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Tournament Rules


ATLANTICS 2025

 The rules set forth in Ringette Canada Official Rules and Case Book 2019-2025 will apply, unless modified by these Official Tournament Rules.

 

Operational Procedures

No additional players can be added to a team’s roster after Monday, February 10th, 2025. The Tournament Committee may review exceptions on an individual basis.  For questions, please email carriegoodwin14@outlook.com 

Game sheets are to be verified and signed by all bench staff members at least 20 minutes before the start of each game at the tournament operations office in each respective rink. 

Before your first game, teams will verify the phone number the host has on file is the most appropriate number to use throughout the tournament for contacting your team. Teams must declare goaltenders (G), captains (C), alternate captains (A). Teams must also declare affiliate players (AP) / affiliate goalies (AG) on the game sheet if any are being used for that game. It is the responsibility of the team to ensure that the Tournament affiliated player rules are followed and that the affiliates have been properly declared on their team roster by the applicable date. 

While verifying game sheets, the home team will identify their jersey color followed by the visiting team. If the jerseys are close to the same color as determined by the officials, the visiting team will be required to change. If there is a conflict and only one of the teams has two sets of jerseys, the team with the two sets will be required to change regardless of whether they are the home or visiting team. 

The Atlantic Ringette Tournament Committee is not responsible for any articles lost or left behind in the change rooms. 

The team acknowledges that the tournament rules have been read and understood.

 

Game Play

  • All U14 games will be two 15 minute stop time halves
  • U16A and U19A games will be two 17 minute stop time halves.
  • U16AA, U19AA and 18+ games will be four ten minute stop time periods. 

Teams must be ready to go on the ice 15 minutes before their scheduled game time if the championships are running ahead of schedule. The first games each day will not start early. 

Shot clock operators will be provided at every game.  In the event that a shot clock operator is not available, we kindly ask the home team to have a volunteer. 

A three minute warm up will commence when at least one of the officials has entered the ice surface. 

Please wait for Zamboni doors to close before entering the ice surface. 

Overtime will not be played in the preliminary round. 

In the event of a seven goal spread in the second half of any game, the clock will go to straight running time. If the spread becomes less than seven goals, the clock will operate on stop time again as per normal play. 

Game protests will not be accepted. All on-ice decisions and applications of the playing rules will be final. Player eligibility grievances and defaults will be determined by the 2025 Atlantic Ringette Championships Appeals Committee, whose ruling will be final. 

Ringette NB will uphold all suspensions, sanctions or disciplinary actions in ringette across international, national and provincial governing bodies.

 

Preliminary Format, Playoff Round and Breaking of Ties

U14A Division:

  • Teams: 7 teams in the division.
  • Round Robin: Each team plays three games with the exception of the Xplosion who will play 4 games. Following the completion of their 4th game the Xplosion’s Coach will meet with a member of the tournament committee and a referee to randomly draw one game that will be removed from their Round Robin record.

Playoff Structure:

  • Placing Games:
    • 6th Place vs 7th Place (Game #44)
    • 4th Place vs 5th Place (Game #46)
  • Semi Final: 2nd Place vs. 3rd Place (Game #48)
  • Championship Game: 1st Place Bye to Finals (Game #53) vs. the Winner of Game #48

U16A Division:

  • Teams: 3 teams in the division.
  • Round Robin: Each team will play the other (2 Teams) twice (4 games/team total)

Playoff Structure:

  • Championship Game: After round robin, top 2 teams advance to final (Game 49)

U16AA Division:

  • Teams: 4 teams in the division.
  • Round Robin: Each team plays 4 round robin games.
    • Game #35 NS vs PEI will not count for seeding.
    • Game #38 NB vs Laurentide will not count for seeding.

Playoff Structure:

  • Semi Final: 2nd Place vs. 3rd Place (Game #45)
  • Championship Game: 1st Place Bye to Finals (Game #51) vs. the Winner of Game #45.

U19A Divisions:

  • Teams: 3 teams in each division
  • Round Robin: Each team will play the other (2 teams) twice (4 games/team total)

Playoff Structure

  • Championship Game: After Round Robin play the Top 2 teams advance to Final (Game #55)

U19AA Division:

  • Teams: 4 teams in the division.
  • Round Robin: Each team plays three round robin games.
    • Each team will also play a game versus a 18+ division opponent that will not count towards their division standing.

Playoff Structure:

  • Semi Final: 2nd Place vs. 3rd Place (Game #47)
  • Championship Game: 1st Place Bye to Finals (Game #54) vs. the Winner of Game #47.

18+ Division:

  • Teams: 3 teams in the division.
  • Round Robin: Each team plays two round robin games.
    • Each team will also play a game versus a U19AA division opponent that will not count towards their division standing.

Playoff Structure:

  • Semi Final: 2nd Place vs. 3rd Place (Game #51)
  • Championship Game: 1st Place Bye to Finals (Game #57) vs. the Winner of Game #50.

Standings at the end of preliminary games will be determined by awarding two points for a win, one point for a tie and zero points for a loss. 

In ALL cases the maximum difference between goals for and goals against in any game will be seven goals. 

The breaking of ties for standings in all divisions will follow the format as outlined in the Ringette Canada Official Rules and Case Book 2019-2025. When two or more teams have an equal number of points after the completion of the round robin games, the highest of the tied teams will be determined in the following order and considering the "Official Score" of the games (i.e., up to a seven goal difference). 

  1. The winner of more game(s) between each other during the round robin will be declared the highest position.
  2. If still tied, the team having the greatest positive difference between goals for and against in games between the tied teams in the round robin will be declared the highest position.
  3. If still tied, the team having the least total goals against in games between the tied teams during the round robin will be declared the highest position.
  4. If still tied, the team having the greatest positive difference between goals for and against in all games during the round robin will be declared the highest position.
  5. If still tied, the tied team with the least total goals against in all games during the round robin will be declared the highest position.
  6. If still tied, a coin toss will be used to break the tie. 

Important Notes:

  1. This procedure shall be followed in sequence until the tie is broken (i.e. one team is eliminated from the tie).  Once one team is eliminated from the tie, the procedure reverts back to (1).
  2. This procedure, in most cases, will declare the team in the HIGHEST position.  However, in some cases, the procedure will declare the LOWEST position between tied teams, and that team shall be dropped from the tie breaking procedure (i.e. the top two teams remain tied).  In these cases, the procedure shall also revert back to (1) in order to break the tie between those teams that remain tied.
  3. In all cases, the maximum difference (spread) between goals for and against in each game is seven (7) goals. This is the "Official Score".

In the case of a tie after regulation time in playoff games, teams will play a 10-minute sudden victory overtime period. If the score is still tied at the end of that time, teams will proceed to a 3-player shootout. If after the 3 shooters the score remains tied, the shoot-out will continue one-for-one until one team has more goals after an equal number of shots, with each team required to utilize their entire roster (except goaltenders) before starting over. 

Penalties assessed in regulation time shall carry-over to the overtime period. Possession of the ring will be determined by a coin toss. 

Penalties do not carry over into the shoot-out. 

In the case of a tie after regulation time in any placing game, teams will go directly to a 3-player shoot-out. If after the three shooters the score remains tied, the shoot-out will continue until one team has more goals after an equal number of shots, with each team required to utilize their entire roster (except goaltenders) before starting over.

 

Game Results

All results will be posted online through our RAMP tournament website, as well as on standings boards located near the tournament operations office.

 

Conduct

Good sportsmanship is appreciated, celebrated and expected throughout the 2025 Atlantic Ringette Championships. 

All 2025 Atlantic Ringette Championship participants (athletes, coaches, managers, parents and fans) are expected to abide by the following Code of Conduct.

All Tournament participants will represent their provincial and home associations, their sport, and themselves with the utmost class and distinction. At minimum, all participants will:

  1. Adhere to the Tournament Rules.
  2. Adhere to the regulations of the host association and those established by Ringette New Brunswick and Ringette Canada.
  3. Not participate in any conduct that would disrupt or interfere with Tournament competition  or the preparation of any athlete, team, team staff member or official for Tournament  competition.
  4. Not participate in unacceptable behavior (rowdiness, profanity or abusive in nature) in discussions with other team members, other tournament participants, officials, or the host community at large (which is inclusive of all volunteers, venue and hotel employees, and  members of the public).
  5. Not participate in the consumption of illegal narcotics, alcoholic beverages at any time in any of the Tournament venues (which is inclusive of rinks/dressing rooms), unless in a licensed area.
  6. Respect space at all Tournament venues and leave all public areas in a clean respectable manner. 
  7. Not approach officials at any time on or off the ice unless invited to do so by officials of that game. 
  8. All Tournament participants will refrain from any type of bullying, whether in person or via email,  Facebook, messaging, internet, social media or otherwise.
  9. All Tournament participants understand, acknowledge and accept that violation of the Tournament  Rules or this Code of Conduct may result in removal from facility, suspension or expulsion from the  2025 Atlantic Ringette Championships. 

A MISCONDUCT penalty will result in suspension from the next tournament game for players. A MISCONDUCT penalty will result in suspension from the next tournament game for coaches. If two misconduct penalties are assessed against a player or team staff, they will be suspended from any further participation in the tournament.

 A MATCH penalty will automatically result in suspension from all subsequent tournament games. 

Suspended players/team staff must be listed on the game sheet and identified as “suspended,” but will not be permitted on the bench during any subsequent games. 

There is a zero-tolerance rule in effect for verbal and physical abuse. Any member of a team, players or staff, as well as their spectators will be asked to leave the arena if they are verbally or physically abusive to another person (officials, players, team staff or spectators). Players and coaches will be assessed the appropriate penalties, and the Tournament Chair has the right to ask any participant, including spectators, to leave the arena should they be abusive towards another person. When there are cases of verbal or physical abuse reported, the Tournament Chair, at their sole discretion, may impose further tournament game suspensions as appropriate.

 

Injured Players

Any injured player under the age of 14 must wear a helmet while on the bench.  

All injured players must be clearly marked on the roster as INJ. 

Injured players are not required to be dressed in uniform while on the bench. 

Player safety is to be stressed at all times, RNB recommends that a team takes all precautions to ensure that the injured player who is on the bench, is as safe as possible.

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