HSL Championship Guidelines

• All in-game protocols will remain the same as HSL Regular season league games, unless otherwise noted. This includes warm-up, length of periods, mercy rule and rulebook will be the same as then-current HSL Rulebook.
• Supplemental disciplinary procedures and reviews will be managed by the same process as the HSL Regular Season.
• Tie games in round robin portion of the tournament will end in a tie.
• Quarterfinals, semifinals or Championship games ending regulation in a tie will play overtime and shootout if necessary. Overtime rules and protocol are listed below.
• Teams will be guaranteed a minimum of three (3) games during the Championship weekends, as per Acceptance Package information provided prior to the start of the season.
• Pools for Championship weekends will be determined via total Points Percentage (PTS% in website standings) through the regular season, due to the divisional realignment and hybrid divisional games between different divisions which took place. Only records played between teams in the same division will be used. Meaning, games played only against teams playing in the same championship tournaments will be used to determine standings. These PTS% totals are listed below, next to the competing teams in this championship.
• Teams with the highest regular season points percentage will ALWAYS be deemed as the Home Team during the Championship Weekends. 

Note that in all instances, the League Commissioner reserves the right to make final decisions if any lack of clarity or confusion arises from the perception of the above-mentioned rules.

Round Robin Format:

• Teams will be divided into two (2) pools of three (3) and four (4) teams respectively:
  • Pool A - 1^st, 2^nd and 7^th
  • Pool B - 3^rd, 4^th, 5^thand 6^th
• Teams will play a round robin with the teams in their own pool
  • Pool A teams will play two (2) round robin games
  • Pool B teams will play three (3) round robin games
    • Wins will be worth three (3) points
    • Ties will be worth one (1) point
    • Losses will result in zero (0) points
    • NO overtime to be played
    • A MAXIMUM of +5 or -5 for goal differential per game, regardless of final score (ie: a 7-1 win by Team A will only result in a +5 for Team A and -5 for Team B)
  • Tiebreakers when determining final rankings after Round Robin, if teams are tied in points

1. Most wins in round robin
2. Highest decimal rating, based on total GF (goals for) divided by GF (goals for) + GA (goals against) - a maximum of +5 or -5 per game in Round Robin

GF / (GF + GA)

3. Highest Win Percentage from the Regular Season between teams tied
4. Lowest total PIMs
5. Coin Flip

Playoff Format:

• 1^st and 2^nd place in each pool after the round robin games will play in the semi-finals
• 3^rd in Pool A and 3^rd in Pool B will play in a Consolation game
• The 4^th place team in Pool B is eliminated
• Semi-final winners will play each other in the Championship Game, with the losers being eliminated

Overtime Rules for Playoff Games

1. 5 Minutes - 3 on 3 if the game is tied after regulation.
2. If still tied after 3 on 3, there will be a 3-player shootout. Home team will have the choice to shoot first or second. If the teams are still tied after three shooters each, there will be a sudden death shootout. Shooters are only eligible to shoot once until ALL skaters have taken a shot, then players will be eligible to shoot twice.