GENERAL: All USA Hockey rules shall apply except as otherwise modified

UNIFORMS: All players must wear numbered uniforms in the proper team colors

Home and Visiting Teams are indicated on the schedule. Home teams shall wear their white or light colored jersey. Visitors will wear dark jerseys. All numbers must correspond to the player listed on the score sheet. All players are required to wear mouth guards. Helmets must be worn at all times during warm-ups, games, handshake line and anytime in the player bench or penalty box area.

TIME OF PERIODS: There will be three 15 minute stop time periods with a game curfew. The ice slots are scheduled for 85 minutes and curfew will apply. If, at any time during the third period the score differential is 5 or more, the game clock will revert to running time until the differential is reduced to less than 5. If tournament officials determine that the last period will exceed the allotted time, the clock shall be set to coincide with the amount of remaining time.

Minor 2:00 minutes

Major 5:00 minutes

Misconduct 10:00 minutes

All teams are allowed one 30 second time out per game

START TIME/WARM-UPS: Teams should be ready to enter the ice surface for the warm-up period up to fifteen minutes prior to the scheduled start time, if the tournament is running ahead of schedule; teams are expected to be ready to play. The warm-up time shall be four (4) minutes.

SPORTSMANSHIP/ZERO TOLERANCE: The tournament stresses sportsmanship and therefore the referees have been instructed to strictly enforce USA Hockey’s zero tolerance policies. Referees and tournament officials have the authority to direct the removal of any person acting in an objectionable manner as well as the authority to end any game at any time they feel that continuing the game would constitute a danger to the players or spectators. The tournament committee shall determine the outcome of any such game.

GAME MISCONDUCT PENALTY: Any player or coach receiving a game misconduct penalty shall be suspended for the next tournament game.

FIGHTING: Any player or coach assessed a penalty for "fighting: will be suspended for the balance of the tournament, including the game in which the penalty was assessed.

GROSS MISCONDUCT OR MATCH PENALTY: Any player, coach or manager who receives a gross or match penalty shall be suspended immediately for the balance of the tournament and these players, coaches and teams will not be welcome to future CAHA sponsored events.

GAME POINTS: Teams will be awarded points in round-robin play as follows:

Two points for a win

One point for a tie

Zero points for a loss

TIE BREAKER: At the conclusion of the round robin, any ties will be broken using the following criteria (in order until the tie is broken)

The top two seeded teams, after round robin play, will advance to the Championship Game. If the Championship Game is tied at the end of regulation, a 5-minute (stop time) sudden death overtime period will be played. If the game remains tied after the overtime period, a shoot-out will decide the outcome. Each team will select 3 shooters and a goaltender from their roster. The team with the most goals after three shots will be declared the winner. If still tied, the shootout will continue using an additional skater from each team until a winner is established. Teams must use all of the skaters on their roster before any of the 3 original skaters are eligible to shoot again.

All teams must be registered with USA Hockey.

One hour before game time, managers will report to check-in with required documents:

All teams must use the locker room assigned to them on the board. The team representative is responsible to ensure that the locker room is clean prior to vacating the locker room. The team representative is responsible for all damage done to the locker room or facility.

All players shall remain off the ice surface until the ice surfacing machine doors have been completely closed and the on-ice officials are present. All players shall exit the ice surface immediately after the center ice handshakes. All teams may have no more than four adult team representatives (including coaches) on the bench at any time. All parents are excluded from the bench area of any team at any time.

Any scratches for a game must be reported to the scorekeeper prior to the start of the each game, A copy of the score sheet may be obtained from the tournament director 10 minutes after the players have exited the ice, Do not wait on ice surface or approach scorekeeper looking for the score sheet. Report all discrepancies to the Tournament Director prior to leaving the facility.