Waterloo Memorial AA/A Combined Tournament
ALLIANCE Tournament Sanction AA and A Category Teams Only
- Minor Bantam, Bantam, Minor Midget & Midget Divisions
- Guaranteed four (4) games
- Teams will be seeded
- 2 games Friday - 2 games Saturday - Semi Final and Final games Sunday
Arenas
- Manulife Financial Sportsplex - RIM Park (three ice pads)
- Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex
- Moses Springer Arena
- Albert McCormick Arena (twin pads)
Divisions
- Minor Bantam (1999)
- Bantam (1998)
- Minor Midget (1997)
- Midget (1996/1995)
GAME LENGTHS
Round Robin (all divisions)
· 10 - 15 - 15 minute stop time periods
Semi-finals and FINALS (all divisions)
· 3 x 15 minute stop time periods
Ice will be resurfaced at the end of every two periods of play. All Championship games will start on "newly-prepared ice."
Scheduled game start times are approximate. Your team must be ready to play 15 minutes prior to the scheduled game time. There is a mercy rule, PLUS extra time built into the schedule so you must be ready to play 15 minutes prior to the scheduled game time or run the risk of forfeiture. Teams that are not ready to start their games on time or within the 15-minute window may forfeit such games at the discretion of the arena coordinator. Due to the nature of our scheduling, time restrictions will be enforced.
MERCY RULE
If the goal differential is seven goals at any time during the second period or five goals in the third period, the clock shall change to running time. If subsequently the margin is reduced to less than seven goals or five goals respectively, the clock will NOT revert back to stop time. During running time, minor penalties will be 3:00 minutes and major penalties, 7:30 minutes. The mercy rule is in effect for all games including round robin, elimination (if applicable), semi-finals and finals.
OVERTIME
Elimination (if applicable), semi-final and final games shall be sudden victory. Overtime periods in finals will be 10 minutes - 4 on 4; second overtime will be 10 minutes - 3 on 3; followed by a shoot-out. Teams may freely substitute during the overtime. A player who remains penalized at the end of overtime is not eligible for the shootout. The shootout is sudden victory. In the shootout, the first team to score in an equal amount of shots will be declared the winner. No player may shoot twice until all players, excluding goalies, have participated in the shootout.
PENALTIES DURING OVERTIME
No team is permitted to drop below three skaters. If a team drops to three skaters or if in the second overtime period, the team with the man advantage adds a skater or skaters. The penalized player(s) return to the ice at the expiration of the penalty and the 4 on 4, 3 on 3 or man advantage resumes at the first stoppage in play.
TIME-OUTS
There will be no time-outs in round robin play. One 30 second time-out per team per game will be permitted in elimination (if applicable), semi-final and final games.