Rules & Format

FORMAT - CROSS ICE
GAME TIME

• Cross-ice rinks with dividers separating each rink
• 20-minute games
• 1-minute warm-up
• Running clock
• The buzzer sounds every 90 seconds for line changes
• The ice will be cut every two hours
• Game officials and clock operators provided for all games

GOALTENDERS

• Intermediate nets will be used
• A goaltender in full goalie gear is required to guard the nets and will have full goalie privileges
• When the goalie freezes the puck, or after a goal, the team that shot/scored will retreat to mid-ice; the advancing team will receive the puck, and play will resume; the clock will run

PENALTIES

• When a penalty is called, the offending player will be removed from play and must immediately skate to his/her bench
• Play will continue without substitution for the offending player until the next buzzer when a new 4-player unit takes the ice
• Coaches will use the infraction for instructional purposes, informing the offending player regarding the infraction and how not to repeat it
• The player will be eligible to return for his/her next shift
• In the rare instance that two penalties occur from one team during a shift, a substitute player may go on the ice for the second player returning to the bench; play will never be less than 3-on-4 (or 3-on-3)
• If a player takes repeated penalties or attempts to injure another player, he/she may be removed from the tournament. The on-ice official will have the final judgment.

SCORING

• No scores will be kept in this tournament
• No individual stats will be kept
• All participants will receive a ShopRite Nutmeg Tee Shirt  

A NOTE REGARDING LINE CHANGES

• Line changes – if a team finds itself in a line change situation where not all four players are coming off the ice to be replaced by another 4-player unit, the player(s) left on the ice must come back to the bench to “tag up” before continuing play
• 4 players & 1 Goal Keeper on Ice

ORGANIZERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR ADAPT ANY RULE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.