The EIHL’s 10 teams agreed the roster rules for the coming season in April 2024, ahead of recruitment for the new campaign which starts on 7 September.
The overall number of players a team can use in one season has been reduced to 25 players (previously 29). This excludes injured reserve replacements and, new for this season, two-way players.
In order to create more opportunities for players on two-way contracts, these will no longer be counted as part of the overall roster number. Instead, teams are free to give opportunities to as many two-way players as they wish to during the season. Only upon playing 20 league games will a two-way player need to be registered as part of the overall roster – Challenge Cup group stage games, which mostly take place at the start of the season, will not be counted to allow coaches greater flexibility in the opening months of the season.
Injured Reserve in 2024/25 will now be set at 90 days, replacing the 28 period from last season. A player placed on injured reserve can be replaced without the replacement counting towards the overall roster number, but is not eligible to ice for 90 days.
Additionally, all teams must have at least one British goaltender registered to their overall roster in order to facilitate icing 14 non-homegrown skaters.
The full roster regulations can be viewed below.
