
	General Rules and Information • This is a USA Hockey sanctioned Tournament, using USA Hockey rules with the following additions: • All players must wear numbered uniforms in the proper team colors • The home team will wear a white or light colored jersey and the visiting team shall wear a dark colored jersey • Teams shall shake hands at Center Ice after completion of the warm-up period. • Playing Time/Penalty Minutes Playing time for all games will be stop time periods as follows: Mite 12 minutes Squirt 12 minutes Pee Wee 12 minutes Bantam 13 minutes A running clock will be used in the third period when one team is ahead by 5 or more goals. Penalty times are as follows: Minor 1:30 (bantam 2:00) Major 5:00 Misconduct 10:00 • Each team is permitted one time-out per game. • Starting Time/Warm Up Period A) Teams should be ready to enter the ice surface for the warm-up period up to ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time. If the tournament is running ahead of schedule teams are expected to be ready to play. B) Warm-up time shall be three (3) minutes. • Zero Tolerance – Referees will be instructed to strictly enforce zero tolerance rules. The Ultimate Tournaments tournament committee reserves the right to remove from the arena players, coaches or spectators who violate USA Hockey zero tolerance policies. • Game Misconduct Penalty – Any player or coach receiving a game misconduct penalty shall be suspended for the next tournament game. • Match Penalty – Any player, coach or manager who receives a match penalty shall be suspended immediately for the balance of the tournament and these players, coaches and teams will not be welcomed for future Ultimate Tournament tournaments. • Game Suspensions – Suspensions resulting from game or gross misconducts, or any other circumstances, which are mandated by USA Hockey or Tournament Rules will not be overturned by the Tournament Director or the Ultimate Tournaments Tournament Committee under any circumstances. Players, coaches and parents should be fully aware of the potential consequences of their actions at all times. • Protests – Protests related to interpretations of specific rules will be reviewed and considered by the tournament director within one hour of a completed game. Protests must be submitted to the tournament director in writing citing the specific rule, from the USA Hockey rulebook, in question. Protests related to judgment calls by referees will not be considered. Decisions of the tournament committee are final. • Game Points Teams will be awarded points in round-robin play according to the following: a. Two points for a win b. One point for a tie c. Zero points for a loss • Tournament Standings Standings will be compiled by the tournament director and staff and posted at the rinks.Teams will be ranked within their tournament division by the total number of points obtained. In the event of a tie, final standings will be determined by the following criteria: a. Head to head competition – With 3 or more teams tied, all teams must have played each other and there must be an obvious winner. If not we skip Head to Head and go to Most Wins. b. Most wins c. Goal differential (5 goal maximum differential for a single game) d. Fewest goals against e. Fewest penalty minutes f. Coin toss • Tie games/Tie breaking procedures Each team will receive one point for a round-robin game that is tied at the end of regulation play. There will be no overtime periods for 3rd Place Games if tied at the end of regulation play. If a semi-final or championship game ends in a tie the following tie-breaking procedure will be followed: a. 5 minute sudden death overtime period (5 on 5) b. Shootout (5 players/team – each player may only shoot once) – most goals wins. c. If shootout ends in tie, sudden death shootout until winner is decided (each team must continue through their roster until all players have taken a shot. If the shoot-out is not decided, players will continue to shoot in the same order as their first shots.)