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Tournament Rules

  • Team pictures will take place before each team plays their first game Friday night - on the ice. David Heiser, (professional photographer), will get team photos.

  • The HFL jerseys must be worn by all players during the game – no exceptions. Indicate on the jersey sign out sheet what number jersey you have. The jerseys will already be in your locker room when you arrive. Please place the jerseys in the trash bags provided after your last game on Sunday.

  • Game time: (3) 17 minute periods, 5 minute warm up on Friday and rest of the games will be 3 minute warm ups, 2 minutes between periods

  • Teams are allowed 1 timeout per game (1 minute)

  • Icing - will be called from the blue line

  • Two-line passes are OK

  • Offsides - delayed offsides

  • NO checking - this tournament will be called as most typical beer league play is

  • NO fighting, intent to injure, instigating etc.! (These will be grounds for tournament dismissal. Also, more importantly, Tyler Strong will show you that this was a dumb decision on your part.)

  • The team captains will manage all on-ice team interactions with the referees

  • All other typical penalties will be called - tripping, hooking, offsides, etc.

  • Qualifying games can end in a tie. On Sunday - In case of a tie, (for any game), there will be a 4 minute overtime – 4 on 4. If that does not resolve the tie, then it goes to a shootout – 3/3, then 1/1

  • Any Championship teams must be wearing Hockey for Life jerseys to be in the team champion pictures. No exceptions. If you are wearing a jersey from outside the tournament or one that has not been approved by HFL members, you will not be allowed to be in the Championship picture.

Playoff qualification rules:

HFL Cup:
● One Ten Team Division, top four teams make semi-finals.

The teams that don’t make the playoffs will re-seed and play a team they haven’t played if
possible

SHC Cup:
● The top two teams from each division will advance to the playoffs, (three qualifying games)
● The two highest ranked teams will cross over and play the second ranked teams from the opposite
division
● The remaining teams will re-seed and play a team from the other division
JBC Cup:
● After the three qualifying games, on Sunday the #1 ranked team will play the #2 team, and #3 will
play #4
Qualifying metrics, (in deciding order)
● Division rankings / winners - Once one or more teams are placed, the remaining tied teams shall
start the tie-breaking process over again at the beginning:
○ Head to head competition
○ Goals for minus goals against in all games played, ( +/- 6 goal cap per game)
○ Least number of goals allowed between tied teams in all games played
○ Least number of penalties (not least number of minutes) in all games
○ Team that sells the most HFL pint glasses
○ Multi-team ties will reset if a single team breaks tie first.
1) Every team plays three qualifying games , (Friday - Saturday)

2) The Sunday schedule of games will be updated and filled out on our website and on the scoresheets
in the lobby.

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