Official Rules of the ROBIN

THESE RULES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS IN APRIL OF 2007

 Registration:

• Each player must register before the scheduled time of their team’s first game
• Players (subs) registering following their teams first game is permitted but they must register before the start time of the next game the plan to participate in and not have registered on any other roster.
• Team captains must have completed the online registry and entry fee payment process (or other arranged payment format with the Return Of The Robin directors) by the specified deadline (TBD) before individual team players can register. Teams must be pre-paid in full before the deadline (TBD). If this process has not been completed the next team on the waiting list will be notified and allowed to take this teams slot.
• Player registration will be open by 5:00pm on Thursday (the first night of the tournament)
• Location of registration will be determined and announced two weeks before the tournament.
• All players must provide and present a valid drivers license or proof of identification (age) at time of registration
• All team participants must sign a Return Of The Robin waiver at time of registration. Captains or anyone else are not permitted to sign waivers on behalf or another participant.
• Each player will be issued at players badge, a helmet sticker and bag tag at time of registration.
• The helmet sticker must be placed on your helmet and the bag tag on you bag of equipment… it is suggested that the player badge be kept on your person at all times during the tournament.
• Official rosters and all credentials must be available on the bench at all time during Return Of The Robin competition.
• Helmet Stickers: No player will be able to step on the ice with out the helmet sticker affixed to their helmet
• Bag tags: are used to help in lost equipment identification on shuttles
• Player Badges: will help tournament staff identify players from fans. The benefits to the players are bar discounts, equipment drying, identification, free shuttle services and more.
• All players must be able to produce one of their registration verifications at all tournament-sponsored event.  If this verification is not accessible, that player will be immediately ejected from the tournament or eliminated from tournament player benefits, if there no helmet sticker on a player’s helmet during a game all previous games forfeited for that team they are playing for.
• Any person associated with the team (player, coach, medic, trainer, water boy) must register and provide necessary identification if they plan to sit on the benches or enter the Locke rooms.

 Rosters

• There is no limit to team rosters.
• All players or any non-player team associates (coaches, managers etc.) must be a Return Of The Robin registered participant if they plan to be on the ice, team bench or locker rooms. They will receive the same benefits as the players.
• All rosters must abide to the age and skill requirement of their division any exception results is immediately ejection from the tournament and all previous games forfeited for the team they are playing.
• Players may only play for one team. A player may NOT register for multiple teams. If a player is caught playing on a multiple teams a protest may be submitted to the Return Of The Robin directors. All games (regardless of team) that the player participated in will receive a team(s) loss
• SELECTS: all players must be 21 years of age or older
• Open D1: all players must be 21 years of age or older
• Open D2: all players must be 21 years of age or older
• 30+ D1: all players must be 30 years of age or older
• 30+ D2: all players must be 30 years of age or older
• 40+: all players must be 40 years of age or older
• Fossils: all players must be 50 years of age or older
• Girls: all players must be 21 years of age or older and female
• Novice: all players must be 21 years of age or older a no more then high school level hockey.

Format

• Tentative competition format will be a round robin format
• Win =2 points
• Tie = 1 point for each team
• Loss = 0 points
• Loss by one goal =0.5 point to losing team
• Each Division will consist of 4 or 8 teams.
• TIE BREAKERS:

A-   Head to head competition between the tied teams

B-    Total games for, total games against

C-   Least goals allowed

D-   Flip of a coin

 Team Practices

• Practice ice is available on a first-come, first serve basis from two weeks prior to the tournament dates.
• Teams are responsible for all costs associated with practice ice time
• To rent practice ice time prior to the tournament please contact one of the tournament directors (the contact info is listed on the tourney website)
• There will be discounted rates for ice for registered teams to practices.

 Housing

• There will be an official Return Of The Robin hotel
• To get the details contact a tourney director

 Games

• Each game will be approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes with a 5 minute warm up
• First two periods will be 15 minutes stop time
• Third period will be running time, except the last 2 minutes that will be stop time ONLY if the score is within a 2 goal margin.

Officials

• There will be two officials governing each game
• The officials ruling is absolute for that game
• Any harassing of the officials will not be tolerated and can result in discipline actions taken by the Return Of The Robin committee… up to team ejection.

 Sports Rules

• Slap shots are not permitted (except for the SELECTS division). Snapshots are defined as a stick rose above the waist. The penalty shall be a face off in the violating teams zone. The officials ruling on slap shots are absolute and cannot be subject to protest.
• No checking will be allowed. Any player that intentionally pushes, shoves, checks or fails to avoid body contact with an opponent shall be assessed a 2-minute penalty. The official’s call is absolute and not subject to protest.
• No two line passes
• The red-line will determine icing
• Fighting is not tolerated and will result in a tournament ejection. If an official tosses a player for fighting their call is not subject to protest and player is ejected from the tournament (no questions asked or protest allowed)
• Each team will be granted one-30 second (stop time) time out per game and one-30 second (stop time) time out per overtime period in the championship games. Time outs do not carry over from regulation or over time periods.
• Team jerseys must be of like design and/or color. Teams are encouraged to have on colored and one white jersey. Uniforms shall be free of inappropriate symbols or wording