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BCHL TOURNAMENT OF FRIENDS RULES - CLICK HERE TO VIEW
TOURNAMENT OF FRIENDS OVERTIME FORMAT - CLICK HERE FOR FORM
1. Game Format:
a. Warm Up – 2 minutes
b. 1st Period – 10 minutes, stop time
c. 2nd Period – 10 minutes, stop time
d. 3rd Period – 12 minutes, stop time (subject to 5 goal differential – last 5 minutes)
e. Overtime – no game ends in a tie.
i. 1st 2 minutes – 3 on 3 (plus goalies) sudden death. No line changes.
ii. 2nd 90 seconds – 2 on 2 (plus goalies) sudden death. No line changes.
iii. 3rd 60 seconds – 1 on 1 (plus goalies) sudden death. No line changes.
** Players are only permitted to play in 1 round of overtime**
iv. Shoot out – Simultaneous Shoot out. Both players start at center ice, and on ref’s whistle shoot on opposing goalie. This is a sudden death shoot out – first to outscore opponent wins. Shoot out list must be handed in to tournament office prior to start of game.
v. Once everyone on your bench has either played in the OT or the shootout, you will restart from the beginning of the list.
2. THE OVERTIME SHEET, WHICH MUST BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED PRIOR TO EVERY GAME, IS AVAILABLE AT THE TOURNAMENT OFFICE OR YOU MAY PRINT OFF YOUR OWN AND BRING WITH YOU.
3. THERE ARE NO LINE CHANGES PERMITTED IN OVERTIME. IF THERE IS AN INUJRY, TEAM MAY SUBSITUTE WITH ANY PLAYER WHO IS NOT PLAYING ANY OF THE FIRST 3 ROUNDS OF OVERTIME.
- If there is a penalty in any Overtime Round, a penalty shot is awarded to the opposing team.
- For any minor penalty, 1 (one) penalty shot will be awarded to the opposing team. Any player on the ice at the time of the infraction may take the shot.
- For any major penalty, 2 (two) penalty shots will be awarded – the second penalty shot, only if required. Any two players on the ice at the time of the infraction can take the penalty shot.
- In the event of coincidental or offsetting penalties in the same stoppage in play, penalty shots will be taken simultaneously. The player that receives the Major penalty will be removed from play and replaced with the next available player starting at the bottom of the list.
- If there is no winner after the awarded penalty shots, play will continue.
- Any penalized player during the overtime rounds is required to go to the penalty box and is no longer eligible for any further overtime rounds or shoot outs. The player will be substituted from the bottom of the shootout list. The replacement player will be removed from the shootout round.
- Any player with time remaining on a penalty at the end of regulation will remain in the penalty box for the entirety of the overtime/shootout and will be ineligible to participate. If the player was to participate in the first three rounds of the overtime, they will be replaced by the player at the bottom of the shootout rounds. The replacement player will be removed from the shootout round.