The nationality of the players can now easily be sorted on this website
FOREIGN PLAYERS QUOTAS – LICENSES
The number of foreign players in each team is limited, the rest of the team needs to be local. Each division has its own foreigner limit quota.
Only the foreigners in the pro team + scratch count towards the license limit. Farm & injured players don’t.
- Elite division: max 6 foreigners
- Premier division: max 7 foreigners
- National division: max 9 foreigners
- United division: max 10 foreigners
LICENSE CHECK
We are relying mainly on all the GM’s honesty and fair play sense, but the rosters are checked at least 2 times each season by the commissioner.
- If there is any team over the limit, the GM gets informed and has 7 days to become compliant.
- If the team is still not compliant after 7 days, the best foreign player gets suspended for 3 days.
- The team is then checked again in another 7 days.
- If the GM fails to be compliant after 3 weeks, an eviction vote can be initiated. (never needed yet)
PROMOTIONS & RELEGATIONS
Based on the regular-season results, the winners of the divisions get promoted and the last-placed teams get relegated.
- The winner of United division is promoted to National
- The winner of National division is promoted to Premier
- The winner of Premier division is promoted to Elite
- The last-placed in Elite division is relegated to Premier
- The last-placed in Premier division is relegated to National
- The last-placed in National division is relegated to United
REWARDS – OHC SPECIAL PROSPECTS DRAFT
After each season, the most improved teams are eligible for a reward.
Teams are nominated by the commissioner and voted in a poll. The criteria are:
- Significant improvement in regular season’s points & ranking
- Back in the playoffs after missing out last season
- Exceptional playoff result (except the cup winner who gets the pucks as a reward)
The reward is an extra prospect that can be picked after the draft.
MISC
- Unlimited position changes: done by GMs (mandatory source)
- The R3 penalty for being over the cap is 3 games suspension during the regular season and 1 match during the playoffs.
- Cities evolution is kept within a range so the conditions are more equal for all the teams:
- if popularity or economy evolves below 60, the commissioner sets it back to 65
- if tax rate evolves below 9, the commissioner sets it back to 10
- if tax rate evolves above 15, the commissioner sets it back to 14
FA THINKING TIMES
- Main FA step:
- A: 3 days = base thinking time
- B: 3 days = overbid does not reset the time, unless < 24h
- C: 24 hours = minimum time after overbid
- Pre-season:
- D: 24 hours* = thinking time
- E: 3 days = waivers
- *no-sniping = We will try to follow the 22-2h rule in the pre-season – no matching offers if thinking time is below 2 hours
- Season:
- D: 0 min = no thinking time, signed immediately
- E: 24 hours = waivers (2 sims)
OHC WILD CARD
The “Wild card rule” is a special post-season step executed before the draft.
It is designed to help GMs to keep enough local star players.
- Please refer to the Wild card page.
- Or you can download it here in PDF.