World Cup of Hockey 3 on 3 Rules

• All games will be run time. Games are one 43 minute period.
• Two minute warm up before each game.
• Shifts to be changed on the fly (no shift buzzer for any age group).
• All games will be NO BODY CHECKING.
• No Icing rule is in effect for all games.
• TAG UP OFFSIDES — when players are offside all attacking players must clear the offensive zone to the neutral zone before re-attacking (Referee will coach the offending team out of the zone). As an example — if a team goes offside the referee will blow the whistle and tell the team to leave the zone. The other team will now have possession of the puck.
• Face-offs will occur at the beginning of each game at centre ice.

Change of Possession

• Out of Play — When the puck goes out of play a face off will occur in the appropriate place. If the puck was shot out of play intentionally a penalty will be given.
• Goalie Freezes Puck — If the goalie freezes the puck the referee will blow the whistle and the entire attacking team must clear the blue line of the offensive zone. Once everyone has cleared they are allowed to attack. If the goalie holds onto the puck for an unreasonable amount of time a delay of game penalty may be assessed. It is the goalies/teams advantage to have the goalie play the puck as quickly as possible as teams may attack once they clear the zone.
• Goals — When a goal is scored the referee will blow the whistle and all of the scoring team must clear the blue line of the offensive zone. The scoring team is allowed to attack as soon as they have all cleared. The goalie will be encouraged to play the puck as quickly as possible and may be assessed a delay of game penalty if they hold on to the puck for too long.

Timeouts

No time outs. An official may call a delay of game penalty if a coach attempts to call a timeout or is uncooperative. If the coach continues to be difficult their team games may be assessed as 5-0 losses regardless of their game scores. In extreme cases teams may be removed completely from the tournament. Remember this is for fun so we do not want to have to remove any team. Coaches should not cause their kids to be penalised from their behaviour.

Pulled Goalie

Teams may pull their goalie for an extra attacker at any time.

Overtime

There is no overtime during the round robin tournament. Games will end in a tie at the end of the game.

Roster and Eligibility Rules

• No more than 10 players including the goalie may be in a team’s roster unless approved by the tournament committee prior to the tournament.
• A team must have a minimum of 6 players dressed for a game to avoid a default loss. If there is a default loss the winning team will be granted a 5 goal win.
• In the event the goalie cannot play or is absent the team must continue play with 4 skaters until a suitable replacement from their current roster can go into net. Until this replacement is ready, play must continue.
• Teams may have more than one of their players play as goalie during the tournament if they so choose. Teams may not register more than the 10 player limit.
• All players must be on the team roster that was submitted prior to the first game of the tournament. Late additions/changes will be allowed at the discretion of the tournament committee only.
• Overage goalie allowed upon approval. To request approval for an overage goalie email karly@spartanhockey.ca.

Penalties

All penalties will result in a penalty shot.

Penalty Shot Procedure

• When a penalty is called the clock DOES NOT STOP.
• Penalty shot must be taken by the player that drew the penalty unless he is injured — then one of the players on the ice at the time of the infraction must take the shot.
• The player taking the penalty shot will line up at centre ice.
• All other players from both teams will line up behind the far blue line.
• All players will start from the standing position.
• Referee will blow the whistle to start play.
• NO player on the ice can start skating until the referee blows the whistle.
• Should the player miss the penalty shot, play will continue. If a goal is scored players must clear the zone as normal. The scoring team is allowed to attack as soon as they have all cleared.
• Any individual receiving 3 major penalties in one game will receive an ejection that will be reviewed by the tournament committee.
• Coincidental minor penalties will result in no penalty shot for either team, but the timekeeper will mark the penalties. Coincidental minor penalties will result in a face off at centre ice.
• A major penalty will result in the offending player(s) being ejected from the game and a penalty shot(s) awarded. Major penalties in the last 5 minutes of the game will result in an additional game suspension.
• All game ejections will be reviewed by the tournament committee. If the tournament committee and officials feel it is appropriate they can eject the player from the next game and up to and including the entire remainder of the tournament. This is not negotiable.
• Players expelled from the tournament for any reason will NOT be entitled to a refund. Teams that decide to withdraw from the tournament will NOT receive a refund.

During the course of the game, the referee’s decision is final. A ZERO tolerance approach will be used by the referee towards aggressive and/or abusive coaches, spectators and parents. If needed a tournament committee member will assist in enforcing the referee’s decision to have any coach, parent or spectator ejected from the arena. A penalty may be assessed to the team the coach, spectator, or parent is associated with if they are uncooperative in leaving.

Tournament Points

• Win by 3 or more goals — 5 points
• Win by 1 or 2 goals — 3 points
• Tie — 2 points
• Loss by 1 or 2 goals — 1 point
• Loss by 3 or more goals — 0 points

Playoff seeding will be completed by the tournament committee as quickly as possible after round robin and emailed out to the emails used by the managers of their teams.

Goal Differential

In the event of a tiebreak, goal differential is only counted to a maximum of 5 goals for any one game.

Ties in Standings

In the event of a tie in the round robin standings, the final positioning results will be decided by (in order of consideration):

1. Head-to-Head Results
2. Most Wins
3. Best Goal Differential
4. Least Goals Against
5. Coin Flip

In multiple-team ties, Head-to-Head will NOT be the first tiebreaker.

Ties in Final Games

In the event of a tie in the finals, the game will be decided by sudden death overtime for 3 minutes. After a one-minute break the teams will continue until one team scores. After that, teams must line up their players in the order they will attempt shootout goals. Teams cannot manipulate the order of shooters even after all 9 skaters have shot. Shootout will be best of 3 attempts team against team, then sudden death. Each team’s shooter will attempt at the same time. Do not attempt to shoot until the referee blows the whistle. Once the players leave with the puck to attempt to shoot, the next shooter should approach centre ice to be ready to shoot in a timely manner.