Event Report: Massachusetts Girl's State Tournament (16U and 19U) 2015

The Mass Hockey Girl's State Tournament was held at NESC November 27-29, 2015

Levels
16U 19U
 * Tier 1
 * Tier 2
 * Tier 1
 * Tier 2

Procedures
I took a picture of the scorekeeper's procedures sheet, however, it came out blury. Here is the sheet recreated in an easier to read format:

All Round Robin Games:
Refer to USA Hockey National Tournament Guidebook Pages 27 and 28 for the Shootout Rules on when players can be used in the Shootout
 * 3 Minute Pre-Game Warmup
 * Period Length
 * Three 17 Minute Stop Time Periods
 * Penalties
 * 2 Minute Minors
 * 5 Minute Majors
 * 10 Minute Misconducts
 * Overtime
 * 2 Minute Break after Regulation
 * One 5 Minute Sudden Death Overtime
 * If tied after OT - 5 player shootout
 * One 30 second time out per team allowed per game
 * if tied after 5 Player shootout - 1 player shootout until a winner is determinied
 * Standings
 * 3 Points for a Win in Regulation
 * 2 Points for a Win in Overtime or a Shootout
 * 1 Point for a Loss in Overtime or a Shootout
 * 0 Points for a Loss in Regulation
 * Refer to USA Hockey National Tournament Guidebook Pages 30, 31, and 32 for the Tie Breaking procedures. The tie breaker in the Massachusetts Hockey Annual Guide does not apply to National Bound Tournaments.

All Quarterfinal/Semifinal and Final Games:

 * 5 Minute Pre-Game Warmup
 * Period Length
 * Three 17 Minute Stop Time Periods
 * Ice Cut after every two periods of play.
 * Penalties
 * 2 Minute Minors
 * 5 Minute Majors
 * 10 Minute Misconducts
 * Overtime
 * 2 Minute Break after Regulation
 * 17 Minute Sudden Death Overtime
 * Repeat two steps above if a winner is not determined
 * One 30 second time out per team allowed per game.

Other Details
All games had 17:00 stop time periods

Round Robin Games had 3:00 warmups, others had 5:00 warmups

Reference procedures for overtime

Mass Hockey State Championships scoreesheets were used

NOTE ABOUT SCORESHEETS: All four (4) copies of the scoresheet were returned, copies were not distributed by the scorekeeper.

The tournament table was located in the workout area, upstairs between rinks 2 and 5.