U9 Tournament Rules

Games will be played with 3 lines separated into equal abilities. If coaches wish to tier rosters to A/B/C format that must be agreed to with the other team prior to the game start. 

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Player groupings of 5 or 6 will play 3 total periods. Example: 

▪ Player group 1: cross ice, ¾ ice, ¾ ice 

▪ Player group 2: ¾ ice, cross ice, ¾ ice 

▪ Player group 3: ¾ ice, ¾ ice, cross ice 

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Players on the Ice

• 5v5

Face-offs

• Face-off to start each period

• Face-off after each goal

Officials

• Both Referees will work on the Three-Quarter game

Positions

• Coaches are permitted to identify Defense/Forwards for the Three-Quarter game.

Penalties

• On a penalty call, the official will raise their arm and blow the whistle immediately signaling a penalty has been called. The official will instruct the player to proceed to their bench and exit the playing area.

• The official will conduct a change in possession and signal to the offending team to back off 3 meters. A new player will replace the penalized player and play will continue at 5v5. At the conclusion of the shift, the player who replaced the infracting player will remain on the ice for another shift.

Other

• No off-sides

No icing

Players on the Ice

• 3v3

Face-offs

• Face-off to start each period

Officials

• Both Referees will work on the Three-Quarter game

Positions

• Coaches in cross-ice game must wear skates and a helmet and should officiate/manage ice.

Players Bench

• 1 bumper in each corner of the Cross Ice Game to act as a bench/divider for players to stand behind or sit on.

NOTE: A modified full ice game must be agreed to by both teams/coaches/managers AND communicated to tournament organizers at least one week ahead time.

 

If a team does not have the capacity/intention to play full ice OR a full ice game is not agreed to by both sides, the default format will be the 3⁄4 & cross ice model above.

 

Time/Periods (60 Minute Ice Slot)

• 3 Mins - Warm Up

• 15 Mins run time – Period #1

• 1 Min – Intermission

• 15 Mins run time – Period #2

• 1 Min – Intermission

• 15 Mins run time – Period #3

• 3 Mins – Shake hands

 

Equipment/Rules

• 5v5 plus a goaltender

• Full size nets

• Black pucks

• Offsides

• Shifts will be 1.5 minutes (90 seconds) in length.

• When the buzzer/whistle sounds, players must relinquish control of the puck immediately and vacate the ice. The new players enter onto the ice surface immediately.

• Penalties will be called (player will go to penalty box on a called penalty, however teams will not play shorthanded)

• Faceoffs will occur at the beginning of each period, after offsides, after a goal is scored, or a penalty is called.

 

Modifications:

• No icing

• No score posted

• Goalies/teams stay at the same end for each period

• Teams will not play shorthanded if a penalty is called

While there are no official scores shown on a scoreboard, an internal score for each half-ice game will be kept for reseeding purposes. Novice specific games sheets will be used in order to track all players who participate in the game as well as to tally the score, both Home and away teams will need to arrange scoresheets as per the Hockey Calgary Community Hockey Game play Guidelines 2023-24 doc. ​

 

When the puck enters the goal, the official will blow the whistle and signal a goal, retrieving the puck from the net and allow the team that was scored on to take possession of the puck. The team that scored will back off 3 meters.