Tier 3 Takedown Tournament
10u, 12u, 14u, 16u

Tournament Sanction #: NYT2526162
Jan 16-18, 2026

**Each team is required to submit a USA Hockey or Hockey Canada official signed roster**

**No changes to rosters are allowed**

**All games will follow USA Hockey Rules**

Game Times/Rules:

Game Duration:
8u: 12 minute periods
10u and 12u: 13 minute periods
14u and 16u: 15 minute periods
The assigned home team shall wear white or light jersey color. The visiting team will wear dark colored jerseys. 
All games will start with an ice resurfacing and then a 3 minute warm-up period.
There will be no overtime play in round robin games.
If there is a greater than a 5 goal spread to start the 3rd period or at any time during the period, the remainder of the period will be played as running time.
Time outs are not allowed in any preliminary round robin games. One time out per team will be allowed only in championship games.
All teams MUST be prepared to begin warm-ups 15 minutes before their scheduled game times. Games will start early if possible.
All teams must assign someone to work their penalty box during games.

8u FULL ICE RULES:

USA Hockey Rules and Regulations consistent with the 10U age division.
Three (3) periods of twelve (12) minutes in length, using running time for all three (3) periods.
Ninety (90) second player shifts.
Shift changes controlled by a buzzer or similar.
Ninety (90) second penalty duration.
Intermediate size nets.
Blue pucks.
No penalty shots.

Disputes & Protests:

Protests of games shall not be accepted or considered for any reason.
Decisions of on-ice officials are final. Decisions by the Tournament Committee related to game suspensions and tiebreakers as outlined in these tournament rules are final.

Penalties:

Each minor penalty is 1.5 minutes; major is 3 minutes, and a misconduct is 10 minutes.
This is a USA Hockey sanctioned tournament. All USA Hockey rules for penalties shall apply.
Game misconducts will result in a one game suspension.
Fighting will not be tolerated and will result in that player being suspended for the remainder of the tournament. If an on-ice official assesses a fighting penalty to any player on the score sheet it will not be disputed for any reason.
Any Match or Gross misconduct penalty will result in expulsion for the remainder of the tournament.
                                                              

Point System:

All game points shall be awarded as follows:
2 points for a win.
1 point for a tie.
0 point for a loss
Tie breaking formula (for teams tied in points in round robin play):
Head to head result
Highest Quotient Calculation: As stated in the standings
Head-to-Head Priority: The quotient is often first calculated using the Goals For (GF) and Goals Against (GA) statistics from only the games played between the tied teams. If the tie persists, the formula is then applied using all games played by the tied teams.
Goal Differential Limit: To prevent a team from benefiting excessively from a blowout game, a maximum goal differential is typically enforced for any single game when calculating the GF and GA totals used in the formula.
Zero Goals Against (GA = 0): If a team has zero goals against, their quotient is considered superior to any team with a quotient derived from dividing by a non-zero number. If multiple teams have zero goals against, they are ranked highest to lowest by their total Goals For (GF).
Coin toss (if two teams remain tied). Roll of the dice (if three or more teams remain tied).

Championship Round:

Prior to each Championship game, in the event a shootout is required to determine a winner after overtime, each team must submit an order list of shooters for their team. (Shootout rules below)
One 60-second timeout per team is allowed including an additional time out during overtime.
Any game that ends in a tie at the end of regulation play will be decided as follows:
Sudden death for 5 minutes (played 3 on 3 with goalies)
Shootout: A 3-player alternate shot shootout will apply with the higher seeded (home) team having the right to choose who shoots first. If there is no winner after the 3-player shootout, the shootout will continue in a sudden death format. Players are not allowed to repeat as shooter until all players rostered for that game have shot.