Youth Rules

Registration

• A representative from each team must register at the tournament office prior to their games.

• Players are required to have government-issued ID, showing the player’s name and date of birth, at all times during the tournament. A team challenging another player’s age must provide proof of birth for every player on their own team first.

• Alternately, the Team Coach or Manager can submit photocopies of all their players’ IDs ahead of time.

Coaching Staffs 

• It is our objective to host a fair and competitive tournament for all teams. Therefore, it is extremely important that everyone play by the same rules. It is the coaching staff’s responsibility to make their players and their parents fully aware of the tournament rules.

Rosters / Eligibility

• All players and non-playing personnel MUST sign the official team roster sheet prior to that participant’s first game of the tournament to be eligible. This is the responsibility of the coaches and manager to self-govern.

• All non-playing personnel on the players’ bench must print and sign their names on the game sheet in the appropriate spot. This must be done prior to the start of every game.

• The coaching staff is responsible for ensuring that every player that participates is eligible.

• Teams may carry up to 20 players, goalies included, per roster.

• A player must participate in at least one round robin game to be eligible for the playoffs (quarterfinal, semifinal or final).

• Coaches must add subs with the on-site coordinator if these subs are not indicated on their original roster. Failure to do so may result in the team forfeiting, or the sub being deemed ineligible for play. 

• A player can only play for one team per age group per tournament.

• Players cannot play in a younger birth year than they are born.

• Any coach who plays a suspended player will automatically have the team disqualified from the tournament.

• A coaching staff that plays a player who is not eligible can have their team immediately disqualified from the tournament under the discretion of tournament staff (including current suspensions, carry over suspensions from prior events, age, false identity, etc.).

• A player is ineligible if they have played in an OHL regular season or playoff game.

• All age groups (exception of U18) are single birth year age groups

• Mixed birth year teams are common. These teams must register for the oldest birth year on their roster

Game

• 5 on 5.

• All games will be 10-12-12 Stop Time. 

• Overtime during playoffs will be one 3-minute, 3 on 3 sudden death period, followed by a shootout if required. 

• All divisions are full-ice. Warm-up • Pre-game warm-ups will be two minutes. Teams must be prepared to start games 15 minutes early. Handshake

• Teams will shake hands at center ice before the game only. 

• Each team is permitted one 30 second time-out per game, including overtime. Body Checking • This tournament allows body checking for 2012 born divisions and older (boys).

• Body contact is permitted at the age of U15 and up.

• All players must wear a full face-mask or cage and a neck guard in order to play. Mouth guards are strongly recommended.

Tournament Points 

• Two points for a win • One point for a tie • Zero points for a loss

Standings  -After Preliminary Round Play

If 2 Teams are tied in the standings, the following tiebreaker steps will be taken in this order:

  1. Most Wins 2.
  2. Head to Head Record 3.
  3. Goals For % (GF%) - Goals for divided by total Goals (GF + GA). The higher percentage will advance. 4.
  4. Least goals against 5. Most goals for 6. Least penalty minutes 7.
  5. Coin toss between tied teams

    Goal Spread

    If a difference of 4 goals or more exists at any time during the third period, running time will commence.