5 - Team Competition & Officials

How Semi-Finals & Finals are Structured

All semi-finals shall consist of one game, with the possible exception of the ECSL and Senior B.

In any grade with five or less teams, the winner of the Team 2 and Team 3 play off will play Team 1 in the final.

All finals shall consist of one game, with the possible exception of the ECSL and Senior B.

If any teams remain equal at the end of regular time, five (5) minutes ’sudden death’ extra time will apply and shall be ’stop time’ with the exception of ECSL.

If the score remains equal at the end of extra time, a best of three (3) penalty shootout will apply with the exception of ECSL.

If still equal after three shots per team, the shootout will continue until there is a result, after an equal number of shots with the exception of ECSL.

All players listed on the team sheet who are not serving penalties or injured at the end of the overtime period are to be used once in the sudden death shootout before a player can shoot a second time.