2017 IceBreaker Tournament Program

President’s Welcome

Greetings Ringette Community!

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Burnaby New Westminster Ringette Association 2017 IceBreaker tournament. We are proud to offer you an opportunity todisplay team camaraderie and sportsmanship, while demonstrating skills and athleticism.

To the players, I would like to extend a warm welcome to our tournament. Though Ringette is a competitive sport, at the end of the day, it is not the wins or losses that you will remember. It will be the new friendships made on and off the ice, the laughs you share with a teammate or that praise you received for a job well done these are the memories you will carry with you all your life. So remember to be respectful to others, play safe and have fun!

A personal thanks to our Tournament Director, volunteers and board members who have contributed countless hours in creating this special event for you. It is no small feat so early in the season. I’ve had firsthand experience watching it all come together in the hands of a few dedicated volunteers. I am truly grateful to all of you … THANK YOU.

We look forward to another exciting and fun IceBreaker Tournament! Bring your very best to every game and in every moment. We look forward to hosting you.

Eunice Cho BNWRA President

CITY OF BURNABY OFFICE OF THE MAYOR DEREK R. CORRIGAN MAYOR

GREETINGS

On behalf of Burnaby City Council and the citizens of Burnaby, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone to the Burnaby New Westminster Ringette Association Annual Icebreaker Tournament being held from November 10th-13th, 2017 at Bill Copeland, Kensington, and Burnaby Lake arenas in Burnaby and Moody Park and Queens Park arenas in New Westminster.

My sincere best wishes to the Burnaby-New Westminster Ringette Association, along with all the organizers and volunteers who have worked so hard to make the tournament a great success. With over 800 athletes, coaches, managers, and families all coming to participate in this year’s tournament, I hope that everyone in all age categories has a wonderful time and competes in the spirit of goodwill and sportsmanship.

A special welcome to all of our guests from out of town and I hope that you will take some time to enjoy and explore the many attractions and features of our city and region.

Best of luck for a successful and memorable tournament!

Sincerely, Derek R. Corrigan M A Y O R

Dear Players, Coaches, Families and Fans:

I am delighted on behalf of City Council and the residents of New Westminster to extend warmest greetings and best wishes to players of the 2017 Burnaby New Westminster Ringette Association’s Annual Tournament, to be held November 10 through 13, 2017.

As a city, we recognize the importance of encouraging and maintaining a healthy lifestyle and involving our children in organized sport and activities. The fastest team sport on ice ringette emphasizes the play making and skating skills of its players. The game brings value to our youth by further developing their life skills which will serve them well in the years to come.

Special thanks and congratulations to the coaches, organizers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication in organizing this tournament and for continuing to make this exciting sport a part of New Westminster.

May you take home many fond memories from the tournament and the City of New Westminster.

Good luck to all the teams!

Jonathan Coté MAYOR

U10-1

U12A

BNWRA Burnaby

GVRA

NWVRA

PCRMRA

VRA

U12B

BNWRA Burnaby

CPMRA

FVRA

GVRA

NWVRA

VRA

Westminster

BNWRA

DRA

FVRA

GVRA

PCRMRA

SWRRA

Coquitlam Ridge Meadows

White Rock

U16A

BNWRA Burnaby New Westminster

FVRA Fraser Valley Surge

KRA Kelowna Elite

PCRMRA Port Coquitlam Ridge Meadows Storm

VRA Vancouver Wildcats

U16B

BNWRA Burnaby New Westminster Whiplash

FVRA Fraser Valley Firecrackhers

KRA Kelowna Chaos

PRA Pembina Rock

RRA Richmond

SWRRA Surrey White Rock Duck Empire

KRA Kelowna Elite

SRA Shuswap

Tournament Rules

IceBreaker is a BCRA Sanctioned Tournament All BCRA rules apply.

1. Teams must be ready to go on the ice 10 minutes before the game time and be ready to start playing within 5 minutes of the game start time. In the event of unforeseen circumstances that affect a team‘s ability to start their game within 5 minutes of the scheduled start or adjusted starting time, the on ice officials shall declare a default. The Tournament Directors will make a decision to reschedule or not based only on exceptional circumstances as outlined in Section 2.5 (a) of the BCRA Policy Manual.

2. There shall be no more than five (5) team staff allowed on the bench at any one time. At least one female head or assistant coach must be on the bench (must be 18 years of age or older if only female on the bench or is the Head Coach). Please note that having a female manager on the bench and no female coach is NOT sufficient. Bench staff are required to be certified in BCRA’s Prevention in Motion program or equivalent certification program.

3. All teams will be given a 3 minute warm up.

4. For all U12 and U10 divisions, games will have two 15 minute periods. U14 will play two 18 minute periods. U16, U19 and 18+ will play two 20 minute periods. BCRA rules stipulate that ice times should be at least 1.0 hour in length; playoffs in the U16, U19 and 18+ divisions will have 1.25 hour ice times where possible. Please check your ice times prior to the game. If time is running over, the referees and tournament directors hold the right to cut the clock.

5. Teams entering the tournament must compete in all scheduled games or will be disqualified from further tournament play (exceptional circumstances exempt).

6. Every division except for U10 (Novice) will play with shot clock.

7. In the spirit of fair play, the 3 goal per player rule will be in effect for all non tiered divisions.

For all Round Robin Games and Semi Final Games:

team shall supply a Shot Clock and Scorekeeper

team shall supply a Time Clock Operator

is responsible for picking up the game sheet 10 minutes before the game and returning the completed sheet from/to the Tournament Table.

9. Teams must wear their designated colours, as outlined in Appendix B of the BCRA Policy Manual. In the event of a conflict, as determined by the on ice officials, the Away team must change jerseys.

10. Ties will stand in round robin play. Wins will be awarded two points, ties will be awarded one point and losses will be awarded no points. All points will be calculated for final standings in which the first place and second place teams in points in the round robin will play a final game for medals. The team with the most points will be home while the 2nd will be visitor.

11. Score sheets must be signed by ALL team staff participating behind the bench no less than 15 minutes before a game time and may be picked up after the game at the tournament table.

12. Captains, Assistants and Goalies must be marked on your game sheets prior to the game.

13. In U14, U16, U19 and 18+ divisions no more than a 7 goal spread shall be posted on the scoreboards or used in tie breaking calculations. Tie Breaking rules are available in the tournament office and on the BNWR website.

14. In U10 and U12 divisions, no more than a 5 goal spread shall be posted on the scoreboards or score displays.

15. If a team wants to make a grievance, it must be made no later than 2 hours after the incident and must be made with a $100 deposit.

16. No Changes may be made to your roster at the tournament without BCRA approval.

17. Players may only play on one team during the tournament and may not be called up to assist for another team/division.

18. Some teams have been granted permission to exceed the 18 player rule per team and as such may have as many as 22 people on their roster registered to play at the tournament. Regardless of the number of players on a team, no more than 18 players can be dressed for each game and listed on the roster for each game. Once the roster has been submitted at the beginning of the game, it cannot be changed over the course of the game.

19. In the semi or final games, in the event of a tie, the teams will play a third overtime period sudden victory an 18 minute period for all divisions. A coin toss called by the teams’ captains will decide first ring. If there is still no winner there shall be a best of 3 shoot out. If still tied the teams shall pick 3 more skaters and so forth. Time outs will carry over in OT.

20. In the event of a 10 goal difference, games will switch to running time

21. Good sportsmanship will be stressed throughout the tournament. Ringette Canada and LMRL rules apply as this is a BCRA sanctioned event. Any player assessed a total of ten minutes of penalty time during a game, including overtime, shall be ejected from the game. The ejected player’s remaining penalty minutes will be served by a teammate. Any team accumulating more than 30 penalty minutes in any one game, shall see the head or acting coach, suspended for the next tournament game (no grievance accepted). A match penalty will automatically result in the suspension from all subsequent tournament games.

22. Mercy rule. As per Ringette BC, when a team is up by 10 goals, the remainder of the game is running time. The losing team, however, has the option to continue to play the game with stop time. The team leading by 10 goals is not allowed to pull its goalie in the last two minutes of the game, expect on the delayed calling of a penalty. All minor penalties will be marked as 3 minutes on the clock and the major penalties will be 5 minutes.

Tournament Tie Breaking Rules

A. Tie games will stand in round robin play. Teams will receive two (2) points for a win, one (1) point for a tie, and zero points for a loss

B. Breaking of ties in standings:

NOTE: In ii), v) and vii) the maximum difference (spread) between goals for and goals against that will be counted per game is SEVEN (7) goals.

i. The maximum goals FOR that will be counted per game is seven (7) more than the goals AGAINST.

ii. If a team(s) has forfeited a game, that team(s) shall be given the lowest position(s) amongst the tied teams. The score of a forfeited game shall be 7 0.

iii. The procedures will be followed in sequence until the tie is broken and the teams are ranked in sequence.

iv. The procedures, in most cases, will declare the team(s) in individual rankings. However, in some cases teams may be tied within the rankings (i.e. in a four way tie for first in a round robin, the procedures could place a team clearly in first, two teams tied for second/third and one team in fourth). In these cases, the procedures shall revert back to i) in order to break the tie between teams, within ranking positions.

v. When two (2) or more teams have an equal number of points after the completion of the round robin games, the ranking of the tied teams will be determined in the following order:

1) The teams will be ranked in order of the winner(s) of more games between each other during round robin play. The tied teams MUST have played each other or the procedure starts with v) unless one of the tied teams have beaten all other tied teams in which case that team is ranked highest and the procedure reverts back in order to break the tie within the remaining ranking positions.

2) If still tied, the teams will be ranked in order of the largest (positive) net difference between goals FOR minus goals AGAINST in the games between the tied teams.

3) If still tied, the team(s) will be ranked in order of the most goals FOR in games between the tied teams. The maximum goals FOR that will be counted per game is seven (7) more than the goals AGAINST.

4) If still tied, the teams will be ranked using the following formula in games between the tied teams: goals for (+plus) goals against (/ divided by) goals against.

5) If still tied, the teams will be ranked in order of the largest (positive) net difference between goals FOR minus goals AGAINST in games against all teams.

6) If still tied, the teams will be ranked in order of the most goals FOR in games against all teams.

7) If still tied, the tied teams will be ranked in order of the least total goals AGAINST in games against all teams.

8) If still tied, the teams will be ranked in order by applying the formula in iv) to all games.

9) If still tied, the teams will be ranked in order of the fewest penalty minutes in games against all teams.

Arenas

BCSC

Bill Copeland Sports Complex (Tournament Headquarters) & BLA

Burnaby Lake Arena 3676 Kensington Ave Burnaby

KEN Kensington Arena 6159 Curtis St Burnaby

MPA

Moody Park Arena 701 8 Ave New Westminster

QPA

Queen’s Park Arena 1st & 3rd Ave New Westminster

Game Schedule

U10 - 1

GAME # DATE DAY START ARENA HOME AWAY

17005 10 Nov 17 Friday 9:00 BLA BNWRA FVRA

17015 10 Nov 17 Friday 12:45 KEN DRA BNWRA

17017 10 Nov 17 Friday 13:15 QPA VRA PCRMRA

17029 11 Nov 17 Saturday 7:30 BCSC PCRMRA BNWRA

17042 11 Nov 17 Saturday 11:00 MPA FVRA VRA

17044 11 Nov 17 Saturday 11:15 BLA DRA PCRMRA

17060 11 Nov 17 Saturday 16:15 BLA VRA DRA

17088 12 Nov 17 Sunday 13:45 BLA FVRA DRA

17123 13 Nov 17 Monday 16:30 BCSC PCRMRA FVRA

17125 13 Nov 17 Monday 17:45 BCSC BNWRA VRA

U10 - 2

GAME # DATE DAY START ARENA HOME AWAY

17009 10 Nov 17 Friday 10:15 BLA BNWRA NWVRA

17014 10 Nov 17 Friday 12:00 QPA VRA CPMRA

17036 11 Nov 17 Saturday 9:00 QPA CPMRA BNWRA

17049 11 Nov 17 Saturday 12:30 BLA NWVRA VRA

17053 11 Nov 17 Saturday 13:45 KEN GVRA CPMRA

17063 11 Nov 17 Saturday 17:30 BCSC VRA GVRA

17086 12 Nov 17 Sunday 13:15 QPA NWVRA GVRA

17112 13 Nov 17 Monday 10:45 BCSC GVRA BNWRA

17122 13 Nov 17 Monday 15:15 BLA CPMRA NWVRA

17124 13 Nov 17 Monday 16:30 BLA BNWRA VRA

U12 Game Schedule

U12A

GAME # DATE DAY START ARENA HOME AWAY

17002 10 Nov 17 Friday 7:45 KEN BNWRA NWVRA

17006 10 Nov 17 Friday 9:00 KEN VRA PCRMRA

17018 10 Nov 17 Friday 14:00 BLA PCRMRA BNWRA

17026 10 Nov 17 Friday 17:00 QPA NWVRA GVRA

17040 11 Nov 17 Saturday 10:00 KEN VRA GVRA

17045 11 Nov 17 Saturday 11:15 KEN PCRMRA NWVRA

17056 11 Nov 17 Saturday 15:00 BLA GVRA BNWRA

17092 12 Nov 17 Sunday 15:45 QPA GVRA PCRMRA

17117 13 Nov 17 Monday 13:00 QPA BNWRA VRA

17126 13 Nov 17 Monday 17:45 BLA NWVRA VRA

U12B

GAME # DATE DAY START ARENA HOME AWAY

17001 10 Nov 17 Friday 7:45 BLA FVRA NWVRA

17012 10 Nov 17 Friday 11:30 BLA VRA FVRA

17016 10 Nov 17 Friday 13:00 BCSC CPMRA BNWRA

17032 11 Nov 17 Saturday 8:30 MPA NWVRA CPMRA

17037 11 Nov 17 Saturday 9:45 MPA VRA GVRA

17054 11 Nov 17 Saturday 14:00 QPA BNWRA VRA

17059 11 Nov 17 Saturday 16:15 BCSC GVRA FVRA

17078 12 Nov 17 Sunday 9:15 MPA NWVRA GVRA

17081 12 Nov 17 Sunday 10:30 MPA FVRA CPMRA

17094 12 Nov 17 Sunday 16:15 BLA CPMRA VRA

17096 12 Nov 17 Sunday 17:30 BCSC BNWRA NWVRA

17114 13 Nov 17 Monday 11:30 QPA GVRA BNWRA

U14B

17003

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov

Nov

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov

AWAY

BCSC BNWRA DRA

BCSC FVRA SWRRA

BLA DRA GVRA

KEN GVRA BNWRA

BCSC DRA FVRA

QPA PCRMRA BNWRA

QPA GVRA FVRA

BLA SWRRA PCRMRA

MPA BNWRA SWRRA

MPA PCRMRA DRA

BLA SWRRA GVRA

BCSC FVRA PCRMRA

QPA 2nd 3rd

KEN 1st 4th

BLA

of 17100 Winner of 17101

U16A Game Schedule and Results Worksheet

U16A

GAME # DATE DAY START ARENA HOME AWAY

17004 10 Nov 17 Friday 8:15 QPA VRA PCRMRA

17020 10 Nov 17 Friday 14:15 BCSC BNWRA FVRA

17023 10 Nov 17 Friday 15:30 BCSC VRA KRA

17039 11 Nov 17 Saturday 10:00 BLA PCRMRA BNWRA

17051 11 Nov 17 Saturday 13:45 BCSC KRA PCRMRA

17055

17068

17072

Nov 17 Saturday 15:00 BCSC FVRA VRA

Nov 17 Saturday 19:00 QPA KRA BNWRA

Nov 17 Sunday 7:00 QPA BNWRA VRA

17073 12 Nov 17 Sunday 7:15 BCSC FVRA KRA

17091 12 Nov 17 Sunday 15:00 BLA PCRMRA FVRA

17103 13 Nov 17 Monday 7:45 BLA 1st 4th

17104 13 Nov 17 Monday 8:00 MPA 2nd 3rd

17115 13 Nov 17 Monday 12:00 BCSC

Winner of 17103 Winner of 17104

GAME # DATE DAY

and Results Worksheet

U16B

ARENA HOME AWAY

17010 10 Nov 17 Friday 10:30 BCSC Pembina (AB) BNWRA

17013 10 Nov 17 Friday 11:45 BCSC RRA FVRA

17019 10 Nov 17 Friday 14:00 KEN KRA BNWRA

17031 11 Nov 17 Saturday 7:45 QPA BNWRA RRA

17034 11 Nov 17 Saturday 8:45 BCSC KRA FVRA

17038 11 Nov 17 Saturday 10:00 BCSC SWRRA Pembina (AB)

17057

17061

17074

Nov 17 Saturday 15:15 MPA FVRA SWRRA

Nov 17 Saturday 16:30 MPA RRA KRA

Nov 17 Sunday 7:30 BLA SWRRA KRA

17077 12 Nov 17 Sunday 8:45 BLA Pembina (AB) RRA

17084 12 Nov 17 Sunday 12:00 QPA FVRA Pembina (AB)

17097 12 Nov 17 Sunday 17:30 BLA BNWRA SWRRA

17102 13 Nov 17 Monday 7:45 BCSC 1st 4th

17105 13 Nov 17 Monday 8:15 KEN 2nd 3rd

17116 13 Nov 17 Monday 12:15 BLA Winner of 17102 Winner of 17105

GAME #

17021

17024

17028

17030

U19

17076

17080

Nov 17

and Results Worksheet

U19

ARENA HOME AWAY

14:30 QPA KRA PCRMRA

Nov 17 Friday 15:45 QPA FVRA NWVRA

Nov 17 Friday 18:15 QPA Shuswap PCRMRA

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

7:30 BLA FVRA Shuswap

8:45 BLA NWVRA KRA

13:45 BLA PCRMRA NWVRA

18:45 BLA KRA FVRA

8:15 QPA Shuswap KRA

10:00 BLA PCRMRA FVRA

Nov 17 Sunday 14:30 QPA NWVRA Shuswap

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

9:45 KEN 1st 4th

10:00 QPA 2nd 3rd

13:45 BLA Winner of 17102 Winner of 17105

GAME#

17008

17011

17041

17046

17066

17069

17082

17083

17093

17095

ARENA HOME AWAY

Nov 17 Friday 9:30 QPA SWRRA CPMRA

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

10:45 QPA PCRMRA FVRA

10:15 QPA PGRA SWRRA

11:30 QPA FVRA CPMRA

18:45 BCSC SWRRA PCRMRA

20:00 BCSC CPMRA PGRA

10:45 QPA FVRA SWRRA

11:15 BLA PCRMRA PGRA

16:15 BCSC PGRA FVRA

Nov 17 Sunday 17:00 QPA CPMRA PCRMRA

17106

17118

Nov 17

Nov 17

Nov 17

9:15 BCSC 1st 4th

8:30 QPA 2nd 3rd 17107

13:30 BCSC Winner of 17106 Winner of 17107

BLA BNWRA DRA

BLA FVRA/Comox GVRA

BCSC DRA GVRA

QPA BNWRA FVRA/Comox

QPA VRA DRA

BCSC FVRA/Comox VRA

QPA GVRA BNWRA

BCSC GVRA VRA

QPA DRA FVRA/Comox

BCSC VRA BNWRA

BLA 1st 4th

MPA 2nd 3rd

BCSC

of 17108 Winner of 17109

Vendors and Sponsors

Tournament Hours:

Friday, November 11 9 am 6 pm

Saturday, November 12 9 am 6 pm

Raffle Prize Donors

Thank you to the following individuals/organizations who have generously donated to our tournament:

Acknowledgments

THANK YOU to:

The 53 teams of 700+ players, coaches, trainers, managers and families who attended the IceBreaker to make this tournament a memorable and exciting event

The BNWRA teams and families who have generously gave their time, expertise and dedication to make this tournament what it is. Thank you as well for the fabulous raffle basket prizes.

Our donors who generously donated to our raffle table

Our vendors and sponsors who not only donated prizes to our raffle table, but also spent the weekend with us

Our VERY helpful staff at BLA, BCSC, KEN, MPA and QPA – especially Ron and Sandra BC Ringette Association – especially Nicole who suffered through my endless emails and questions

… and a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to:

Lorelei Poulin – my Tournament Co-Director who has helped with this event

Andrea Howes – Ref-in-Chief who has worked tirelessly on ensuring all the games could happen

Yvonne Cheng – who took on any job, any time -- no matter how small or large a project it was

Patrick Lim – who worked tirelessly on the volunteer schedule and everything else I threw at him

Austin Watase – who generously spent hours working on this program

Eunice Cho – who is absolutely AMAZING and who has stepped in and gathered the forces to take charge

Cyndi Lezetec – the one and only FABULOUS scheduler who worked her special brand of magic to make this tournament happen

Anita Lew – who is truly my best friend & “sister” who made sure that I was still sane after all this and for ALWAYS being there for me

My Ringette Family – who was there for me through throughout it all. Thank you for your love and support

My Family – who I’ve woefully neglected these past few months but have been absolutely supportive of the work I do.

Thank you all so much for your patience, understanding, time and support.

Felicia Lui

2017 IceBreaker Tournament Co-Director