• Body (Checking) contact will begin at the 2010 age group.

• Minor penalties – 2 minutes / Major penalties – 5 minutes

• Game misconduct – Player will be ejected for the remainder of that game plus his next scheduled game.

• Running time will be in effect during the 3rd period, only when a team is winning by 5 goals. Stop time will resume once the score is within 2 goals.

• Teams are allowed 1 – 60 second timeout per game.

• Players and coaches should report to the arena at least one hour prior to each game.

• All divisions will be scored 3 points for a win, 2 points for an Overtime win and 1 point for an Overtime loss

• Scores will be posted with a goal differential no greater than 7. Example – 10 -1 game will be scored as 8 – 1.

GAME FORMAT

• All divisions will get a 3 minute warm-up.

• 3 x 15 min stop time periods. Ice cut every 2 periods.

• Overtime Sudden Death 3v3 will be played in round robin games. No games will end in ties.

SEMIFINAL AND FINALS

Please speak to a tournament official in order to determine the playoff format for each division. It is incumbent upon the team officials to confirm with a Tournament representative whether or not their team has advanced beyond preliminary round play prior to leaving the arena following their final preliminary round game.

In the event a Semi or Final game should end in a tie, the tie will be broken in the following manner:

1. 5 minute sudden death (3 on 3)

2. 3 player shootout.

3. Sudden death shootout (both teams get to shoot each round).

4. For Shootouts the home team has a choice of who shoots first.

   1. After the first 3 players from each team shoot if teams are still tied you can repeat any shooter as many times you would like.

TIEBREAKER RULES

If 2 teams are tied in points, the following order applies to determine the ranking of teams. If more than two teams are tied, teams will go through each tiebreaker until ONE team is determined the winner (there is no head-to-head if there are more than two teams), once the tiebreaker is broken and one team is the winner, that team advances and the tiebreaker resets to #1 (again, head-to-head only applies for when there is only 2 teams left) for the remaining teams.

1. Total Team Points

2. Head to Head (two team tie breaker only)

3. Goal Quotient = Goals for / (Goals For + Goals against)

4. Least Goals Allowed

5. Goals For

6. Quickest Goal in the tournament in the first game

*EXAMPLE:Team A, B, C and D all are tied with 6 points. The first tiebreaker in this example would be #3 Best goal differential formula. Team A wins that, so then it resets to 3 teams tied with 6 points. Then, apply the best goal differential formula again, Team B wins that. Then, the last two teams would go to #2 if applicable, if not, then the process would proceed according to the tiebreakers #3 through #6.