CELL 2025-2026 SEASON

Winter CELL 2025-2026 Dates

Sunday December 7th, 2025

Sunday December 14th, 2025

Sunday January 4th, 2026

Sunday January 11th, 2026

Sunday January 18th, 2026

Sunday January 25th, 2026

Sunday February 1st, 2026

Sunday February 8th, 2026

Sunday February 15th, 2026 (INCLEMENT WEATHER DATE)

Games are played between 12:30pm and 3:30pm each Sunday at Teamworks in Acton, MA.

UNIQUE GAMEPLAY

A Hockey court-sized turf field with boards for nonstop fast-paced play. Many indoor leagues use much smaller nets and do not allow long poles. Our league is the opposite: our goals are only slightly reduced in size and long poles are allowed in order to foster high scoring and realistic gameplay for ALL of our players.

QUALITY COMPETITON

This league is called “elite” for a reason; the only way in is via a personal invite from the Clams or via a Coach’s recommendation. Please see our “How to join” page if you are interested!

CELL RULES

Games are 22-25 minutes, running time.
If the margin is 2 goals or less, the clock will stop & start on the whistle in the last 2 minutes.
Faceoffs will take place to start the game and at the beginning of an overtime period.
After a goal, the goaltender will restart with the ball
If the margin is 5 goals or more, the team with the lower score begins with possession after every goal.
In the last two minutes, the team with the lead cannot carry or pass the ball backcourt after gaining the midline.
Each team gets one 60-second timeout per game that can be used at any time.
Each team has six field players and one goaltender. Of the field players, up to two can have a longpole.
All personal fouls and technical fouls will be one minute. There are no 30-second fouls.
Egregious fouls like fighting, hits to the head/neck and boarding will be multiple-minute fouls, and can result in ejection.
Any player who accumulates five minutes in fouls will be ‘fouled out’.
If a team only has one goalie and he gets a penalty, his teammate can serve his penalty.
Each team must always have at least one player in their offensive end.
Each team must always have at least two players in their defensive end – usually the goaltender & one longpole.
A player coming onto the field should not play the ball, or play an opponent, until his teammate is off the court.
Upon gaining control of the ball in the defensive end, you have 10 seconds to get the ball over the midline.
The ball is considered "out of bounds" only if it's lost over the boards or glass or touches a player on the bench.
A forfeit can affect that team's playoff eligibility.
Two Forfeits eliminates that team from the playoffs, and may result in immediately removal from the schedule.
Forfeits happen in two ways and will be scored 1-0.
- A team does not have at least six field players and a goaltender to start the game = forfeit
- A team allows a player to play that is not on their CELL roster = forfeit

Diving is allowed. Ball must be in net before player touches crease. Player cannot contact goaltender or goal.
Diving shooter cannot dive toward the mouth of the goal.
Any and all issues not covered here will be handled at the discretion of officials and CELL management.

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CELL 2025-2026 SEASON

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CELL RULES

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