General Information, Tri County Minor Hockey League Year End Wrap Up Event (Orangeville Minor Hockey)

TCMHL MD Year End Wrap Up Event

Hosted By:

Orangeville Minor Hockey/U9MD Flyers

April 4-6, 2025
Alder Arena
Orangeville, ON
Sanction #: TCMHL Wrap Up

*This event is for Tri-County Minor Hockey League U9 MD2/3 teams only*

U9 MD Tournament Rules

***All teams need to sign in at tournament office in each arena***

General

·         Complaints, concerns and compliments are to be directed to the Tournament Office. Any distasteful engagement with arena staff, tournament volunteers, timekeepers or on-ice officials will not be tolerated and could result in a default or expulsion.

 

·         Tournament schedule, results, standings and rules can be found at:

https://orangevilleminorhockey.com/Tournaments/3449/

• In the event that the tournament is ahead of schedule, teams must be prepared to play any game up to 15 minutes early.

 

• All teams should bring their own dressing room locks. The tournament is not responsible for lost/stolen property.

 

• Home team wears light coloured jerseys. Away team wears dark coloured jerseys.

 

TOURNAMENT PLAY

·         All teams will play a minimum 3 games (3 x 10/10/10, stop time periods)

Digital Game Sheets

·         At least 25 minutes prior to each game, one member of the bench staff must come to the Tournament Office to sign the digital game sheet at the tournament desk.

·         This tournament uses GameSheet Inc. digital game sheets on iPads. Your team’s roster should appear in the system automatically. If it doesn’t for some reason, you will need to manually enter your team into the iPad prior to the game.

• Tournament officials cannot change game sheets or overrule/change a call from a referee. When the game is over the score sheet is final.

 

Divisional Structure & Pools

Round Robin Play

• All Round Robin games may end in a tie, and there is no overtime.
• There are no timeouts in Round Robin play.
• Home/Visiting teams are predetermined for round robin play as indicated in the official tournament schedule.
• Pools:  Pod A: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11              Pod B: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

 

Playoff Rounds: Play-Ins, Semi-Finals, Championship

• All Playoff Round games must decide a winner.  If tied after regulation time:
  • Overtime, as defined below, then if still tied.
  • Shootout, as defined below
• Each team may call one (1) 30-second timeout during any Semi-Final or Championship game.
• For all Championship final games, home ice is awarded to the team with the higher rank after round robin play.

 

Tie-Breaking Rules

• Ranking of teams, used to determine which teams advance from Round Robin play as well as to determine home ice in the championship final, will be defined as follows:
  1. Most points in all round robin games, where 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.
  2. If both (or all) tied teams played against each other, the head-to-head record in those games.
  3. The most Wins (W) during all round robin games.
  4. The highest Goal Differential (GF%) calculated as GF / (GF + GA) during all round robin games.
  5. The lowest Goals Against (GA) during all round robin games.
  6. The highest Goals For (GF) during all round robin games.
  7. The fewest Penalty Minutes (PM) during all round robin games.
  8. A random draw.

 

Period Lengths

• 10 x 10 x 10, stop time
• Period lengths are the same for all Round Robin and Playoff Round games within that division.
• No in-game floods for any Division in either Round Robin or Playoff Round games
• Teams will be permitted a 2-minute warm-up prior to the game. Teams not ready to start play at the scheduled time and/or when the referee calls the players to centre ice for the initial face off, will be subject to a delay of game penalty and possible forfeit of the game.

 

Overtime (Playoff Round Only)

• One 5-minute period, sudden victory
• 3-on-3 format. If a team receives a penalty during overtime (or has penalty time remaining at the end of regulation), the opposing team will add another player for each penalty being served, up to a maximum of 5 players.

Shootout (Playoff Round Only)

• For the shootout, each team selects 3 players. Teams shoot alternately and all three players shoot. If there is no winner after 3 shots each, then shootout continues in sets of one, using different players. Goalies must be those who were last used in overtime. Flip of coin decides which team shoots first. Continue rotation in same order until there is a winner. If one team completes its player rotation before the other because it has fewer players, without a winner, both teams will be allowed to revert to their starting sequence and to repeat that sequence. A player who is still serving an overtime or regulation time penalty can not participate in the shootout.

Mercy Rule

• In round robin games, if the 3rd period begins with a team leading by 5 goals or a team reaches a 5-goal lead during the period, it will be running time for the balance of the period. Time will continue to run throughout the period, regardless of further scoring changes. In the semi-finals or finals, the same Mercy Rules apply UNLESS the trailing team cuts the deficit to 3 goals. In that case, the game will return to stop time for the balance of the game

Officiating, Suspensions, & Safety

• This is an OMHA-sanctioned tournament (U9 MD Wrap Up Weekend) and the tournament will be played and officiated according to OMHA rules. Fighting, Game Misconducts, Gross Misconducts and Match Penalties will be subject to suspension lengths as outlined by the OMHA rules.

 

• It is the responsibility of the team to ensure any player or team official who has been assessed a game suspension (GM) sits out the required number of games as per the OMHA suspension list. Failure to comply will result in the offending team forfeiting the game, which will be recorded as a 1 – 0 loss.

 

• All tournament forfeits (not including the above) will result in a 5 – 0 loss.

 

• The tournament committee reserves the right to take measures necessary to ensure a safe tournament for the participants including the modification of any rule(s) herein which is deemed by them to be in the tournament’s best interest. Decisions of the tournament committee are final.

 

• Mouth and neck guards are required if your local governing body requires their use.