KITCHENER LADY RANGERS
FALLFEST TOURNAMENT 2024
SANCTION: This tournament is sanctioned by Hockey Canada, Ontario Women’s Hockey Association and the Kitchener Fallfest Tournament rules and regulations shall apply.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
PROCEDURES
- Each team’s head coach must report to the arena one hour prior to their first game time for registration.
- The team’s final roster and OWHA pickup consent forms must be presented at the team’s first game.
- Call-up forms must be presented before the team’s first game.
- Teams are required to bring two sets of sweaters, one dark set and one light set. The home teams wear light.
- All games will start on time. Teams must be ready to go on the ice 15 minutes before scheduled game time.
- No time outs will be allowed in round robin play. One 30 second time out is allowed in semis and finals.
- Mercy rule apples to round robin games only as follows. Where there is a five (5) goal differential in the third period, the clock will revert to run time and does not return to stop time unless the goal differential becomes 3 goals or less.
- Awards: There will be an MVP award for a player from each team, for each game. It will be up to the coaches to hand out this award to their own team.
- Spectators are not allowed in the change area or dressing rooms. It is the responsibility of the Team Officials to respect and enforce this rule at all times.
- Team staff must not cross the ice surface to get to their bench.
TOURNAMENT PLAYING RULES
- Hockey Canada and OWHA rules will apply except for the added rules as detailed below.
- To be eligible to play in the Fallfest, a player must appear on the tournament roster submitted by each team. Players on Ontario teams must be registered with the OWHA.
- The OWHA minimum suspension list will be strictly enforced. Additional suspensions may be imposed at the discretion of the Tournament Committee.
- Suspension of players, coaching staff, managers, trainers etc. will be served in the tournament. Major and Match penalties will be reported to the OWHA tournament Discipline Chair and the OWHA.
- A two person referee system will be used in all games.
- U15 B DIVISIONS – 10-10-12 PERIOD LENGTHS.
- U22 A – 12-12-15 PERIOD LENGTHS.
- A three (3) minute warm-up will commence when the ice resurfacing doors close. Teams must be ready to commence play once the buzzer sounds to end the warm-up.
- The score clock will not show more than a 5-goal differential.
- Checking from behind penalties are zero tolerance penalties.
- Flooding of the ice surface will occur at the end of each game.
- KMHA and the Fallfest Tournament Committee and Volunteers will not be responsible for any injuries incurred during the duration of the tournament.
- In the case where the total penalty infractions assessed to both teams combined exceeds 24 infractions – not minutes, the clock will operate on run time for the rest of the game.
- During run time minor penalties will be 3 minutes, major penalties will be 7 minutes and misconducts will be 12 minutes.
- Tournament official’s decisions will be final and can not be protested or appealed.
TIE BREAKER FORMULA FOR ALL DIVISIONS
The total points obtained in Round Robin competition (2 points for a win, 1point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) will determine the higher placing team. In the event that teams are tied for playoff positions the following procedures will apply in order presented.
- Where only 2 teams are tied and they have played each other in round robin the winner of the game between the two teams will be awarded the higher position.
- If teams are still tied at the end of round robin, the team with the best goal average will qualify. The goal average of a team is to be determined by dividing the total number of goals for and against into the total number of goals for with the team having the highest percentage winning the higher position. Example – 6 goals for and 2 against - percentage 6/8 = .750, 6 goals for and 3 against – percentage 6/9 = .667. This calculation is based on the 5-goal differential applied to each game. Please reference the “Tie Breaker Chart” located at the end of this document.
- If teams are still tied after (1) and (2), the team to qualify would be the one that scored the first goal in the game between the two teams (only if two teams are tied)
- If teams are still tied after (1), (2) and (3), the team to qualify would be the team that received the fewest penalty minutes throughout the round robin.
- If the teams are still tied, the winner of the playoff position will be decided by a single toss of a coin supervised by the Fallfest Chair person or designate.
Team seeding will be determined by the ranking as above as highest to lowest. Teams will be matched as highest plays lowest and 2nd highest plays 2nd lowest.
NOTE – DIVISION RANKING CALCULATED AND SHOWN ON THE WEBSITE MAY NOT BE CORRECT. FINAL DIVISION RANKING WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TOURNAMENT COMITTEE AND POSTED ON THE TOURNAMENT WEBSITE.
PLAY OFF AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
1. The team with the highest/best record in the round robin will be the home team.
2. Game lengths will be same as in the round robin
3. Each team will be allowed one 30 second timeout per game
OVERTIME IF REQUIRED
1. Overtime is sudden death
2. 5 minutes of 3 on 3, plus goalies
3. No additional time outs allowed and there is no carried forward provision.
4. Teams will not change ends.
5. If tied after overtime a 3-player shootout will take place
6. If a penalty occurs – the non-penalized team adds a player – at the end of the penalty, the penalized team enters the ice. At the next stoppage teams return to 3 on 3.
SHOOT OUT
1. Teams are not required to provide a list of shooters pregame-3 Shooters
2. Home team has the choice to shoot first
3. A player who is serving a penalty at the end of overtime can not participate in the shootout.
4. If teams are still tied after the first 3 shooters a single player shootout will occur until a winner is determined.
5. A player can only be used once during the shootout format until all players on the team with the least number of players have shot at which point players can be selected again. (this is repeated each time a team is required to go through their roster again)
6. After shooting a player must go into the penalty box or the penalty box area.
AWARDS PRESENTATION
POST ChAMPIONSHIP GAME AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED ON THE ICE – PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE ICE SURFACE TO TAKE PICTURES BUT ARE INVITED TO TAKE PICTURES FROM THE PLAYERS BENCHES.
