PLAYING RULES

All TOURNAMENT games will be conducted and played in accordance with:

A. Hockey Canada Rules (HCR) plus Minor Hockey Supplement.

HC Rule Book
 

HC RULES

1. Per HC Rules, Minor and Female Supplement, Rule 3.6f, Protective Equipment, the wearing of a BNQ approved throat protector is compulsory for players registered in Minor or Female Hockey.
2. Also per HC Rules, Minor and Female Supplement, Rule 4.6c, any infraction of the rules requiring a Game Misconduct during the last ten minutes of the game, during any overtime period, or after the game before the team enters the dressing room shall result in the team official/player being suspended for one additional game as published in the Tournament Suspensions guidelines. 
    

B. Hockey Nova Scotia Minor Council Rules (HNSMC)

Hockey NS
 

Special Notices: Suspensions
 

1. Suspended players, coaches, team officials, may not participate in any games UNTIL their Official Suspension is fully completed i.e.: if there are two games left on an official suspension, the suspended individual may participate in the teams Third Game.
2. Five penalties in any combination of minor, major, or misconduct penalties to any one player will result in that player being ejected from the game. This penalty IS NOT a misconduct or game misconduct penalty and does not incur any suspension. The player is simply out of the game. A double or triple penalty during a single stoppage of play to one or more players shall count as two or three penalties respectively.
3. In Nova Scotia, game misconduct penalties carry with them additional game suspensions and the Nova Scotia code of Discipline gives the minimum additional suspension for specific infractions. The suspensions listed on the suspension chart within the Hockey Nova Scotia document apply during the period of the tournament i.e.: April 2 to April 5, 2016 and any regular or tournament games after that date.
4. PENALTIES RESULTING IN GAME OR GROSS MISCONDUCTS, MATCH PENALTIES etc., result in immediate suspension for the remainder of the game PLUS additional game suspensions WHICH ARE AUTOMATIC and take effect in the next game and represent the minimum suspensions laid down by HNSMC. Team Officials are responsible for ensuring, without further notice from anyone, that players and/or team officials serve the minimum suspensions listed in Suspensions.

Code of Discipline
 

C. SEDMHA Tournament Rules