Canadian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association

Southwestern Ontario Division

Timekeeping and Scoring

1. It is the Manager of Operations responsibility to ensure that a timekeeper, scorekeeper, and referees are available and ready for each game. It is the timekeepers responsibility to keep track of and verify the times of each period, the times of the penalties, and any time outs taken. The official clock to be used is the large score clock located in the gymnasium, or that of the designated referee, when there is no clock available.

2. Each game will consist of three, fifteen minute periods to be played on a non-stop time basis. The final two minutes of the third period will be played on a stop time basis At the end of each period the teams will change ends. There will be a two minute break between periods. Each team is allowed one time out per game. Time outs will be thirty seconds in length.

3. It is the referees responsibility to inform both the timekeeper and the score keeper of all penalties that are handed out. This includes who the penalized player is, the time of the penalty(s), the nature of the penalty(s), and the duration of the penalty(s). It is the responsibility of the timekeeper to keep track of the penalty(s) time an to indicate when the player may return to the game. All penalties will be served on a stop-time basis. A player serving a minor penalty may return to the game if a goal is scored by the opposing team, unless that player is serving part of a "match"penalty (two players penalized at the same time). Major penalties are to be served in their entirety.

4. It is the referees responsibility to inform the scorekeeper of who scored the goal, and those who have assisted on any goal scored. The scorekeeper is also responsible for recording all information regarding penalties. E. Rules for the recording of League statistics will be determined at the start of each season.