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12 teams in two conferences. |
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20-man active roster. |
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5-man farm team. |
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4-man DL (must be on IR in NHL or listed as out for more than 1 week). |
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Players affected by Covid/Flu-related illnesses may go on the DL but
must be activated by following week of NHL activation. |
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Three teams from each conference advance to postseason (two division
winners plus one wild card). |
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Six players will be kept. Goalie is optional. |
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Live ZOOM draft of 16 players on Saturday Oct. 12th, to bring team total
of 22 to begin season. |
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Trading of players for draft picks is allowed during current offseason
only. No more than 6 picks per 5 rounds allowed. |
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Keepers to be submitted on Friday Oct.11th by 8 pm. If any player is
announced to be injured & expected to miss 50% of season after
submission can be replaced. |
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Draft order for non-playoff teams is determined by lottery. Worst team
is lotto protected to fall no further than 3rd; second-worst no further
than 4th. |
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Line-ups: |
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Line-ups and pick-ups due Sunday night (or before commissioner wakes up
at 6 a.m. Monday). |
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Two dates are submitted for each player for each game. |
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If dates not selected, then first two dates will be used. |
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If player fails to appear in scheduled game, then date is pushed to next
available game with next game's date (if available) getting pushed if
necessary. |
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If first game's dates are pushed, game #2 will not be pushed if
indicated by owner. |
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When 2 goalies are employed & line-up is 1st 2 dates, the 2nd goalie
cannot appear until after 1st goalie appears unless indicated by 1st
dates available. |
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Game 1 begins on Monday & concludes by Saturday. |
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Game 2 begins on Tuesday & is reserved for Sunday. |
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Two (2) scoring lines: a center; two wingers; 2 defensemen. |
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One (1) checking line: a combo of 3 position players not exceeding 1
center; or 2 wingers; or 2 defensemen. |
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One (1) goalie. |
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One (1) overtime: any position other than a goalie. No center-eligible
points are used - goals, assists and +/- only. |
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Overtime player is a must, if no player is listed, commissioner will
apoint one alphabetically if one not assigned for consecutive weeks. |
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No OT player, including moving a player with no available date will
result in a minus 1 point. |
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The 3 or 3 rule is in effect: If any player misses 3 consecutive weeks
or a line-up is missing 3 starters; commissioner will notify team to
make moves beginning Monday after |
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line-up submission. If changes still not made; commissioner will insert
available player listed alphabetically. |
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Two changes and one flip-flop allowed per game: changes can be made by
game-time of affected game. |
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Centers and wingers can play any forward position but are limited only
to positional points where they are starting. |
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Line-up corrections must be made to commissioner within same date of
posted line-ups otherwise it will be at commissioner's discretion. |
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Schedule consists of: |
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An 18-week regular season. |
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3 series vs. division. |
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2 series vs. conference. |
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1 series vs. opposing conference. |
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Season begins Monday Oct. 14th, 2024. |
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First line-ups due beginning Sunday Oct. 13th, 2024. |
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A 2-week break will occur between Week #17 & Week #18 due to World
Hockey tournament. |
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Transactions: |
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Live pick-ups begin week #2 via zoom. Pick-ups can also be submitted
with line-up and will slot into order if submitted before live pick-up. |
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Only three pick-ups allowed per week. |
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Trading of picks not allowed! |
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Trading Deadline is at the end of week #10 (midnight following Dec.
23rd, 2024). |
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Moving players from farm to active roster (or vice versa) requires an
option (3 options per player for season). |
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Once all 3 options have been exhausted, moving a player up to active
roster or down to farm requires a 24-hour waiver wire exposure. |
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Waiver claims are based on records with worst ream going first up to the
team with the best record. |
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Claiming team must keep waiver-claimed player on active roster for at
least 24 hours before attempting to move him. |
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Claiming or picking up injured players on NHL disabled lists can be
placed directly on DL's for WNI teams. |
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Players placed IL must have been out for a week or listed as out for the
upcoming week or any combination thereof. |
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Pick-ups based on records with tie-breakers as follows: head-to-head;
division record; conference record; points scored; point-difference. |
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All ties within division are broken first followed by within conference,
if necessary. |
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Last week for pick-ups is at beginning of Week #18 for all teams. |
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PLAYOFF RULES: |
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Playoffs begin Mar. 3rd, 2025. |
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First-Round is best of three spanning one week with Seeds #2 vs.#3 in a
best of 3. |
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Conference finals and WNI championship are best of five spread out over
two weeks each. |
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Two OT players needed. |
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If still tied after 2 OT's then higher-seeded team wins. |
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Three changes allowed per game plus a flip-flop for higher-seeded teams. |
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Rosters can be rearranged between rounds with impunity. |
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