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TOURNAMENT RULES AND
REGULATIONS
GAME DURATION
• All games shall consist of three (3) twenty
(20) minute stop time periods. The ice will
be cleaned between each period and at the
end of each game.
• If the game is tied at the completion of 60
minutes there will be a 1 minute break
followed by a 5 minute stop-time, 3vs3
sudden-victory OT period.
> If the game is still tied there will be a 3
player shootout will take place.
> If still tied after a 3 player shooutout
the shoutout will continue in a suddenvictory format until a winner is declared
> No player can shoot 2 x until all skaters
rostered have shot.
> The Home Team will have the option to
shoot 1st or 2nd.
• Teams will not be permitted to enter the ice
until their scheduled game time.
• Warm up will be 8 minutes commencing at
the scheduled game time followed
immediately by the game (no 昀氀ood).
TIMEOUTS
• One (1) thirty (30) second time-outs is
permitted per team per game
TEAM JERSEY COLOURS
• Home team will wear dark colour uniforms
and the visitor will wear light colour
uniforms. Sweater changes, if necessary,
will be decided by the toss of a coin.
OFFICIALS
• All referees and linespersons of昀椀ciating in
the Tournament will be quali昀椀ed and
registered by Hockey Alberta. Minor
of昀椀cials will be assigned by the
Tournament.
• The tournament will use a mix of 3 Man
and 4 man of昀椀ciating systems throughout
the tournament.
ICING
• In all games of the tournament the of昀椀cials will
enforce both the ‘Hybrid Icing Rule’ and
the ‘No Change Icing Rule’.
POOL RANKINGS
• Final Standings of each pool shall be
determined by the number of points that each
has accumulated in round robin play using the
following point distribution:
> Win in Regulation Time - 3 Points
> Win in OT or Shootout - 2 Points
> Loss in OT or Shootout - 1 Point
> Loss in Regulation Time - 0 Points
In the case of a tie for any placement in a Pool at
the conclusion of the Round Robin, the Pool
standings will be determined as follows:
(A) Tie for any placement between two (2)
teams.
(1) the winner of the game between the two
tied teams.
(B) Tie for 昀椀rst place between three (3) or more
teams
(1) the team with the best head to head
record in games played versus tied
teams.
(2) If a tie still exists, the team with the better
Round Robin record of goals for and
against (goals for minus goals against,
divided by goals for plus goals against –
highest fraction wins) – ALL GAMES
(3) If a tie still exists, then the team with the
lowest PIM for all round robin games will
receive the higher placement.
QUARTER FINAL ALIGNMENT IN ALL
DIVISIONS
(E) Quarter 昀椀nal match ups will be determined
after ranking the advancing teams 1-8 as per
above.
> Pool Rank #1 vs. Pool Rank #8
> Pool Rank #2 vs. Pool Rank #7
> Pool Rank #3 vs. Pool Rank #6
> Pool Rank #4 vs. Pool Rank #5
*NOTE: Highest Ranking Team in bracket will be
designated as the ‘Home Team’
(F) Semi-Final & Final Match ups
• Teams will NOT be re-seeded following the
quarter 昀椀nals, once teams are set for the quarter
昀椀nals the tournament will proceed as per the
brackets already designated.
*NOTE: Highest Ranking Team in bracket will be
designated as the ‘Home Team’
COMPETITION RULE
• For the purposes of pool placement and
division seeding, the 昀椀nal score will not report
more than a 7-goal differential. Goals will be
reduced from the winning teams score to
get to the 7 goal differential. For example if the
昀椀nal score is 10-1, the score of 8-1 will
be used for the purposes of calculating the
goals for/goals against ratio.
(C) Teams will be ranked 1st to 4th within their
own pool based on (A) and (B) above, once this
procedure is complete the teams will advance as
follows:
• 1st place team in each pool will advance to
Division A
• 2nd place team in each pool will advance to
Division B
• 3rd place team in each pool will advance to
Division C
• 4th place team in each pool will advance to
Division D
QUARTER & SEMI FINAL GAMES
• All quarter昀椀nals and semi-昀椀nals shall consist of
three (3) twenty (20) minute stop-time periods. If
a tie exists at the conclusion of regulation play:
> a ten (10) minute stop-time, 3 on 3 suddenvictory overtime period will be played.
> If a tie still exists, a 3-player shootout will
take place.
> If still tied after a 3-player shootout the
shootout will continue in sudden – victory
format until a winner is declared.
> No player can shoot 2x until all skaters
rostered for that game have shot.
> The Home Team will have the option to
shoot 1st or 2nd
• As in Round Robin play, teams will be allowed
one thirty (30) second timeout per game.
Quarter昀椀nal and semi-昀椀nal losers are eliminated
from further Tournament play. Quarter昀椀nal
winners advance to the semi昀椀nals. Semi-昀椀nal
winners advance to the Tournament
Championship Games.
RANKING OF POOL WINNERS
(D) Pool winners will be seeded 1-8 based on
the following criteria.
(1) Team with the most points accumulated
in round robin play as per ‘Pool Winners’
noted in preceding section.
(2) If two (2) or more teams are tied, the
team with the better goals for/goals
against ratio will receive the higher
placement.
a. The higher ratio based on the
following formula:
b. (Goals For – Goals Against)/(Goals
For + Goals Against)
PLAYOFF GAMES
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL GAME
(A DIVISION ONLY)
• The Championship Final Game shall consist of
three (3) twenty (20) minute stop-time periods. If
a tie exists at the conclusion of regulation play:
> a ten (10) minute stop-time, 5 on 5 suddenvictory overtime period will be played.
> If a tie still exists, there will be a 昀氀ood
followed by a full twenty (20) minute 5 on 5
stop-time period and continue until a winner
is declared.
Rules Updated – November 21, 2023
