TOURNAMENT RULES

• USA Hockey Rules
• Blue Line Icing
• No Slap Shots
• Rules for Power Play and Penalty Shot cards are on back of cards
  
• Three Minute Warm-Up
• The clock starts when the Zamboni doors close. Be ready.
• Three 17 minute running time periods
• Intermissions are one minute long
• No Timeouts
  
• Stop time WILL NOT be allowed in pool play games
• Penalties: Players must go to the penalty box
• Time will start at the drop of the puck
• Time will run during the stoppage of play
• Four penalty rule
• Any player receiving four penalties in one game will be removed for the remainder of the game
• Games may end in tie except in the final block of championship and consolation games
• Stop time may be used during the last two minutes of the third period if the championship or consolation games are within 2 goals
• The team trailing is required to stop/start the clock during the final two minutes
• The home team is required to stop/start the clock if the game is tied
• If a championship or consolation game is tied at end of regulation time, we will proceed directly into a 3 round shootout with the home team shooting first
• If championship and consolation games is still tied after that, a sudden death shootout will occur