2023 Apple Cup Tournament Rules and Regulations
This is a club (Level B) tournament. Rosters will be reviewed as teams register, and again as teams check in at the tournament. Teams affected by review may remove ineligible athletes and continue, or withdraw (with no refund). Opponent of the withdrawn team will record a win.
Review factors include:
- Female athletes are eligible on co-ed teams, or as all-female teams, at all skill levels (club/ house, select or provincial). Female athletes and all-female teams will play in their age group.
- All other athletes will be checked against 2023 select, club Level A and provincial team (as of May 15).
- Each team may ONLY dress three athletes per game (player or goalie) whose names appear on a select roster, Club Level A, provincial team draft (as of May 15) or ECJLL reserve list. ***No ECJLL rostered athletes.
- NOTE for the 2023 U18 division – SMLL is U18 (2006-2008 inclusive). MMLL is U17 (2007-2008 inclusive). Teams from both may be in this division.
Round Robin
One hour per game is scheduled. That hour includes
- 3 minute warm up,
- 1 minute intermissions
- All U11, U13, U15 & U18 games are 12-12-12 minute periods, stop time
CLA rules regarding penalties.
Standings determined as follows (U11 and older)
- most points (2 for win, 1 for tie, 0 loss)
- most wins
- fewest penalty minutes
- quickest goal in first game of the tournament
- coin flip
- rules regarding standings prevent teams from running up the score. Goals for and against are not determining factors.
Play-off games
- Add 5 minutes of overtime as needed (use the full 5 minutes)
- Shoot out if still tied: 3 players selected, total goals.
- If still tied, sudden death shoot out, 1 player at a time. All players must be used before players can re-attempt. If 1 team has fewer players, once that team exhausts all players and must re-use a player, the opposing team may also commence re-using their players, even if all their players have not yet competed.