Customer Service for Charleston, Charlotte, Hampton Roads, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay & Washington Tournaments
Matt Mons
Regional Account Manager – Southeast
mmons@myhockeytournaments.com
Direct Dial: 773-782-6062
Toll Free: 855-898-4040 ext. 106
Charlotte is a great location for teams from the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest to meet and enjoy great competition. With the excitement of a cosmopolitan city, outstanding entertainment and shopping opportunities, and the ease of Southern charm, Charlotte presents a unique atmosphere where big city style meets down-home appeal.
- All Tournaments: USA Hockey Sanctioned and roster requirements strictly enforced to protect all teams and participants
- All Tournaments: Four Game Minimum, Five to Six games Maximum
- NO GATE FEES; Free entry – all tournament games
- All Games – Three stop-time periods
Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee and Bantam – 13 minute periods
Midget and High School – 14 minute periods
All AAA Levels – 15 minute periods
- No curfews, all games played to completion
- Individual and team awards for 1st and 2nd place teams
- Continuous, real time scores and standings direct from the tournament rinks to our website
- A discount program is available that your team may be eligible for. Click Here for more details.
Sportsmanship Policy
Noisemakers have been used to inhibit teams’ ability to communicate and have led to confrontations that have diminished the positive environment at many events. As a result, noisemakers are banned from buildings/rinks where are our events are being conducted. Noisemakers include, but are not limited to megaphones, horns, whistles, cow bells, kazoos, and thunder/clap sticks.
Roster Requirements
All teams are required to present a copy of their official roster that is issued by their respective sanctioning body, either USA Hockey or Hockey Canada. For tournaments in Illinois, rosters must be received 72 hours prior to the tournament. For all other locations please provide a copy of your official, certified roster to our on-site director at the site of your first game.
Only players included on your team’s official roster may participate in the tournament. This is a requirement of our USA Hockey sanction so that all team’s insurance will be in force. This rule also protects all teams from the possibility that players of a higher level would be added to any team. If you must add players to your roster due to injuries or other issues, these players must be formally added to your official roster by USA Hockey or Hockey Canada. Please contact your local associate registrar or your organization’s registrar with questions on rules and procedures for adding players to your certified roster.
Schedule Release
Schedules are generally released and sent to team contacts, along with final hotel information and confirmations, two weeks prior to the tournament start date. It is important to note that entry fee balances and all required documentation must be received prior to release of the schedule to your team. We will contact you if additional information is required. The schedule will generally be published to our website for public viewing four to five days prior to the tournament start date.
Tournament Start and Finish Times
Tournaments held Friday through Sunday could begin as early as 7:00am on Friday and all championship games will be concluded by approximately 6:00 pm Sunday.
For tournaments listed as Friday through Monday, teams will play either a Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday schedule. The Grizz Cup is the only exception to this, as it will run Friday through Monday for all teams. In general, the decision of which divisions run on which days will be finalized 4-6 weeks prior to the tournament start date. Teams playing Friday through Sunday, could begin play as early as noon Friday and will complete championship games by 5 pm Sunday. Teams playing Saturday through Monday could begin play as early as 7:00 am on Saturday and will finish by 6:00 pm Monday.
For Saturday through Monday tournaments, held over various holiday weekends, play will begin on Saturday at 7:00 am and all championship games will conclude by 6:00 pm Monday.
Generally, younger teams (mites, squirts, pee wees) begin play earlier each day and will complete their championship games earlier on Sunday or Monday. Bantam and Midget teams will begin later on Friday or Saturday and will play the later championship games on Sunday or Monday.
We will always be candid with you team contacts regarding what we can and cannot do in regard to the schedule and we ask team contacts to be candid with their parent groups in regard to scheduling guidelines and parameters. Plan for success when making flight arrangements; assuming that your team will play in the championship game on the last day of the tournament.
Air Travel and Scheduling Requests
Teams traveling by air should provide us with flight times no later than 21 days prior to the tournament start date. If you are considering flight times that conflict with the guidelines listed above, please contact us to discuss the times before booking.
If your team is planning a team function or would like to attend another event, please provide us with that information at least 21 days prior to the tournament start date. It is generally best to check with us before purchasing tickets or making reservations and we will confirm our ability to meet your schedule request.
Once the schedule is released, it is unlikely that we will be able to make changes to accommodate your schedule request. Please remember that once the schedule is released, your request to change the schedule will affect your opponent and probably several other teams. We will do our best to accommodate your schedule requests prior to release of the schedule and we will be candid with you about what we can and cannot do, but most teams prefer that the schedule remains stable once it is released.
