Tournament Rules

 

1. CHA rules and Tournament regulations shall be followed. Body checking is NOT allowed in all Divisions. Discipline will be carried out by the tournament organisers, there is a ZERO tolerance for harassment, foul language, slurs, discrimination, and poor sportsmanship. A team is accountable for each other and their teammate’s actions. A team will be removed without refund from the tournament if it is deemed by the tournament organizer that the actions one or more players do not fall within the tournament's values based on respect, fair play and sportsmanship.

 

2. Tournament Gameplay & Time of Play Regulations
   1. Teams are guaranteed three games in all divisions, 
   2. Each division will play 3 Periods at 10 minutes straight time, with a 3 minute warm up        
   3. No time-outs are allowed in any tournament games.
   4. Overtime will be played only in semi-final and championship games.
   5. Top teams from each Division will advance.

  

3. Standings will be based on points: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie.

  

4. TIE-BREAKING will be based, in order, on:
   1. Total Points
   2. The head-to-head record involving the teams tied (if applicable).
   3. The best ratio of            Goals For                      in all round-robin games                                                   Goals For + Goals Against             d) The team with the most goals scored
   5. The team with the lowest number of penalty minutes (misconducts count as

10)

6. A toss of a coin by the tournament organizer or designate

  

5. For all final round games, the placement of teams and designation of home and visiting teams will be made by the tournament organizer on the basis of the team records as determined by rules 3 and 4.   

  

6. OVERTIME in final games shall be conducted in a series of 5-minute sudden death overtime periods. During all these overtime periods, teams will play with 2 skaters plus a goalkeeper. Substitutions are allowed. When a penalty would result in one team having less than 2 skaters, the penalized team shall play with 2 skaters and the other team shall add one (or two) player(s) for the duration of the penalty, returning to the proper number of players at the first stoppage in play following the expiration of the penalty.   

    

7. Teams are required to arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before their game, ready dressed 20minutes before to play.

 

  

8. All players will be required to sign the tournament waiver & release, acknowledging they have read the tournament rules & the waiver form. Anyone under 18 years of age this must be signed by a parent or guardian.   

 

9. Any fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, harassment of officials, tournament organizers will result in a team’s ejection from the tournament, no questions asked. The tournament is for fun, and there is no place for this behavior. The accountability for any teammate’s behavior is to the entire team.

   

10. Penalties shall be 1 minute in length, and if a team receives a penalty the team without the penalty will go up 1 player per penalty to a max of 5 the penalized team will remain with 3 skaters. When a penalty concludes the player can return to the ice and the game will be played at even strength (4on4 or 5on5) until a stoppage of play and the players will go back to 3on3. A double minor is 2 minutes and a major is 4 minutes. Penalties will be served on the team's bench.

 

11. The tournaments follows Hockey Canada rules for penalties

 

12. Slap shots are not permitted, a slap shot will be considered any shot where the stick is raised higher than the knee, play will stop immediately and faceoff will be taken in the team who committed the offences defensive zone.

 

13. There are no hockey off sides, BUT icings do exist, and no player can receive a pass between the last defender and the goalie when breaking out of their defensive end. (soccer style offsides)