Please bring your student ID with you, it is required in order to play.
You must bring clean shoes to wear on the ice for co-ed broomball. The ones you arrived in are not appropriate.
- Games are played with 6 players (5 + goalie). Each team must have 3 of each gender on the ice at all times or the game is defaulted. The goalie is included in the minimum requirement of either gender.
- CSA helmets are mandatory. Goalies must have full face masks, but may not wear goalie pads. Broomball shoes or clean-soled running shoes must be worn.
- There is no body contact.
- All penalties will be 3 minutes.
- No sliding. All dangerous slides and sliding to block a shot will be whistled down. (Penalty)
- On face-offs, the stick must make contact with the ball before it may be touched with the feet.
- Sticks should be kept below shoulder height. Sticks may be above shoulder height to shoot, only if there is no one at risk of being hit.
- If the ball is touched by a stick above shoulder height, it will be whistled dead, and a face-off will occur.
- A high stick near another player (at the official’s discretion) or contacting another player, will be considered dangerous play. (Penalty).
- Kicking the ball is only allowed to direct the ball from the kicker’s foot to their own broom.
- Players can knock the ball down in the air with their hand, but cannot carry the ball.
- Only one defensive player is allowed in the crease, the goalie or a designated goalie [if the goalie is out of position]. If the ball goes through the crease, a player may follow it, but may not score with a foot in the crease.
- The blue line is the offside line. Icing will be called as soon as the ball crosses the end line. 2 line passes are allowed.
- Goalies may not cover the ball outside the crease (penalty). Goalies may not hand pass the ball forward, but may pass it back to the corners. Note- goalies must serve their own penalties.
- Players may not throw their stick (penalty).
- Any player who intentionally damages equipment will be billed for the cost of replacing it. In addition, the player may be suspended or removed from the league.
- Verbal abuse of an official will result in ejection from the game, AND carries a minimum 1-game suspension.
- All decisions of the official are final!
Default score is 2-0.