1. Governing Rules

        The tournament shall be governed in accordance with the rules of Hockey Canada, BC Hockey, Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association (“VIAHA”) and the Peninsula Minor Hockey Association as herein established for this tournament.

2. Administration

1. All teams must be in good standing with their respective Associations and governing bodies.
2. It is the responsibility of each team to apply for and receive a tournament permission number and/or letter of permission to enter the tournament from their Association and/or governing body.
3. No additional players, coaches or team official can be added to the roster once the team list has been submitted prior to the first game.  All team officials must also be listed on the official roster that is submitted.  
4. Home teams will wear their LIGHT coloured jerseys with the Away teams wearing their DARK coloured jerseys.  In the case of colours being close in colour, it will be the responsibility of the home team to change colours prior to the game starting.
5. Team officials are responsible for verifying the game sheet at least 30 minutes prior to game time. 
6. Keys for the dressing rooms can be obtained from the volunteer table.  You will need to leave your car keys or ID to obtain your dressing room key.  Your keys or ID will be returned after the game and it is verified that your dressing room is clean.
7. There will be a minimum $200.00 fine for any damage done to the dressing rooms or arena facilities.  The team’s home association will be responsible for any cost of remediation over and above the $200 fine.  Please lock your room when not in use.

3. Game Times

1. All games are 120 min  (not including the ice clean) and will consist of a 5 minute warm up, 15minute for 1^st and, 20 minutes for the 2^nd and 3^rd period . All round robin games will stop 4 minutes before the end of the scheduled time slot as per the wall clock in the arena ( the time keeper will signal with the buzzer regardless of how much time is left on the game score board). All periods will be stop time.     
2. There will be an ice clean at the first stoppage of play after the 10 minute mark in the second period.  There is no overtime in round robin games. Overtime rules apply to the Gold Medal Final games only – see section D for overtime rules. 

4. Tournament Format

1. In round robin play, teams will be awarded 2 pts for a win, 1 pt for a tie and 0 pts for a loss.  Goal differential will also be recorded with no team able to record a +/- rating of greater than 6 goals per game.  Team standings after round robin play will be based on total points earned.  If two or more teams have equal number of points, the position in the standings will be determined as follows;

• Team with the most wins
• Head to head results
• Best overall goal differential rating (cumulative +/- rating after the 4 round robin games)
• Score against
• Score for
• Flip of the coin

       After round robin play is completed, teams seeded in 1^st and 2^nd place in the divisional standings  will play in the Gold game.

2. There is NO time outs
3. MVP and Digger award for each team will be awarded for all games, picked by their own team’s officials. 
4. Gold trophies and silver medals  will be presented on ice immediately following gold final game.​​​​​​​
5. Overtime and Shootout Format (All Playoff games)

Overtime

In the event of a tie at the end of regular time during the playoff rounds, there will be a 7 minute running time sudden victory overtime period of 4 on 4 play.  Each team will play 4 skaters and a goaltender.  If still tied following the first overtime, a second 7 min running time overtime will be played 3 on 3 with each team playing 3 skaters and 1 goaltender.   If there is no score during the second overtime, the game will go to a shoot out. Penalties called during overtime will be 2min,  result in 4 on 3 play or 5 on3 play.  On ice officials will be encouraged to rush face offs, once a team lines up  there will be a standing 5 count and if the other team has not lined up the puck will be dropped. Penalties from regulation will carry over to overtime.

Shootout

First Round – 3 shooters

Coaches will designate 3 eligible shooters* from each team.  Home team will have the choice to shoot first or second.  Teams will alternate shooters until all 3 of their players have shot.  The winner will be determined by which team scores the most goals.  Please note – when it becomes impossible for a team to win (i.e. one team scores on their first two attempts, and the other team scores no goals on their first two attempts) then the remaining “shooters” will not be required to shoot.  If after all 6 shooters have shot, and the score is still tied – we then move onto the “Second Round – Sudden Death”.  Players who are serving a penalty in Overtime, and whose time has not elapsed before the end of the overtime period, will not be eligible to be a shooter in the First Round of the Shootout

Second Round – Sudden Death

Coaches will choose one shooter at a time (must not have shot before).  Whichever team went first in the “first round”, will now go second.  Shoot out will be Sudden Death.  If Team A’s shooter scores and Team B’s shooter does not, then Team A wins (and vice-versa).  If both Team’s shooters both miss or both score, both teams will select another new shooter and repeat the process until a winner is determined.  Once all players on a team have been selected as shooters, the coach may then choose any player from his roster to shoot again, no player can shoot 3 time unless all other players have shot twice.

5. General Information

1. The referee may, at their discretion, stop play in case of an injury, regardless of which team have possession of the puck.

2. Penalties

1. If a team official receives a game misconduct, the tournament committee will review the incident and has the discretion to suspend that team official for the remainder of the tournament. 

2. Any player or team official who is assessed a Match Penalty or Gross Misconduct penalties will be suspended for the rest of the tournament and is subject to local, district or branch suspension as applied by the appropriate board.

3. All major penalties will be reported to the Tournament Director following the game and subject to all suspensions outlined by Hockey Canada, BC Hockey and the VIAHA

3. Commencing Play- Each team will be ready to commence play at the beginning of the allotted ice time. 

1. 1. Failure to field the minimum number of players or refusal to play will result in a loss being posted against the offending team.  The on ice officials will give the offending team a 2 minute warning during the 5 minute warm up.  If the team fails to start play they will be automatically assessed a 6-0 loss.

1. 2. Players and team officials will remain on the players’ bench until the on ice officials are present and allow the teams on the ice.  2 minute minor penalties will be assessed to all players who take to the ice surface prior to the officials.

4. Protests and Appeals
   1. The decisions of the on ice officials is final, there are no appeals of on ice decisions regarding playing rules.

1. 2. The tournament chair or their appointee will hear all other protests and appeals.  All protests/appeals will be accompanied by a $100.00 appeal fee.  In the event of the protest/appeal being upheld the fee will be refunded.  If the protest/appeal is declined the fee is forfeited.  All protests/appeals will be ruled on prior to play of the next game for either of the teams playing in the game under protest/appeal.

5. Fair Play
   1. Team officials are responsible for insuring that their players conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner at all times during the tournament.  Excessive misbehaviour by players may result in suspension from the tournament.

1. 2. At the sole discretion of the tournament director, any action by a player, team official or spectator which is dangerous, disruptive or contrary to fair play may be dealt with by expulsion from further play or banned from the arena facilities.

1. 3. Abuse of game officials on or off the ice will not be tolerated.  Any cases of harassment or abuse directed at an official will result in a review and may result in suspension at the tournament director’s discretion.

6. Game delays due to injury, power outage or building/machine mechanical issue
   1. 1. If a game is delayed, the tournament organizers will coordinate with facility management at the possibility of pushing back the ice schedule to allow for the game to resume or to be rescheduled ( reschedule may involve a different arena location.
      2. If extending or scheduling is not possible the tournament operations committee will use the following guideline to decide the games outcome.  If paused game has completed 2 periods of play, the score will stand as is. If the paused game is in the first or second period and the spread is 3 goals are more the team in the lead will be given the win ( score of 4-3), if the spread is 2 or less than the game will be scored as a tie ( 3-3 on the tournament score).

Please remind your players, parents and coaches that we are here to encourage a weekend of fun, healthy competition and good sportsmanship.  If there is a problem, we are confident a solution can be found. Be patient with our volunteers, remember, without them there would be no tournament.

Our arenas have a ZERO TOLERANCE rule for bullying, harassment and abuse. Please show respect and appropriate restraint. This includes players, fans, coaches, Refs and tournament volunteers.