League Tournament Guidelines

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I. Host Team

The host team for the tournament shall be determined on a bid basis with teams submitting the following information:
 A.  Ice Arena(s) to be used
 B.  Available Ice time
 C.  Number of game times available
 D.  Approximate fee to be charged
 E.  Names of the tournament directors and their experience
 F.  Proposed dates
 G.  Available housing/cost

The host team will be chosen considering the above criteria and when that team last hosted the tournament.

II. Tournament Format

The tournament format shall be proposed by the membership and/or the Board.

III. Minimum Number of Teams

A minimum of eight teams shall be invited to the tournament; however, the goal of the tournament should be to include as many teams as possible.

IV. Changing Host Teams

It is the job of the Executive Director to follow the progress of the tournament organization.  If, in the opinion of the Executive Director, terms of the original bid are not being followed, or the organization is not satisfactory, the Executive Committee may appoint a new host.

V. Seeding

The tournament committee will do the tournament seeding.  (Please see attached criteria)

VI. Scheduling

The tournament director shall submit a schedule to the tournament committee for approval.

VII. Protests

The tournament committee shall act as the protest committee.  Existing protest rules shall be in effect.  The committee will rule as quickly as possible.

VIII. Eligibility

All participating players must be eligible through league rules and have played a minimum of six league games with their current team.  It is the responsibility of each team to bring score sheets to the tournament to prove each playerís eligibility.

IX. Tournament Rules

The tournament committee shall approve all tournament rules.

Addendum – Tournament Rules

Passed unanimously as agreeing with USA Hockey regarding penalties

1. All pool games will have two 15 minute stop periods followed by one 12 minute stop period.
2. All games will be limited to a five minute warm up. The pre-game warm up will begin at the scheduled time, or when the Zamboni doors close. All teams should be ready to take the ice up to 10 minutes earlier than the scheduled time, in the event that the prior game ends early.
3. In pool play, each team will earn two points for a win, and one point for a tie.
4. If two or more teams are tied after pool play, the tie will be broken by these criteria in this order.
1. Head to head competition between the tied teams.
2. Goal differential amongst the tied teams. A maximum of 6 goals per game will be used for this formula.
3. Goal differential in all games played. A maximum of 6 goals per game will be used for this formula.
4. The fewest total number of penalties in games between the tied teams.
5. The fewest number of penalties in all games played.
6. The fewest number of penalty minutes in the games between the tied teams.
7. The fewest penalty minutes in all games played.
8. Coin flip.
5. All playoff games will be three 15 minute stopped time periods. All tied playoff games will have a five minute sudden death period. If the game is still tied after overtime, each team will select 5 players who will alternate taking penalty shots. A coin toss will determine which team will take the first shot. If, after the shootout, a tie still exists, teams will select one new shooter in a sudden death shootout until a winner is determined.
6. All WACH and USA Hockey rules will be enforced.

Addendum – Pools

All tournaments will be conducted as a two pool round robin. If an even number of teams exists in the division, the pools will be divided as follows:

• The number one seed is in one pool, 2 and 3 in the other, 4 and 5 in the first, etc.
• If an odd number of teams are in the division, the same process is followed, and the number one seed is in the smaller pool.

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