Rules

2025 Women’s Chowder Cup Rules

The 2025 Women’s Chowder Cup will have Three Divisions:

U19 College Prospects – For Players born in 2005 or younger.
* 3 Games guaranteed for this division

U16 Prep Prospects – For players born in 2008 or younger
* 4 Games Guaranteed for this Division *

U14 Future Prospects – For players born in 2010 or younger
* 4 Games Guaranteed for this Division *

Game Formats:

All round robin games will start with a 3 minute warm up
U19 Division teams will play 3 round robin games consisting of three 15 minute stop time periods.
U16 and U14 Division teams will play 4 round robin games consisting of two 20 minute stop time periods.
No ice cut between periods
All games will be played by NCAA Rules with hybrid icing
Teams are allowed to change on icings
1 time out allowed for each team in round robin games & regulation playoff games but not in overtime playoff games.

Discipline:

Minor penalty 2 minutes, major penalty 5 minutes, misconduct 10 minutes
Coincidental minors teams will play 5v5
If there is a delayed penalty or penalty shot and the opposing team scores that player does not have to serve the penalty.
For any player(s) involved in a fight and removed from the rest of the game a decision will be made by the Tournament Director, the Head of Officials, and discussion with both coaches, to determine if that player will be allowed to play in her next game.
The clock will continue to run during a fighting altercation and only allowed to be stopped within the last five minutes of a game due to referee’s discretion.

Goalie Rule:

All teams are required to have two goaltenders dressed for all games. If a team only has one goaltender dressed, the team is not penalized. If that goaltender is unable to continue play due to injury or otherwise, the team is NOT allowed to borrow a goaltender from another team, from in the stands, or dress another player not in goaltender equipment. The game would become an immediate forfeit. The forfeit is defined as a loss for the team without a goalie. The goals for and goals against for both teams will remain as is in standings.
At the start of a game, if one team does not have a goaltender, the game is a forfeit.* A team cannot put 6 skaters on the ice to replace the goalie. The other team may loan their spare goaltender so they can have an exhibition game but the result will still be a forfeit. *The tournament director will give reasonable time for a goalie to get on the ice. If the game is a forfeit due to no goalie present the score will be 1-0 with the loss to the team with no goalie.

Rosters:

All teams MUST submit their roster to the tournament no less than one week before the start of the tournament.
The head coach only may protest a player on another team they believe has already played a game for a different team.
Any protest must be stated before the game begins. The coach must inform the timekeeper or On-Site Director before the game begins or during warm ups to make a determination.
Once the game begins a coach cannot protest a player.
No player can play on more than one team within their division. A player can play up a division if within the same organization.
All players must play in at least one of the round robin games or she cannot play in the playoffs. NO exceptions.

Advancement and Playoffs:

The winners of each bracket are determined in the following manner:
Best Record/Team with the most points.
Least Goals Against. For example, if two teams are tied at 2-1, the team that has the least goals against advances. Even if you beat the team that is tied at 2-1 with you.
Plus/Minus Ratio- Goals For vs. Goals Against
Head on Competition
Flip a Coin
All playoff games will consist of one 25 minute stop-time period.
If tied overtime is one 5 minute 3 on 3 sudden death period followed by a shootout if still tied
The shootout format is five (5) players per team. If still tied then to sudden death shootout. No player may shoot twice unless all players have shot or team with least amount of players has shot.