43rd Annual
Orangeville Tigers Sweetheart Tournament
January 26 – 29, 2023
OWHA Sanction #2223079
TOURNAMENT RULES
The Sweetheart Tournament is open to Competitive and DS teams only.
A) QUALIFICATIONS TO PARTICIPATE:
1) OWHA and Hockey Canada Rules shall apply in addition to those as listed below.
Decisions of the Tournament Committee are final.
2) All teams are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that all teams check-in at Alder Street Recreation Centre prior to the scheduled start of their first game to collect their Player-of-the-Game pennants and other items.
3) COMPETETIVE TEAMS:
A maximum of 19 players (including 2 goalies), can be registered for the Sweetheart Tournament.
Teams may not register more players for the tournament than they have listed on their approved OWHA
(or other governing body) roster.
Any team using pick-up players (AP) must complete the OWHA Pick-up Player Consent process in RAMP.
Pick-up players are not permitted to replace suspended players. A player’s name must appear on the team’s official OWHA team roster or in RAMP as an AP Player to be eligible to participate in the tournament. A player may only play on one team in a tournament.
4) DS TEAMS:
A maximum of 17 players per team can play in a game. Pick-up players are not allowed on DS teams and therefore the OWHA AP Player process does not apply.
5) Electronic game sheets will be used for the tournament (RAMP). All teams should ensure that they have access to RAMP codes prior to the start of the tournament. All Round-Robin game codes will be generated well before the start of the tournament, with Elimination, Semi-Finals and Finals games being generated as soon as possible by the Tournament Committee.
6) Suspensions being served by players or team officials must be recorded in the Notes section of the electronic game sheets (example: Serving 1 game of 3).
B) GAMES AND SCORING:
1) All teams MUST be available to play 20 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of any game.
Starting a game early is at the sole discretion of the Tournament Committee and/or Rink Supervisor.
2) Home Teams must wear light colored jerseys. In the event of a conflict, the Home Team must change their jerseys. Visiting Teams must advise the opposing team of any conflict 30 minutes prior to game time.
3) One set of car keys is required in order to obtain a dressing room key at each arena prior to a scheduled game. Teams are responsible for leaving the dressing rooms clean after use. Teams are requested to vacate the dressing room 20 minutes or less after their game. No team meetings are permitted to be held in the dressing rooms.
Please advise tournament officials at each arena if there are any problems when you enter a dressing room.
4) Teams are guaranteed 4 games.
Games in all minor divisions will consist of 3 periods stop-time (10-10-12 minutes).
U18BB and Senior BB/B games will consist of 3 periods stop-time (12-15-15 minutes).
5) There will be one flood prior to each game, with the exception of some U9 games.
Floods during 2nd and 3rd periods of U18BB and Senior BB/B games will be at the discretion of Tournament Committee and/or arena staff.
6) There will be a 3-minute warm-up prior to each game.
Game officials will give teams a warning buzzer or whistle with to prompt them to be ready for puck drop.
Timekeepers will then post 10 minutes on the clock at the start of each game; (12 minutes U18BB and Senior BB/B).
Game officials reserve the right to start the clock if teams are not ready for puck drop. In that occurrence, the clock will not stop until the first whistle of the game.
If, during Round-Robin games, the goal spread at any time of the third period reaches 5 goals, the clock will run
until the spread is reduced to 3 goals, at which time stop time will resume.
There will be no curfew on games, unless there is an unforeseen circumstance that delays play.
The Tournament Committee may need to, and will, give both teams plenty of warning in a curfew situation.
7) The OWHA minimum suspension guidelines will be strictly enforced according to the OWHA 2022-2023
Constitution, By-laws, and Regulations & Rules. A fighting major or match penalty will result in automatic
ejection from the tournament.
The decisions of the officials are final and not subject to appeal or grievance.
8) Round-Robin format: no overtime and no time-outs in Round-Robin play.
9) Teams will be awarded 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 (zero) points for a loss.
10) Standings after Round-Robin play will be calculated on the basis of points awarded as per Rule 9.
In the event of a tie in the standings, the following criteria will be used to break the tie:
a) Winner between tied teams when they played Head-to-Head.
(Applies to two-way ties only; 3 or more teams tied start with tie breaker 10 b)
b) Goal Percentage as calculated by dividing team’s total “Goals For” by the SUM of the team’s
“Goals For and Goals Against”: TGF/(GF+GA) = %
c) Fewest Goals Against
d) Most Goals For
e) Fewest Penalty Minutes
f) Coin Toss
Follow the tie breaking rules in order. Once a tie-breaking rule has been used or is not applicable it cannot be used again.
C) TOURNAMENT FORMAT (All rankings based on Rules 9 and 10 above):
U9 Competitive:
Games will be full ice. Each team will play four games.
There will be no elimination or cross-division play. There will be no playoff or championship games.
Teams will play with all regular OWHA Regulations & Rules, including those stated above in Games and Scoring, with the exception of the following:
Scores will be recorded on both the electronic game sheet and on the scoreboard, but no goal-scorer will be recorded.
4 Team Divisions:
Each team will play a three game Round-Robin. The 1st place and 2nd place teams will play in the Championship Game. The 3rd place and 4th place teams will play in the Bronze Medal Game.
5 Team Divisions:
Each team will play a four game Round-Robin. The 1st place and 2nd place teams will play in the Championship Game. The 3rd place and 4th place teams will play in the Bronze Medal Game.
6 Team Divisions:
There will be two pools of three teams. Each team will play a Round-Robin among their pool. The 1st place team in each pool will receive a bye to the Semi-Finals. The 2nd and 3rd place teams will play a cross-over Quarter-Final game (2nd Pool A vs. 3rd in pool B, etc.). Winners in the Quarter-Finals will proceed to the Semi-Finals and the Losers will play in the 5th Place Game. Winners of Semi-Finals will play Championship Game and the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game.
7 Team Divisions:
Each team will play 4 games. After all teams have played 4 games, they will be ranked 1-7. The top four teams will proceed to the Semi-Finals. The 1st place team will play 4th and the 2nd place team will play the 3rd place team. Winners will play for the Championship Game and the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game.
8 Team Divisions:
There will be two pools of 4 teams. Each team will play a 3-game round robin among their pool. Teams will be then ranked 1 through 4 in each pool. The top two teams in each pool will proceed to the Semi-Final cross-over matches (1st Pool A will play 2nd in Pool B, etc.). The winners of the Semi-Finals will play in the Championship Game and the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game. The 3rd and 4th place teams will play a cross-over Elimination Consolation Semi-Final (3rd in Pool A will play 4th in Pool B, etc.) The winners will play in the Consolation Final Game.
D) OVERTIME PERIOD (AND SHOOT-OUT) INFORMATION:
1) Round-Robin games can end in a tie.
All Elimination, Quarter-Final, Semi-Final, and Medal games are played to a winner.
2) One 30-second timeout will be allowed for each team during Quarter-Final, Semi-Final, and Medal games only.
There are no timeouts in Round Robin Games. Timeouts can be saved and used in either Overtime Period.
3) In the event of a tie at the end of regulation time, a five-minute sudden-victory Overtime Period will commence
(first goal wins). Teams will play 3 on 3 with a goalie (unless one or both teams are serving a penalty).
At no time will there be less than 3 players and a goalie per team on the ice.
Goalies can be pulled in this 5-minute Overtime Period for an extra player.
Teams do not change ends for the Overtime Period or for Shoot-Outs.
If the game is still tied after five minutes of Overtime, a Shoot-Out will commence.
Each team must designate 5 shooters. This must be done PRIOR TO THE START of all Elimination, Quarter-Final, Semi-Final and Medal games in RAMP (example: S1, S2, S3, S4, S5)
Any player serving a penalty at the end of the Overtime Period will NOT be eligible to participate in the Shoot-Out.
All players, except shooters and Goalies will be on the bench.
Shooters from both teams will shoot simultaneously until all five shooters have gone.
Once a player has shot, they will proceed to the penalty box.
The team with the most goals after the first 5 shooters from each team have gone determines the winner.
If still tied after the 5 designated shooters, a sudden-victory shoot-out will commence.
A shooter may not shoot a second time until all players on the electronic game sheet (except Goalies and players serving a penalty) have shot.
The first team to score when the simultaneous shooter doesn’t score is the winner.
E) OTHER RULES:
Due to Municipal and Insurance regulations, at no time are players or spectators allowed on the ice without a helmet.
The Tournament Committee reserves the right to distribute awards off the ice and in another location at their discretion. This is to ensure we adhere to time constraints.