U15 Tournament Rules

Tournament Rules

General Conduct 

1. KMHA and HEO Minor Rules apply. The referee’s decision in all matters concerning the application  of the rules of the games, and the decision of the Tournament Committee regarding all aspects of  the conduct of the tournament, shall be final. 
2. ZERO Tolerance: Taunting or berating of any players, officials, staff or tournament volunteers will  NOT be tolerated under any circumstances by parents, players, team officials or other spectators.  The KMHA Tournament reserves the right to eject any person whom it deems to be acting in an  improper manner and we accept no liability in connection with ejections. 
3. Injured or suspended players are not permitted on the bench. 
4. The Green Armband Initiative is designed to reduce harassment and abuse of minor officials within  HEO and to educate coaches, parents, players, and league officials about the challenges officials  face with respect to harassment and abuse while officiating minor hockey games. The goal of this  initiative is to raise awareness about the harassment and abuse officials within HEO face so we can  all work together to eliminate it from our game. The green armbands are used to identify on ice  officials who are under the age of 18. 

Registration 

1. Application teams must be participants in Hockey Canada or USA Hockey member association; no  all-star or select teams will be accepted. If an all-star or select team is found to be playing in the  tournament, all games will be forfeited as well as tournament registration fees. 
2. Final acceptance into KMHA House League Tournament is decided by the Tournament Committee. 3. This is a Non-Contact tournament. 
3. The team manager or coach must check in with the registration desk 45 minutes prior to each game. 5. Upon check in, teams will provide and affix their team roster labels to the game sheet (IPAD’s will not be used for this tournament. Game sheets will be a manual process). 
4. The tournament committee may require a team to start up to 20 minutes prior to their scheduled start  time. 
5. All players must participate in at least one round-robin game to play in the semi-finals or finals. If a  team is unable to substantiate its line-up to the satisfaction of the tournament committee, the team  will be disqualified from the tournament and no refund shall be given. 
6. Each team must supply a qualified Trainer (minimum level 1) for each game. 
7. Teams must bring with them their official branch issued roster or player cards, along with proof of  age and identity for all players. 
8. It is the responsibility of a team official to collect a copy of the tournament game sheet and to ensure  that game point allocations are correct for that game. Any game sheet concerns must be reported to  the tournament office within 1 hour of game completion. It is the responsibility of the team to ensure  that all applicable suspensions are served. 
9. There will be no refunds of registration fees. 

Equipment 

1. Each player must be fully equipped in compliance with HEO rules including throat/neck guard.  Chinstraps must be fastened to helmet.** Please Note, as of February 2014, mouth guards are no  longer a required piece of equipment in our district** 
2. The Home team shall wear white and the Visitor shall wear a dark colour. When it is determined  that there is insufficient colour contrast between the colour of the sweaters, the Home team will be  asked to change sweaters (where possible). 

Game Duration

• There will be a two-minute warmup before each game; the clock will start  

once the referees are on the ice. Players are not to enter the ice surface  

prior to having the officials present.  

• Each round robin game will consist of two - 10 minute stopped time periods and one period running  time with the remaining time left until curfew (50 mins after start time). 
• During the round robin, games will end: i) within the allotted time of 50 minutes or ii) by the curfew  time identified on the game sheet 
• During playoffs, teams will be allowed to complete all 3 periods. Each period will be 10 minute  stop time. 
• A mercy rule will apply in playoff games if there is a five (5) goal differential in the third period, in  which case the clock will revert to running time. The clock will remain in run time as long as the 5  goal differential is in place. Should the goal differential be reduced below 5, the clock will return to  stopped time. No mercy rule will apply in round robin as the third period will always be run time.  ? Teams will not be allowed any time outs during the round robin play. 
• Teams will be allowed one (1) 30 second timeout in playoff games only. 

Overtime 

1. There will be no overtime in round robin games 
2. For quarter-final, Semi-Final and Final Games, ties will be settled with a five minute run-time sudden  death period. Each team will be reduced by one skater resulting in 4-on-4 play. If the 4-on-4 period  does not produce a goal, teams will then play 3-on-3 for 5 minutes run-time. Penalties are carried  over into overtime. A team can have no fewer than 3 skaters on at any time therefore a penalty in 3- on-3 will result in the power play team adding a skater. 
3. There will be no change of ends, and no break, between the end of the regular time and the start of  overtime. 
4. If the score is still tied after the overtime periods, the tie will be broken by a shootout. Each coach  must indicate the 3 players to participate in the shootout before the game when filling in the game  sheet. All team members must have taken a shot before any player can shoot again. The shootout is  the best of three, with the fourth and subsequent shots sudden death after each team has had an  equal number of shots on net. 

Tournament Standings 

The round-robin pool winners will be determined by the following criteria: 

1. Win = 2 points; Tie = 1 point; Loss = 0 points 
2. If at the end of the round-robin play, there is a tie in the standings, the winning teams will be  identified according to the following criteria/steps and in the following order: 
3. the ‘head to head’ results involving the teams tied; if there are more than two (2) teams  tied in the standings then go to criteria 2 
4. the team with the ‘most wins’ in the round robin plays 
5. the ‘highest ratio of goals for, divided by goals for plus goals against (GF/(GF+GA)’ 
6. the team with the ‘lowest number of goals against’ 
7. the team with the ‘most goals for’ 
8. the team with the ‘lowest number of penalty minutes’ 
9. Coin Toss 

NOTE: in the event that three or more teams are tied, there will be no reverting back to a previous tiebreaking step  as each seed is determined 

Seeding in the B Division will be determined by the same criteria with the winners of each pool being ranked from 1  through 5 according to the same criteria indicated above.  

Protests 

1. No appeals will be entertained and the decision of the referee is final.
2. Should an issue fall outside the parameters of these rules; any decision  can only be adjudicated by a member of the KMHA Tournament  Committee. Their decision will be final.