How to play Hockey

Data is provided by reliable sources and once the points have been marked as complete i.e. winners have been declared, no further adjustments will be made. Points awarded live in-game are subject to change as long as the status is 'In Progress' or 'In review'.

If the captain earns total points in decimal number then we select the upper value of the point. For EX: If the captain receives 13.5 points we consider it as 14 points.

A player who has not participated in the game as part of the starting 11 or as a substitute, will not be awarded negative points for receiving a yellow or red or green card for off-field activity In case a player is transferred/reassigned to a different team between two scheduled updates, for any reason whatsoever, such transfer/reassignment (by whatever name called) shall not be reflected in the roster of players until the next scheduled update. It is clarified that during the intervening period of two scheduled updates, while such player will be available for selection in the team to which the player originally belongs, no points will be attributable to such player during the course of such contest.

If a player receives a green, yellow or red card, he will continue to be penalized for goals conceded by his team. i.e for the goals conceded after he leaves the field. A player can receive multiple cards in one game and will be penalized for all the cards that he has received.

Assists are awarded to the player from the goal-scoring team, who makes the final pass before a goal is scored. An assist is awarded whether the pass was intentional (that it actually creates the chance) or unintentional (that the player had to dribble the ball or an inadvertent touch or shot created the chance).
If an opposing player touches the ball after the final pass before a goal is scored, significantly altering the intended destination of the ball, then no assist is awarded.

Assist points awarded by Playerzpot.com are calculated using additional stats which may differ from other websites. For example, some other sites would or would not show an assist where a player has won a penalty.
For the avoidance of doubt, points awarded in-game are subject to change up until five hours after the final whistle of the last match of any given day. Once the points have all been updated on that day, no further adjustments to points will be made.

In case of time added in any tournament, all points will be awarded to the team like that in the regular match.

A winning bonus is given to the players who are in the actual winning team.

In the case of Tie, no winning bonus will be given to any team.

In case match enters into penalties then no points for the penalties scored, penalty saved are not given to any players. Also, no negative points are not applied to the players. Any event during penalty shootouts will not be considered for awarding points.

Goals conceded will be counted for the players playing on the field at the time of the goal irrespective of player's total playing time.