Tournament Rules

Important Notes:

1. All rosters must be submitted online via the waiver link to SportNinja by December 23rd, 2025. The roster will be frozen after this date (no additional players will be permitted).

2. A player must play in 1 round robin game to be eligible to play in the playoffs and finals.

3. You must use the dressing room that you are assigned. Teams will need to share the dressing rooms. Please only take 15 minutes in the room before and after the games.

Rules and Information

·         Each ice time will have a 2-minute warm up, followed by a 43-minute game. Stop time for the last minute.

·         All rosters must be submitted online via the waiver link to SportNinja by December 23rd, 2025. The roster will be frozen after this date (no additional players will be permitted).

·         Each game will require a coach/manager to list all active players for the game on the game sheet / per game.

·         The tournament will provide refs / scorekeepers as well as a tournament director who will be at the BWC for the tournament.

·         A player must play in at least 1 round robin game to be eligible to play in the playoff / final game.

·         No more than 11 players and 2 goalies are allowed to be rostered for a team and can play per game.

·         A player can not play for more than 1 team in the same division. Players are not allowed to play in a division as an overage player. This includes goalies and females.

·         No jersey numbers are required. No individual stats are taken.

Dressing Rooms, Arenas, Tournament Office

·         All games on each rink run 30 minutes apart.

·         The BWC is short 2 dressing rooms for the 2 rinks (6 dressing rooms total). Unfortunately, we have to ask you to respect this limitation. Please use the room only 15 minutes prior to the start of the game and take no more than 15 minutes to leave.

·         You will need to share a room with another team at the same time.

·         Please have patience with other people while using the dressing rooms.

·         Please enter the facility at the Southeast side of the first building labeled “Players’ Entrance”.

·         The Training Rink is the first arena as you enter the players entrance to the building.  The Activity Ice is the further rink from the players’ entrance.

*Do not lock the rooms with a pad lock

**Coaches/Managers will need to fill out a game sheet from the tournament office (located at the dressing room level, labeled coaches room) with their team’s roster each game.

Standings

·         2 Points for a win / 0 Points for a loss. 1 point for a tie.

·         Playoffs are seeded with teams with the most points in the standings.

When 2 teams are tied:

1) Head-to-Head record

2) Team with the greatest number of wins

3) Team with fewest goals against

4) Team with most goals for

5) Coin Toss

When 3 or more teams are tied:

1) Team with the greatest number of wins

2) Team with fewest goals against (collectively)

3) Team with most goals for (collectively)

4) Coin Toss

*After the 3-way tie breaker process determines the highest seeded team, the tie breaker then goes back to the 2-team tie breaker process.

Penalties / Tie Breakers

• Penalties are awarded as Penalty Shots (no rebounds). NO CHASING. Face-offs will follow in zone or at center depending on result of the penalty shot.

·         Offsides are blown down as in regular hockey. There are no offsides in U7 (2019) and U8 (2018) to keep the speed of the game up.

·         No Icings in any age division.

·         No Body Checking in any age division.

·         Change on the fly for all age divisions.

·         When a goal is scored, the team must all wait on the other side of the center ice line until the team has taken the puck out of the net and the referee gives an indication that they can attack the zone.

·         Regular face offs for the rest of the play.

·         Mercy Rule: If a team is losing by 5 goals or more, they can put a 4th player on the ice until they get back to a 3-goal difference. The team then goes back to 3 players. The Mercy Rule is to make games more competitive and allow everyone to have fun.

·         No time outs in any games this includes round robin, playoffs or finals.

·         No overtime / shootouts unless it is a final (Gold medal game).

·         If the final game ends in a tie, there will be an immediate 5-person shootout. After 5 different players have shot and it is still tied, the process then goes to a sudden death shoot out (1 shot for 1 shot). A different player must be used until all players have shot in the shootout process before re-using the same player.

Expectations

• Teams are responsible for their own pucks for warm up.

·         Both teams are to shake hands at the completion of each game.

·         Teams must have a goalie at each game and are responsible for jerseys. The tournament will provide pinnies for teams that have a color conflict. In the case of a conflict, the visiting team will wear the pinnies.

·         Standings will be emailed out each night to the contact person who registered the team.

·         The tournament director reserves the right to expel any parent, coach, manager, or player for abusive or offensive behavior.

Christmas Break 3 on 3 FAQs

1. Can a player play on a team outside of their birth year?

All players on the team (including female players and goalies) must be the same birth year as the registration division. They cannot play down a year; however, players can play up a year. For example, a 2017 player cannot play on a 2018 team, but a 2019 player can play on a 2018 team.

2. Does my team need jerseys?

Yes, teams will need to wear their own jerseys. Please reach out to Brooklyn Moore at brooklynn@insideedgehockey.com if you are interested in purchasing jerseys. In the event of colour conflict, we will provide pinnies.

3. Does my team need insurance?

While the tournament and facility are insured, it is recommended that teams purchase their own insurance to cover the team. Please reach out to Shawn Perrier at shawn@iplayhockey.ca with any insurance inquiries.

4. Do I need to submit my team roster?

Yes, all rosters will need to be submitted to the tournament prior to the start.

5. Is there hitting in the U15 division?

No, there is no hitting in any division of the Christmas Break 3 on 3.

6. I need an extra player. Can you help?

Yes, we have a list of single players looking for a team to join.

Most of all, we hope you have fun and enjoy the hockey tournament!

Inside Edge Hockey Training / The Burnaby Winter Club

Christmas Break 3 on 3 Tournament Organizers