U9 WOGHL Year End Championship Tournament Rules
A team official (coach or manager) must check in with the Tournament Registration table at least 50 minutes prior to the start of their first game of the tournament.
1. All Hockey Canada and OWHA rules apply.
2. The Tournament Convenor and Committee reserve the right to make decisions regarding the interpretation of the rules and regulations and as such all decisions by said Convenor or Committee are final.
3. All Referees calls are final.
4. All games will be stop time except when Mercy Rule is applied.
5. Games will consist of three (3) ten-minute periods. There will be no overtime periods within Round Robin play.
6. All games are to start at scheduled time even if prior game ends early. Please allow facility staff to check/clean rooms between games.
7. Each game time will include a three (3) minute warm up with the clock starting as soon as the Referees are on the ice. Teams are not to enter the ice surface without the presence of at least one Referee/Linesman.
8. Home team is to wear white jerseys (exception: when a team does not have a white jersey)
Mercy Rule
A five (5) goal lead at any time during the third period will invoke the Mercy Rule which is as follows:
The clock will run straight time following the first face-off after the five goal lead and will continue to run unless the lead is reduced to less than five goals in which case stop time will be re-invoked. During straight time, two (2) minute minor penalties will be set at 3 minutes each while five (5) minute major penalties will be set at 7 minutes each.
Timeouts
Teams are allowed one (1) 30 second time out per game during regulation time (all games).
Overtime Procedure
Any Finals game which is tied at the end of regulation time will be subject to overtime.
1. A single five (5) minute stop time period of three (3) on three (3) hockey will be played with the first goal scored resulting in sudden victory.
2. If no goals are scored during the overtime period, a shootout will commence to determine the winner.
Shootout
1. The first round will consist of three (3) players (designated by each team at the start of the shootout) per team each taking one shot on net. The team with the most goals at the end of Round 1 will be declared the winner.
2. If still tied after the first round, the shootout will continue with rounds of one (1) shooter per team until one team scores and the other does not within a round.
3. Each team's players will make a shot attempt simultaneously.
4. Players may not shoot a second time until all other players have attempted a shot (or a third shot before all other players have attempted a second shot and so on).
5. The order in which the players shoot is at the team's discretion, however, the next round of shooters must be ready to go as soon as each round ends. The order in which all the team's players shoot remains the same each time through the roster of the team.
6. Players still serving an infraction at the end of overtime are not permitted to participate in the shootout. The exception will be if the player in the box is serving penalty time for another player or a team infraction (bench minor or a player that has been ejected for example).
Points and Ranking
Round robin points are awarded as follows:
Win = 2 points
Tie = 1 point
Loss = 0 points
Teams will be ranked within their pool at the completion of round robin play to determine placement in the finals round. Teams will advance within their division as per the tournament schedule dependent upon their ranking.
Team ranking within a pool is decided by point total with any tie-breakers employed in the following order:
1. Head to head record. (2-way tie only)
In the event of a second tie-breaker, or a 3-way tie
2. Goals for and against percentage as per tournament website.
3. Lowest number of goals against allowed
4. Lowest per game average of penalty minutes.
5. Coin flip.
The home team for any semi-finals and finals games are determined as follows:
1. Highest seeded team.
2. Most points in round robin play.
3. Round robin goals for and against percentage as per tournament website.
4. Lowest number of goals against allowed.
5. Lowest per game average of penalty minutes.
6. Coin flip.