2018 COWBOY CUP BALL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
Iron Man Ball Hockey Rules
ROSTER DETAILS
The game is played 4 on 4
Maximum roster on a team is 8 players plus 1 goalie.
There are no substitutions on rosters at all.
If someone can’t play then you must play with who you have left.
If a goalie is injured to the point of not being able to continue, then a replacement goalie can be found.
Tournament Structure
The Tournament will last 5 hours and will be a Round Robin Format
Each Game will consist of:
- 2 minutes of warm up time
-15 minutes of run time hockey (no stop time)
***GOLD MEDAL GAME ONLY- Stop time last 2 minutes within a 2 goal spread
YOUTH DIVISIOn INFORMATION
Elite Divisions: Are intended for players who wish to compete at the highest level.
Reccreational Divisions: Are intended for players who look to compete in a mixed skill environment.
Players are permitted to play in both divisions, provided the overall make up of the roster still suits the level of play.
The tournament holds the rights to refuse certain players to a Recreational Division roster.
Players are permitted to play up an age group.
Hockey Rules.
Face Offs : There is only one face off to start the game.
Goals : When a goal is scored. The team who scored must back out of the attacking end.
The team who was scored on must get their own ball out of their own net.
They will take the ball behind the net and allow the official to signal “play on.”
The game then continues.
Offsides + Stoppages : The team who created the offside or the out of play, must turn the ball over to the other team.
The team who now gets the ball will wait for the officials signal of "play on" and then the game continues.
Penalties : All penalties will result in a penalty shot.
The player who was infracted upon must be the shooter.
The shooter will line up at the centre dot with the ball.
All other players will line up on the blue line behind him.
The referee will indicate go to the shooter, once the shooter crosses the attacking blue line, then the ball becomes live.
The players on the back blue line are not to move until the shooter crosses the attacking blue line.
Fighting + Major Penalties : Any fighting or Major penalties will result in automatic elimination for that player from the tournament.
Your team must now play short a player for the rest of the day.
Misconducts :
- 10 min misconduct penalties will result in removal from the current game.
- 10 min misconduct penalties received in the last 2 min of the game, will result is suspension from the following game as well.
- Game Misconducts and Gross Misconducts will result in ejection from the tournament.
Points : 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie. Round robin games remain as a tie.
Tie Breaker : ( please follow along the stats on the website )
- Points
- Head to head
- Wins
- Goals against.