Ivy league Restrictions

[mjh89]

I'd like to know what restrictions the Ivy League places on how many games a team can play, hours they can practice, etc. that differ from NCAA rules for other schools. Anybody know?

[Give My Regards]

Off the top of my head, here are three differences:

1.  Ivies are restricted to 29 regular-season games.  The NCAA limit is 34.  Also, the NCAA allows several exemptions for things like games played in Alaska and certain early-season tournaments like the IceBreaker.  These don't count toward the NCAA limit, but the Ivy League does count them toward its own limit.  I think Yale went past 29 in the RS once a few years back, but they had to get the approval of the rest of the Ivies.

2.  The NCAA allows on-ice practices starting October 1.  The Ivies don't allow them until October 15, I believe.

3.  Redshirts are granted by the Ivies only for medical reasons (severe injury causing a player to miss an entire season, like Vinnie Auger back in the '90s) and require league approval.

[Robb]

Also, there is a limit to the number of "required" hours per week for practice - I think the Ivy limit was actually the same as the NCAA limit in this case (in the early '90s when I was an athlete), but I can't remember the number.  I know we practiced from 4:30-7 five nights per week, plus an individual lesson for another hour or so - roughly 14 hours per week, but I can't remember if that was the limit.  Of course if you "only" did the required practice (and didn't lift weights/run/practice on your own) you probably weren't going to crack the starting lineup anyway...