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2. Games and Scoring
a) All teams must be available to play 20 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
b) Home teams shall wear their lighter coloured jerseys, and the visiting team will wear their darker coloured jerseys. In the event of a colour conflict, the home team must change their jerseys. For all elimination games the jersey colour will be specified on the game sheet by the Tournament Committee.
c) All players and team officials must sign the game sheet prior to each game. Any player or team official who is serving a suspension must record that they are serving the suspension on the game sheet in the area where they would normally sign their name. (Ex. “Serving 1 of 3”, or “Serving 2 of 2”).
d) All games will consist of 3 periods (10-10-12 minutes), stop-time except Peewee AA, Bantam A and Midget AA, A, and BB which will consist of 3 periods (12–15–15 minutes) stop-time.
e) There will be a timed two (2) minute warm-up for each game. For 12-15-15 games, there will be a flood every two periods. (Alternating floods will occur either after your first period or second period of your game).
f) Only on Sundays will have flood between 2nd and 3rd periods. Such floods may be cancelled at the discretion of tournament officials in the interest of scheduling. (12-15-15)
g) In the event that a total of 20 penalties (minor, major, misconduct) have been assessed in one game, the clock shall be operated on a run-time basis for the duration of the game.
h) As soon as there is a 5 goal differential, the clock shall be operated on a run-time basis. Once the differential is less than 5 goals, the clock will resume on a stop-time basis. For the purposes of breaking ties in the standings, the full game score will recorded in the standings for the official game score.
i) There are no timeouts in round robin Games.
j) In the event of a tie at the end of regulation time, a sudden-victory 3 minute overtime will commence. Teams will play 3-on-3 with goalies. Players may be changed at any time. Goalies may be “pulled” at any time and a substitute player from the bench may be used.
k) The scoring system for the tournament will be the following:
• 3 points for a win in regulation time
• 2 points for a win in overtime
• 1 point for a tie after overtime
• 1 point for a loss in overtime
• 0 points for a loss in regulation time
l. Players will shake hands after each game. Standings after the round robin will be calculated on the basis of the points awarded. A default win, if necessary, shall be scored 5-0 for the winning team.
m. In the event of a tie between teams at the end of round robin play, the following criteria will be used to break the tie, in the following priority order:
a. Total points accumulated in round robin play
b. Winner between tied teams when playing head to head (not applicable in a three way tie)
c. Number of wins in round robin play
d. Percentage as calculated by dividing team’s total “Goals For” by the SUM of the team’s “Goals For and Goals Against”. TGF / (GF+GA) = %
e. Fewest Goals Against
f. Most Goals For
g. Fewest Penalty Minutes h. Coin Toss
3. Playoffs
a) Elimination, Quarter-Final, Semi-Finals & Championship games are played to a winner.
b) One 30 second timeout will be allowed for each team during Elimination, Quarter-final, Semi-final and Championship games.
c) In the event of a tie at the end of regulation time, a sudden-victory 3 minute overtime will commence. Teams will play 3-on-3 with goalies. Players may be changed at any time. Goalies may be “pulled” at any time and a substitute player from the bench may be used.
d) Penalties will carry over from regulation play to the overtime period. If still tied at the end of the 3-min overtime period, a shootout will occur. Teams do not change ends for Overtime or Shoot Outs.
e) Shoot Outs: Each team must designate 5 shooters (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) directly onto the game sheet prior to the start of the game. Any player serving a penalty at the end of overtime will not be eligible to participate in the shootout. All players except shooter and goalies will be on the bench. Once a player has shot, they will go to the penalty box. Shooters from both teams will shoot simultaneously, starting at centre ice. All 5 designated shooters from each team will shoot. If still tied after the first 5 shooters, each team will designate one shooter at a time until there is a winner. A player may not shoot for a second time until all players on the game sheet (except goalies) have shot.