Winter CELL 2024-2025 - REGISTER HERE

Winter CELL will be played on eight of the following dates:

Winter CELL 2024-2025 Dates

Sunday December 1st, 2024

Sunday December 8th, 2024

Sunday January 5th, 2025

Sunday January 12th, 2025

Sunday January 19th, 2025

Sunday January 26th, 2025

Sunday February 2nd, 2025

Sunday February 9th, 2025

Sunday February 16th, 2025 (INCLEMENT WEATHER DATE)

Games are played between 12:30pm and 3:30pm each Sunday at Teamworks in Acton, MA.

CELL RULES

• Games are 22-25 minutes, running time.
• If the margin is 2 goals or less, the clock will stop & start on the whistle in the last 2 minutes.
• Faceoffs will take place to start the game and at the beginning of an overtime period.
• After a goal, the goaltender will restart with the ball
• If the margin is 5 goals or more, the team with the lower score begins with possession after every goal.
• In the last two minutes, the team with the lead cannot carry or pass the ball backcourt after gaining the midline.
• Each team gets one 60-second timeout per game that can be used at any time.
• Each team has six field players and one goaltender. Of the field players, up to two can have a longpole.
• All personal fouls and technical fouls will be one minute. There are no 30-second fouls.
• Egregious fouls like fighting, hits to the head/neck and boarding will be multiple-minute fouls, and can result in ejection.
• Any player who accumulates five minutes in fouls will be ‘fouled out’.
• If a team only has one goalie and he gets a penalty, his teammate can serve his penalty.
• Each team must always have at least one player in their offensive end.
• Each team must always have at least two players in their defensive end – usually the goaltender & one longpole.
• A player coming onto the field should not play the ball, or play an opponent, until his teammate is off the court.
• Upon gaining control of the ball in the defensive end, you have 10 seconds to get the ball over the midline.
• The ball is considered "out of bounds" only if it's lost over the boards or glass or touches a player on the bench.
• A forfeit can affect that team's playoff eligibility.
• Two Forfeits eliminates that team from the playoffs, and may result in immediately removal from the schedule.
• Forfeits happen in two ways and will be scored 1-0.
  • A team does not have at least six field players and a goaltender to start the game = forfeit
  • A team allows a player to play that is not on their CELL roster = forfeit
• Diving is allowed. Ball must be in net before player touches crease. Player cannot contact goaltender or goal.
• Diving shooter cannot dive toward the mouth of the goal.
• Any and all issues not covered here will be handled at the discretion of officials and CELL management.