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To be eligible to participate in this tournament approved OMHA rosters or Canadian or American equivalent must be presented to the registration office prior to the team's first game. Affiliated players must also provide approved documentation.
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This tournament is fully sanctioned by the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, and all OMHA rules apply.
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Each team roster may contain a maximum of 20 players and 5 team officials. The tournament roster sheet must include all eligible players and officials prior to the start of each team’s first game. There will be no additions permitted thereafter.
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Selections of teams, game times and necessary byes will be the product of the draw. Schedule is subject to change.
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Any team failing to appear for a game as outlined on the official schedule shall be considered losers by a 1 to 0 score (Winning team receives 5 points. Two byes in the same division may be ruled as cause for a change in schedule.). The Tournament Executive has the right to reschedule.
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Tournament format is three (3) game preliminary round play in all divisions. Length of game shall be as follows:
Atom and Peewee: Two ten minute stop time periods and a final fifteen minute stop time period.
Bantam and Midget: One ten minute stop time period and two fifteen minute stop time periods.
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Overtime:
(a) In preliminary games:
- One 10 minute stop time sudden death overtime period.
- If no goal is scored in the overtime period, then the game will be decided by a penalty shot format which will consist of three players chosen by each team coach to shoot on the other team’s goaltender. Each of the three players from each team will shoot simultaneously in turn. If still tied after the first three players from each team have shot then a different three players will be chosen to shoot and so on.
(b) In championship games:
- Sudden death 10 minute stop time overtime periods as required. The first overtime goal determines the winner (the changing of ends by the goaltenders is at the referee’s discretion).
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Preliminary Round Tie Breaker
(a) Best win/loss record in division.
(b) If two teams tied use head to head result if applicable.
(c) If three teams tied then use a point system consisting of:
½ pt. for tying a regulation period
1 pt. for winning a regulation period (not an overtime period)
2 pts. For winning the game
(maximum of 5 points per game)
(d) If two teams tied with points, use head to head if applicable.
(e) If still tied then use total goals for divided by total goals against.
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All protests or disputes must be submitted in writing to the director as soon as possible. The director’s disposition of such disputes will be final.
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Any suspension under OMHA rules will also be a tournament suspension.
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Any team official or player receiving a major penalty for fighting or a match penalty will be immediately suspended from the tournament.
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Any coach, manager, trainer or player found to be making a travesty of the game shall be removed from further participation at the Tournament Director’s discretion.
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Under OHF and CHA rules this tournament will NOT have body checking in the Atom (Squirt) and the Peewee divisions.
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There shall be no time-outs. |
