Roller Series Rules
Colorado Cup Roller Series follows the rules set forth in the RHA Rulebook. Additional highlights and Colorado Cup specific rules can be found below.
Start Time: Teams must be prepared to start 30 minutes prior to scheduled time, due to mercies.
Jerseys: All teams must have a matching set of jerseys with numbers. If there are any issues with having a team set of jerseys, please reach out to the Colorado Cup Team immediately!
Game Format:
- 4 on 4, with a goalie.
- 3-minute warm-up.
- 1 minute intermission.
- (2) x 12-minute periods stop clock.
- 8-goal mercy rule in effect.
Point Format: Teams will be awarded 3 points for a regulation win and 1 point for a tie.
Tiebreaker Rules:
- If two teams are tied with the same record, then the result of their game against each other (head-to-head) will be used to break the tie.
- If two teams are tied and they DID NOT play each other, then the team with the lowest goals allowed wins the tiebreaker.
- If two teams are still tied after the first two tiebreakers, then the team with the highest goals for wins the tiebreaker.
- If two teams are still tied after the first three tiebreakers, teams have a choice of a coin flip, or a 4 person flip cup game.
Players Double Rostered:
- (2) players max can play down one division for the pro, platinum, and gold divisions. (1) gold player can play down to silver division. Players CAN'T play down two divisions. E.G. a pro player CAN'T play down to gold division. Goalies are excluded from this rule.
Overtime Rules:
- Playoffs/Championship: Overtime will be 5 minutes in duration with teams playing 3 on 3. Teams will stay on their ends for the start of overtime. If teams are still tied after overtime, each team will select 3 skaters, and they will compete in a best of 3-man shootout format. Higher seed team will choose to shoot first or second. If still no goal is scored after the 3 players shoot, the rest of the roster (except for the goalie), must participate in the shootout, before using the 3 players that started the shootout. Carryover penalty: In an overtime game, a carry-over penalty will be played under the same format as regulation play. For example, if a team is down a man heading into overtime, the team will maintain a 4 on 3 advantage at the start of overtime. Teams will go to 3 on 3 at the first whistle following the penalty. However, if a penalty is called during overtime, teams will play 3 on 2. If a player is still serving a penalty going into a shootout, that player is not eligible to be in the shootout.
Racial Slurs: We have a no tolerance policy on the use of any racial slurs. Any use of racial slurs will result in a game ejection, additional 1 game suspension, and a bench-minor penalty served by a player on the rink.
Hitting: We have a no tolerance policy on hitting. Any hits will result in a game ejection, additional 1 game suspension, and a 2-minute game misconduct penalty served by someone on the rink. All hits will be reviewed by the league coordinators, if a hit is deemed "intentional/dangerous", the player will be ejected from the tournament. If the same player has another hitting infraction, that player will be ejected from the tournament.
Fighting: We have a no tolerance policy on fighting. Any fight will result in a game ejection, additional 1 game suspension, and a bench-minor penalty served by a player on the rink no exceptions! An appeal can be made and taken to the league coordinators in rare circumstances. Let's just not fight and have a fun competitive tournament though please!
Cancellation Policy
- Withdrawal of Your Team. We will ALWAYS do everything we can to fill your spot with a wait-listed team and provide you with a refund. This becomes very difficult within 30 days of the event and in this case, we will not be able to provide a refund or transfer to your team. Teams withdrawing from the tournament 30 days prior to any tournament will receive 50% of the registration fee back. Teams withdrawing from the tournament after 30 days cannot receive a refund (we've already paid for many expenses). *We will do our best to help you fill your spot 30 days prior with a waitlist team but cannot always guarantee it. If you're able to find a replacement team to fill your spot within 30 days of the tournament, we can replace your team with that replacement team, and they can pay you directly for the spot.
- If the event is forced to cancel on or 30 days prior to the tournament for any reason you may receive 50% refund and will have a guaranteed spot for any future tournaments.
- If the event is forced to cancel after 30 days for any reason you may receive 25% refund and will have a guaranteed spot for any future tournaments.
* We'd be more than happy to talk with you about our refund policy, how it was determined, and any other questions you may have! *
General Info
Tournament directors will make all decisions on cancellation, rink/ice conditions, and weather safety. Please note: As usual, we cannot officially announce the tournament location until our rental agreement is completed with the hosting facility/town. Colorado Cup is not liable for your team's travel, such as but not limited to air travel, lodging expenses, auto rental, and personal auto travel. Most all travel entities offer low-cost travel insurance when booking. All players must sign a liability release form at the tournament registration, prior to all tournament games, acknowledging they understand and accept that there are risks involved in participating in any and all recreational activity, are aware of those risks, and are voluntarily participating in any Colorado Cup tournaments with knowledge of the risks involved. All players agree to accept all such risks of injury, death, and/or property damage or loss. In consideration for being allowed to participate in this activity, all players agree to the terms of this waiver, release, covenant not to sue, and indemnity agreement as set forth herein. All players, on behalf of themselves, their heirs, next of kin, assigns, and personal representatives will waive, release, absolve, indemnify, and agree to hold harmless Colorado Cup Tournaments, Colorado Cup LLC, and its subsidiaries, all Colorado Cup sponsors, the host facility/city and county and all members, officers, directors, employees, volunteers, or any other representatives of the aforementioned entities against any and all causes of action, claims, demands, losses, expenses, liability. We reserve the right to use the names and photos of registered team members and team names for all tournament promotions, including the website, press releases, media, and marketing.