      PLAYER BUILD & X-FACTOR RESTRICTIONS

5.5.      GAMEPLAY RESTRICTIONS

5.6.      SERVER SELECTIONS & PRE-GAME LOBBY SET UP; PRIVATE GAME PASSWORDS

5.7.       POST-GAME REQUIREMENTS; SCREENSHOT

5.8.      GOAL AHEAD RULE (Mercy Rule)

5.9.      DISCONNECTS – CPU SKATER OR IMMEDIATE RESTART OPTIONS

5.10.     FORFEITS & LATE START

5.10.1. Forfeits Disfavored

5.10.2.       Late Starts - Grace Period; Delay of Game Penalty; Forfeit Loss

5.10.3.       Advanced Notice Reschedules/Brief Delayed Starts Should Be Accepted

5.10.4.       Reschedules to be Played ASAP

5.10.5.       Too Many Cooks

5.10.6.       No Show Teams

6.     RULE VIOLATIONS, DISCIPLINE, AND OTHER DISPUTES

6.1. PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR AND RULE VIOLATIONS; THREE-STRIKE POLICY

7.     MISCELLANEOUS

7.1. PRE-SEASON PREDICTIONS; STARS OF THE NIGHT; PLAYERS OF THE WEEK; EOS AWARDS

7.2. OFF-SEASON EVENTS

7.3. LOOKING AHEAD TO LMSHL S7/LMSAHL S4 – SALARY CAP

7.4. FINAL WORD

APPENDIX 1 – LEAGUE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE