UHL announces rules changes
June 28, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2) News Release
ROANOKE, VA - The United Hockey League (UHL) Board of Governors closed their annual league meetings on Thursday, June 23rd in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among the items approved by the board during the meetings at Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino was the selection of Vipers owner Kristen Dixon as Vice Chairman of the UHL Board of Governors Executive Committee for the 2005-06 season.
Dixon, who served on the Executive Committee for the 2004-05 season, will continue to be one of three vice chairmen on the committee, which serves as an advisory board to the office of the commissioner, as well as a liaison for the Board of Governors.
Other matters discussed and approved during the meetings follow.
▪ All UHL players will be required to wear half shield visors on their helmets.
▪ The UHL will continue reciprocal agreements with the ECHL and the Central Hockey Leauge (CHL), and will enter into a new reciprocal agreement with the Quebec-based Ligue Nord-Americain de Hockey (LNAH) for the 2005-06 season.
▪ Each UHL member team will be required to have a minimum of four (4) "rookies" and may not have more than seven (7) "veterans". Rookies were established to be players who have played in sixty (60) or fewer professional games. Rookie goaltenders are those with 3,600 or fewer minutes played. Veterans were established to be players who have played in 300 or more professional games. Veteran goaltenders are those with 18,000 or more minutes played.
▪ The UHL will adopt new sizing specifications for goaltender equipment for the 2005-06 season, which will be in accordance with the standards of the National Hockey League (NHL). These specifications will include the reduction of goaltender leg pads to a maximum width of eleven (11) inches.
▪ Due to a recent ownership change in Richmond, the board voted that the 2006 UHL All-Star Classic will now be hosted by the Missouri River Otters in St. Charles, Missouri.
▪ The UHL has adopted "UHL...Elite Professional Hockey" as its new slogan. In addition, the UHL has recently unveiled its new logo in celebration of its 15th year.
▪ The 2005-06 regular season schedule will be released to the public during the week of July 4th.
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