BAUER TRETYAK LATVIA INVITE
August 2nd- August 5th, 2012
RULES FOR CONDUCT OF 2012 AAA GAMES
ARTICLE 1
General Rules
1.1 Playing Rules. All tournament teams must be registered and approved by the staff of the Bauer Tretyak Latvia Invite. The following rules and penalties shall apply to all games.
1.2 Length of Games & Penalties. All games played at all levels shall have three (3) - fifteen (15) minute periods. Warm-ups for all levels shall be five (5) minutes. 2:00 Minor Penalties, 5:00 Major Penalties, and 10:00 Misconducts. Intermission between 1st and 2nd period - 2 minutes, ice-cut after 2nd period. All games will be played under IIHF rules. * It is the responsibility of each coach to read the score sheet after each game and to insure that suspended players are advised of their suspension and not be permitted to play in the next game.*
1.3 Running Clock: If a 6 goal or greater spread exists at the start of the 3rd period or at anytime during the 3rd period ~ running time will commence for the balance of the game.
1.4 Home Teams/Jerseys/Start Times. For all games, the home team listed shall wear its colored home jerseys and the visiting team listed shall wear its white away jerseys. Teams are asked to be at the rink 45 minutes prior to their scheduled game time. In the event the previous game finishes early, teams playing the next game will be expected to take the ice as soon as re-surfacing is completed and/or referees are available.
1.5 Equipment. All players, including goalkeepers are required to wear an internal mouthpiece that covers all the remaining teeth of one jaw, customarily the upper. For the first violation of this rule, the team shall be issued a warning. A misconduct penalty shall be assessed to any player or goalkeeper of that team for a subsequent violation during that game.
Additional Rules added to the Bauer Tretyak Latvia Invite;
• Any player receiving 5 or more penalties in 1 game must sit the following game.
• If a team receives 15 or more penalties in one game, the head coach must sit the following game.
• There is tag-up rules.
• Slap shots are permitted at all age levels.
• Checking is permitted only at 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 and 1996 age levels.
• Anyone receiving a second misconduct (10’) or game misconduct (20’) must sit the next game.
• Anyone receiving a match penalty is disqualified from min next game. Additional disqualifications, if any, under Tournament Directorate decision.
1.6 On-Ice Officials. All games shall be officiated by two referees. Semi-finals and finals age groups 1999, 1998, 1997 and 1996 four-referees.
1.7 Off-Ice Officials. The Tournament shall provide scorekeepers, referee clean time and one referee penalty box.
1.8 Tournament Directors. All questions and controversies shall be referred to the Tournament Directors (Kevin Mann, Greg Gendel, Armands Steinbergs) and Tournament chief referee ( Andrejs Zakis ). The Tournament Director’s decision in any such matters shall be final.
1.9 Score sheets. All score sheets, pre-filled with team rosters, etc., will be at the front counters of the proper rink. It is the responsibility of each team to check its roster prior to each game and make appropriate changes/notations to the score sheet.
1.10 Timeouts. There will be NO Timeouts for Round Robin Games. In all Playoff and Consolation Games Only ~ each team will be allowed a single 30 seconds timeout.
1.11 Handshakes. Handshakes shall take place immediately after each game.
ARTICLE 2
Division Formats and Tiebreakers
2.1 Round Robin Games.
In the round robin portion of the tournament two points will be awarded for a win, one point for a tie, and zero points for a loss. There will be no overtime. During round robin play, if the score is tied at the end of regulation time, the tie score will stand and each team shall be awarded one point for the game. The division winner will be determined as the team who has accumulated the most points.
• 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 and 1996 will each have (8 teams) comprising of two (2) brackets of 4 teams each. Teams will play each team in their own bracket once (3 games). At the conclusion of round robin play, all teams will be ranked one through four within their bracket and advance to the quarter final, semi final and championship round. Consolation games for teams who lose in the quarter final round. Five (5) game guarantee for all teams.
2.2 Tiebreakers for All Age Levels of Round Robin Play. If two or more teams are tied in points after the round robin, the following tiebreakers in the following order shall be used to determine which team finishes higher for final seeding:
1. Head to Head Competition;
2. If more than two teams tied, Points Earned in the Games between the Tied Teams;
3. If teams are still tied, Scoring Quotient, calculated by dividing a team’s goals for by the sum of its goals for plus goals against (in all round robin games). The team with the higher number advances. For purposes of calculating the scoring quotient, the maximum goal differential a team can take for any one game is 6 goals;
Example: Team A 15 GF 7 GA Quotient is 15/22= .681
Team B 14 GF 6 GA Quotient is 14/20= .700
Team B advances.
5. If teams still tied, Fewest Goals Against;
6. If teams still tied, Most Goals For;
7. If teams still tied, Fewest Penalty Minutes;
8. If teams still tied, Coin Flip.
2.3 No Tie Games in Consolation, Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals, and Championship Games. A winning team and a losing team must emerge from these games. If at the end of regulation time in a consolation, quarter, semi, or championship game the score is tied, the teams will play;
1. A five (5) minute sudden death 4 x 4 (four on four) overtime period. If a team ended the game before the first overtime with a 5 on 4 advantage the advantage will continue as 4 on 3. If there is still no winner at the end of the first overtime period teams do not change ends and a;
2. A five (5) minute sudden death 3 x 3 (three on three) overtime period. If penalties occur during the 3 on 3 play, the team with the man advantage shall begin the power play as a four-on-three. At the expiration of the penalty, the teams shall play four-on four. At the first stoppage after the power play ends, the play will resume as three-on three. If multiple penalties occur to the same team, penalties will be stacked once a team is down to three skaters. If coincidental penalties occur, both teams will remain with three skaters. If the score still remains tied;
3. Each team will pick five (5) players to take part in a shootout. The visiting team will shoot first. If no clear winner emerges after the first shootout;
4. Each team will pick one (1) player to take part in a sudden death shootout. The teams will continue in a “sudden death” shootout, until the game is decided. * Teams must select a different player for each phase of the shootouts.
ARTICLE 3
Protests
3.1 A game, including its outcome, may not be protested based on the judgments or “calls” made by an on-ice official. A game, including its outcome, may be protested based on the opponent’s use of an ineligible player, or on a gross violation of rules or of protocol that clearly has an impact on the game and that inures to the detriment of youth hockey.
3.2 Any such protest must be filed by the protesting team as soon as is reasonably possible, preferably on the disputed game’s score sheet, and referred immediately to the Tournament Director for his consideration.
1.3 If the Tournament Director (s) determine that the circumstances warrant it, the Tournament Director’s decision in any such matters shall be final.
ARTICLE 4
Suspension and Expulsion
of Players, Parents, Coaches, Other Team Personnel
4.1 Coaches, Parents and Team Personnel. Coaches, parents and other team or association personnel may be suspended or expelled from participation in the Bauer Tretyak Latvia Invite Tournament, including all games and removal from the rink premises, for conduct deemed by the Tournament Directors to be detrimental to the best interests of youth hockey. Such conduct shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
a. fighting or inciting others to fight;
b. obscene language, conduct or behavior;
c. language, conduct or behavior intended to intimidate others;
d. refusal and/or failure to immediately heed a directive from a referee, from authorized rink personnel, or from the Tournament Director.
4.2 Players. Any player who receives a major penalty for fighting, or a game misconduct of any kind, in a game, shall automatically be suspended from the balance of that game and his next game. At the conclusion of each game, the coach of each team shall be responsible for reviewing the score sheet (front and back) to determine whether any player or team official has been suspended or disqualified from participating in any future game.
ARTICLE 5
Sanctioning, Credentials and Forfeitures
of Players, Coaches, Other Team Personnel
5.1 There will be a mandatory Team Check in/Opening Ceremonies for all players, team leaders, coaches & managers on Thursday evening August 2nd between 5:30pm-8:30pm at the Arena Riga, Skanstes iela 2, Riga. Team representatives can arrive at anytime during this time frame.
5.2 No player is allowed to participate on more then one team in his/her respective age division. All players must play exclusively for one team in their age division and be a part of the team’s roster. Players may not be borrowed from another team at any one given age level. Any team using an ineligible player (s) shall forfeit any and all games in which the individual player (s) has participated and the player (s) will be suspended for the remainder of the tournament.
5.4 Birth certificates/passports must be available, if requested.
5.5 All players must have medical insurance.
5.6 All players must have permission from doctor.