If anyone is available and interested in
volunteering your time for our 40th Annual Huronia Tournament on October 16, 17, and 18th 2015 that would be greatly appreciated. Please contact myself Jennifer Lundy (
[email protected]) or Leanne Butwell (
[email protected]).
Thank you in advance,
Jennifer Lundy
Huronia Rules and Regulations
As per OMHA Manual of Operations
- All teams must register with tournament officials at least one (1) hour prior to their first game at the arena where their first game occurs. A copy of the OMHA/GTHL/Alliance approved roster must be presented at this time.
- All teams must have a head coach and a trainer and no more than 5 bench staff for each game as per OMHA rules.
- Each team shall bring two sets of sweaters. The home team in each game shall wear their light colour sweaters. In the event of a conflict the convenor may choose to assign colours inconsistent with this rule.
- There shall be no timeouts or overtime in round robin play.
- A three (3) minute warm-up will precede each game. This time will begin as soon as the game officials arrive on the ice. Games will be 10-10-15 minutes in length.
- Teams must be ready to play 20 minutes prior to any of their scheduled game times.
- Regardless of the number of teams in a division; at the end of the round robin play the teams will be ranked by points for play in the elimination round.
- Points in round robin play are assigned as follows:
· 2 points for a victory
· 1 point for a tie
· 0 points for a loss
- Tie breaking formula will be as follows:
· Head to Head
· If still tied, the team with the least penalty minutes shall advance.
· If still tied, the team with the least goals against shall advance.
· If still tied, then the tournament convenor will conduct a coin toss.
In the event of a three way tie the process will be applied to separate one team. At this point the process will be applied again from the start to separate the final two teams.
- Overtime Format (elimination games only): One five (5) minute stop time, sudden victory, 4 on 4 period. If teams are still tied then a 3 player shoot out will commence. Both teams will shoot at the same time. Prior to the start of the game the coaching staff will select the three players to shoot by circling them on the game sheet. If still tied after the three shooters then a sudden victory shoot out will commence. Both teams will send one different shooter to center ice. The initial three shooters may not shoot again until all players on the team, excluding the goalie, have shot.
- Each team will be permitted 1-30 second timeout in elimination games. This includes overtime.
- When a team is winning by five goals or more after the second period the clock will be running time until the gap is reduce to 3 goals, at which point the clock will revert to stop time. All minor penalties will be 2 minutes during straight or stop time.
- Game Misconducts; All game misconduct and other applicable suspensions are per OMHA Manual of Operations.
- Fighting and Match penalties: A player who receives a fighting major or match penalty shall be suspended from the tournament
- Teams must vacate dressing rooms 20 minutes after playing.
NO PROTESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
THE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEES DECISION WILL BE FINAL
Division and Tournament standings shall be determined by the tournament board at Eddie Bush Arena, not the website standings.