General Rules & Regulations
- Tournament Schedule, Results, Standings, and Information can be found at www.oakvillerangers.ca/fifo
- Complaints, concerns and compliments are to be directed to the Tournament Office at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex (3070 Neyagawa Blvd, Oakville, ON). Any distasteful engagement with arena staff, tournament volunteers, timekeepers or on-ice officials will not be tolerated and could result in a default or expulsion.
- The tournament generally runs ahead of schedule and ample time between games has been provided for each team. Therefore, teams must be prepared to play any game up to 15 minutes early.
- Home team wears light coloured jerseys - Away team wears dark coloured jerseys.
- All teams should bring their own dressing room locks. The tournament is not responsible for lost/stolen property.
- Mouth and neck guards are required if your local governing body requires their use.
- The tournament committee reserves the right to take measures necessary to ensure a safe tournament for the participants including the modification of any rule(s) herein which is deemed by them to be in the tournament’s best interest. Decisions of the tournament committee are final.
Officiating, Suspensions, & Safety
- This is an OMHA-sanctioned tournament. The tournament will be played and officiated according to OMHA rules and in accordance with the Hockey Canada U9 Player Pathway.
- Fighting, Game Misconducts, Gross Misconducts and Match Penalties will be subject to suspension lengths as outlined by the Ontario Hockey Federation at https://www.ohf.on.ca/rules-and-regulations/minimum-suspension-list/.
- It is the responsibility of the team to ensure any player or team official who has been assessed a suspension sits out the required number of games as per the OHF Minimum Suspension List. Failure to comply will result in the offending team forfeiting the game and being relegated to last place in their Pool, as per OHF Playing Regulations.
- All tournament forfeits will result in a 5 – 0 loss.
Tie-Breaking Rules
Ranking of teams, used to determine which teams advance from Round Robin play as well as to determine home ice in the championship final, will be defined as follows:
- Most points in all round robin games, where 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss
- If both (or all) tied teams played against each other, the head-to-head record in those games
- The most Wins (W) during all round robin games
- The highest Goal Differential (GF%) calculated as GF / (GF + GA) during all round robin games
- The lowest Goals Against (GA) during all round robin games
- The highest Goals For (GF) during all round robin games
- The fewest Penalty Minutes (PM) during all round robin games
- A random draw
Period Lengths
- 10 x 10 x 10, stop time
- Period lengths are the same for all Round Robin and Playoff Round games within that division
- No in-game floods for any Division in either Round Robin or Playoff Round games
- Teams will be permitted a 2-minute warm-up prior to the game.
Teams must be prepared to play any game up to 15 minutes early. Teams not ready to start play at the scheduled time and/or when the referee calls the players to centre ice for the initial face off, will be subject to a delay of game penalty and possible forfeit of the game
Overtime and Shootouts (Playoff Rounds Only)
- Overtime: One 5-minute period, sudden victory
- Overtime: 3-on-3 format. If a team receives a penalty during overtime (or has penalty time remaining at the end of regulation), the opposing team will add another player for each penalty being served, up to a maximum of 5 players.
If a Playoff Round is not settled by Overtime it will proceed to a Shootout.
- Each team selects 3 players
- Teams shoot alternately and all three players shoot
- If there is no winner after 3 shots each, then shootout continues in sets of one, using different players
- Goalies must be those who were last used in overtime
- Flip of coin decides which team shoots first
- Continue rotation in same order until there is a winner
- If one team completes its player rotation before the other because it has fewer players, without a winner, both teams will be allowed to revert to their starting sequence and to repeat that sequence
- A player who is still serving an overtime or regulation time penalty can not participate in the shootout
Mercy Rule
In round robin games, if the 3rd period begins with a team leading by 5 goals or a team reaches a 5 goal lead during the period, it will be running time for the balance of the period. Time will continue to run throughout the period, regardless of further scoring changes. In the semi-finals or finals, the same Mercy Rules apply UNLESS the trailing team cuts the deficit to 3 goals. In that case, the game will return to stop time for the balance of the game
Inclement Weather Policy
Please note, we CAN NOT cancel any games due to inclement weather. GAMES WILL ONLY BE CANCELLED IF THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE CHOOSES TO CLOSE THE ARENA(S). Please keep an eye on the forecast and plan accordingly. In the event of poor weather, allow yourself extra time to get to the arena and drive safe!
Please note, any games cancelled as a result of arena closure will not be rescheduled. In the unlikely event of an arena closure, the affected teams will be notified via email and the Tournament Homepage page will be updated with an announcement.