Rules of Play
- Hockey Canada and OMHA rules shall apply except where listed below. Mouth and Neck guards are required for all players
- Games may start up to 15 minutes early
- Period times are 10-10-15 in all divisions. No floods between periods
- There will be a timed three (3) minute warm-up beginning when ice surface is ready
- Games are to start promptly - No breaks between periods
- There will be a maximum of seventeen (17) skaters plus two (2) goaltenders allowed per team, as well as five (5) bench staff
Time Outs:
- A thirty (30) second time out is allowed in all games – round robin and championship
Run Time Rule
- In all divisions during the second period, running time will commence when there is a differential of five (5) goals.
- Stop time will resume when the goal margin is reduced to three (3)
- The clock may be stopped at the referee’s discretion for injury or for intentional delay of the game
- Penalties during running time will be three minutes instead of 2 minutes
Penalties
- Intent to injure and fighting penalties will result in the player being expelled from the game and the remainder of the tournament
Seeding & Tie Breakers
- Playoff format will be determined based on the number of teams per division and will be made available at the start of the tournament.
- A team will be awarded 2 points for winning a game, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss for all
- round robin tournament games.
- Ties after completion of round robin play will be broken in the following order for seeding:
1. Most wins.
2. Goals for minus goals against. (Note – the maximum number of goal differential is capped at +/- 5).
3. If still tied least goals against places higher.
4. If still tied least penalized team.
5. If still tied flip of a coin by Tournament Official.
Overtime
- Will be played in quarter-final, semi-final & championship games only
- Overtime will be sudden victory
- It will consist of one 6-minute stop time sudden death period of three-on-three hockey
- If still tied after overtime there will be a three-player shoot-out, if the game is still tied after all three players have shot the tie will be broken by a sudden death shoot-out (i.e., the first team to score when the other team does not score wins the game)
- Teams do not change ends after the third period
- Penalties in overtime will be served as called, any penalties incurred during regular time will carry over into overtime
- Teams will NOT play with less than 3 skaters, if penalties are called during three-on-three play then the non-penalized team will add one skater for the duration of the penalty
- The penalized player will then return to the ice upon the conclusion of the penalty
- Then, at the next stoppage in play, three-on-three play will resume.
- If a 2nd penalty is called during three-on-three play, then a second skater will be added to the non-penalized team.
- Please note: Teams may play up to two players short at any point during the overtime
Shoot Outs
- Shooters do not need to be identified before the game starts.
- Shooters will shoot simultaneously.
- Players may only be used once in a shootout until all players listed on the game sheet have finished, no player can shoot for a second time until all have shot once
- Any player serving a penalty that has not expired by the end of the sudden death overtime may not participate in the shoot-out
Jersey Colours (Home vs Away)
- The home team will wear white jerseys (Exception: Teams with only one set of jerseys)
- In case of conflict home team changes
- In the playoffs the team with the better record will be the home team
- Any team that does not have home and away jerseys must ensure to notify tournament director upon time of registration