Lake Placid Lax

Official tournament rules are provided below. Abuse of officials will not be tolerated and flagrant violations may result in team disqualification.

The Men's Divisions will use NCAA rules with the following exceptions:

1) There will be no 10-second count in the defensive or offensive field areas;

2) There will be no 2-minute stalling rule in the fourth period;

3) All substitution will be on the fly other than when a goal is scored or a served time penalty is assessed;

4) All substitutions must go through the designated substitution box;

5) No team will be allowed more than 4 long sticks on the field at any time;

6) All players will be expected to have appropriate equipment including sticks, helmets, chin straps, mouthpieces, and satisfactory gloves in accordance with NCAA standards;

7) Each team will be permitted two 1 minute time-outs per half and none during any sudden death period; the game clock will be stopped during timeouts;

8) Games will consist of four 16 minute running time periods (other than in Super Grand Masters which will be 12 minutes); penalty time will be stopped on whistles; half times will be limited to five minutes; the game clock will be stopped during timeouts; at the discretion of the tournament organizers, game times may be shortened due to inclement weather, darkness, or to keep the tournament on schedule;

9) Sudden victory overtime will follow the completion of a tied game after a 3 minute break; sudden victory periods will be 4 minutes of running time; goals defended will remain the same for the first sudden death period and a face-off will commence the first sudden death period; goals will be exchanged after each sudden death period and the ball will be put in play at the relative area of the field by the team which had possession of the ball at the end of period; if no possession, a face-off will take place;

10) Teams will be assessed a delay of game penalty if not ready to begin play at the scheduled time; teams are responsible for being ready to play at the scheduled time for each game; games may be shortened at the discretion of the organizers to keep game times on schedule;

11) Each player is required to wear the issued uniform of its team;

12) Play will be started immediately as soon as a player on the team awarded the ball has the ball in his possession; this will be excepted when a goalie has pursued a shot to the end or side line in which case the goalie will be given 5 seconds to return to the crease; if the team awarded the ball is not ready to play the ball immediately, the ball will be placed on the ground no closer than six feet from an end or side line and the whistle sounded to start play;

13) The alternate possession rule will be used;

14) Blood/bleeding situations will follow NCAA guidelines;

15) Body-checking on only the man with or playing the ball is permitted in the Grand Masters division;

16) Body-checking is not permitted in the Super Grand Masters Division;

17) Subject to player eligibility requirements, all teams and players requesting roster exceptions must report to the game officials at least five minutes before the scheduled start time of the game; failure to do so may result in forfeiture and disqualification of the infracting team and player(s);

18) Any participant (including players, coaches, team officials or spectators) that participates in a fight during tournament play whether on or off the playing field will be subject to automatic disqualification from the tournament

The Women's Division will utilize USLacrosse rules with the following exceptions;

1) games will consist of two 25 minute running time halves with a 5 minute intermission

2) the restraining line will be used;

3) all substitutions will be on the fly;

4) teams will be assessed a delay of game penalty if not ready to begin play at the scheduled time; teams are responsible for being ready to play at the scheduled time for each game; games may be shortened at the discretion of the organizers to keep game times on schedule;

5) Sudden victory overtime will follow the completion of a tied game after a 3-minute break; sudden victory periods will be 3 minutes of running time.