77 Classic Tournament Rules
Registration
All teams must return their fully completed registration package to the tournament office before their first game. Tournament office is located in the lobby between the two rinks. Any team who has not completed and returned their full registration package will not be permitted to play until their package is returned.
Penalties
OMHA code of conduct and suspension rules apply for the tournament.
Game Play
All games will be 15-15-15 stop time with a second intermission flood. All games are curfewed at 80 minutes from the scheduled start time.
Each game will have a 3 minute warm up beginning at the scheduled start time.
(1) 30 second timeout per team during semifinal and finals only. No timeouts in pool play.
A total of not more than 19 may dress for any game; one of these must be the goaltender.
All teams must be prepared to go on the ice 15 minutes before the scheduled game time.
Home team wears darks, visitors wear lights.
Any player who incurs a match penalty or major penalty for fighting, checking from behind, or checking to the head will be suspended for the remainder of the tournament. Absolutely NO exceptions.
The Tournament Committee reserves the right to make any or all decisions regarding a) interpretation of rules, b) objections or protest involving disputes or conduct at the tournament, and c) to amend any and all rules as necessary on a case-by-case basis.Their decision is final and NO appeals will be granted.
Pool Play & Standings
Each team will play 4 pool games to be seeded. After pool play, the TOP 4 records will advance to semifinals, regardless of pool designation. See “Tiebreakers” below for protocol.
Overtime Rules
Ties will stand in pool play
For knockout rounds: 5 min O.T. then 3 player shootout
Special Tournament Rules
All players must wear the yellow laces and use yellow tape on the blades of their sticks (handle does not have to be yellow). As well, all player must wear the #lovefornick sticker on their helmet. All of these items will be provided to teams upon registration. Any player caught breaking these rules will received a 2 minute penalty for improper equipment. Opposing coaches and tournament staff may alert the referees of these infractions.
***** A COPY OF THESE RULES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE TIME KEEPERS BOX*****
Tie Breakers
TIES IN ROUND-ROBIN STANDINGS
In the event of a tie at the end of the round-robin series, for any position, the following procedure
will be used to break the tie:
16. 1 If Two (2) Teams are tied in Round Robin Series
If two teams are tied at the conclusion of a round robin series then the following procedure will be
used to determine the final ranking before the quarter-final, semi-final, or final Championship games are played. Process adopted from Hockey Canada – November 22, 2001.
A.1. The winner of the round-robin game between the two tied teams gains the higher position.
A.2. The team with the most wins in the round robin gains the higher position.
A.3. If the two (2) teams are still tied after A.1 and A.2. have been applied, then the team with the best goal average gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner:
Total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals (for and against).
NOTE: ALL round robin games are included
Example: For = 10 goals, Against = 4 goals, then Percentage = 10/(10+4) = .714
NOTE: The higher percentage (1.0 being max attainable) gains higher position
A.4. If the two (2) teams are still tied after A.1., A.2. and A.3. have been applied, the team with the least number of minutes in penalties throughout all of the round-robin games gains the higher position.
The following time allotments would be regulated for tiebreakers only:
• game misconducts are worth ten (10) minutes
• misconducts are worth ten (10) minutes
• match penalties are worth fifteen (15) minutes
• gross misconducts, are worth fifteen (15)minutes
A.5. If the two (2) teams are still tied after A.1., A.2., A.3. and A.4. have been applied, then the team that scored the first goal in the game between the two (2) tied teams gains the higher position.
A.6. If the two (2) teams are still tied after A.1., A.2., A.3., A.4., and A.5. have been applied, then a single coin toss will determine which team gains the higher position. The Tournament Chair will determine which team gets to call the coin toss.
16.2 If Three (3) Teams or more are tied in Round Robin Series
NOTE: The three-team tiebreaker is used to determine the seeding of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams. If
any step in the tiebreaker only seeds one team, that team assumes that position. The three-team
tiebreaker will continue to determine the seeding of the two remaining teams. At no time will
teams using this formula go back to the two-team tiebreaker.
B.1 If three (3) teams or more are tied, the point record established in the games AMONG THE TIED TEAMS ONLY will be used as the first tie breaking formula in deciding which team(s) shall advance.
B.2. The team(s) with the most wins would gain the highest position.
B.3. If the teams are still tied after B.2 has been applied, then the team with the best goal average gains the highest position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner:
Total number of goals for, divided by the total number of goals (for and against).
NOTE: ALL round robin games are included
Example: For = 10 goals, Against = 4 goals, Percentage = 10/(10+4) = .714
NOTE: The higher percentage (1.0 being max attainable) gains higher position
The exercise of B.3. establishes the team or teams with the highest position(s) by percentage.
These teams will advance. If there are still teams tied, they go to the next step. They do not
go back to the Two-Team Tiebreaker.
EXAMPLE:
1) Team A - .714 = 1 seed – Advances
Team B - .500 = 3 seed – Does not advance
Team C - .650 = 2 seed – Advances
2) Team A - .714 = 1 seed – Advances
Team B - .500 = Still tied with Team C (go to next step B.3.)
Team C - .500 = Still tied with Team B (go to next step B.3.)
3) Team A - .650 = Still tied with Team B (go to next step B.3.)
Team B - .650 = Still tied with Team A (go to next step B.3.)
Team C - .500 = Does not advance
B.4. If teams are still tied after B.1, B.2. and B.3., the team with the fewest goals against (all round robin games played) will gain the highest position.
B.5. If teams are still tied after B.1., B.2., B.3 and B.4. the team with the most goals for (all round robin games played) will gain the highest position.
B.6. If teams are still tied after B.1., B.2., B.3.,B.4 and B.5. have been applied, the team to qualify would be the team that received the least number of minutes in penalties throughout all of the round-robin games.
The OHF Board of Directors decided that the following time allotments would be regulated for OHF championship tie breakers only:
• game misconducts are worth ten (10) minutes
• misconducts are worth ten (10) minutes
• match penalties are worth fifteen (15) minutes
• gross misconducts are worth fifteen (15) minutes
B.7. If the teams are still tied after B.1., B.2., B.3., B.4., B.5 and B.6. have been applied, a coin toss shall determine the winner. In a three-team coin toss, the odd team gains the highest position. The Tournament Chair will determine the order in which teams get to call the coin toss.