Tournament Rules

Each team will play a total of 4 games: 3 in round robin and 1 final game. Tie games will be permitted, without having to break the tie during the round robin play. Game points will be awarded as follows:

Hockey Calgary and Springbank Minor Hockey ask that we maintain total transparency when running our officials' box There will be at least two (2) certified referees on the ice for each game. As per Hockey Calgary, teams will be responsible for providing volunteers:

• Home team is responsible for 2 volunteers: timekeeping and penalty box.

• Away team is responsible for 2 volunteers: scorekeeping and penalty box.

• When two visiting teams are playing each other, SBMH ensure that a volunteer familiar with the officials' box is present to assist.

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SBMH will provide the scoresheets. Digital images of the sheets will be available to teams. Liv scores will be online. 

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Participating teams need to provide 8 roster stickers. 

SBMH is using Blitz Sports. The score clock can be managed through an easy-to-use app. While it is not required to run the clocks, this app is significantly easier to. Download it here.

Each team will be allowed a two or three minute on-ice warm-up prior to each game, this is
dependent on access to ice in reference to the Zamboni gate being closed in time to allow the
warm-up prior to the ice permit starting. Please ensure your team is ready and able to take
advantage of this time.

Each team is required to submit a player roster before the tournament starts, “official Hockey
Canada roster” is not required but should be available if asked for this roster can be in its
“pending form”. Only registered and approved affiliates for your team may be used. Only those
players included in the registration for this tournament will be eligible to play. Please have the
list available in paper copy or online, in case there is a challenge from another team.
Tournament coordinator or coaches must ensure that team line-ups are ready and verified 10
minutes before the game, by a coach from each team.

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Participating teams need to provide 8 roster stickers. 

All games in this tournament are a 75 minute duration. There will be 3 15 minute periods. Games will be played with stop time.

The clock will drop when five (5) minutes are remaining on the ice permit, at the first stoppage of
play. At that time, the clock will be reset to two (2) minutes and the remainder of the game will
be completed with run time (clock will not stop).

Any player who receives a misconduct penalty in the last ten (10) minutes of a game will be
required to sit out the next game. In all other cases, Hockey Calgary rules apply.

In the event of a tie in standings between three or more teams after Round Robin play, thestandings will be determined as listed below. Use this process until one team can be promoted.Restart the process again to determine the order of the remaining teams. A maximum of sixgoal differential in any one game will apply.

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1. Most Points: The team with the most points from Round Robin games advances first.

2. Head-to-Head: In case of a tie between two teams, the team having won the game between each other will advance.

3. Plus/Minus (‘Goals for’ minus ‘Goals Against’): If still tied, the team with the best plus/minus (GF-GA) during Full Round Robin play will advance. As per above the 6-goal differential above

4. Fewest Goals Against: If still tied, the team with the fewest goals against during Full Round Robin play will advance.

5. Most Goals For: If still tied, the team with the most goals during Full Round Robin play will advance.

6. Fewest Penalty Minutes: If still tied, the team with the fewest penalty minutes during Full Round Robin play will advance.

7. Coin Toss If still tied, then a single flip of a coin by the Tournament Director will determine the team to advance.

Tie-Breaking Procedures for Playoff Games
All games must be completed within their permit ice times stated above. In the event of a tied score at end of the playoff game and time is still remaining on the permit then the below is in effect.

The Tournament Organizer with the collaboration of the Head coaches will move forward as follows: 

5 minutes or more left on the permit: Five Minute overtime
For this tie-breaking option, and the permit time allows one 5-minute stop time 3-on-3
sudden-victory overtime period will be played. Play will end when one team scores and is declared the winner.

5 minutes or less on the permit: NHL-Style Shootout
In the event of a tie where there is less than 5 minutes left on the permit, each team will select three shooters and each player will take one shot each, and the shots alternate from team to team. Upon completion of the three-player shootout, the team with the most goals wins.

No time remaining on the permit
Due to the nature of the ice permit and the need for floods and other user groups needing access to the ice all games must be completed within their permit and in the
event of a tie at the end of the ice permit the team who scored first wins.

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