Question:
What is the penalty for standing in the wrong place on the track when a jam starts?

Answer:
Jammers will receive a minor penalty for lining up on the track between the Jammer and Pivot lines. Blockers will receive a minor penalty for lining up anywhere on the track not between the Jammer and Pivot lines.

Question:
How is the 30 second lineup clock between jams treated in the event of a timeout?

Answer:
Teams may call timeouts at anytime between jams. Between jams, a team can wait until the 29.99 second mark to call a time out. At the conclusion of the timeout, the Referees will direct the players to return to the track and start the next jam as soon as possible. The next jam can start as soon as players are lined up, but no more than 30 seconds should transpire after a timeout. The period clock restarts when the next jam starts.

Question:

Must Players line up exactly how the Pre-Jam Formation Diagram illustrates?

Answer:

Pivots should line-up directly behind the Pivot line and all other Blockers in two rows. However, strict adherence to the Pre-Jam Formation diagram is not vitally important–if a Blocker or Pivot is skating into their position, on the track between the Jammer and Pivot lines, no penalty should be given.

Question:
When are we able to remove a girl from our roster due to injury, etc., and replace her with one of our alternates during gameplay? Are we able to do it immediately or must we wait until between periods? Are we allowed to use an alternate if a player has been ejected or do we suffer the consequences of her actions and skate short?

Answer:
Alternates cannot join a game that is in progress. If a player is injured or ejected that team must play the remainder of the bout minus one from their Game Roster. Teams cannot rotate a player from their Team Roster to their Game Roster during a bout.

Question:

Rule 4.1.2 states that a split pack is not a legal pack, so does that therefore mean that blockers are considered out of play and cannot block or assist? Or is rule 4.3.2.3 the answer?

Answer:

During a split pack, there is no legal pack defined, therefore any blocking or assisting is “out of play” and therefore illegal, the same as if it were out of bounds or outside the legal Engagement Zone. During a split pack the only thing skaters can legally do is reform a legal pack.

Rule 4.3.2.3 makes specific reference to a legal pack, so this rule only applies when there is a legally defined pack. The legal Engagement Zone extends from 20’ behind the rearmost pack member to 20’ in front of the foremost pack member, between the inside and outside track boundaries.

Question:

What happens if a team requests an Official Review but is out of timeouts?

Answer:

This is entirely up to the discretion of the Head Referee. The Head Ref may grant the Official Review or deny the Official Review. The Head Referee should use the 30 seconds between jams to determine if the request has merit, but is not obligated to grant the review.

Question:

What happens if a team requests an Official Review but has already used one review in that period?

Answer:

The request should be denied. A team is only allowed one review per period. See Section 8.2.10.

Question:

Does the accumulation of four minor penalties equal a major penalty?

Answer:

No, however both result in one minute in the penalty box. Minor penalties and major penalties are separately inventoried. Minor Penalties do not count towards the major penalty cap, and major penalties do not count towards the minor penalty cap. Minor and major Penalties should only be inventoried jointly when determining a player’s combined trips to the penalty box . See Section 6.5 for details.