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Rules
O.W.H.A. rules shall apply except as listed below.
- Team representative must check in at the registration desk 1 hour before the
first game. Teams must be available to play thirty (30) minutes prior to their
scheduled game time. All "pickup players" must be declared prior to the team's
first game.
- Each team will play a minimum of three games. In three team pools one of the
round robin games will be against a team in the other three team pool. All games
will count towards each teams final standing.
- Intent to injure and fighting penalties will result in the player being expelled from the game and the remainder of the tournament. OWHA penalties and suspensions shall also apply.
- All games will consist of three (3) periods of ten (10) minute stop time.
- Regular tournament games will be allowed to end in a tie. All final and championship games will employ tiebreak method as described.
- Overtime. If a Final or semi-final game is tied at the end of regulation time the following procedure will apply:
- A 10 minute stop time sudden victory period will be played.
- The teams will not change ends.
- Teams will play three players + goalie per side.
- Teams can change on the fly or at a whistle.
- Penalties in the overtime will result in a penalty shot.
- If a penalty was in force at the end of regulation time the non-penalized
team shall play with four skaters at the start of overtime and the penalized
team with three skaters. Once the penalty expires teams shall play four skaters
aside until the first stoppage of play. At that stoppage each team will remove
one player from the ice.
- If a penalty was in force at the end of regulation time the remaining time
will continue once overtime commences.
- If a team has not used it's 30 second time-out it may do so in overtime.
- If the game is still tied at the end of overtime a shootout shall be
conducted as listed in Rule # 7.
- Shoot-Out (Penalty shot style):
- Three players will be named from each team before the game begins,
- If game remains tied after the three players from each team have shot, each
team will continue to send one more shooter (other than the previous three
selected) and in any order, until a sudden victory winner is declared.
- Any player serving a penalty that has not expired by the end of sudden
victory overtime, shall not participate in the shoot-out,
- No player may shoot again until all players on the bench have
shot,
- Players shall shoot
simultaneously.
- Breaking of Tournament Tie. Note: once one method for breaking ties has
been used, the next step, in order, is to be used. Two (2) points will be
awarded for a win, one (1) point for a tie. In case of two (2) or more teams
tied in points after round robin games, tie breakers will follow the following
criteria:
- Most wins
- Record against other tied team
- Goals For minus Goals Against
- Most Goals For
- Least Goals Against
- First goal scored when the tied teams
played
- Least penalty minutes
- Time first goal scored in the tournament
- Toss
of coin (Tournament organizer to decide Heads)
- Wild card will be the team in the division that has the most
points that has not yet qualified for the semi finals. Ties shall be broken
based on the criteria listed in rule #8.
- One 30 second time out is allowed for the Semi Finals and Championship Games only.
- The Home team will wear white sweaters. (Exception: Teams with only one set of sweaters.)
- Awards will be presented to all Champions and Finalists.
- Birth certificates or OWHA registration numbers, and any applicable release or travel permits (USA teams) are required for all participating player/teams.
- No games will begin before 8:00 a.m. Thursday and Friday and 7:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
- The IMHA Silver Stick Tournament Officials' final decisions are final.
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