Pacific
Coast Amateur Hockey Association
14th ANNUAL FEMALE MIDGET SCHOLARSHIP
TOURNAMENT
TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. General Format
- The Tournament shall be a three team single-round-robin series with a
championship final game.
2. Game Format:
(i) Pre-game warm-up - 5 minutes.
(ii) Periods will be three 20-minute
stop time periods.
(iii) Time permitting, there will be an ice clean
prior to the start of each period.
3. Tie Games:
If a game is tied at the end of regulation time, there will be a one-minute
break and then a 5-minute stop time sudden victory period. If the game is
still tied at the end of the first overtime period, the game shall remain a
tie.
4. Round-Robin Standings: Standings in the round-robin will be
determined as follows:
(a) Most point obtained. Points for games shall be 2 points for a win, 1
point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. In addition, in each game, an
additional point called the Sportsmanship Point shall be awarded to a team
qualifying, should it achieve low penalty minutes as follows:
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Female Midget - 12 minutes or less, provided the team incurs no Major,
Misconduct, Game Misconduct, Gross Misconduct, or Match penalties in the
game.
(b) If two or more teams are tied for any position, standings will be
determined by ranking the teams on the basis of most wins.
(c) If two or more teams are still tied after (b), standings will be
determined by ranking the remaining teams on the basis of least losses.
(d) If two or more teams are still tied after (c), standings shall be
determined by considering only those games played by the tied teams against
each other (head-to-head games):
(i) team with best winning percentage in
these games
(ii) team with most goals for in these games
(iii) team
with least goals against in these games
If after either step (d)(i) or
step (d)(ii) a team's ranking can be determined, that team shall not be
considered further in the subsequent step(s). However, the goals for and
goals against used to evaluate steps (d)(ii) and (d)(iii) shall still
include the head-to-head games involving the team(s) whose ranking was
determined after steps (d)(i) and/or (d)(ii).
(e) If two or more teams are still tied after (d), standings shall be
determined by considering:
(i) Team with most goals for in the
tournament.
(ii) Team with fewest goals against in the tournament.
(iii) Team with fewest penalty minutes.
(iv) Team winning the toss of a
coin.
5. Championship Final Games:
(a) The two teams with
the best records at the end of the round-robin shall play a single game
championship final. The "home" team shall be the first place team in the
round-robin.
(b) If a game is tied at the end of regulation time, there will be a
one-minute break and then a 5-minute stop time sudden victory period. If the
game is still tied at the end of the first overtime period, the game shall
remain a tie and the teams shall be declared co-champions.
6. Playing Rules and Penalties:
(a) Playing rules
shall be those of Hockey Canada, BC Hockey, and PCAHA.
(b) Equal Icetime: As nearly as possible, all players shall be given
equal icetime, regardless of ability.
(c) Penalties:
(i) Any player or team official incurring any one
of the following penalties shall be disqualified from further tournament
play and shall become ineligible for any tournament awards:
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Fighting (5-min. Major plus Game Misconduct)
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Checking From Behind (5-min. Major plus Game Misconduct)
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Match Penalty
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Gross Misconduct
In addition, the Tournament Rules Committee shall review
all Game Misconduct penalties (other than those listed above) for possible
additional suspension and/or other disciplinary action.
(ii) Any player
incurring a second 10-minute Misconduct in the Tournament shall be
subject to review by the Tournament Rules Committee.
(iii) Any player
incurring any combination of four (4) penalties in any one game shall
be ejected from that game.
(iv) Notwithstanding the above, the Tournament
Committee shall be empowered to take such disciplinary action or impose
suspensions as may be necessary to insure clean play, sportsmanship, and the
calibre of hockey in the Tournament.
7. Disputes:
Disputes shall be adjudicated by a three person Tournament Rules Committee,
which shall be appointed by the Special Events Committee Chairman. A
decision of the Tournament Rules Committee shall be final.