Rules

Lady Liberty Classic 

PRELIMINARY GAMES

• The teams in each division will play preliminary games to determine which teams advance to the playoffs and championship games. These games will have 13-13-13 minute stop-time periods.
• Teams will receive 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for a shootout win, 1  point for shootout loss, and 0 points for a regulation loss.
• Three-minute warm-up.
• Home teams will choose color.
• Teams must be prepared to start the game 15 minutes early.
• Any preliminary game that ends in a tie will go to a sudden death shootout (1 for 1 until there is a winner).  All players must shoot before a player can shoot again.  Home team can choose to go first or second.
• Games will go to running time after the second period when a five-goals-or-greater differential exists. Stop time will resume when the differential becomes three goals.
• Games will end after the 10:00 minute mark of the third period when a ten-goals-or-greater differential exists.
• Max goal differential is seven goals. Example: If the final score is 10-1, it will be recorded as 8-1.
• No timeouts are permitted in the preliminary games.
• One timeout of one minute per team is permitted in the playoff games.

PLAYING RULES

• ALL OFFICIALS CALLS are FINAL. The tournament does not have the ability to change officials' calls.
• Period Lengths are 13-13-13 minute stop-time periods.
• Penalty times will be as follows:
• MINOR Penalties: 1.5 minutes
• MAJOR Penalties: 5 minutes
• MISCONDUCT Penalties: 10 minutes
• FIGHTING Penalties: Player out for remainder of game and next game.
• Second offense - Player out of tournament.
• GAME MISCONDUCT: Player or team official out for remainder of game and next game.
• Second offense - Player out of tournament.
• 5 NON-INCIDENTAL Penalties: Player out for remainder of game and next game.
• Second offense - Player out of tournament.

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

• Proof of age must be available to the tournament committee.
• Player must be on a team's roster prior to the first game.
• Players can only play on one team per division.
• Teams using ineligible or illegal players will be referred to the Tournament Director, and may be removed from the tournament with a forfeit of any entry fee.
• A player must play in a minimum of two pool-play games to be eligible for the playoffs.
• Players without suitable proof of age will be allowed to participate in their team's first game only. If proof is not presented before Game 2, and their team was the winner of Game 1, this will be forfeited by a score of 3-0.
• In the case of a goalie issue (ie.. missing a goalie for a whole game or if a goalie is hurt in the middle of a game the Tournament Director will evaluate the situation and give consent on the most reasonable/feasible solution to replace the goalie).

TIEBREAKERS

To determine teams advancing to the semifinal and final rounds. If more than 2 teams are tied, as soon as the tie is broken, the tie breaker will then reset to Head-to-head and reapplied to any remaining ties. If there are more than 2 teams tied, Goal Quotient will be the first tiebreaker until its back down to only 2 teams tied in points. At that time, Head-to-Head would then apply. Head-to-Head is only used if or when it's down to only 2 teams that are tied in points.

1. Head-to-Head Competition - Direct play between two tied teams.(Goes away should there be more than 2 teams tied with same points.)
2. Goal Quotient - The team with the greater % will advance. GF/(GF +GA)
3. Fewest Goals Against
4. Most Goals For
5. Fastest goal in first game
6. Coin Toss

PLAYOFFS

• The top 4 move onto the semifinals. Playoff games will be put online and emailed to team contacts. Please allow us time to calculate (immediate emails, phone calls and questions, will delay the process).
• Playoffs will re-seed after each round. There is not a set bracket for any division.
• All playoffs and final games will be 13-13-13 stop-time periods. All playoffs and championship games will be played to completion. Running time is allowed but the ten-goal mercy rule will not apply. Overtime will be sudden-death and timed as follows:
• 3-on-3 until winner is determined; free substitution. This period will be set up as 13-minute, stop-time, sudden-death period.

The round robin and playoff structure for each age level and division will be determined by the number of teams in the division, and may vary from division to division.