,All teams must submit their rosters no later than 7 days prior to the tournament to, support@kreezee.com  

1. Touch up offside and icing when shorthanded is allowed without a stoppage in play. All tournaments with a start date prior to April 30, 2026 will be roster ages for the 2025/26 season. Tournaments after May 1, 2026 will be 2026/27 roster ages. All players must bring a copy of their birth certificate. Any teams adding players above the qualifying age of their division without advanced consent by the tournament director, will be disqualified without a refund.      
2. 8u (Half-Ice) Rules & Info:
   • All 8U ½ ice games consist of 2–22-minute run-time periods. 2-minute warm-up and 1-minute break after period 1 to switch sides. Play will be 4 on 4 with goalies and smaller nets. Score is kept, but no record of the player who scores or assists is kept; teams may track that themselves. 
   • Every 2 minutes, the horn will sound, and there will be a line change. The clock does not stop for the line change.
   • All penalties are 30 seconds long and occur during the same shift unless less than 30 seconds remain in the 2-minute period.  In that case, the 30-second penalty will begin at the start of the next 2-minute shift. Players serve their penalties on the team bench. 
3. 8u (Full-Ice) 10u, 12u, & 14u games will consist of 3×13 minute stop time periods.
4. 16u, & 18u games will consist of 3×15-minute stop time periods.
5. If there is a 5-goal spread in the 3rd period, the clock will run. Once running time starts, the only time the clock stops is for an injury or if the goal spread goes back to 3.
6. Minor Penalties -1:30. Major Penalties – 4 minutes and misconducts will be 8 minutes.
7. No timeouts in round robin play. One (1) 30 second timeout will be allowed for each team in Semi-Final and Championship Games.
8. 2 Points for win. 1 Point for tie. 0 Points for a loss.
9. Games can start up to 15 minutes earlier than scheduled game time.

Tie Breakers

In the event of a tie in the standings in the Round Robin, results will be decided by:

• If 2 teams are tied and have played each other in Round Robin, the winner of that game. If 3 or more teams tied go to the next tie breaker*.
• Most Wins
• The team with the highest % of Goals For / Total of Goals For and Against.
• Most Goals For
• *If 2 teams have played a head-to-head game and have identical records and are competing for the last playoff spot the winner of that game shall advance.
• Coin flip

In the event of a tie in the Playoff Round, results will be decided by:

• Sudden victory 3 on 3 overtime.
• Overtime period will be 5 minutes run time, last 30 seconds stop time, except for 8u (Half-Ice), which will be a 3-minute OT period.

• If a team receives a penalty in overtime, the other team will add one player. If a team receives a 2nd penalty the other team will add another player. Please note if a penalty occurs during run time the following minutes apply. Any 1:30–minute penalty will be 2:00-minute run time and a 4-minute major penalty will be 5 minutes run time, and misconducts in OT will be player ejection.
• If still tied after 5 minutes OT, a shoot-out will take place to break the tie. Coaches will select 3 players to shoot. If still tied after 3 shooters, coaches will select 1 shooter and the shoot-out will be sudden death from that point on. The teams must choose different shooters until all players have had a chance to shoot.
• NOTE: Any player serving a penalty that has not expired at the end of the overtime period is ineligible to participate in the shoot-out.

Game Forfeits will result in a 3-0 win. Maximum goal differential is 7 goals.

Penalties that occur in the 3rd period that carry over into overtime are served their full time assessed.

A major fighting or a match penalty will result in player suspension from the tournament.

Any team official (coach, trainer, or manager) ejected from a game could be suspended for the remainder of the tournament.

Any team acquiring 12 or more penalties in a single game will result in the coach being suspended for the following game. 

Coaches are responsible for team conduct while their team is at the Arena.

Any disputes will be settled by the Tournament Committee and all decisions will be final.

For a complete list of all tournament rules, go to, https://properformanceevents.com/sanctioned-rules/