7 - Special Game Rules Relating To Particular Grades

Special Rules for East Coast Super League

The usual transfer rules apply from a player's existing club. See transfer regulations.

Players registering to play in this League must be prepared to be drafted to a team outside their traditional club structure. This does not apply to Newcastle ECSL players.

This League is regarded as the farm-league for the AIHL, and as such is about development.

There will be three, twenty minute running time periods, with the last five minutes of the game stop time. There will be one ice-cut after period two.

A maximum of 5 players only over the age of 23 (as at the 31st of December of the same year), are eligible to play in any one ECSL team.

Players over the age of 23 who are registered in the AIHL, cannot play down to ECSL until the following season and only then if they initially register with ECSL.

ECSL players over the age of 23 who play more than one game up into the AIHL, will not be permitted to return to the ECSL until the following season.

ECSL players under the age of 23 are permitted to play unlimited games up into the AIHL.