RULES AND REGULATIONS

• A representative for each team is to register with a tournament Convenor at the registration table located at the arena of your first game 45 minutes prior to start time. Each Arena will have a Convenor available.
• At this time, you must provide a copy of your Approved Roster along with a Travel Permit. Players do not have to sign in. (if not provided electronically)
• You cannot dress more players than number found on your original team roster.
• Goalie relief can be an exception with permission of the Tournament committee.
• All teams require a certified trainer on the bench.
• All teams must be ready to play their games at least 15 minutes in advance of the scheduled start time (except for first game of the day at each arena).
• All divisions are non-body checking.
• Ice will be flooded at the end of the game.
• A three-minute warm-up will be permitted at the start of each game
• All round-robin games, will consist of three periods of 10 minutes each, stop time (10-10-10) with no curfew.
• The time clock will run on straight time during the third period when the goal differential is five or more. Penalties (three minutes for minors, seven for majors) will also run-on straight time during this scenario. If the difference becomes three, clock will revert to stop time in playoff games only.
• Please try to borrow an extra set from your home association if available, but should a conflict with jersey colours arise, the tournament organizers will provide jerseys to the home team if both teams only have one set.
• If a team has an alternate set, they will be required to wear the set that is opposite the other team. 
• One 30 second timeout per team will be allowed in Championship Final games only. It cannot be saved for overtime.
• All games will be recorded using GameSheet Inc. software
• Teams will be provided “iPad” code to retrieve gamesheets

·       ALL OHF-ALLIANCE RULES WILL APPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

• Any player who incurs a major penalty for fighting will be suspended for the remainder of the tournament.
• A Gross Misconduct will result in an automatic suspension for the remainder of the tournament.
• Tournament committee reserves the right to curfew games if needed or change the schedule at any time as needed

Affiliated Players

• If you are using APs, you need a roster from their original team and a document from your home Association acknowledging their use.
• Please refrain from “stacking” your house league team with talented APs as this is unfair to your regular players and the other teams in the division.
• Players can only play, or AP for one team in the tournament.
• Teams can only use a maximum of two Affiliated Players in the tournament, and they must come from a younger age group
• *Any underage "Novice" players must appear on their team’s Approved Roster. i.e., no AP’s from younger age allowed

Points and Tiebreak

In all divisions, points will be awarded as follows:

·       WIN – 2 points

·       LOSS – 0 points

·       TIE – 1 point

·       Maximum goal differential for all games will be 7
(e.g., a 13-2 final score will be officially recorded as 9-2, if 10-0 as 7-0)

·       Forfeit score will be 1-0

·       Teams will each play their round robin games. The teams with the most cumulative points will advance.

Should there be a tie between teams after round robin play, the following tie breaking formulas will be used in this order:

1. if one team has a win over the other, the team with the win will advance
2. ** if teams are still tied, or if there is no head-to-head available, the team with the highest % goal average GF/ (GF+GA) will advance
3. if teams are still tied, the team with the least GA will advance
4. if teams are still tied, the team with the most GF will advance
5. most wins
6. fewest penalty minutes
7. coin toss

NOTE: ** If more than 2 teams are tied in points or for determining QF or "Wild card" advancement/playoff seeding, officials will go directly to (2) above. 

Playoff Format

• All QF and Wild Card games consist of three periods 10/10/10 (plus 5 min OT)
• All Semi-finals and Finals are 10/10/15 (plus 5 min OT)
• Any tied play-off game will be decided in a sudden victory overtime period consisting of five minutes of three on three.
• A penalty will result in the non-offending team adding a player(s) to the ice. When the penalty expires, teams will play four on four, or five on four, until the next whistle, when three on three, or four on three will resume. Maximum player difference is five on three.
• If the teams remain tied after overtime, a shootout format will be used. Each team will pick three players (numbers/names and order to be submitted earlier with the game sheet). Each of the three players will shoot once (teams will alternate shots, visiting team shoots first) the total goals after the first three shooters will determine the winner.
• If still tied, the first team to score on a round when the other team does not, will be the winner.
• No player can shoot twice until all have participated.
• Players who were serving a penalty before overtime expired are ineligible for the shootout.