Tourney Rules, 24th Annual Peewee/ Bantam/ Midget Local League Tourney, 2019-2020 (West Niagara Minor Hockey)

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Tournament Rules and Regulations

1.       This is an OMHA sanctioned tournament.  All OMHA rules and regulations will apply to tournament games.

2.       Registration will open one hour before the first scheduled game.  Teams are required to provide a paper copy submission of the team's roster and all other required documentation (i.e. travel permit) when they register at their first game. You may have emailed this information but teams are required to bring paper copies with them for registration.

3.       Please pay attention to locating your team name and corresponding division as we have several associations with teams in more than one division (ex. Lincoln and West Lincoln have teams in all 3 divisions). Please also pay attention to the location of your games as we are utilizing West Lincoln, Grimsby and Fleming (Lincoln) for games on Friday and Saturday. Addresses for all arenas being used are on the Lincoln Minor Hockey Association website (tournament venues). All Sunday games are at Fleming Centre.

4.       All teams must be ready to play fifteen (15) minutes before their scheduled game time.  There will be a three (3) minute warm-up prior to each game.

5.       Team officials must complete the electronic game sheet no later than 15 minutes prior to game time.

6.       The round robin games for Bantam and Midget and the three opening games per team in Peewee will be 10-10-10 stop time.   

7.       All "elimination" games (on Sunday) will be 10-10-12 stop time.  A further five (5) minute, four (4) on four (4) SUDDEN VICTORY overtime period will be played in case of a tie.  If still tied a three (3) minute, three (3) on three (3) SUDDEN VICTORY overtime period will be played. If still tied, each team will select three players for a shoot-out. The three players will be identified by the Coach after the overtime is complete. If still tied after the three-player shoot-out, there will be a single shot sudden victory shootout.  No player may shoot a second time until all players have taken a shot.

8.       In all games if during the third period a team is up by 5 or more goals then it will be "straight time" until such time as the gap is reduced to 3 goals, and then it will revert to stop time.

9.       There are NO timeouts allowed in Bantam and Midget round robin games and opening three games for Peewee.  Each team will be permitted one 30 second timeout in an elimination game.

10.   Seeding Teams: Two (2) points for a win, one (1) for a tie and zero (0) for a loss. In Bantam and Midget the four teams will be ranked 1 through 4 after the round robin, with the top two teams moving on to the semi-finals. In Peewee, the top four teams of the group of 10 move on to the elimination round.

11.   TIEBREAKERS (for seeding teams after round robin play (Bantam and Midget) or opening three games for Peewee).

a.       Head to Head result**

b.       Goal percentage – is determined by adding the total goals for to the total goals against and dividing this total into total goals for. The higher percentage, winning the higher position. For example, if two teams are tied in points and tied in their game against one another then team A below would finish higher than Team B below as their goal percentage is higher.

Team A

30 goals for + 16 goals against = 46 

Then divide 46 into total goals for (30) - gives a goal percentage of .652

 

Team B

15 goals for + 14 goals against = 29

Then divide 29 into total goals for (15) – gives a goal percentage of .517

 

If still tied after goal percentage then the higher seed will be determined by the following (in the order provided):

c.       Least goals against

d.       Least total penalty minutes in round robin games

e.       Fastest opening goal scored during round robin games

f.        Coin toss

** Please note that Head to Head, in the case of a three way tie, will only apply if one team has beaten the other two teams.

12.   Home Team for Finals: Of the two teams to play in the Finals, the higher seeded team (from step 10 and 11) will be the home team for the Finals.

13.   SUSPENSIONS

a.       Game misconducts and Misconducts - as per the OMHA Manual of Operations

b.       Gross Misconducts, Match Penalties & Fighting Majors - Suspension for the remainder of the tournament