Crystal Cup Tournament Rules

• Absolutely no raising of the puck.
• All minor penalties will result in a goal and loss of puck possession.
• Absolutely no body checking (Minor penalty).
• General hockey infractions such as tripping, hooking, slashing, elbowing, etc. are considered infractions at this event (Minor penalties).
• Major penalties or any action that jeopardizes the safety of players, volunteers or spectators will result in that player’s ejection from the tournament with no substitution allowed for that player’s team.
• In extreme instances or actions involving more than one player from a team, the entire team can be
ejected from the tournament.
• Any abuse of officials (monitors) will be considered a Major penalty. This includes yelling, swearing and
excessive arguing about calls.
• There will be no off-sides or icings.
• Goals must be scored from the ‘attacking’ side of center ice.
• Players cannot fall or lay on the ice to protect the goal (Minor).
• Players cannot lay their sticks down on the ice to protect the goal (Minor).
• See “Clarification of Goaltending” information for further details regarding goaltending.
• Slap shots are expressly PROHIBITED, resulting in loss of possession (Minor).
• Raising the puck above knee-level will result in loss of puck possession (Minor).
• Sticks cannot be raised above the waist (Minor).
• Puck contact with a stick above the waist results in loss of possession (Minor).
• Teams must give half ice advantage after a goal is scored or after an infraction takes place.
• When attacking player crosses center ice, pursuit can take place.
• Hand passes are prohibited and will result in loss of puck possession (Minor).
• Goals ‘kicked in’ will be disallowed and result in loss of puck possession (Minor).
• The organizers reserve the right to prohibit any player from participating in a game should they be
deemed a safety risk to themselves or anyone else.

NOTE:

If the puck leaves the designated playing surface, players have the option to collect the puck if within close range. Buckets of pucks will be available at each player bench. The team to last touch the puck will lose possession and, upon restart, will give the opposing team possession at the spot closest to where the puck left the area of play. Defenders must give the in-bounding team two stick lengths to initiate play again.

The organizers reserve the right to add, edit or delete rules as identified in this document. If changes are made, teams will be informed prior to any games being played.