1: FRANCHISES
Each franchise shall have a fee of $150.00 plus an additional $30 for playoff round. An additional yearly fee of $10.00 shall be assessed for league statistics throughout the season.

2: ENTRY DRAFT
Each team shall be allowed 20 selections. Three optional picks will be allowed to each franchise at a cost of $10 per selection The selection order shall be determined by virtue of a lottery selection of franchises entering the coming season. Drafting positions will be determined in advance of the entry draft at a date and time mutually selected by franchise members. Each round of the draft shall reverse completely the order of selections. Each team shall be responsible for its own reference material and ratings. The league shall supply no reference material.

3: TRADING
Any franchise may, at any time after the draft and before the league trading deadline, trade any of its players to any other team for any of that team’s players. A team may trade no more than one extra player in any one transaction (i.e. 2 for 1 but not 3 for 1). Trading may involve players or draft selections rights of the current season only. No transactions may involve money or unknown future considerations. From the start of the season up until the conclusion of the NHL All-Star game a team may neither increase its goal total by more than *10 goals nor can the total goal differential in players traded exceed *10 goals in any one transaction. No player may be traded while injured or playing in a minor league without the full acknowledgement of the receiving team.

4: RE-ENTRY DRAFT  
There will be a two round re-entry draft held at some time mutually agreed upon by league members. All players not selected during the entry draft will be available for selection. The order of selection for the first round of the re-entry draft shall be the reverse of the standings on the draft date. The second round of this draft shall be the reverse of the standings after the first round of selections. All first round selections shall constitute a “free” pick. All second round selections must be immediately followed by the release of a player by the team involved. All players that are dropped with second round selections will become available to all other teams for 48 hours after the re-entry draft and again on the day of final 15 roster positions are finalized. The team that originally dropped a player from their roster is not eligible to pick up same player at a later time.

5: ACTIVE ROSTERS  
Standings shall be calculated by the total number of goals for each team’s active roster of 15 players. The active roster shall consist of at least one rookie and at least two defensemen. No player may count as both a defenseman and a rookie.

6: WAIVERS
A team can drop any player that is on their roster at any time during the season up until the final roster date. The player that is dropped is permanently removed from team and is placed on waivers and becomes available to all other teams in the league for 48 hours following drop. All players that are released during the second round of the re-entry draft are considered waived. The lowest team in the standings that claims player will be able to add player to roster and must immediately drop another player from their roster, who subsequently becomes available for waivers. All players that are dropped and not claimed become available prior to the day teams name their final 15 player roster, with the lowest ranked team having first priority. The team that originally dropped a player from their roster is not eligible to pick up same player at a later time. 

7: FINAL ROSTER  
All teams must notify the league of their final roster on or before a date mutually agreed upon by league members. The final roster must include the 15 players as outlined in rule #5. The league shall notify all members of all final rosters.

8: TIE BREAKING  
All ties, including Team of the Month, shall be decided by the following;  
 1) The team having the most overtime goals.
 2) The team with the higher total goals for the teams two defensemen and one rookie.  
 3) The team with the highest individual player’s goal total.
 4) The team with the highest rookie goal total.
 5) The team with the highest defensemen goal total.

9: ROOKIES  
Any player designated as a rookie by the NHL shall be regarded as a rookie by the WHL.

10 DEFENSEMEN  
All players listed as defensemen at the NHL.com web site, will be regarded as defensemen in the WHL. If any league member brings up the validity of such a classification at the entry draft, the league members will vote on said player’s classification. If a question arises on a prospective defenseman’s status during the re-entry draft, the decision will be made by the league president, at that time.

11 TEAM OF THE MONTH  
Each month the team making the greatest gain in goals during that month shall be awarded Team of the Month. Calculations are made by subtracting the team’s total goals on the last day of the previous month from the current total. No gain or loss can be made through trades, or re-entry draft, as this award is concerned.

12: PLAYOFF ROUND
The final top 8 teams in regular season standings will be eligible for the playoff round. You would get to use any 15 players from your roster including players dropped for your final top 15 roster. There is no requirement for rookies or defense on this roster. Any players picked up from the waiver wire will not be eligible to be on playoff roster. For the first round and second round of the NHL playoffs the #1 ranked team would compete against the #8 ranked team, #2 plays #7, #3 plays #6, and #4 plays #5.  The winner #1 vs #8 will play winner of #4 vs #5, winner of #2 vs #7 will play winner of #3 vs #6 for the second round (see below for bracket layout). Whoever scores the most points in the final round would win the cash award. The extra $30 cash per teams goes to the winner. Points will be as follows, Goal=2 points, Assist=1 point and an OT Goal=3 points.
If both teams that advance to the next round have no players that are still active, the team with the highest total in the previous round will advance.
All ties in playoffs shall be decided by the following;  
 1) The team having the most overtime goals.
 2) The team with the most goals.
 3) The team with the highest individual player’s goal total.
 4) The team with the highest individual player's total points.
 5) The team with highest scoring defenseman
 6) The team with the most active players

12 LEAGUE PRESIDENT  
Any discrepancies that arise will be decided by the league president. Any rule changes must be voted on by all league members, agreed upon by a majority of votes.