Playoff Guidelines

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Game Times

a) When a team has one hour (50 minutes) of ice available for a game, the periods will be marked as 10-10-12 on the game sheet & initialed by both teams prior to the commencement of the game. A three (3) minute warm up will start each game.

b) If a team has 1.25 hours (65 minutes) of ice time available for a game, the periods will be marked as 12-12-12 on the game sheet and initialed by both teams prior to the commencement of the game. A three (3) minute warm up will start each game.

c) If a team has 1.5 hours (85 minutes)of ice time available for a game the periods will be marked as 15-15-15 on the game sheet and initialed by both teams prior to the commencement of the game. A three (3) minute warm up will start each game.

                    d) PeeWee & Bantam divisions are encouraged to request 1.25 hrs of ice.

                    e) Midget division and up are encouraged to request 1.5 hours of ice time.

       All Divisions are encouraged to have the same Period lengths for each Round.

                     1 (one) 30 second Time-out per team per game.

                     No curfew and No Overtime in any Playoff game

                     2 Points for a Win & 1 Point for a Tie will be awarded for each game.

             Round 1 completed by March 14 & Finals to be completed by March 25

Group Placements:

        At the end of the regular schedule all teams are placed into Pools of 2, 3, 4, 5,         or 6 teams based on the number of teams in their Division and their position in the Final Standings. Some teams have been re-categorized so they may have been moved out of their Division & into another with similar competitive abilities.

Tie Breaker Format for Play-offs:

      1. Head-to head record of 2 teams in play-offs.

      2. Most Wins.

      3. Goals For vs Goals Against formula – using scores from all games in Round

Team

Goals For

Goals Against

Formula

Result

A

16

7

(16-7)/16

0.5625

B

14

6

(14-6)/14

0.5714

                      Team B wins Round with the highest percentage (0.5714)

       4. One game Play-off. Home team = Best Record in League during the Regular Season.

Play-off Protocol:

1. All Play-off scores must be e-mailed in to gold-sack@hotmail.com within 24hrs of game completion.

2. All player & coach suspensions must be reported and game sheet faxed to Joanne Innes within OWHA required guidelines.

3. Make sure all information is clearly printed on each game sheet AND initialed by BOTH coaches BEFORE the start of every Play-off game.

The Final Series in each Pool may require games to be scheduled during the March Break. Players missing for March Break CANNOT be used as an excuse to re-schedule a play-off game.