Sign-ups
- Each player in kiekko will have the opportunity to sign up for the next season before the draft
- GMs will collectively eliminate any player they do not feel is suitable for the league
- You can not sign someone else up
- Further rules will be posted in the sign up thread and need to be followed
Draft
- The team that finishes last in the previous season, will be given the 1st pick, the second to last team is given the 2nd pick, and so on
- The draft will consist of 8 rounds, and those not drafted will become free Agents
- Once a player has been drafted by a team, he is to remain with the team until he is released or traded (Failing to stay on a team will result in you being Suspended until further notice)
Free Agents/Transactions
- Any team can release any player if they chose to but must post this in the free agent thread
- Any team can sign a free agent
- both the player and gm of the team has to agree on the signing in the free agent signing thread
- Once a player has been signed by a team, he is to remain with the team until he is released or traded
- GMs will be allowed to trade away draft picks, although it is not recommended
- A trade deadline will occur at the end of week 4, no further trades or signings may take place in playoffs
- The GMs will stick together when it comes to players, if a GM is having problems with a player and their attitude, the player shouldn’t expect to be moved to another team
- Players who attempt to force their way off teams by threats and quitting because of immature dissatification with their team may be banned from JKL.
Draft Re-entrants
- Players will not be allowed to leave their team at the end of each season and re enter the draft
Teams
- The team names must be appropriate, including logos and arenas.
- The amount of players on a team will be 9 maximum, there must be at least 6 players on the roster.
- It is up to the GM on how he decides to run the team but should make his players aware of league rules
- it is highly recommended you spread the ice time out to all of your active players
- Bans for both GMs and players are possible if admins agree upon it
Schedule
- Games will be played on Sundays and Tuesdays starting at 9:00 PM EST
- There will be a series of best out of 3 games played on each of the nights, back to back
- each division team will play each other a total of 3 times over the regular season, you will play 3 of the 4 non division teams 1 time a year making the total amount of games in a season 12 the game you do not play will be a bye
- the 30 minute time for games listed on the actual schedule is only a guide line
Games
- league games can not start before 9:30 PM eastern
- the 'vs' in the schedule means '@', to avoid confusion as to who the home team is
- Penalities will always be ON
- each game will be a regular, experimental match (thats why theres a rank system)
- playoffs are under heavy thought of being made non expermiental though
- Games must be played 4v4
- games are moved to public rooms for continuous OT if tied after regulation
- OTs are golden goal, first goal wins.
- 2 points if you win, 1 point for an OT loss, and 0 points for a regulation loss
- Players must talk in team chat
- Unless someone rides into the boards or freezes for 3-5 seconds, it's play on
- GMs must notify the other team if a lag goal was scored
Playoff Format
TBA
Playoff Games
- playoffs should be played 4v4
- games may start or even be played fully 4v3
- if a team fails to have 3 players available 10 minutes after the scheduled start time, the team will forfeit the game
- games that are tied at the end will be moved to a public room for continuous overtime until someone scores
- the home team stays home for the overtime
- GMs will be allowed to reschedule games if they choose to, but both GMs must agree and post in the 'NHLK Playoffs' thread
- One of the admins not playing in the game will be present to watch for lag goals
- the admin will make the game in public and may kick players that argue their call if necessary
- games will consist of 5 game series
(series will last a total of 3 days 2 games played 1 day, 2 another, and 1 on the last night)
- You may win a series in 2 nights if you win both the first and 1 the second making your team 3 to 0 against the oposing team
Forfeited Games
- there will not be any make up games if a team doesn't have enough players on the game time set unless otherwise decided by a commissioner.
Standings/Tiebreakers
- Sorted by Total Points descending
- Tiebreakers will first be determined by head-to-head
- Second tiebreaker will be the larger goals difference
***any issue that was not addressed here will be dealt with individually by league admins
- Each player in kiekko will have the opportunity to sign up for the next season before the draft
- GMs will collectively eliminate any player they do not feel is suitable for the league
- You can not sign someone else up
- Further rules will be posted in the sign up thread and need to be followed
Draft
- The team that finishes last in the previous season, will be given the 1st pick, the second to last team is given the 2nd pick, and so on
- The draft will consist of 8 rounds, and those not drafted will become free Agents
- Once a player has been drafted by a team, he is to remain with the team until he is released or traded (Failing to stay on a team will result in you being Suspended until further notice)
Free Agents/Transactions
- Any team can release any player if they chose to but must post this in the free agent thread
- Any team can sign a free agent
- both the player and gm of the team has to agree on the signing in the free agent signing thread
- Once a player has been signed by a team, he is to remain with the team until he is released or traded
- GMs will be allowed to trade away draft picks, although it is not recommended
- A trade deadline will occur at the end of week 4, no further trades or signings may take place in playoffs
- The GMs will stick together when it comes to players, if a GM is having problems with a player and their attitude, the player shouldn’t expect to be moved to another team
- Players who attempt to force their way off teams by threats and quitting because of immature dissatification with their team may be banned from JKL.
Draft Re-entrants
- Players will not be allowed to leave their team at the end of each season and re enter the draft
Teams
- The team names must be appropriate, including logos and arenas.
- The amount of players on a team will be 9 maximum, there must be at least 6 players on the roster.
- It is up to the GM on how he decides to run the team but should make his players aware of league rules
- it is highly recommended you spread the ice time out to all of your active players
- Bans for both GMs and players are possible if admins agree upon it
Schedule
- Games will be played on Sundays and Tuesdays starting at 9:00 PM EST
- There will be a series of best out of 3 games played on each of the nights, back to back
- each division team will play each other a total of 3 times over the regular season, you will play 3 of the 4 non division teams 1 time a year making the total amount of games in a season 12 the game you do not play will be a bye
- the 30 minute time for games listed on the actual schedule is only a guide line
Games
- league games can not start before 9:30 PM eastern
- the 'vs' in the schedule means '@', to avoid confusion as to who the home team is
- Penalities will always be ON
- each game will be a regular, experimental match (thats why theres a rank system)
- playoffs are under heavy thought of being made non expermiental though
- Games must be played 4v4
- games are moved to public rooms for continuous OT if tied after regulation
- OTs are golden goal, first goal wins.
- 2 points if you win, 1 point for an OT loss, and 0 points for a regulation loss
- Players must talk in team chat
- Unless someone rides into the boards or freezes for 3-5 seconds, it's play on
- GMs must notify the other team if a lag goal was scored
Playoff Format
TBA
Playoff Games
- playoffs should be played 4v4
- games may start or even be played fully 4v3
- if a team fails to have 3 players available 10 minutes after the scheduled start time, the team will forfeit the game
- games that are tied at the end will be moved to a public room for continuous overtime until someone scores
- the home team stays home for the overtime
- GMs will be allowed to reschedule games if they choose to, but both GMs must agree and post in the 'NHLK Playoffs' thread
- One of the admins not playing in the game will be present to watch for lag goals
- the admin will make the game in public and may kick players that argue their call if necessary
- games will consist of 5 game series
(series will last a total of 3 days 2 games played 1 day, 2 another, and 1 on the last night)
- You may win a series in 2 nights if you win both the first and 1 the second making your team 3 to 0 against the oposing team
Forfeited Games
- there will not be any make up games if a team doesn't have enough players on the game time set unless otherwise decided by a commissioner.
Standings/Tiebreakers
- Sorted by Total Points descending
- Tiebreakers will first be determined by head-to-head
- Second tiebreaker will be the larger goals difference
***any issue that was not addressed here will be dealt with individually by league admins
