Hi Boys,

With respect to tie breakers, the following, as per rule 2.14 from the 2014/2015 ASHL rule books are the steps we will use this year:

I also added steps f –> k to take it back to the regular season before we do the very unfair “coin toss”. Hopefully we won’t need to use it but its there if we need to.

2.14 TIES IN STANDINGS – 2 OR MORE TEAMS

In the event of a tie in the standings the following steps (a – f) will be used to break the tie:

a) Best record in head-to-head games in the playoffs amongst the tied Teams
b) Most Wins in the Playoffs
c) Largest Goal Differential (Goals For minus Goals Against) in the playoffs
d) Least Goals Against in the playoffs
e) Least Penalty Minutes (Average per Game in the Playoffs)

If we can’t solve it in steps a–> e, then we will look to the regular season to settle the tie:

f) Best record in head to head games in the regular season
g) Most Wins in the Regular Season
h) Largest Goal Differential in the Regular Season
i) Least goals against in the regular season
j) Least Penalty Minutes in the regular season
k) Toss a coin

NOTE 1: If there are still Teams tied after a step (no single Team is advanced), only the tied Teams from that step move on to the next step of the procedure. This process continues until there is only 1 team remaining.

NOTE 2: Once one team has been advanced using this tie-breaking procedure, it then reverts back to the start of the tie-breaking procedure (a) to break the remaining tie and so forth each time one team is advanced and more ties still need to be broken.

NOTE 3: Goal differential shall not exceed +7 in any playoff game.

NOTE 4: If all tied Teams have not played head-to-head, 2.14 a) will be skipped and the process will begin with 2.14 b).

EXAMPLE: 3 team round robin game results Team A defeats Team B 4-2 Team B defeats Team C 3-2 Team C defeats Team A 5-2

a) All teams are tied at 1-1 so head to head is not used
b) Team “A” is -1, Team “B” is -1, Team “C” is +2
Therefore Team C would advance and become first place.If a second place team is required, then Team A and B are still tied so they would go back to the start of the tie-breaking procedure to break the tie, where Team A defeated Team B. Therefore Team A would be the second place team.

Cheers,
The Commish