2024-2025 LOCAL LEAGUE Round robin PLAYOFFS Reviewed Jan 26, 2026
More details will follow at the February meeting in regards to the final weekend.
11) LOCAL LEAGUE Round robin PLAYOFFS
Feb 8th - Ending Thursday March 12th
1) FINAL DAY to play regular season games: is Saturday Feb 7th
All teams in good standing will advance to Playoffs (paid up and honest effort to get their games in)
U8 MD and U8 LL / U 9 MD and U 9 LL no playoffs
Pathway allows teams to play until April 5th however, should there be a final weekend showcase, the seeding for the Final weekend will be based on the win % on March 12th.
The schedule will be uploaded soon after. Location to be determined
U11 through U18
SEEDING for the POD A, B and C will be done using win % after the final game of
the regular season which ends FEB 7th but as early as 24th of January as long as remaining games do not affect the placement of teams in one pod or another.
U11 (21 teams) 3 pods of 7 teams
U13 (18 teams) 3 pods of 6 teams
U15 (21 teams) 3 pods of 7 teams
U18 ( 26 teams) 3 pods (two of 9 one pod of 8)
Each U18 group (A and B) will be divided into 3 pods
Based on the win% of Feb 6th 11:00 pm (Top, middle, bottom)
The Pods will be created at the discretion of the executive and can vary in numbers when deemed necessary.
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Games left in the ipad - not uploaded, each centre is responsible for checking before the deadline that all games have been uploaded.
2) CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND -TBA we are in the process secure ice.
possibly a few on Friday, Saturday, Sunday March 27-29
The schedule (without the teams) will be available online as soon as possible.
HOSTING: Likely Fort Erie (details such as cost and schedule will be available at the February meeting)
3) PLAYOFF FORMAT for the round robin games
True round robin within the pod. (everyone plays each of the teams)
SEEDING and dividing teams into PODS to be determined by Scheduler and LL VP
Games to be played between Feb 8th and March 12th (4 weekends)
If games are scheduled during March break (defined as beginning Friday March 13th at 3:30 pm and ending Sunday March 22nd) both centres must agree and the date must be approved by Peter in an email with both centres cc’d.
Pods of 9, will play 4 home,/ 4 away
Pods of 8, will play 4 home/ 3 away or vice versa
Pods of 7, will play 3 home / 3 away.
Pods of 6, will play 3 home/ 2 away or vice versa
i) Teams can play during the day on Family Day weekend and double headers on weekends are permitted .
ii) Superbowl Sunday no games after 3pm unless both teams agree.
iii) Regular stop time, same as regular season. No overtime.
iv) One time out per team, per game.
v) All efforts will be made to avoid curfews, however curfews may occur. Curfew must be entered on game sheet prior to the game.
vi) Top 4 teams per pod after round robin will advance to championship weekend.
vii) Cancellation of playoff games is frowned upon.
TIE BREAKER GAMES: If a tie breaker is needed to decide 4th and 5th thereby eliminating one of a team from the championship weekend, a tie breaker game will be played.
LOCAL LEAGUE 3 days following March Break (March 23, 24, 25th ) are reserved for tie breaker games.
4) SCHEDULING:
Centres must submit 4 home ice times per teams to the local league scheduler. Schedulers are encouraged to submit ONE weekday game time if their regular game time is Saturday or Sunday.
Black out dates must also be submitted.
Match-ups will be created using the tables on Page 4
5) Format for Tie BREAKERS following Round Robin Play:
a) If a tie breaker is needed to decide 4th and 5th thereby eliminating one of a team from the championship weekend, a tie breaker game will be played.
[i] If Three [3] teams are tied in points for 4th place after Round Robin Play, the Team that finished with the highest standing at the end of Regular Season Play will have a BYE and wait to play the winner of the remaining Two Teams who will play a sudden victory Round Robin Tie Breaker Series using the format in item 7 below.
[ii] If Four [4] teams are tied in points for 4th place after Round Robin Play there will be two [2] sudden victory games using the format in item 7 below. Final Regular Season League standings will be used to determine who plays whom. Of the teams that are tied the team that finished highest will play the team that finished third highest, and the team that finished second highest will play the team that finished fourth highest.
b) If tie breaker is strictly to decide seeding, 1 through 4, with no teams being eliminated from the Championship weekend the following will be used:
i) head to head
ii) regular season standings will decide the seeding.
1) Total points
2) Best +/- differential on total goals for & total goals against. by subtracting the total goals against from the total goals for
3) Highest total of Total Goals for.
4) Lowest total of Total Goals against.
5) Lowest total of Total Penalty minutes.
6) Highest total of Total Wins.
7) Format for Round Robin Tie Breaker Game if needed:
[i] A one- [1] game winner take all series will be played. Tie breaking games will be held on the first available ice after March Break.
[ii] The association of the team that finished highest in the standings at the End of Regular Season play will be given the first opportunity to host the game. If they are unable to host, the opposing team will host. If both teams are unable to host in the 3 days following March break, (March 23-24-25th ) a neutral site will be found.
[iii] Regulation stop time periods will be played with NO curfew.
[iv] If the game is tied after regulation, 1 x 5 minute 4 vs 4, sudden victory overtime.
[v] If after the 5 minute overtime, the game is still tied, the game will be decided by shootout.
(a) 3 person shootout, (all 3 shoot, alternating one team then the other)
(b) home teams has the choice of shooting first or second.
(c) If after the 3 shooters it is still tied, each team will choose 1 shooter and continue the shootout until a winner is decided. (sudden death)
(d) Teams cannot use the same shooter twice unless everyone on the team has already gone once.
The Home Association is responsible for covering the cost of Ice Time, Referees Expenses, and Time/Score Keepers.
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