KINSMEN CUP FORMAT AND RULES      

- FORMAT -

U9, U11 & U13 Divisions

There are 2 Pools of 4 team each for each of the divisions.  Each team will play the 3 teams from their pool to seed themselves. Seeding will be based on the points system, whereas 2 point is awarded for winning a period, and 4 points are awarded for winning the game. Each game is worth 10 points in total with 2 bonus points being awarded for winning a game with a shutout.

Teams will be ranked within their pool after 3 round robin games with the 1^st and 2^nd place team from each pool proceeding to the semi-finals.  The 1^st place team from one pool will play the 2^nd place team from the other pool.  The winner of each semi-final game will proceed to the Championship game.

For Pool breakdown - visit the Divisions page

U15 Division

The U15 Division consists of 2 pools comprised of 3 teams each.  Each team will play the 3 teams from the other pool to seed themselves. Seeding will be based on the points system, whereas 2 point is awarded for winning a period, and 4 points are awarded for winning the game. Each game is worth 10 points in total with 2 bonus points being awarded for winning a game with a shutout. 

Teams will be ranked after 3 round robin games.  The top 3 team will advance, the 1^st place team will have a by to the Championship game, and the 2^nd place team playing the 3^rd place team will play in the semi-finals. The winner of the semi-final game will proceed to the Championship game.

For Pool breakdown - visit the Divisions page

U18 Division

There are 4 pools within the U18 division, 2 Pools of 4 teams and 2 Pools of 3 teams.

Each of the teams in Pool A and B will play the 3 teams from their pool to seed themselves.  Each of the teams in the C and D pool will play the 3 teams from the other pool to seed themselves.

Seeding will be based on the points system, whereas 2 point is awarded for winning a period, and 4 points are awarded for winning the game. Each game is worth 10 points in total with 2 bonus points being awarded for winning a game with a shutout.

Teams will be ranked within their pool after 3 round robin games with the 1^st and 2^nd place team from Pool A and B and the combined top 3 from pools C or D moving to Quarter Finals.   The 1^st place team of the 7 teams moving on will receive a by until the Semi-Finals.  The remaining 6 teams will play in the quarter finals with 2^nd playing 7^th, 3^rd playing 6^th, and 4^th playing 5^th. 

The winners of the 3 quarter final games and the 1st place team from round robin will move on to the 2 semi-finals games with the winners of each of those game proceeding to the Championship Game.

For Pool breakdown - visit the Divisions page

- RULES -

1) All players must be house league / local league players and must play for their own team.

2) All teams are to provide their OMHA approved roster for review by the tournament executive prior to their 1^st game. If any team fails to supply this information, that team may forfeit each game until the proper roster is supplied. 

3)  Teams are to be ready to play 15 minutes prior to their scheduled game start time or will be in jeopardy of a forfeit of the game.  There is minimal flexibility to reschedule games due to weather and will be at the discretion of the tournament committee.  If a forfeit is the decision of the committee, it will result in a score of 5-0, and the winning team will acquire all 6 points.

4)  All games will be played under OMHA rules.

5)  Games consist of 3-10 minute stop time periods.  There is no overtime in round robin play. The CHAMPIONSHIP games will consist of 2-10 minute & 1-15 minute periods. 

If the goal differential becomes greater than or equal to 5 goals (e.g. 5-0 or 6-1) in the 3rd period, the game time will be run time.  If the goal differential is reduced to 3 goals (e.g. 5-2), the game will return to stop time.  (applies to all games)

Penalties accumulated during run time will be 3 minutes for a minor penalty, and 8 minutes for a major penalty.  The only time the clock will be stopped during run time is for an on-ice injury, or at the discretion of the referee.

6)  Round robin play is by the point system:

· 2 points for winning a period

· 1 point for tying a period

· 4 points for winning a game

· 2 points for tying a game

·  Bonus point (2) for a shutout win

7)  If there is a tie in the round robin, the tie breakers are in the following order:

· 1 – head to head (points in their game)

· 2 – team with the most wins

· 3 – goal average of a team determined by total number of goals for divided by (total number of goals for plus total number of    goals against)

· 4 – goals against

· 5 – goals for

· 6 – lowest penalty minutes

· 7 – flip of a coin

If 3 teams are tied, only the points accumulated between the tied teams will be considered in the first tie breaker.  If any step in the tie breaker only seeds one team, that team assumes that position. The tie breaker method will continue to the next step to determine the tie breaker between the remaining two teams.

8) OVERTIME:  only occurs in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the championship games.  There will be a 5-minute sudden victory overtime period. Each team will play with 3 players plus a goalie. Games that are still tied after three 5-minute overtime periods, will revert to a shootout.  The shootout will consist of 3 different players per team.  Each team will alternate shooting, beginning with the home team.  If the shootout is tied after the first round, subsequent rounds of the shootout will consist of one player per team until a winner is determined.  A player will not be permitted to shoot a 2^nd time in the shootout until all of the players have participated in the shootout.

9)  Overtime penalties:  If a penalty occurs during the overtime, the penalized team does NOT lose a player, but the opposing team ADDS a player.  When the penalty is over, the penalized player joins the play until there is a stoppage of play at which time both teams take a player off.  There will be no changes at any stoppage of play.  Changes must be on the fly.

10)  One 30 second timeout per team is permitted in the Championship games only.

11)  All protest must be submitted to the tournament committee within 15 minutes following the game.  The tournament committee ruling is final.

12)  Only players and coaching staff will be allowed near the player’s bench and dressing room.