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SIMPLIFIED FLOORBALL RULES AT MOOSECUP 2017

GENERAL RULES

Object of the game: To score more goals than your opponent

Number of players:  4 players and 1 goalie on the field

The roster size:          Between 7 and 8 players.

Game length:               Two 10-minutes periods. If both teams tie, then overtime will occur. The first team to score wins.

Substitutions:          May occur on the fly at any time (similar to line changes in ice hockey)

GAMEPLAY RULES

Stick interference:   Players cannot lift, hold or impede an opposing player’s stick. Playing your stick between another player’s legs is not allowed

High Stick: Players cannot make contact with the ball using their stick above average knee level. Players cannot raise their sticks above waist level at any time.

Hands, feet and heads: Players can’t touch the ball with these parts of the body, except the goalie

Body contact: Only incidental shoulder contact (like soccer) is allowed.

Penalty shots: When a defender plays the ball in the goalie crease or when an infraction is committed on a clear scoring chance.

Free hit: Possession change. Occurs after minor infraction or when the ball goes out the game.

Minor infraction: Free hit

Major infraction: Dangerous play or repeated infractions. Results in a two-minute penalty

Goal crease: Normal players can’t enter there. Goalkeepers may only touch the ball when a part of their body is inside it. If the goalie leaves the crease they become a field player without a stick, meaning they can only kick, and not be able to pass.

Literature: https://www.thesubath.com/pageassets/sport/clubs/floorball/aboutfloorball/FBP_FloorballRules.pdf