VACHL 2010-11 Playoff Schedule
VACHL A Playoffs Tie breakers in regular season standings will be determined by:
1) head to head record
Quarter-finals (Best of 2*) Home Away 2) total wins
Sat Feb 26   8:30 PM   Trout Lake   Stealth 5 Billy 3 3) goal differential
Sat Feb 26   9:15 PM   Britannia   Aviators 7 Red Army 5 4) lowest PIMs
Sat Feb 26   10:30 PM   Kerrisdale   Blueliners 5 (OT) Chiefs 4
Sat Mar 5   8:30 PM   Trout Lake   Chiefs 4 Blueliners 1
Sat Mar 5   9:15 PM   Britannia   Billy 3 Stealth 3 General Playoff Notes:
Sun Mar 6   10:30 PM   Killarney   Red Army 0 Aviators 4 Placements for each round based on regular season standings
Semi-finals (Best of 2*) No subs will be allowed for any playoff games
Sat Mar 12   8:30 PM   Trout Lake   Billy 7 Aviators 3 i) goalie is only exception but must obtain league approval
Sat Mar 12   10:30 PM   Kerrisdale   Stealth 5 Chiefs 2
Fri Mar 18   9:15 PM   Killarney   Chiefs   Stealth   4-5 min warmup (Clock starts at 25:00) instead of 7 min warmup (27:00)
Sat Mar 19   10:30 PM   Kerrisdale   Aviators   Billy  
In the case where time is cut-off and no winner of a series is determined,
Finals 5th Place (Best of 3) we will use the total goal differential of the series to determine the winner
Fri Mar 11   9:15 PM   Killarney   Blueliners 6 Red Army 0 (if still tied, regular season standings rule)
Thu Mar 17   10:00 PM   Trout Lake   Red Army   Blueliners  
Sat Mar 26   3:15 PM   Britannia   Blueliners   Red Army   Best of 2**
Finals 3rd Place 1) Points-based "Best of 2"
Sat Mar 26   4:45 PM   Britannia   Losers of Semi-finals  
2) Points are awarded as per regular season rules
Finals 1st Place i) W = 2pts, L = 0 pts, OTL = 1pt
Sun Mar 27   4:45 PM   Britannia   Winners of Semi-finals  
3) Gm1 must have a winner
i) Gm1 OT is 3 min running time sudden death
a) 5 vs 5, change on the fly ONLY
VACHL B Playoffs b) no time outs in OT
ii) If tied, go to 3 player shootout
Quarter-finals (Best of 2*) Home Away a) no repeats unless entire roster is cycled
Sun Feb 27   8:45 PM   Trout Lake   Wolverines 4 Acme 6
Sun Feb 27   10:30 PM   Killarney   Knights 1 Blades 3 Game 2 Scenarios
Wed Mar 2   9:45 PM   Britannia   Whalers 6 Woodstock 3
Thu Mar 3   10:00 PM   Trout Lake   Wolfpack 1 Warriors 4 4) TeamA wins Gm1 and TeamB wins Gm2 in regulation:
Sat Mar 5   10:30 PM   Kerrisdale   Woodstock 2 Whalers 3 i) 3 min running time "mini-game" as a Gm3 (immediately following Gm2)
Sun Mar 6   8:45 PM   Trout Lake   Warriors 5 Wolfpack 1 a) 5 vs 5, change on the fly ONLY
Wed Mar 9   9:45 PM   Britannia   Blades 6 Knights 3 b) not sudden death
Fri Mar 11   9:45 PM   Riley Park   Acme 5 Wolverines 4 c) no stop time
d) no time outs
Semi-finals A (Best of 2*) [Winning teams of Quarter-finals] ii) If "mini-game" tied, go to 3 player shootout
Wed Mar 16   9:45 PM   Britannia   Whalers 3 Acme 6 a) no repeats unless entire roster is cycled
Fri Mar 18   9:45 PM   Riley Park   Warriors   Blades  
Wed Mar 23   9:45 PM   Britannia   Blades   Warriors   5) TeamA wins Gm1 in regulation and next game is tie, series is over
Thu Mar 24   10:00 PM   Trout Lake   Acme   Whalers   (on basis of TeamA 3pts over TeamB 1pt at the end of Gm2)
Semi-finals B (Best of 2*) [Losing teams of Quarter-finals] 6) TeamA wins Gm1 in OT. If TeamB:
Sun Mar 13   8:45 PM   Trout Lake   Wolverines 9 Woodstock 5 a) wins Gm2 in regulation, series is over, TeamB wins the series
Sun Mar 13   10:30 PM   Killarney   Knights 2 Wolfpack 5 (on basis of having 3pts over TeamA's 2pts at end of Gm2)
Sun Mar 20   8:45 PM   Trout Lake   Wolfpack   Knights  
Sun Mar 20   10:30 PM   Killarney   Woodstock   Wolverines   b) wins Gm2 in OT/Shootout (TeamA has 3pts, TeamB has 3pts)
i) Gm2 OT = 3 min Sudden Death
Finals 7th Place ii) If tied, go to 3 player shootout
Sat Mar 26   6:15 PM   Britannia   Losers of Semi-finals B   a) no repeats unless entire roster is cycled
"Gm3" AKA Series Decider = sudden death 1 player shootout
Finals 5th Place a) no repeats unless entire roster is cycled
Sat Mar 26   7:45 PM   Britannia   Winners of Semi-finals B  
c) loses Gm2 in regulation, series is over (TeamA 4pts, TeamB 1pt)
Finals 3rd Place
Sat Mar 26   9:15 PM   Britannia   Losers of Semi-finals A   *Notes*
>> Players who shot in Gm2 shootout can shoot in Gm3 shootout
Finals 1st Place (only applicable to Scenario 6.b. "Gm3" AKA Series Decider)
Sun Mar 27   3:15 PM   Britannia   Winners of Semi-finals A   >> Players ejected from Gm2 are automatically ejected from
mini-game/shootout (Gm3) -- all scenarios
VACHL C -- Tournament VACHL A Playoff Notes:
1) 1st and 2nd place will play an opening round series
Round Robin Home Away to rank 1st and 2nd place for next round
Fri Mar 4   9:15 PM   Killarney   Darkside 3 Cobra 4
Fri Mar 4   9:45 PM   Riley Park   Crunch 8 Orange 5 2) Losers of 1st round (3rd to 6th place series) will be relegated to
Thu Mar 10   10:00 PM   Trout Lake   Crunch 3 Darkside 10 the 5th place final where they will play a best of three (3) for 5th place
Sat Mar 12   9:15 PM   Britannia   Orange 1 Cobra 10 i) Gm3 will be a friendly/exhibition game if series is a sweep
Sat Mar 19   8:30 PM   Trout Lake   Darkside   Orange  
Sat Mar 19   9:15 PM   Britannia   Cobra   Crunch  
Semi-finals (Matchups based on round robin standings) VACHL B Playoff Notes:
Fri Mar 25   9:15 PM   Killarney   1st   4th   1) Winning teams of quarter-finals move onto "A" group
Fri Mar 25   9:45 PM   Riley Park   2nd   3rd   2) Losing teams of quarter-finals move onto "B" group
Finals 3rd Place 3) Winning teams of semi-finals "A" play for 1st place
Sun Mar 27   12:15 PM   Britannia   Losers of Semi-finals   4) Losing teams of semi-finals "A" play for 3rd place
Finals 1st Place 5) Winning teams of semi-finals "B" play for 5th place
Sun Mar 27   1:45 PM   Britannia   Winners of Semi-finals   6) Losing teams of semi-finals "B" play for 7th place
VACHL C Playoff Tournament Notes:
1) In round robin:
i) regular season OT rules apply (3 min OT)
ii) If tied, go to 3 player shootout
a) no repeats unless entire roster is cycled
2) After round robin, teams are ranked by points
(2pt win, 1pt tie, 1pt OTL)
3) Tie breakers:
i) head to head record
ii) total wins
iii) goal differential
iv) regular season standings