Tournament Rules, Harvest Classic, 2022-2023 (Oakville Hornets)

All players participating in the tournament must be properly registered through the OWHA to play on the team with which they are listed, or qualified to play by a proper OWHA Pickup Consent form. No player may play on more than one team in a tournament. 

A completed Pickup Consent Form must be presented to the tournament official at the team’s first game. The team manager will keep a copy to show at all subsequent games. 

All teams must be ready to play 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. 

Home teams shall wear their lighter coloured jerseys, the visiting team will wear their darker coloured jerseys. 

All games will consist of 3 periods (10-10-12 minutes) stop time except U13 AA, U15 A, U18 A, U18 BB which will consist of 3 periods (12-15-15 minutes) stop time. 

There will be a timed two minute warm up for each game. For 12-15-15 games there will be a flood every two periods (flood will be noted on the game sheet). 

Floods may be adjusted at the discretion of tournament officials in the interests of scheduling. 

As soon as there is a 5-goal differential, the clock shall be operated on a run-time basis in ANY PERIOD. Once the differential is less than 5 goals, the clock will resume on a stop time basis. For the purpose of breaking ties in the standings, the full game score will be recorded in the standings for the official game score, although time keepers may only show a 5-goal differential on the score clock. 

There are no timeouts in round robin games. 

In round robin and playoff games (but not consolation games), in the event of a tie at the end of regulation time, a sudden victory 3-minute overtime will commence. Teams will play 3-on-3 with goalies. Players may be changed at any time. Goalies may be “pulled” at any time and a substitute from the bench may be used. If a team gets a penalty, one player is removed (3 on 2). If the same team gets a second penalty, another player is added to the other team (4 on 2). If the same team gets a third penalty, it will be delayed. If the other team gets a penalty, one player is removed from its side. Penalties will carry over from regulation play to the overtime period. 

The scoring system for the tournament will be the following:  

3 points for a win in regulation time  

2 points for a win in overtime  

1 point for a loss in overtime  

1 point for a tie in overtime  

0 points for a loss in regulation time. 

Standings after the round robin will be calculated on the basis of the points awarded. A default win, if necessary, shall be scored 5-0 for the winning team. 

In the event of a tie in points between teams at the end of the round robin games, the following criteria will be used to break the tie, in the following priority order:    

Number of wins in round robin play 

Winner between tied teams when playing head-to-head (not applicable in a three-way tie)  

Percentage as calculated by dividing the team’s total “goals for” by the sum of the team’s “goals for and goals against”: TGF / (GF+GA) = %. 

Fewest goals against 

Most goals for 

Fewest penalty minutes 

Coin toss 

Playoffs: elimination, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and Championship games are played to a winner. 

One 30 second timeout will be allowed for each team during elimination, quarter-finals, semi-finals and Championship games.  

In the event of a tie at the end of regulation time, a sudden victory 3-minute overtime will commence. Teams will play 3-on-3 with goalies. Players may be changed at any time. Goalies may be “pulled” at any time and a substitute from the bench may be used. 

If a team gets a penalty, one player is removed (3 on 2). If the same team gets a second penalty, another player is added to the other team (4 on 2). If the same team gets a third penalty, it will be delayed. If the other team gets a penalty, one player is removed from its side. Penalties will carry over from regulation play to the overtime period. If still tied at the end of the 3-minute overtime period, a shootout will occur. 

Shootouts: Each team must designate 5 shooters directly onto the game sheet prior to the start of the game. Any player serving a penalty at the end of the overtime will not be eligible to participate in the shootout. All players, except shooters and goalies will be on the bench. Once a player has shot, they will go to the penalty box. Shooters from both teams will shoot simultaneously, starting at centre ice. All 5 designated shooters from each team will shoot. If still tied after the first 5 shooters, each team will designate one shooter at a tie until there is a winner. A player may not shoot for a second tie until all players on the game sheet (except goalies) have shot.  

In Championship games, home team will be the team with the better record in round robin play.  

Consolation games will not have a timeout, overtime, or shootouts.  

Attempts will be made in consolation games to schedule games between teams in a division who have not played each other in the round robin.  

Decisions of the Oakville Hornets Tournament Officials are final. 

3 round robin games. Game 4: First in each pool will be seeded (1, 2) and advance to semis. The remaining 6 teams are seeded (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) top 2 will advance to semi-finals, (1 vs 4, 2 vs 3): Remaining 4 teams (5, 6, 7, 8) teams play a consolation game. Winners of semi-finals advance to finals.  

3 round robin games. Game 4: Top 2 teams get a bye to the semi-finals. Remaining 8 teams are seeded 3-10. Seeds 3, 4, 5, 6 advance to an elimination game. (3 vs 6, 4 vs 5) Remaining 4 teams (7, 8, 9, 10) play a consolation game. Winners of the elimination games play top 2 teams in semi-finals; (1 – WIN 4 vs 5, 2 – WIN 3 vs 6) winners advance to finals. 

3 round robin games. Game 4: Winner of each division are seeded (1, 2, 3) 1 and 2 get a bye to the semi-finals. Remaining 9 teams are seeded 4-12. Seeds 3, 4, 5, 6 advance to an elimination game. (3 vs 6, 4 vs 5) Remaining 6 teams (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) play a consolation game. Winners of the elimination games play top 2 teams in semi-finals; (1 – WIN 4 vs 5, 2 – WIN 3 vs 6) winners advance to finals. 

3 round robin games. Game 4: Top 8 advance to quarterfinals, (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5) Remaining 6 teams (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) play a consolation game. Winners of quarterfinals, play semi-finals, winners advance to finals.  

4 round robin games. Winner of each division is seeded. (1, 2, 3) Remaining 12 teams are seeded 4 -15. Seeds 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, advance to quarter-final games. (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5). Winners of quarterfinals, play semi-finals, winners advance to finals.  

3 round robin games. Game 4: Top team in each division are seeded and advance to quarterfinals, The remaining 12 teams are seeded top 4 advance to quarterfinals (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5). Remaining 8 teams (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) play a consolation game. Winners of quarterfinals, play semi-finals, winners advance to finals.  

3 round robin games. Game 4: Winner of each division are seeded (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Remaining 15 teams are seeded 6-20. Seeds 7, 8, 9, 10 advance to an elimination game. (7 vs 10, 8 vs 9) Remaining 10 teams (11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) play a consolation game. Winners of the elimination games play in quarterfinals, (1 vs W of 8,9, 2 vs W of 7,10, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5). Winners of quarterfinals, play semi-finals, winners advance to finals.