- Tournament Sanction:2223097
- Dates: November 18-20
- Cost: $950
- 3 Game Minimum
- All Games played at the Atlas Tube Recreation Centre
Rules and Information
1. O.W.H.A. rules shall apply except where listed below. BNQ neck guards are required for all players.
2. Teams must be registered with their official governing body and present their official roster at Registration as well as any additional documentation such as pick up consent form(s) and Change of Participation Form(s). Guest layers may be added after registration.
3. No teams outside Canada will be allowed entry into the House League Divisions. Teams outside Canada will however be allowed to play in travel divisions (if hosted) if teams are of the appropriate age for the divisions that they are registering for. All teams outside Canada must have a travel permit, certified roster and medical insurance.
4. Ontario members must be currently registered as a member of your team. To be eligible according to the O.W.H.A. “pickup clause,” notification of “pickup” players must receive 7 days prior to the start of the tournament for those to be eligible for tournament play. Please refer to the O.W.H.A. handbook for rules governing pick-ups. In House League divisions only, we will accept lateral movement for skaters and goaltenders, however all other pick-up rules apply. Under no circumstances can you pick up a player to replace a player under suspension. If in doubt, please check with tournament organizers before bringing player to the tournament.
5. Team representatives must check in at the tournament office located at the Atlas Tube Centre one (1) hour prior to the teams first game. Teams must be available to play twenty (20) minutes prior to all scheduled games.
6. There will be a maximum of seventeen (17) shatters and two (2) goaltenders allowed per teams as well as five (5) coaches, and two (2) managers or trainers.
7. There will be a timed (3) minute warm-up beginning when the ice surface is ready, and the referees have come on to the ice. Game times are as follows
U11 House League- Three (3) periods of 10-10-12 stop time
U13 House League- Three (3) periods of 10-10-12 stop time
U15 House League- Three (3) periods of 10-10-12 stop time
U22 House League- Three (3) periods of 12-12-15 stop time
8. Intent to injure and fighting penalties will result in the player being expelled from the game and the remainder of the tournament
9. In all divisions during the game the third period, running time will commence when there is a difference of five (5) goals. Stop time will resume when the margin is reduced to three (3) goals. The clock will stop at the referee’s discretion for injury or intentional delay of game. If a player is serving a penalty during the running clock and their penalty expires in a stoppage of play, the player may not leave the penalty box until the puck is back in play. The clock be stopped to add the penalty and will commence on the next puck drop.
10. Round robin play will determine group placing. Two (2) points will be awarded for a win, and one (1) point for a tie. There will be no overtime in round robin play.
11. In the event of a tie in group placing after completion of the round robin series, the following tiebreakers will be used:
A. Number of wins
B. Record against other tied teams- head-to-head
C. Goals scored minus goals against in round robin play
D. Fewest goals allowed in round robin play
E. Most periods won in round robin
F. Fewest penalty minutes in round robin
G. First goal scored in tournament
H. Most goals scored
I. Flip of coin
12. Overtime will be played be played in quarter-final, semi-final and championship games only. Over time will be played until sudden death victory. It will consist of two stop time sudden death periods. The first period, three (3) minutes in length, will be four on four skaters. If still tied at the end of the first overtime period, a second overtime period of three (3) minutes with three-on-three skaters will follow. If still tied after the second overtime, there will be a three-skater alternate shoot-out. If the game is still tied after all three players have shot the tie will be broken by sudden death shootout (i.e., the first team to score when the other team doesn’t score wins the game). The team with the larger number of skaters of shooter may lower the number of shooters to equal that of the other team. Any player serving a penalty that has not expired by the end of sudden death overtime may not participate in the shoot-out. The teams do not change ends at the end of the third period. Shooters do not need to be identified before the game starts. Penalties in overtime will be served as called; any penalties incurred during regular play will be carried over into overtime. Teams will NOT play with less than three 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 return to the ice upon the conclusion of the penalty. Then, at the next stoppage in play, three on three will resume. If a second penalty is called during three-on-three play, then a second skater will be added to the non penalized team. Please note teams may not play up to two players short at any point during overtime.
13. Some teams may be starting as early as 9:00A.M. on the Friday and 7:00A.M. on Saturday and Sunday.
14. In the event of a forfeit, all forfeits will be handled in accordance to the OWHA “Forfeiture Procedure”.
15. The winning team and finalist in each division will receive awards.
16. Teams are asked to be ready to play fifteen (15) minutes ahead of your scheduled start time. No games will start more than five (5) minutes early UNLESS both teams and REFEREES are ready and in agreeance.
17. One thirty (30) second timeout is allowed for quarter-final, semi-final and championship games.
18. In case of jersey conflict— visiting team must change
19. In all quarter-final, semi final and championship games the highest-ranking team (using tie breaker rule) shall be seen as the home team regardless of how they are listed on the tournament schedule.
Any issue not covered in these rules shall first be decided by the OWHA manual of Operations and then by the Lakeshore