Tournament Rules
O.W.H.A. rules shall apply except as listed below.
1. Team representative must check in at the registration desk 1 hour before the first game. Teams must be available to play thirty (30) minutes prior to their scheduled game time. All "pickup players" must be declared prior to the team's first game.
2. Each team will play a minimum of three games.
3. Intent to injure and fighting penalties will result in the player being expelled from the game and the remainder of the tournament. OWHA penalties and suspensions shall also apply.
4. All games will consist of two (2) periods of ten (10) minute and one (1) period of fifteen (15) minute stop time.
5. Regular tournament games will be allowed to end in a tie. All final and championship games will employ tie break method as described.
6. Overtime. If a Final or semi-final or quarter-final game is tied at the end of regulation time the following procedure will apply:
· A 10 minute stop time sudden victory period will be played.
· The teams will not change ends.
· Teams will play three players + goalie per side.
· Teams can change on the fly or at a whistle.
· Penalties in the overtime will result in a penalty shot.
· If a penalty was in force at the end of regulation time the non-penalized team shall play with four skaters at the start of overtime and the penalized team with three skaters. Once the penalty expires teams shall play four skaters aside until the first stoppage of play. At that stoppage each team will remove one player from the ice.
· If a penalty was in force at the end of regulation time the remaining time will continue once overtime commences.
· If a team has not used it's 30 second time-out it may do so in over-time.
· If the game is still tied at the end of overtime a shootout shall be conducted as listed in Rule # 7.
7. Shoot-Out (Penalty shot style):
· Three players will be named from each team before the game begins,
· If game remains tied after the three players from each team have shot, each team will continue to send one more shooter (other than the previous three selected) and in any order, until a sudden victory winner is declared.
· Any player serving a penalty that has not expired by the end of sudden victory overtime, shall not participate in the shoot-out,
· No player may shoot again until all players on the bench have shot;
· The home team shall shoot first.
8. Breaking of Tournament Tie.
Note: once one method for breaking ties has been used, the next step, in order, is to be used.
Two (2) points will be awarded for a win, one (1) point for a tie. In case of two (2) or more teams tied in points after round robin games, tie breakers will follow the following criteria:
A Most wins
B Record against other tied team (Only if all tied teams have played against each other)
C Goals For minus Goals Against
D Most Goals For
E Least Goals Against
F First goal scored when the tied teams played
G Least penalty minutes
H Time first goal scored in the tournament
I Toss of coin (Tournament organizer to decide Heads)
9. Wild Card
Wild card will be one of the loosing teams from Games 106, 107, and 108 in the Midget C Division. It will be the team with the plus/minus that is closest to zero (0). The plus minus will be calculated using the scores from Games 106, 107, and 108 only. If two or more teams are tied then the ties between these teams only shall be broken based on the criteria listed in rule #8 for the first 3 games the teams played in the tournament.
10. One 30 second time out is allowed for the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Championship Games only.
11. The Home team will wear white sweaters. (Exception: Teams with only one set of sweaters.)
12. Awards will be presented to all Champions and Finalists.
13. OWHA signed approved rosters, and any applicable release or travel permits (USA teams) are required for all participating player/teams. Birth certificates may be requested.
14. No games will begin before 9:00 a.m. Friday and 7:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
15. The Saugeen Shores Silver Stick Tournament Officials' decisions are final.