Rules

Rules:

Full equipment including helmet is mandatory; face shield and mouth guard is recommended.
No body contact is allowed.
No slap shots allowed (including clearing attempts from defensive zone)– infraction results in a whistle and a face-off back in offender’s zone (knee will be determining point).
Minor Penalty = 2 minutes.
Major Penalty= 5 minutes and a game misconduct.
Any major penalty could result in expulsion from tournament pending committee review.
Same player with 3 minor penalties in one game equals expulsion from that game.
No penalty for flipping the puck over the glass in own zone (including goalies).
Any abuse of an official will not be tolerated (a minor penalty,10 min. misconduct or game misconduct may be given at the referee’s discretion).
No touch icing.
Two line passes are permitted from your own end.
Lines can change following an icing call.
Each team allowed one 60 second time-out per game. (only is Semi & Finals games)
Fighting equals expulsion from tournament.
Alcohol is permitted in the dressing rooms as long as you purchase the alcohol from the arena staff. NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL PERMITTED.
There is NO SMOKING allowed on the premises…that includes outside of the facility.
Please clear the dressing rooms after 30 minutes of completing your game to accommodate the next game.
If possible, please bring both a light and dark set of jerseys.
Any game forfeit results in a 1-0 win for the opposing team.
Dressing room keys will be distributed by the facility for each game. Room keys are the responsibility of the team for each game.
The Pro Shop will be open and available at the site. The facility is hosting a youth tournament on the other 2 pads at the same time so it will be very busy.
Please bring your own water bottles and practice pucks. Game pucks will be provided.
Food will be available for purchase at the Restaurant upstairs at the arena.
St. John Ambulance will be available at the site for any required medical attention.
All other rules as per the official rule book of Hockey Canada.

ROUND ROBIN/GROUP GAME FORMAT:

3-minute warm-up prior to the start of each game.
Games consist of two 15-minute stop time periods.
Running time for last 5 minutes of game if goal differential is 3 or more.
If game is tied at the end of regulation, a 3-person (NHL style) simultaneous shoot-out will take place to determine a winner.
If still tied after first 3 shooters, the shoot-out will continue in sudden death until a winner is declared. Shooters cannot shoot twice until all members of the team have gone once.
Due to time constraints, final period or portions there of may be switched to running time.

POINT SYSTEM (Only applies to Round Robin/Group Games):

Regulation Win = 3 points
Shoot-out Win = 2 points
Shoot-out Loss = 1 point
Regulation Loss = 0 points
Team with most points in their Grouping is placed ahead.

TIEBREAKERS (in Order):
Note: Goals tallied will be from regulation time only, not shoot-outs.

Head to Head record
Goals For Divided by Total Goals…(GF/(GF + GA)) …higher ratio is ranked higher
Least penalty minutes
Most Goals – For
Least Goals – Against
Coin Toss

SEMI-FINALS GAME FORMAT:

The team with most points in each group will advance to the semi-finals and will be ranked as Teams #1, #2 and #3 (highest to lowest points).
The team with most points after the group winners will advance to the semi-finals as a Wild Card team and ranked as Team #4.
The Wild Card team will play the group winner with the most points that was not in the same group as the Wild Card winner, in Semi-Final #1.
The remaining two teams will play in Semi-Final #2.
3-minute warm-up prior to the start of each game.
Games consist of two 15-minute stop time periods.
Running time for last 5 minutes of game if goal differential is 3 or more.
If the game ends in a tie, there will be a 5-minute, stop time sudden death 3 on 3 OT.
If still tied, there will be a 3-personshoot-out (see shoot-out rules from round robin/group play).

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL GAME FORMAT:

Winners of Semi-final #1 and Semi-Final #2 will advance to the Championship Final.
3-minute warm-up prior to the start of the game.
Game will consist of two 15-minute stop time periods.
If the game ends in a tie, there will be a 10-minute sudden death 3 on 3 OT…first5 minutes run time, last 5-minutes stop time.
If still tied, there will be a 3-personshoot-out (see shoot-out rules from round robin/group play)

FINAL STANDINGS:

Overall Final Standings shall be used to determine groupings for next year’s tournament. An Olympic Tournament style format will be used as follows:
Group “A” (Champion, 6th, 7th, 12th)
Group “B” (2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th)
Group “C” (3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th)