Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League
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The Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League is an inline hockey
league composed of 17 teams in the United States
. It was started in 2006 as the minor league affiliate of the Professional Inline Hockey Association
.
The PIHA Minor League follows the same set of rules as its parent league, the PIHA
.
Each Professional Inline Hockey Association regulation game is an inline hockey
game played between two teams and is 24 minutes long. The game is composed of two 12-minute halves with a two-minute intermission of between halves. At the end of the 24 minute regulation time, the team with the most goals wins the game. If a game is tied after regulation time, overtime
ensues. Overtime is a four-minute, three-player on three-player sudden-death period, in which the first team to score a goal wins the game. If no team scores after one overtime, the second overtime period is a three-minute, two-player on two-player sudden-death period. If the game is still tied at the end of overtime, the game enters a shootout. One player for each team in turn take a penalty shot. The team with the most goals during the round shootout wins the game. If the game is still tied after the shootout round, the shootout continues, but becomes sudden death. Whichever team ultimately wins the shootout is awarded the goal and awarded two points. The losing team in overtime or shootout is awarded only one. Shootout goals and saves are not tracked in hockey statistics.
which is rectangular with rounded corners and surrounded by a wall and glass. The center line divides the court in half, which divides the court into two attacking zones. Near the end of both ends of the rink, there is a thin red goal line spanning the width of the court, which is used to judge goals.
While the Professional Inline Hockey Association follows the general rules of inline hockey
, it differs slightly from those used in games organized by USARS, AAU
, IIHF, and/or FIRS
. It also has slight variations from the game of ice hockey
. Infractions of the rules can lead to a stoppage of play or a penalty call for more serious infractions.
The PIHA differs slightly with ice hockey in not having rules such as offside
s, icing
, or fighting creating a more open style of play.
Inline hockey
Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey in the United States, is a sport similar to ice hockey but played with inline skates. Like its parent sport, skaters on two teams use hockey sticks to direct a disk-shaped puck into the opponent's goal; however, various details of the game, such as...
league composed of 17 teams in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was started in 2006 as the minor league affiliate of the Professional Inline Hockey Association
Professional Inline Hockey Association
The Professional Inline Hockey Association, often abbreviated to the PIHA, is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates an elite inline hockey league of 16 franchised member clubs, all of which are located in the United States. Headquartered in Middletown, Pennsylvania, the PIHA...
.
Game
The PIHA Minor League follows the same set of rules as its parent league, the PIHA
Piha
Piha is a northern New Zealand coastal settlement with a population of about 600. It is one of the most popular beaches in the area and a major day-trip destination for Aucklanders throughout the year, although especially so in summer.-Location:...
.
Each Professional Inline Hockey Association regulation game is an inline hockey
Inline hockey
Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey in the United States, is a sport similar to ice hockey but played with inline skates. Like its parent sport, skaters on two teams use hockey sticks to direct a disk-shaped puck into the opponent's goal; however, various details of the game, such as...
game played between two teams and is 24 minutes long. The game is composed of two 12-minute halves with a two-minute intermission of between halves. At the end of the 24 minute regulation time, the team with the most goals wins the game. If a game is tied after regulation time, overtime
Overtime (ice hockey)
Overtime is a method of determining the winner and loser of an ice hockey match when the scores are tied after regulation. The two main methods are the overtime period and the shootout.-Overtime periods:...
ensues. Overtime is a four-minute, three-player on three-player sudden-death period, in which the first team to score a goal wins the game. If no team scores after one overtime, the second overtime period is a three-minute, two-player on two-player sudden-death period. If the game is still tied at the end of overtime, the game enters a shootout. One player for each team in turn take a penalty shot. The team with the most goals during the round shootout wins the game. If the game is still tied after the shootout round, the shootout continues, but becomes sudden death. Whichever team ultimately wins the shootout is awarded the goal and awarded two points. The losing team in overtime or shootout is awarded only one. Shootout goals and saves are not tracked in hockey statistics.
Teams
The current league organization divides the teams into two conferences. Most minor league teams are affiliated with Professional Inline Hockey Association teams.| Division | Team | City/Area | Arena | Affiliate |
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| Eastern Conference Eastern Conference (PIHA) The Eastern Conference is one of two conferences in the Professional Inline Hockey Association used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Western Conference.... |
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| Atlantic | Camp Hill Lunatics Camp Hill Lunatics The Camp Hill Lunatics are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Harrisburg Lunatics of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... |
Susquehanna Sports Center Susquehanna Sports Center The Susquehanna Sports Center is an indoor arena located in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania , in the United States. It is the home arena of the Harrisburg Lunatics and Pennsylvania Typhoon of the PIHA.... |
Harrisburg Lunatics Harrisburg Lunatics The Harrisburg Lunatics are a professional inline hockey team based in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, and competing in the PIHA. Harrisburg is one of two teams that were original members of PIHA that are currently competing in the PIHA, the other is the Pennsylvania Typhoon... |
| Lemoyne Lunatics Lemoyne Lunatics The Lemoyne Lunatics are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Harrisburg Lunatics of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania] | Susquehanna Sports Center Susquehanna Sports Center The Susquehanna Sports Center is an indoor arena located in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania , in the United States. It is the home arena of the Harrisburg Lunatics and Pennsylvania Typhoon of the PIHA.... |
Harrisburg Lunatics Harrisburg Lunatics The Harrisburg Lunatics are a professional inline hockey team based in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, and competing in the PIHA. Harrisburg is one of two teams that were original members of PIHA that are currently competing in the PIHA, the other is the Pennsylvania Typhoon... |
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| Marple Gladiators Marple Gladiators (minor) The Marple Gladiators minor league team is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Marple Gladiators of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Broomall, Pennsylvania | Marple Sports Arena Marple Sports Arena The Marple Sports Arena is an indoor arena located in Broomall, Pennsylvania , in the United States. It is the home arena of the Marple Gladiators of the Professional Inline Hockey Association .... |
Marple Gladiators Marple Gladiators The Marple Gladiators are a professional inline hockey team based in Broomall, Pennsylvania, and competing in the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
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| Pennsylvania Team Blue Pennsylvania Team Blue Pennsylvania Team Blue is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are unaffiliated with any team from the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Pottstown, Pennsylvania | The 422 Sportsplex | None | |
| Pennsylvania Rampage Pennsylvania Rampage The Pennsylvania Rampage is a professional inline hockey team based in West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania, and competing in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are unaffiliated with any team from the Professional Inline Hockey Association.-External links:**... |
West Bradford, Pennsylvania | United Sports United Sports United Sports is a multiple-use sports complex located in West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania. The indoor venue consists of one boarded court, two boarded turf fields, and a large field house. In addition, the outdoor venue consists of two turf fields and nine grass fields... |
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| Pennsylvania Monsoon Pennsylvania Monsoon The Pennsylvania Monsoon is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Pennsylvania Typhoon of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania | Susquehanna Sports Center Susquehanna Sports Center The Susquehanna Sports Center is an indoor arena located in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania , in the United States. It is the home arena of the Harrisburg Lunatics and Pennsylvania Typhoon of the PIHA.... |
Pennsylvania Typhoon Pennsylvania Typhoon The Pennsylvania Typhoon are a professional inline hockey team based in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Mason Dixon Division of the Eastern Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association... |
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| Suffolk Sting Suffolk Sting (minor) The Suffolk Sting minor league team is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Suffolk Sting of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.-External links:*... |
Moriches Moriches, New York Moriches is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 2,319 at the 2000 census.Moriches is served by the William Floyd School District.... , New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
Rapid Fire Arena | Suffolk Sting Suffolk Sting The Suffolk Sting are a professional inline hockey team based in Moriches, New York. They compete in the PIHA-External links:*... |
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| Wallington Grizzlies Wallington Grizzlies The Wallington Grizzlies are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the New Jersey Grizzlies of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Wallington Wallington, New Jersey Wallington is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 11,335.Wallington was created as a borough on January 2, 1895 , at the height of the "Boroughitis" fever then sweeping through Bergen County... , New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... |
I.S.C.A. | New Jersey Grizzlies New Jersey Grizzlies The New Jersey Grizzlies are a professional inline hockey team based in Wallington, New Jersey, and competing in PIHA.-External links:*... |
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| Western Conference Western Conference (PIHA) The Western Conference is one of two conferences in the Professional Inline Hockey Association used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Eastern Conference.... |
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| Rocky Mountain | Arvada Eagles Arvada Eagles The Arvada Eagles are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are unaffiliated with any team from the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Arvada, Colorado Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... |
US on Wheels | None |
| Black Forest Thunder Black Forest Thunder The Black Forest Thunder are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Colorado Springs Thunder of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Colorado Springs, Colorado | Tour Inline Hockey Arena Tour Inline Hockey Arena The Tour Inline Hockey Arena is an indoor arena located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the United States. It is the home arena of the Colorado Springs Thunder of the PIHA and is the home facility of the United States national inline hockey team... |
Colorado Springs Thunder Colorado Springs Thunder The Colorado Springs Thunder are a professional inline hockey team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Rocky Mountain Division of the Western Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association... |
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| Front Range Thunder Front Range Thunder The Front Range Thunder are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Colorado Springs Thunder of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Colorado Springs, Colorado | Tour Inline Hockey Arena Tour Inline Hockey Arena The Tour Inline Hockey Arena is an indoor arena located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the United States. It is the home arena of the Colorado Springs Thunder of the PIHA and is the home facility of the United States national inline hockey team... |
Colorado Springs Thunder Colorado Springs Thunder The Colorado Springs Thunder are a professional inline hockey team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Rocky Mountain Division of the Western Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association... |
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| Lakewood Fire Lakewood Fire (minor) The Lakewood Fire minor league team is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Lakewood Fire of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.-External links:*... |
Lakewood, Colorado | Rocky Mountain Roller | Lakewood Fire Lakewood Fire The Lakewood Fire are a professional inline hockey team based in Lakewood, Colorado. They compete in the PIHA-External links:*... |
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| Littleton Fire Littleton Fire The Littleton Fire is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Lakewood Fire of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Lakewood, Colorado | Rocky Mountain Roller | Lakewood Fire Lakewood Fire The Lakewood Fire are a professional inline hockey team based in Lakewood, Colorado. They compete in the PIHA-External links:*... |
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| Loveland Catz Loveland Catz The Loveland Catz are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Fort Collins Catz of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Fort Collins, Colorado | OD's Sports Crossing | Fort Collins Catz Fort Collins Catz The Fort Collins Catz are a professional inline hockey team based in Fort Collins, Colorado. They compete in the PIHA Pro League. They were formed as a part of the PIHA's Western expansion in 2006.... |
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| Lowry Blizzard Lowry Blizzard The Lowry Blizzard is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Denver Blizzard of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Denver, Colorado | Bladium Sports Clubs – Denver | Denver Blizzard Denver Blizzard The Denver Blizzard are a professional inline hockey team based in Denver, Colorado. They compete in the PIHA.... |
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| New Mexico Venom | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Tour Inline Hockey Arena Tour Inline Hockey Arena The Tour Inline Hockey Arena is an indoor arena located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the United States. It is the home arena of the Colorado Springs Thunder of the PIHA and is the home facility of the United States national inline hockey team... |
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| Stapleton Blizzard Stapleton Blizzard The Stapleton Blizzard is a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Denver Blizzard of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Denver, Colorado | Bladium Sports Clubs – Denver | Denver Blizzard Denver Blizzard The Denver Blizzard are a professional inline hockey team based in Denver, Colorado. They compete in the PIHA.... |
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| West Parker Prowlers West Parker Prowlers The West Parker Prowlers are a professional inline hockey team that competes in the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League. They are affiliated with the Parker Prowlers of the Professional Inline Hockey Association.... |
Parker, Colorado | Parker Field House | Parker Prowlers Parker Prowlers The Parker Prowlers are a professional inline hockey team based in Parker, Colorado. They compete in the PIHA. The Prowlers play their home games out of the Parker Field House. The Parker Prowlers are looking to make up for a less-than-stellar 2008-2009 season with a style of play that focuses on... |
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Inline Hockey Rink
Professional Inline Hockey Association games are played on a hockey rinkHockey rink
An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a team sport. It is rectangular with rounded corners and surrounded by a wall approximately 40 inches high called the boards.- Name origins :...
which is rectangular with rounded corners and surrounded by a wall and glass. The center line divides the court in half, which divides the court into two attacking zones. Near the end of both ends of the rink, there is a thin red goal line spanning the width of the court, which is used to judge goals.
Rules
- Main articles: Professional Inline Hockey Association rulesProfessional Inline Hockey Association rulesWhile the Professional Inline Hockey Association follows the general rules of Inline hockey, it differs slightly from those used in international, collegiate, and amateur play.-Game timing:...
While the Professional Inline Hockey Association follows the general rules of inline hockey
Inline hockey
Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey in the United States, is a sport similar to ice hockey but played with inline skates. Like its parent sport, skaters on two teams use hockey sticks to direct a disk-shaped puck into the opponent's goal; however, various details of the game, such as...
, it differs slightly from those used in games organized by USARS, AAU
Amateur Athletic Union
The Amateur Athletic Union is one of the largest non-profit volunteer sports organizations in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs.-History:The AAU was founded in 1888 to...
, IIHF, and/or FIRS
FIRS
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. It also has slight variations from the game of ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
. Infractions of the rules can lead to a stoppage of play or a penalty call for more serious infractions.
The PIHA differs slightly with ice hockey in not having rules such as offside
Offside
-Sport:* Offside , a rule in a number of field team sports designed to help ensure players move together as a team** Offside ** Offside ** Offside ** Offside ** Offside...
s, icing
Icing (ice hockey)
Icing in ice hockey occurs when a player shoots the puck across at least two red lines, the opposing team's goal line being the last, and the puck remains untouched. It is, however, not icing if the puck is shot from behind the halfway line into the goal, or when the shot must be played by the...
, or fighting creating a more open style of play.
See also
- Professional Inline Hockey AssociationProfessional Inline Hockey AssociationThe Professional Inline Hockey Association, often abbreviated to the PIHA, is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates an elite inline hockey league of 16 franchised member clubs, all of which are located in the United States. Headquartered in Middletown, Pennsylvania, the PIHA...
- Index of Professional Sports teams in the United States and Canada