2025 Windy City Rumble

General Tournament Rules 

• Length of Periods 
• U18-U15Boy s- 3x15 min stop time periods. Ice cut every 2 periods
• 2011 - 2012 Boys - 3 x 15 min stop time periods
• 2013 - 2017 Boys - 3 x 14 min stop time periods
•  U19 - U16 Girls - 3 x 15 min stop time periods
• U14 - U12 Girls - 3 x 14 min stop time periods
• Length of Penalties - 1:30 Minor Penalties, 4:00 Major Penalties, and 8:00 Misconducts. 
• Warm Ups - 3 min for all levels. Teams are responsible for providing their own pucks. 
• Body (Checking) contact will begin at the 2011 age group. 
• Running time will be in effect at the start of or during the 3rd period, only when a team is winning by 5 goals. Stop time will resume once the score is within 2 goals. 
• No time-outs will be permitted during the round-robin. Each team will receive one (60-second) timeout in the quarter-final, semi-final, and championship games. 
• The home team will wear white/light-colored jerseys. Away teams will wear black/dark-colored jerseys. It is the responsibility of the teams to coordinate team colors prior to the start of the game. 
• The Windy City Rumble enforces a “ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY” that requires a full tournament suspension for any coach, player, or spectator who gets removed from a game for verbal abuse of an official. There will be no discussion, appeal, or recourse for anyone removed from a game for verbal abuse. 

Scoring Rules 

• All divisions will be scored 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. 
• Any forfeited games will be recorded as a 3-0 score. Any forfeited games affecting another team's playoff status may be reviewed by the tournament director to determine which teams advance beyond preliminary round play. The use of ineligible players will disqualify a team from the tournament. 
• All games played by a disqualified team will be forfeited. No money will be refunded. 
• Scores will be posted with a goal differential no greater than 7. For example - a 10-1 game will be scored as 8-1. 

Tiebreaker Rules For Round Robin Play 

If 2 teams are tied in points, the following order applies to determine the ranking of the teams. 

• Head-to-Head Competition 
• Most wins 
• Goal Differential - Goals for minus goals against 
• Scoring quotient - Goals for divided by total goals 
  • Team Blue Advances 
• Example - Team Blue - 12 GF, 8 GA. 12 GF / 20 Total Goals = 0.6 Team Red - 10 GF, 8 GA. 10 GF / 18 Total Goals = 0.55 
• Least goals against 
• Coin Flip - Conducted by the tournament director and team officials. 

If 3 or more teams are tied in points, the following order applies to determine the ranking of teams. If at any point, a tiebreaker establishes a position for one or more teams, each team is placed in its applicable position. If two teams remain tied after this is done, these two tied teams shall be seeded by starting the process for two (2) tied teams tiebreaker above. 

• Most Wins 
• Goal Differential - Goals for minus goals against 
• Scoring quotient - Goals for divided by total goals
  • Team Blue Advances 
• Example - Team Blue - 12 GF, 8 GA. 12 GF / 20 Total Goals = 0.6 Team Red - 10 GF, 8 GA. 10 GF / 18 Total Goals = 0.55 
• Least goals against 

*EXAMPLE: Team A, B, C, and D all are tied with 6 points. The first tiebreaker in this example would be #3 Best goal differential formula. Team A wins that, so then it resets to 3 teams tied with 6 points. Then, apply the best goal differential formula again, and Team B wins. Then, the last two teams would go to #2 if applicable, if not, then the process would proceed according to the tiebreakers #3 through #6. 

Overtime Procedures for Quarters, Semis, and Final Games 

In the event a Quarter, Semi or Final game should end in a tie, the tie will be broken in the following manner: 

1. Overtime will be played during Quarter, Semi, and Final games only.
2. 5-minute sudden death (4 on 4) 
3. 3-player shootout. 
4. Sudden death shootout (both teams get to shoot each round). 
5. For Shootouts, the home team has a choice of who shoots first. 1. After the first 3 players from each team shoot if teams are still tied you can repeat any shooter as many times as you would like. 

OFFICIALS 

• A zero tolerance for verbal abuse is in effect and will be enforced for all team officials, players, and spectators. 
• Appropriate penalties will be assessed for disputing or arguing a decision of the officials, any visual demonstration of dissatisfaction, or for the use of obscene or vulgar language to anyone at any time during the tournament. 
• The tournament director reserves the right to be the final decision maker for rulings outside of the officials.

Division Formats

• U18 Division - 3 pools. All teams play a 3 game round robin. Pool winners plus 5 wildcards advance to the quarter finals. Remaining teams are seeded into consolation games.

• U16 Division - 3 pools. All teams play a 3 game round robin. Pool winners plus 5 wildcards advance to the quarter finals. Remaining teams are seeded into consolation games.

• U15 Division - 1 pool. All teams play a 4 game round robin. Top 4 seeds advance to the semi finals.

• 2010 Division - 3 pools. All teams play a 3 game round robin. Pool winners plus 5 wildcards advance to the quarter finals. Remaining teams are seeded into consolation games.

• 2011 Division - 3 pools. All teams play a 4 game round robin. Pool winners plus 1 wildcard advance to the semifinals.

• 2012 Division - 2 pools. All teams play a 4 game round robin. Pool winners plus 2 wild cards advance to the upper semifinals. The next best 4 teams (no matter pool), advance to the lower semifinals. **Both upper and lower semis advance to an upper and lower Championship respectively**

• 2013 Division - 3 pools. All teams play a 3 game round robin. Pool winners plus 5 wildcards advance to the quarter finals. Remaining teams are seeded into consolation games.

• 2014 Division - 4 pools. All teams play a 3 game round robin. Pool winners plus 4 wildcards advance to the upper quarter finals. Bottom 8 teams advance to the lower quarter finals. **Both upper and lower quarter winners advance to an upper and lower semifinal and then into Championship respectively**

• 2015 Division - 1 pool. All teams play a 4 game round robin. Top 4 seeds advance to the semifinals.

• 2016 Division - 1 Pool. All teams play a 4 game round robin. Top 4 seeds advance to the semifinals.

• U19 Girls Division - 1 pool. All teams play a 3 game round robin. After round robin teams are seeded 1 - 8 and advance to quarter finals.

• U16 Girls Division - 1 pool. All teams play a 3 game round robin. After round robin teams are seeded 1 - 8 and advance to quarter finals.

• U14 Elite Division - 1 pool. After round robin, teams are seeded 1 - 4 and advance to the semifinals.

• U14 Girls Division - 1 pool. All teams play a 3 game round robin. After round robin teams are seeded 1 - 8 and advance to quarter finals.

• U12 Girls Division - 1 pool. After round robin, teams are seeded 1 - 4 and advance to the semifinals.