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Tournament
Dates
June 4 - 6, 2010
TOURNAMENT ENTRIES ACCEPTED FOR:
All Girls Divisions
All Novice Divisions
Peewee "A" through Midget "A" Divisions
Pee Wee "C" through Midget "C" Divisions
Tournament registration information contact:
Russ Schoeppe
email: russ@syban.net
Home Phone: (780) 417-3217
Sherwood Park Titan’s 2009 Tournament Rules
(Subject to change for 2010)
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Each participating team will be prepared to supply proof of age for all players listed on their rosters (including affiliates). Any changes to the team roster must be supplied to the tournament registrar 72 hours before the first tournament game is played. Teams may affiliate up to the ALA registered roster size. Any affiliate goaltenders must be dressed as goaltenders on the bench, and will only be eligible to participate as a goaltender during the Provincials. All affiliates must be drawn from the same club, and in a lower division or first age group in the applicable division competing. Exceptions to this affiliation regulation can be made to Rural based teams that only have one team registered with the ALA and will not have enough players to participate. These teams will be allowed to affiliate from a different club subject to the approval of the Tournament Committee.
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ALA rules will be in effect except where otherwise noted.
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Checking from behind penalties will result in a 4 minute penalty or a 5 minute penalty and a game ejection depending on the severity. (players being ejected in the last 10 min. of the game must sit out the next game
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Abuse of players, team staff, referees, game officials or tournament committee members will not be tolerated and will be grounds for expulsion of the individual or teams involved. This will be at the discretion of the discipline committee.
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Unruly fans will be barred from the tournament arenas at the discretion of the discipline committee
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Mouth guards are MANDATORY for the Titan’s Tournament. Any player found on the floor not wearing a mouth guard will be asked to leave the game until the player can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the floor officials the he/she has a mouth guard. In addition the team will be assessed a 2 minute penalty for delay of game, serving player to be from a player on the floor at the time.
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Abuse of Officials, verbal or otherwise, will not be tolerated. This includes players, coaches, and spectators, and could result in ejection from the tournament venue(s) for the duration of the tournament
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Any team who deliberately attempts to delay the game will be assessed a 2 minute delay game of penalty. If this occurs in the last 2 minutes of the game a penalty shot will be awarded
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Any team withdrawing from the tournament will forfeit their entry fee
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If team colors are similar, the HOME team will be required to change jerseys. Home team will be designated on the game sheet. If the visiting team has two sets of jerseys they may wear their opposite color.
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**If neither team have AWAY jerseys then the tournament committee will supply Pinnys to the HOME team**
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Game sheets must be prepared and approved 15 min. before the scheduled game start time. Game sheets will be available from Tournament organizers at the info table at each arena played at.
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Overtime will take place in the final champion games (medal rounds) and will be as follows.
- Teams will not switch ends for overtime
- A 5 minute stop time, sudden victory
- If the tie is not broken after 5 minutes, a shoot out will take place (visitor team shooting first)
- Each team will declare 5 players who will compete in the shootout.
- All 5 players will shoot, if a tie is still not broken, each team will then alternate with new shootout players until the tie is broken, (no player can shoot a second time until all players have gone)
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The tournament organizing committee will supply all game referees and game ball
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All referee decisions during the course of the game are final
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Any official protest shall be documented and submitted along with $100.00 to the tournament chairperson. The decision of the tournament committee will be final. If the committee rules in favor of the protest, the $100.00 protest bond will be refunded in full immediately.
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All match and gross misconduct penalties will result in a automatic minimum 2 games suspension. The player/team official will not be allowed to participate in the tournament until the tournament Discipline committee has issued formal approval.
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Any major penalties or game misconduct occurring during the last 10 minutes of a game by a player or team official will result in an automatic suspension for the following game. The decision of the Discipline committee will be final. All suspended players and team officials must be clearly marked as serving their suspensions on the game sheets of games they are suspended. ie. John Dow suspended 1 of 2.
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Dressing rooms must be left clean and orderly after each game. Any team leaving a room and/or facility in disarray or in a damaged state could face expulsion from the tournament and be required to pay for damages and clean up fees.
HOME AND VISITING TEAM'S RESPONSIBILITIES
TIME KEEPERS AND SCORE KEEPERS
HOME team on the schedule will be required to supply 2 people for each game:
Each VISITING team will supply 1 penalty gate keeper person for each game
GAME LENGTH - BY DIVISION
Novice:
- 1 hour games
- 3 minute warm up
- 2 -15 minute run time periods
- 1 – 15 minute stop time periods
- 2 minute rest between period
Peewee: (male/female)
- 1 hour games
- 3 minute warm up
- 2 – 15 minute run time periods
- 1 – 15 minute stop time period
- 2 minute rest between periods
Bantam (male/female):
- 1 ¼ hour games
- 3 minute warm up
- 2 – 20 minute run time periods
- 1 – 20 minute stop time period
- 2 minutes rest between periods
Midget (female):
- 1 ¼ hours games
- 3 minute warm up
- 2 – 20 minute run time periods
- 1 – 20 minute stop time period
- 2 minute rest between period
Run time, the clock is only stopped under the direction of on floor officials. Stop time is on goals, penalties and time outs (all teams are allowed 1 time out per game and 1 time out in overtime (if applicable)
NOTE: If games fall behind schedule, on floor warm ups, rest periods, stop time, or game time must be reduced or eliminated. Exceptions- Champion Games.
- MERCY RULE IN EFFECT FOR ALL REGULAR GAMES- If there is a goal difference of more than 6 goals, there will be no stop time. If the goal difference gets within 2 goals, stop time will resume
- Teams not ready to play on scheduled will be assessed 2 min. delay of play penalty
- IF NOT READY after 5 minutes, the offending team will forfeit the game and receive 0 points and the winning team will receive the max.points with a score of 3 to 0
POINT ALLOCATION FOR REGULAR ROUND ROBIN GAMES
WIN = 2 points if 1 goal differential
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WIN = 3 points if 2 goal differential
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WIN = 4 points if greater then 2 goal differential
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Tie = 1 point
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Each period won = 1 point
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Each period tied = ½ point
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Loss = 0 points
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MAXIMUM numbers of points awarded per game is 7 points
TIE BREAKER FORMULA for advancement for all levels:
RECORD AGAINST EACH OTHER, WINNER ADVANCES
If 2 or more teams are tied after advancement the following will be used to determine final placement
- Teams with fewest penalty minutes advance
- Total of all games, team with lowest number of goals against advances. (add 1 plus game 2 plus game 3 total goals against to get total number of goals against)
- If the tie persists, a coin toss will be used to determine the winner
THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT OUR TOURNAMENT!