Siluan Hockey League
Upcoming season or competition: 2022–23 SLRL | |
| Formerly | Nacionalinė Lyga |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Inaugural season | 1915–16 Nacionalinė Lyga season |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country | Silua |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Požeminis Ledo Ritulys |
The Siluan Hockey League (officially SLRL; Siluan: Siluano Ledo Ritulio Lyga) is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Siluan ice hockey systesm. The leage currently consists of 16 teams. The league was founded in 1915, and while Siluan ice hockey champions have been crowned through various formats since 1915, the title and Kraujutaitis Trophy have been awarded to the winner of the SLRL playoffs since the league's inaugral 1915-1916 season.
The SLRL has frequently been the world's most evenly matched proffesional ice hocky league. The SRLR is the number one ice hockey league in the world terms of attendance; out of all sports, its average of 46,543 fans per game during the 2011-12 season was the third highest in the world after the Acrean (insert name here), and the Tennaiite Premiere League. The SLRL is broadcast throughout Eracura. The SLRL edges out the Visa Siluano Lyga football league as the most popular sports team league within Silua which had an average attendance of 44,921 in the 2012 Season.
The league was founded in 1915 as the Nacionalinė Lyga, and initially featured 12 teams, though this expanded to 14 for the 1955-56 season. The league was renamed the SLRL in 1960, and in 1961 a number of format changes were announced, including an expansion to 16 teams to be finalized prior to the 1962-63 season, and a new format for promotion from and relegation to the Požeminis Ledo Ritulys, the second tier league.
History
Game
Each regular season SLRL game is composed of three 20-minute periods, with an intermission of a maximum of 18 minutes between periods. If the game is tied following the 60-minute regulation time, a five-minute three-on-three sudden death overtime period is played. If a game still is tied after the overtime period, a shootout decides the game. In a shootout, the team that scores the most penalty shots out of three attempts wins the game. If the game is still tied after the first three penalty-shot rounds, the shootout continues round by round, until one team scores while the other team fails to score.
During each period, there is one 70-second "power break" used to display commercials; each commercial is played after the first stoppage of play at least 10 minutes into the period. Power breaks do not, however, take place directly after a goal, penalty shot, icing call or during a powerplay.
Playoff games
In the event of a tied game during the playoffs, additional 20-minute overtime periods are played perpetually until one team scores. Unlike in the regular season, playoff overtime periods are played five-on-five.
SLRL games are played on an ice hockey rink, which is rectangular ice rink with rounded corners and surrounded by a wall. It measures 30 by 60 meters (98.42 by 196.85 ft), conforming to international standards.