Rules for Finland Lions Spring Cup 2018
Boys U15/2003
4-6.5.2018
Riihimäen Jäähalli, Riiihimäki
The Tournament will be played by the rules of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association with the following adjustments:
Match reports, player lists
Match reports are printed according to the player lists given by the teams. Any changes should be made in the tournament office 30 minutes before the team’s FIRST game of the tournament.
Managers of each team can pick up a copy of the match reports from the office after the tournament.
A player can represent only one team during the tournament. One team can use max 20 players + 2 goalkeepers in a single game.
Playing time, intermission and timeout
Round Robin (Friday & Saturday): playing time is 2 periods of 20 minutes stop time. Total time 65 minutes.
Intermission 1 minute. 1 x 60 sec time out allowed per team.
Placement games (Sunday): playing time is 3 periods of 15 minutes stop time.
Intermissions 1 minute between periods. 1 x 60 sec time out allowed per team.
Warm ups etc
Teams must be ready in their boxes 3 minutes before the game starts. Should the team not be ready in due time they will lose the game 5-0.
At least 1 minute warm up on the ice before the game. The game starts immediately with starting line ups. Before the start the captain of the team shakes hands with the referees and the opponent´s captain and exchanges banners or streamers, etc. After the game all players form a line on their own blue line, shake hands with the opponent and move away from the ice rapidly.
Penalties
Rules of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association with the following adjustments:
A normal small penalty is 2 minute effective playing time.
If a player receives a match penalty (25 min), he is automatically banned from the tournament.
Tournament system, rank order and points system
8 teams divided to 2 groups (4 teams). Each team plays once against the other teams in the same group.
The winning team receives two points. Both teams get one point in the case of a draw and the losing team gets zero points.
The rank order is judged as follows:
1. Points
2. Goal differential in all games
3. Goals for
4. Goals against
5. Flip of a coin
Quarterfinals:
A1 vs B4
A3 vs B2
A4 vs B1
A2 vs B3
Semifinals:
Winner A1 vs B4 vs Winner A3 vs B2
Winner A4 vs B1 vs Winner A2 vs B3
Placement games (Sunday):
7th place: QF loser lowest seed vs QF loser 2nd lowest seed
5th place: QF loser 3rd lowest seed vs QF loser 4th lowest seed
3rd place loser SF 1 vs loser SF 2 (Bronze)
1st place winner SF 1 vs winner SF 2
If game is even in the game in play off round, winner will be
solved by sudden death penalty shot competition. (1 vs 1)
Protests
All protests are handled by the Tournament Jury. The Jury consists of the tournament director and two tournament officials. The decision of the jury is final. The fee for a protest is 100 euros, which will be returned should the protest be accepted. The protest should be in writing, signed by the manager of the team and made no later than 20 minutes after the game has ended.
Team Jerseys
Home team plays with dark coloured jerseys and the team mentioned later in the schedule (visitor) uses lighter colour jerseys.
Tournament medals and trophies
The players of the best 3 teams receive personal medals (max. 25 person/team) and the winning team receives a trophy. Award ceremonies are held immediately after the final game on the ice.
Right to amendments
Tournament office has the right to amend schedules if they so desire.
Insurance
All players and team staff must have valid adequate insurance. The arranger of the tournament is not responsible for any injuries that may occur to the players or staff of any team.
Other disputes
In case of doubt and matters not explicitly expressed in these rules or in the rules of Finnish Ice Hockey Association, the Tournament Jury reserves the right to conduct a decision deviant from rules stated above.