U18 AA OHF CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
Eligible Players
Each team must declare its roster to a maximum of 19 players – 2 of which shall be registered as goalies. Affiliated players will be eligible but must be numbered among the maximum of 19 declared players as per OHF Regulations
Procedures
1. Home team will wear their light coloured jersey
2. Game times will be three (3) 15 minute periods.
3. Pre-game warm up will be five (5) minutes.
4. There will be one (1) 30 second timeout per team permitted in each game.
5. Round robin format will be played on Day 1 and Day 2.
6. After each game players will line up and shake hands
7. Three (3) full hours must be allotted between games for same team. The set schedule rules if the delay is less than 30 minutes.
8. Hockey Canada rules pertaining to tied games will apply regarding flooding the ice in overtime (Semi-Final and Championship Games).
In the Semi-Final and Championship games all game times will be three fifteen (15) minute stop time periods with the ice to be resurfaced at the end of both the first and second periods.
In the championship game the team who finished higher in the round robin series shall be listed as the home team.
11.Hockey Canada Overtime Regulation to apply re: floods in overtime.
12.Ties in round-robin games will remain a tie with each team earning one point.
13.In the event of a tie at the end of the round-robin series, for any position, the following procedure will be used to break the tie:
Where two (2) Teams tied in Round Robin Series:
A1 The winner of the round-robin game between the two tied teams gains the higher position.
A2 The team with the most wins in the round robin gains the higher position.
A3 If the two (2) teams are still tied after A1 and A2 have been applied, then the team with the best goal average gains the higher position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: Total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals (for and against). NOTE: ALL round robin games are included Example: For = 10 goals Against = 4 goals Percentage: 10/10+4 = .714 NOTE: The higher percentage (1.0 being the highest attainable) gains the higher position
A4 If the two (2) teams are still tied after A1, A2 and A3 have been applied, the team with the least number of minutes in penalties throughout all of the round-robin games gains the higher position.
A5 If the two (2) teams are still tied after A1, A2, A3 and A4 have been applied, then the team that scored the first goal in the game between the two (2) tied teams gains the higher position.
The OHF Board of Directors decided that the following time allotments would be regulated for OHF championship tie breakers only: · Game Misconducts are worth ten (10) minutes · Misconducts are worth ten (10) minutes · Match Penalties are worth fifteen (15) minutes · Gross Misconducts, are worth fifteen (15)minutes A6 If the two (2) teams are still tied after A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5 have been applied, then a single coin toss will determine which team gains the higher position.
Where (3) Teams or more Tied in Round Robin Series NOTE: The three-team tiebreaker is used to determine the seeding of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams. If any step in the tiebreaker only seeds one team, that team assumes that position.
The three-team tiebreaker will continue to determine the seeding of the two remaining teams. At no time will teams using this formula go back to the two-team tiebreaker.
If three (3) teams or more are tied, the point record established in the games AMONG THE TIED TEAMS ONLY will be used as the first tie breaking formula in deciding which team(s) shall advance.
B2 The team(s) with the most wins would gain the highest position.
B3 If the teams are still tied after B2 has been applied, then the team with the best goal average gains the highest position. The goal average of a team is to be determined in the following manner: Total number of goals for divided by the total number of goals (for and against). NOTE: ALL round robin games are included. Example: For = 10 goals Against = 4 goals Percentage: 10/10+4 = .714 NOTE: The higher percentage (1.0 being the highest attainable) gains the higher position. The exercise of B3 establishes the team or teams with the highest position(s) by percentage. These teams will advance. If there are still teams tied, they go to the next step. They do not go back to the Two-Team Tiebreaker. EXAMPLE: 1) Team A - .714 = 1 seed – Advances Team B - .500 = 3 seed – Does not advance Team C - .650 = 2 seed – Advances 2) Team A - .714 = 1 seed – Advances Team B - .500 = Still tied with Team C (go to next step B3) Team C - .500 = Still tied with Team B (go to next step B3) 3) Team A - .650 = Still tied with Team B (go to next step B3) Team B - .650 = Still tied with Team A (go to next step B3) Team C - .500 = Does not advance
B4 If teams are still tied after B1, B2 and B3, the team with the fewest goals against (all round robin games played) will gain the highest position.
B5 If teams are still tied after B1, B2, B3 and B4 the team with the most goals for (all round robin games played) will gain the highest position.
B6 If teams are still tied after B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5 have been applied, the team to qualify would be the team that received the least number of penalties minutes throughout all round-robin games.
TIE IN SEMI – FINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES As per Hockey Canada playing rules, if at the end of regulation time the score is tied, the teams shall take a two minute rest at their benches and the following shall then apply:
1) If the referee feels it is necessary, they may order the ice to be cleaned at the end of the three regulation periods.
2) The teams shall not change ends.
3) The puck shall be faced off at centre ice and the play shall continue with a ten minute sudden victory overtime period.
4) If the score is still tied after the ten minute sudden victory period, the teams would take the normal between period break and return to play sudden victory periods, in accordance with the length of periods for that particular division. Teams are to change ends at the end of each overtime period.
5) Any overtime period shall be considered part of the game and all unexpired penalties shall remain in force. If either team declines to play in the necessary overtime period or periods, the game shall be declared a loss for that team. The Championship Committee shall have the prerogative to render a decision under any emergency situation.
There shall be no protest on referee’s penalty calls. There shall be no protest on the outcome of the Championship Game