- The governing body will be considered the ICE Hockey League Department of Hockey Operations.
- A representative of the ICE Hockey League Department of Hockey Operations is authorized to:
- make a measurement check of each participating team’s goalkeeper equipment for the compliance with the ICE Hockey League GameBook Part L | Goalie Measures & Players Equipment
- perform random spot checks of participating team’s equipment during the season, including qualification round and Play-offs, to ensure the continued compliance with the ICE Hockey League GameBook Part L | Goalie Measures & Players Equipment
- make a measurement check of each participating team’s goalkeeper equipment for the compliance with the ICE Hockey League GameBook Part L | Goalie Measures & Players Equipment
- These inspections can take place at any time, before, during or after any game. A member of the ICE Hockey League Department of Hockey Operations may obtain equipment from all of the four participating goalkeepers.
- This equipment may be removed to a secure location for measuring.
- Any violation of this rule will result in an automatic two game suspension to the offending goalkeeper, as per the ICE Hockey League Penalty Catalog, Ref. No. 147. Should both goalkeepers on a club have illegal equipment, both will be suspended in sequence. The goalkeeper who played that day/night of the measurement will be suspended for the next two games played by his team, and the back-up goalkeeper will be suspended for the subsequent two games.
- A goalkeeper who plays with equipment that has not been verified and approved by the ICE Hockey League Department of Hockey Operations, or who tampers with equipment after it has been verified and approved will be suspended for the next two league games and fined € 2,500.-, as per ICE Hockey League Penalty Catalog, Ref. No. 146, regardless of whether or not such equipment previously complied with league standards. Each additional violation will result in all game suspensions and fines being doubled.
- Refusal to submit the equipment for league measurements will result in the same sanctions as those imposed on a goalkeeper with illegal equipment.
- For circumstances considered outside the norm or special circumstances, the ICE Hockey League Department of Hockey Operations must be notified in advance and approval granted.
- Any violation of this rule shall be reported to the club involved and to the ICE Hockey League Director of Hockey Operations.
§ 4 League Inspections
- Parent Category: ICE Hockey League
- Category: L | Goalie Measures & Players Equipment