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Northern Hockey Challenge: Rules

Rules

Each team is allowed to dress fifteen (15) skaters and two (2) goalies per game.
Games are three 20-minute periods of stop time.
Fighting: One fight ejected from game. Two fights nets three-game suspension. Third fight suspended for season
A tie is a tie in round-robin with each team getting one point
In playoffs a tie will see a 10-minute stop time sudden victory followed by a 5-player shoot-out to decide winner.
The first 5 players must shoot in the order they're named. If still tied after 5 shooters, it goes to sudden victory per shoot-out round, with every player having to be used (except backup goalie) before number-1 shooter can go again.
The top two teams from each side, East and West, make the playoffs. They will meet in a best of five to determine Zone champion with Game 1 and 2 at second seed's arena, and games 3, 4 (if necessary) and 5 (if necessary) at top seed's the following weekend.
In the event teams are tied after round-robin, tie-break formula is (1) head-to-head record, (2) goal differential (3) goals scored and (4) goals allowed. If still tied, the flip of a coin will be used.