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Rules and Requirements

Team Entry Fees
Regional: $535.00 includes waiver fees
Winter Cup Finals: $695.00
NICC Championships: $550.00
National Championships: $835.00

Age Divisions
Tyke (6U), Atom (8U), Mite (10U),
Squirt (12U), Peewee (14U), Bantam (16U),
Midget (18U), Junior (21U),
High School Varsity, High School Jr. Varsity,
Adult, Senior (30+), Women and
PRO SERIES

Age Cutoff
December 31, 2007

NO PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED AT THE EVENT.
Please send payment as a money order, cashier's check, credit card or club check
are accepted.

REFUND POLICY
Refunds will only be issued if the tournament
you are registered for is cancelled.
No refunds will be issued to teams that register for an event
and do not show.

Mail Payment to:
TORHS America
11133 Lindbergh Business Ct.
St. Louis, MO 63123

Information
The teams in each division for each Regional will qualify for
AAA, AA and A.
The number of teams that qualify will depend on the power rating for each region, along with the level of competition for that particular tournament and the results.
Your team will be presented a Certificate of Qualification in the mail, based on your teams performance. It will also be published on the website www.torhs.com
If you do not qualify for AAA, you will be invited to participate in either AA or A at the Nationals.
A team that has qualified at multiple Regionals, will be awarded a choice, if they qualified for two different divisions at the multiple Regionals.

Roster Restrictions

Exceptions:
If the original team is not participating at the Nationals, the player may play with another team.
If the player receives a release from the original team, and complies with the three (3) roster change rule for AAA.
If a player qualified for AA or A and their team is not attending Nationals they
can be added only in the division and level they qualified. (AA or A).

Any Adult Teams competing in the REGIONAL Qualifiers are limited to only One (1) Pro Player, per team.
Pro Players are only players that have qualified for the
TORHS Pro Series Nationals.

Each team will receive raffle tickets, to win great prizes at the event.

AWARDS

1st and 2nd Place
Team trophies and individual awards to
be presented after the championship game of each division.

MVP - MVG - High Scorer
(Most Valuable Player, Goalie & High Scorer)
To be awarded after championship game of each division.

This year, TORHS America will be going to a new All-Star format to take the place of the All-TORHS selection process.

At every regional, All-Star Finalists will be chosen by the TORHS Staff on-site for the event. There is no limit to how many players may be named as All-Star finalists.

Upon the completion of the regional event, the All Star finalists will be posted under their respective conference all-star list.

The All-Star games are to be held at Nationals to decide which conferences all stars are truly the "Best of the Best."

Each team will have 12 skaters named to the roster (10 skaters and 2 goalies).

Six skaters and two goalies will be named based solely on their regional performance and four more skaters will earn "wild-card" spots based on their performance at the National Event.

To be named to an all star team, you must have been named as a finalist, following a regional that you took part in, and you must be rostered on a team participating in the 2008 National event.
Each player selected will receive a
custom jersey at the Nationals for this honor.

The players will be introduced on to the rink at each regional and given a certificate of guidelines for their participation at the National Championships.
Custom All TORHS Jersey will be given to the players at the National Championships.
You must be on a rostered team at the National Championships to participate in the All TORHS event.

Format
1.    Four (4) on Four (4) players, plus goalies (maximum of 15 players).
2.    GUARANTEED THREE (3) GAMES.
3.    Three (3) minute warm up.
4.    Two (2) 15 minute run-time periods.
5.    Ties during the round robin play will proceed to immediate three (3) man shoot-out.
6.    Point System:  2 points for WIN
                             2 points for Round-Robin O.T. Win
                             1 point for Round-Robin O.T. Loss
                             0 points for LOSS
7.    In semi-finals and finals ties will have a 5 minute sudden death overtime, then a shoot out if necessary.
Shoot-outs will be 4 shooters per team only and if still tied after 4 shooters, (same shooters will apply) and will go to 1 shooter per team until the tie is broken.
8.    Stop time is used in qualifying and playoff rounds only for the last two (2) minutes, if score differential is 1 goal or tied.
9.    All team rosters can not change after the start of the 1st game.
10.  All rosters must be submitted prior to the teams first game, or risk forfeit.
11.  Teams must be ready to play 30 minutes before their scheduled game time or risk forfeit.
12.  Home teams will wear light jerseys, away teams dark jerseys.
        (If both teams have home and away jerseys).
13.  Eight (8) goal mercy rule will apply.
14.  Finals will be seeded as follows:
        A) Total team points                          D) Goal differential
        B)   Head to Head competition             E) Fewest penalty minutes
        C)   Total goals against                       F) Coin Flip
Equipment Required: Helmets, full face protection, elbow pads, gloves, cup, knee and shin pads required. All goalies must have throat protection.