International Virtual Hockey League

----------Schedule-------------------

Times & Days
- 8 Games per week for 80 Games. (Not Including Playoffs)
- Friday (4) Saturday (4)
- Game 1 (7:30) Game 2 (8:00) Game 3 (8:30) Game 4 (9:00)

Playoffs
- All teams will make the playoffs.
- The playoffs will be the best of 7 games.

Rescheduling Games
All games will be rescheduled by an agreement between the team's owners. If the game is being rescheduled because of a lag-out situation, if the owner of that team wants to reschedule he may. These games must be played on a day other than the league's game days(Friday & Saturday). There are no rescheduled games unless someone lags out!


----------Lobby Set up--------------
All games will be created under xbox live>community>lobby>. The owner of the home team must create the lobby and name it (IVHL CHI VS NY) with the home team's name displayed first. The password will always be a convenient, "ivhl". 


Game Settings
Settings: Ranked
6v6: Yes
Period Length: 5 Minutes
Rules: NHL
Injuries: On
Fighting: Yes
Penalties: Yes
Created Plays: On or Off
-ALWAYS make the password "ivhl"

Grace Period
- There will be a 10 minute grace period for the teams to be in the lobby. Failure to do so, you either have to reschedule the game before the game starts or if you don't contact the other team's owner, you will get the loss.


----------------Basic Rules--------------
In the IVHL we are hoping to create the most realistic style of gameplay as we can.  That means that know one here should be trying to glitch or run the show by themselves. The IVHL promotes good sportsmanship and team play. Get to know your teammates and move the puck around as you would see in a real game. If you don't like our style, then don't play. It's that simple!

Glitch Goals
- Any well known glitch goals are strictly prohibited and will count as a loss for your team.
- Wrap-arounds ARE allowed because we are playing with user goalies but DO NOT do them more than twice in a game or else they are considered a glitch and your team will suffer a loss for that game. 

AI Goals
- Computer player goals do not count unless they score on a delayed penalty or if the goalie is pulled.
- If a player lags out and their AI scores, the goal doesn't count but keep playing and ignore the goal. When entering the stats don't include the AI goal in the stats.

Offensive Zone
- No going down on one knee (LB)
- No laying on the ice

Penalty Killing
- Do not hold the puck behind your net for longer than 10 seconds.
- Do not turn back into your zone to kill the penalty, you must dump, make a pass, or regroup ONCE.

Faceoffs
- No "Twitching"

Backwards Skating
- You are not allowed to cross any of the lines skating backwards with the puck. You are allowed to skate backwards without the puck however.