The Crohn’s and Colitis Hockey Tournament (CCHT) was created by myself, Jonathan Marcello. It is a non-contact charity hockey tournament to help raise money and awareness for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a chronic debilitating disease that affects over 200,000 Canadians with 9,000 new cases every year. We welcome both boys and girls team at most levels of hockey skills. We divide our divisions based on the teams skill level (House league, select..etc.). We guarantee three games for each team and a forth for teams that make the finals. This tournament allows teams to put together players that would not normally play together during their regular hockey season. For example friends and family members that generally play on other teams or leagues.
CCHT
General
Rules for Tournament
Atom, Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget Divisions
1.
Tournament Format - 3 Game Guarantees. All teams will play three (3) games
from Friday, April 29th – Sunday May 1st. At the
conclusion of the preliminary rounds, teams will then be seeded in their respective
divisions as follows.
In the Atom, Bantam and
Midget Divisions all teams will play three (3) preliminary games between
Friday April 29th and May 1st. At the conclusion of the preliminary
round the top two (2) teams will advance to the Championship Final on Sunday May
1st.
In the Peewee Divisions all
teams will play three (3) preliminary games. At the conclusion of the
preliminary round, teams will then be seeded. The 2nd and 3rd
place teams will play a Sudden Death Semi Final game with the winners advancing
to play the 1st place team in the Peewee Division
Championship Final game on Sunday May 1st.
All Semi Finals and
Championship games on Sunday May 1st must be played to a winner. Overtime format will apply to all games
that are tied at the end of regulation play.
2. Preliminary Round Play: Final standings depend strictly on number of points gained
during first three games (2 points for win, 1 point for tie, 0 points for
loss). If teams are tied in points, ties are broken as follows:
Two Teams Tied
Step 1: Head To
Head record if played if played each other.
Step 2: Fewest penalty minutes.
The tied team that has the fewest penalty minutes will place higher.
Step 3: Best Plus Minus (Goals For less Goals Against).
Step 4: Lowest Goals Against
Step 5: Highest Goals For
Step 6: Coin Toss
Three or More Teams Tied
Step 1: Head to Head record (Note:
This tie breaker may only be used if all teams involved in the tie have faced
one another and one team has beaten all the other involved teams)
Step 2: Fewest penalty minutes.
The tied team that has the fewest penalty minutes will place higher.
Step 3: Best Plus Minus (Goals For less Goals Against).
Step 4: Lowest Goals Against
Step 5: Highest Goals For
Step 6: Coin Toss
Note: Above rules will apply in
sequence with no reverting back to determine placement of teams.
3. Game Format:
Preliminary Games: Game duration will be two (2) 10
minutes and (1) 12 minutes stop time periods. No overtime
in preliminary games, ties stand.
All Elimination, Semi-Final and
Championship Games:
Sunday May 1st: Game duration will be two (2) 10 minutes and
one (1) 12 minutes stop time periods. Each team is allowed to use one (1) 30
second time out during the game. Overtime format applies if still tied at the
end of regulation time.
Note: The tournament committee
reserves the right to adjust the game format and ice resurfacing schedule at
any time due to unforeseen circumstances.
4. Overtime: A 5 minute four-on-four,
running time period will be played to sudden death. During this overtime period,
players will only be permitted to change on the fly (no changing on the
whistle). If still tied, we go to an NHL style shootout.
5.
Shootout: If
there is still no score at the end of the five-minute overtime, an NHL style
shootout.
· Each
team is responsible for designating three shooters. A player serving a penalty
at the end of the overtime is ineligible to participate in the shootout. The three
shooters must be different players.
· The
Home team will have the option of who will be shooting first. The teams will
alternate players shooting on the opposing goalie (i.e. they don’t shoot at the
same time). All shooters will start
out with the puck at center ice.
· Once
the shot is completed the player must proceed to the penalty bench. It will be
the responsibility of the timekeeper to keep track of the number of each
shooter. It will be the responsibility of the Home team to ensure that the
timekeeper is aware of their responsibilities.
· If
still tied after the 3-player shootout, a sudden victory shootout will take
place. Each team will continue to send out a single player until one team
scores and the other doesn’t at which point the team scoring will be declared
series winner.
· No shooter is to repeat until all
players on the team have participated in the shoot out
6. Tournament governed by CCHT
rules, amended from CHA. This is a “non – contact” tournament. It is understood
and accepted that incidental contact will result and that some body contact is
purely accidental. Nevertheless, all players are responsible for their own
actions. Body checking is strictly prohibited and will be penalized with a
minor or major penalty at the referee’s discretion.
7. Players receiving MAJOR penalties, Game Misconduct, Gross Misconduct or Match penalties are EJECTED from remainder of tournament. Note: The tournament
committee will review any accidental high sticking majors.
8. Players receiving THREE (3) MINOR PENALTIES in any game are ejected from that
game!
9. NO TIME will be allowed to dress a second
goaltender should a goalie be injured or ejected.
10. ROSTERS: All players must be registered
on a CCHT waiver form.
11. Players must play in 1
preliminary game to be eligible for a Semi-Final and Championship game.
12. Fair Play Rule: We hope this doesn’t happen, BUT in any game where
there is 5 goals difference, the last 5 minutes will be played on straight time
until end of game or until difference is less than 5. Maximum plus/minus in one
game is 5. Any forfeited scores will be recorded as a 3-0 score. The tournament
committee may review any forfeited games affecting other teams in terms of
playoff status in order to determine which teams advance beyond preliminary
round.
13. A player will only be allowed
to play for one team in the tournament. (Goalies Excepted)
14. Awards based on number of
players PARTICIPATING in tournament to a maximum of 15.