The 8 teams that did not qualify for the DH Playoffs will be entered into a lottery. The lottery will determine only the first three picks in the Entry Draft.

There will be 80 total entries into the lottery. The first team that comes out will win the 1^st overall pick. The next 2 unique entries to come out will win the 2^nd and 3^rd overall picks.

Lottery Teams	Number of Entries
6^th in Bronze	25
5^th in Bronze	18
4^th in Bronze	12
6^th in Silver	10
5^th in Silver	8
3^rd in Bronze	7

Player Protection:

A Player Protection date will be set for around the end of August. By that date teams must submit their protected lists.

Any player not protected by their team will be released and will be available in the following Entry Draft.

No Team should miss this deadline. Missing this deadline is considered a critical offence towards participation.

Entry Draft:

The Entry Draft will take place, generally, at the end of September.
Draft eligible players include:

Players that have been drafted by an NHL team.
Players that are at least 19 years old.

First Round:

Draft Position
1^st overall	1^st name drawn in Lottery
2^nd overall	2^nd unique name drawn in Lottery
3^rd overall	3^rd unique name drawn in Lottery
4^th – 6^th overall	Lottery teams that did not have their name drawn in the order of number of entries in the lottery they had.
7th	2^nd in Bronze
8^th	4^th in Silver
9^th	3^rd in Silver
10^th	1^st in Bronze
11^th	6^th in Gold
12^th	2^nd in Silver
13^th	5^th in Gold
14^th	1^st in Silver
15^th	6^th in Howitzer
16^th	4^th in Gold
17^th	3^rd in Gold
18^th	2^nd in Gold
19^th	5^th in Howtizer
20^th	4^th in Howitzer
21^st	1^st in Gold
22^nd	3^rd in Howitzer
23^rd	2^nd in Howitzer
24^th	1^st in Howtizer / Howtizer Cup Winner

The winner of the Howitzer Cup will automatically be given the 24^th overall pick and all other teams appearing lower than the winner will move up 1 pick in the draft.

Additional Rounds:

The 2^nd round will use the following order.

All additional rounds will be the inverse of the round before it.

6^th in Bronze
5^th in Bronze
4^th in Bronze
6^th in Silver
5^th in Silver
3^rd in Bronze
2^nd in Bronze
4^th in Silver
3^rd in Silver
1^st in Bronze
6^th in Gold
2^nd in Silver
5^th in Gold
1^st in Silver
6^th in Howitzer
4^th in Gold
3^rd in Gold
2^nd in Gold
5^th in Howitzer
4^th in Howitzer
1^st in Gold
3^rd in Howitzer
2^nd in Howitzer
1^st in Howitzer

Season:

Rosters:

Each week teams will start 10 players (6 forwards, 3 defencemen, 1 goaltender).
Defencemen may act as a forward.

Any additional players on a teams roster will be placed on the I/R (injured /reserve) list.

Each team must start 6 forwards, 3 defencemen, and 1 goaltender every week.

Teams will select 1 skater to act as the Sniper.
Teams will select 1 skater to act as the Playmaker (can not be the same as the Goal Man)

Teams, at any point during the Regular Season or Playoffs, may reassign a Sniper or Playmaker. Each team is able to make a maximum of 2 changes per year to their Money Men. The change will take effect at the beginning of the week following the change.

Player Scoring:

All Skaters (Forwards / Defencemen):

1 point for NHL Goal.
1 point for NHL Assist

Sniper:

2 points for NHL goal.
1 point for NHL assists.

Playmaker:

1 point for NHL goal.
2 points for NHL assist.

Goaltenders:

2 points for NHL win.
1 point for NHL overtime loss.
5 points for NHL shutout.
3 points for NHL assists.
5 points for NHL goals.

Regular Season:

The Regular Season will be based on the first 20+ weeks of the NHL regular season. The number of weeks played in a year may vary from year-to-year depending on how the NHL schedule is setup.

Weeks, for the most part, will start on Sunday, and end on Saturday.

In each week of the Regular Season each team will play a head-to-head matchup vs another team.

The winner of each week (scores the most points) will receive 2 points in the Standings.
The losing team will receive 0 points in the standings.

In the event of a tie, each team will receive 1 point in the Standings.

The standings are ordered by their standings points, with the following list used to break ties:

Wins
Total Player Points
Head-to-head matchup
Points scored in head-to-head matchups.

Teams will be matched up against primarily their divisions. The standings from one division to another are not relative since divisions are organized based on teams winning history.

At the end of the season the following divisional movements will happen:

6^th in the Howitzer division will be demoted to the Gold division.
1^st in the Gold division will be promoted to the Howitzer division.
6^th in the Gold division will be demoted to the Silver division.
1^st in the Silver division will be promoted to the Gold division.
6^th in the Silver division will be demoted to the Bronze division.
1^st in the Bronze division will be promoted to the Silver division.

Additional teams may be promoted if they meet strict criteria:

If the 2^nd team in either the Gold, Silver, or Bronze divisions has more total points (not standings points) than 4 of the teams in the division above them (prior to the changes above), they will be promoted as well, and the 5^th team in the division above then will be demoted.

Playoffs:

15 Teams will make the playoffs.

Teams that make the playoffs will be decided based on their position within their division. The top 5 teams in the Howitzer division, 4 teams from each the Gold and Silver divisions, and the top 2 teams from the Bronze division.

In the event of a tie, the following tie breakers will be used:
Total Points, (Total Points – (Money Man Bonus Points + Home Ice Advantage), Total Season Points

Wild-Card:

Each conference will have its teams ranked 1-8 based on the criteria described in the last section.

There will be 4 matches played in each conference. The higher ranking team will receive home-ice advantage. The following table shows the matches and what the home-ice advantage means:

Matchup	Home-ice Advantage
1^st in Howtizer Division	Bye
2^nd in Howitzer vs 2^nd in Bronze	3 points
3^rd in Howitzer vs 4^th in Silver	3 points
1^st in Gold vs 3^rd in Silver	3 points
4^th In Howitzer vs 1^st in Bronze	3 points
5^th in Howitzer vs 2^nd in Silver	3 points
2^nd in Gold vs 1^st in Silver	3 points
3^rd in Gold vs 4^th in Gold	3 points

Losing teams will be eliminated, winning teams will move on to the Quarter-Finals.

Quarter-Finals:

For the Remainder of the playoffs the following order will be used for seeding:

1^st in Howitzer
2^nd in Howitzer
3^rd in Howitzer
1^st in Gold
4^th in Howitzer
5^th in Howitzer
2^nd in Gold
3^rd in Gold
4^th in Gold
1^st in Silver
2^nd in Silver
1^st in Bronze
3^rd in Silver
4^th in Silver
2^nd in Bronze

Matchup	Home-ice Advantage
1 vs 8	2 points
2 vs 7	2 points
3 vs 6	2 points
4 vs 5	2 points

Losing teams will be eliminated, winning teams will move on to the Semi- Finals.

Semi-Finals:

Using the same ranking system the following match-ups / advantages will be used:

Matchup	Home-ice Advantage
1 vs 4	1 point
2 vs 3	1 point

Losing team will be eliminated, winning teams will move on to the Finals.

The Finals:

The two remaining teams will face-off in an extended week.
There will be no home-ice advantage.
The winner of the week will be awarded The Howitzer Cup!

Trading:

A trade a deadline will be set for late in the Season (generally the end of Week 17 or 18).

Any teams may trade with any team during the Regular Season prior to the trade deadline. Teams may NOT make trades after the trade deadline until the off-season (End of the NHL’s Regular Season).

Trades may occur at any time during the off-season.

When a trade is completed one of the teams involved in the trade must send an email to admin@dynastyhockey.net including all other teams involved in the trade on that email. All other teams must respond to the email confirming the trade. The trade will not be considered complete until all teams have responded.

Trades must be completed prior to midnight Saturday if they wish to be included in the next week’s lineups.

Trades will be rejected under two conditions:

Suspicion of collusion.
The GM of one of trading teams being incompetent with regards to the league / their team.

Both of these are critical offences against the league.

Fees and Money:

As voted and agreed upon by all members of the DynastyHockey League, the entrance fee to this pool is $100 each year.

Money must be brought to the draft.

The following prizes will be awarded at the end of the Season:

Achievement	Winnings
Howitzer Cup Winner	$600.00
Howitzer Cup Runner-up	$200.00
1^st in Total Points	$300.00
2^nd in Total Points	$200.00
3^rd in Total Points	$100.00
1st in Howitzer Division	$350.00
1^st in Gold Division	$200.00
1^st in Silver Division	$150.00
1^st in Bronze Division	$100.00

$200.00 will be taken by the league to pay for a Trophy, Stats Service, Domain, and Web Hosting costs. Any remainder will be distributed amongst the prizes.

Awards

Team Awards:

Award	Description
William Jennings Trophy	Team with the fewest points against.
Jack Adams	Team that moved up the most positions from one year to the next.
Prince of Whales Trophy	Winner of the Prince of Wales Conference Finals.
Clarence S. Cambell Bowl	Winner of the Clarence Cambell Conference Finals.
DynastyHockey Champions	Winner of the Finals.
Top Scoring Team	Team with the most total points scored in the season.
President’s Trophy	Team with the best record during the regular season.

Individual Awards:

Award	Description
Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy	Most Goals
Wayne Gretzky Memorial	Most Assists
Art Ross Trophy	Most Points by a Skater
Hart Memorial	MVP as voted on by General Managers
Bill Masterton	Most points after missing at least 5 full weeks.
Vezina Trophy	Most Points by a Goaltender
Norris Trophy	Most Points by a Defenceman
Calder Trophy	Most Points by a Rookie
Selke Trophy	Most Points by a non-money man / goaltender.
Conn Smyth	MVP of the Playoffs as chosen by the winning team.
All-star MVP	As voted on by General Managers
Hall of Fame	As voted on by HoF committee.
Molson Cup Award	Awarded to the player obtaining the most POW award points.
All-star Team	Players that made the All-star team for their respective conferences at the mid-point of the Regular Season.

Owner Conduct

1) Payment – Payment will be made a week prior to the entry draft. The entry fee is $100.00 and I will not be willing to make compromises for people anymore.

2) Email – All GM’s are expected to respond to emails in a timely fashion (this includes during the off-season). A timely fashion should mean within 48 hours. If you are going away or know you will not have access to email for an extended period of time you should make a posting on the forum stating how long you won’t be able to access it. If you receive an email from another team with a trade offer you are expected to respond to it regardless of if you think it’s insulting or not. Not responding at all leaves the other team up in the air, and after awhile frustrates them.

3) Forum – All GM’s are expected to check the Forum regularly (once every 2 days shouldn’t be too much for anyone here). You are not expected to post or read every thread, but it is required that all members do read and respond to all messages posted by the Evil Eye. All members are expected to respond to polls posted by the Evil Eye, and post comments regarding proposed changes to the pool.

4) Draft – Draft day is for all intensive purposes a required attendance. It’s the one time of year that we get together and do this draft and get to associate directly and I don’t want people to miss it unless it’s absolutely necessary. I’ll be setting a draft day in the coming weeks and I want every franchise to make every effort to show up at one of the two locations that we setup for the draft. Obviously some people are too far away to make it, and that’s fine, accessing remotely is the next best thing. But I’d like to avoid people providing lists or getting other teams to draft for them.

5) Accountability – All GM’s are accountable to the other GM’s in the league. GM’s are expected to make it known if they are having a hard time reaching or getting responses from people.

6) All GM’s are required to produce at least 1 article or something similar for the main page of the website during each season.

Note: Conduct for Email also apply to Private Message system on the forum.