River Cup Hockey Tournaments

Tournament Format

·             4 Games, Championship game for top 2 teams in each level

·             Game time – Warm up (3 min), 1^st pd (10 min), 2^nd pd (12 min), 3^rd pd (12 min) - 1-minute break between periods

·             All games will have USA Hockey certified Officials and will follow USA Hockey Rules

·             Teams must submit an APPROVED USA Hockey Roster prior to their first game.

Game Format (These will ensure that all games start and end on time):

·             Teams must be prepared to begin a game 15 minutes prior to scheduled time.

·             Penalties: 1:30 minor penalties / 4:00 major penalties

·             Players receiving 4 penalties in a game will be removed from that game

·             If a team is up by 7 goals in the 3rd period, there will be running clock, unless the deficit gets cut to 3 goals, then stop clock will resume.

·             One Timeout per team in Round Robin games

·             Round Robin and Consolation games will NOT have Overtime. See below for Playoff Overtime format.

·             Rosters are frozen after first game of the tournament. (Any rostered player must play in at least 1 round robin game to be eligible to participate in playoff games)