The Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association hosts the annual Midget Scholarship Tournament to actively promote the ideals of scholastic achievement and sportsmanship combined with participation in Minor Hockey at the Midget level, and within this context to recognize the talents of graduating Midget players (17 years olds) in both the educational and athletic fields.

Coaches and other team officials for the four Tournament teams have been selected by the PCAHA Special Events Committee on the basis of their philosophy of the game, past coaching record, and personality. No coach or other team official who has incurred a 10-min. Misconduct, Game Misconduct, Gross Misconduct, or Match Penalty during the current season was considered, and all coaches and assistant coaches are required to hold at least National Coaches Certification Program Coach Level certification (Intermediate Level preferred).

Players meeting the Tournament’s participation criteria have been nominated by their club teams and have been invited to attend a number of tryout sessions from which the coaching staffs have selected the final teams. The basic player selection criteria are as follows:

(i) Graduating Midget players only (17 years old as of December 31st of the current year), registered in the Midget Division with a PCAHA-member Minor Hockey Association.

(ii) Scholastic Ability Requirement - A player must have attained a minimum C+ grade average in the most recent school reporting period. A C+ average is defined as a minimum 2.50 Grade Point Average based on a 4.00 grade point scale, with A=4, B=3, C+=2½, C=2, C-=1½, D or I=1, E or F=0.

(iii) Sportsmanship Requirement - Any player having incurred a Match Penalty or Gross Misconduct during the current season is ineligible for participation in the Tournament. In addition, players may be disqualified for excessive penalty minutes upon review of their penalty records.

(iv) Hockey Ability.

(v) Minimum Association Representation - A minimum of one player from each Association entering a Midget "A" team will be selected to the final Tournament teams, provided the Midget "A" team from that Association nominated players and the players attended the try-out session(s).

In keeping with the goal of encouraging participation in Minor Hockey, the 2000-2001 Tournament is being held in conjunction with Canadian Hockey Week, January 20-27, 2001. Two teams each will be selected from each of the two PCAHA Conferences, the Fraser Valley Conference and the Greater Vancouver Conference. These teams will participate in a four team single round-robin, with the 3rd and 4th place teams meeting in a placement game and the top two teams meeting in a championship final game.

(i) Special Bursaries - Four (4) Vancouver Canucks Special Bursary Awards worth $500.00 each will be awarded to the player on each team adjudged to have best exemplified excellence and sportsmanship during the course of the Tournament (1 award per team). Winners of the Special Bursaries will be announced at the awards ceremonies following the final games of the Tournament. Bursaries must be applied by the recipients towards post-secondary study according to the guidelines of the PCAHA Scholarship Program.

(ii) Game M.V.P. Awards - In each game, the player on each team adjudged to have best exemplified excellence and sportsmanship during the game will receive the Game M.V.P. Award.

(iii) Team Awards - The winning team will be awarded the Midget Scholarship Tournament trophy. Participants of the competing teams will receive the following:

(iv) Participant Recognition: Each player participating in the Tournament’s tryout phase will receive recognition in the form of a participation certificate.