The NORAD Post-Season is almost here. Your Captain/Sponsor should have already filled you in on what the post-season will look like this year, but for those who do not know, here it is…

After we finish up the regular season, we will go into a round-robin. There will be three groups of three and those groups will be…

Division 1 – #1 seed, #6 seed, #9 seed

Division 2 – #2 seed, #5 seed, #8 seed

Division 3 – #3 seed, #4 seed, #7 seed

We will take the winner of each division and a wild-card (decided by tie-breakers if necessary) into a final four. Teams will get 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. These are the round-robin tie breakers:

1. Head-to-head record.

2. Number of wins.

3. Goal differential.

4. Goals scored.

5. Goals against.

5. Least amount of penalty minutes.

7. Highest seed. 

Here are some reminders/rules…

If there is a two goal or less differential, the final two minutes will be stop-clock. 

Teams are not allowed to have sub skaters in the postseason and you only need 5 skaters and a goalie to play.

If there is a tie in the semi-finals or championship, we will run a 3:00 OT period. It will be 4 vs 4, then we will go into a SUDDEN DEATH shootout. 

The one thing that can derail this schedule is if CC hosts a playoff round (as they have the last two years) and the best of three series goes to game three which would be on a Sunday. In that event, everything will be pushed back by one week.

3/23 – 3 games (6vs9, 5vs8, 4vs7)

3/30 – 3 games (1vs9, 2vs8, 3vs7)

4/6 – 3 games (1vs6, 2vs5, 3vs4)

4/13 – 2 games (semi-finals)

4/20 – EASTER

4/27 – 1 game (championship)