street hockey tournament
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We’re back with our fifth annual Encounter Sports Street Hockey Tournament—bigger, better, and as fun as ever! This event welcomes players of all skill levels for a week of exciting 4-on-4 street hockey action. With co-ed divisions from U9 to U21, players can sign up with a full team or register as a free agent. It’s a great way to compete, connect, and support a cause—all proceeds go directly to Encounter Sports summer programming.
Tuesday, August 5
U9 (2017-2018)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wednesday, August 6
U11 (2015, 2016)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Thursday, August 7
U13 (2013, 2014)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Thursday, August 7
U15 (2011, 2012)
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Thursday , August 7
U18/U21 (2010-2006)
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: East Parking - Heartland Alliance Church
- 53105 Highway 21, Sherwood Park
- Northest corner of Highway 21 and Lakeland Drive
Sign up as a team (8 max) or as a free agent. Free agents will be assigned by Encounter Sports coaches to their own team or if a registered team is looking for additional players.
Please register for the age division your child will be in this fall.
Cost per person: $25. There are limited spots in each age division.
Registrations will be taken right up until 15 minutes before the group start time. Walk-up registrations will be accepted.
Families are encouraged to stay and cheer teams on and enjoy additional activities like:
- Concession (bring money to spend)
- Prizes
- Music
- Additional Fun Activities
game play
- 4 on 4
- All teams will play five to six 10-minute run-time games (depending on the number of teams that register).
- Shifts will be timed.
- Pinnies provided unless team has their own jerseys they would like to wear.
Registrations will be taken right up until 15 minutes before the group start time. Walk-up registrations will be accepted.
Families are encouraged to stay and cheer teams on and enjoy additional activities like:
- Concession (bring money to spend)
- Prizes
- Music
- Additional Fun Activities
equipment
- All players U9-U15 must wear helmets
- U9-U15 – full face shield required
- U18/U21 – Helmets with visor is recommended
- Players need to bring their own stick
- Gloves and protective cup are highly recommended
- Goalies must wear at a minimum (protective cup, full helmet, blocker, catcher, pads, and chest protector). We will have a few loaners, but we recommend that goalies bring their equipment.
rules
- Points for games:
Wins = 3 Points
Ties = 2 Points
Losses = 1 Point
- Face off to start gameplay.
- Must give half after goals.
- If a ball goes out of play, a new ball will be placed at the point of ball exit. The defending team will give five feet.
- The opposing team must give ten feet when the goalie covers the ball.
- All minor penalties will be penalty shots with players chasing on the whistle.
- All major penalties (including intent to teameachjure or fighting will result in immediate ejection).
- Any abuse or disrespect of officials will not be tolerated.
- Individual players will be capped at five goals maximum per game.
- A maximum goal spread of five will be counted towards goal differential.
- There is no overtime in round-robin play. The game will end in a tie.
- Games are run-time except for the last three minutes of playoff games, where the clock will stop for balls out of bounds and penalty shots.
- If a game is tied in a playoff game, it will have a sudden-death three-minute overtime followed by a shootout with three players shooting from both teams. If the game is still tied after overtime and the initial shootout, it will go to a sudden-death shootout with one player from each team shooting. No player can shoot twice until all players on the team have shot.
- Tiebreaker in standings:
Most wins
Head to head
Goal differential
Coin toss