VACHL A 2022-23 Playoff Schedule

PLAYOFF FORMAT

Round Robin

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All teams will play a total of 5 games (3 Round Robin and 2 playoff games)

Sat Feb 11

7:45 PM

Trout Lake

Rush Hour

5

Predators

1

Sat Feb 11

9:15 PM

Trout Lake

Replicants

6

Lumberjacks

3

1) Teams will be divided into 2 Groups (A and B) based on regular season standings.

Sat Feb 11

9:15 PM

Britannia

Direwolves

2 [OT]

Hornets

1

Group A will have #1,4,6

Sat Feb 18

10:15 PM

Kitsilano

Predators

1

Replicants

5

Group B will have #2,3,5

Sun Feb 19

10:15 PM

Trout Lake

Direwolves

4

Lumberjacks

2

Sun Feb 19

10:30 PM

Killarney

Hornets

1

Rush Hour

3

2) Teams will play 3 round robin games.

2 games will be within the group with 1 cross-over game with other group (1v5, 2v6, 3v4).

Mon Feb 27

9:30 PM

Trout Lake

Replicants

2

Direwolves

7

** Round Robin games will only have 4v4 sudden-death overtime (no shootout)

Tue Feb 28

9:00 PM

Sunset

Hornets

4

Predators

2

Wed Mar 1

10:00 PM

Britannia

Lumberjacks

1

Rush Hour

0

3) Teams are then ranked by points (2pt win, 0pt loss, 1pt tie, OTL) within their group.

Semi-finals

Sat Mar 4

1

9:15 PM

Britannia

Rush Hour

4

Replicants

1

Sun Mar 5

2

8:45 PM

Trout Lake

Direwolves

4 [SO]

Hornets

3

4) The Medal Rounds: The 1st ranked teams from each pool will faceoff with the 2nd

ranked team in the opposite group in the semi-finals.

Classification Playoffs

[Best of 2* for 5th place]

Sun Mar 5

5:30 PM

Britannia

Predators

4

Lumberjacks

3

GroupA #1 vs GroupB #2 (Semi-final 1)

Sat Mar 11

1:30 PM

Britannia

Lumberjacks

6

Predators

9

GroupB #1 vs GroupA #2 (Semi-final 2)

Finals 3rd Place

The winners of the above two games will play for 1st while the losers will play for 3rd.

Sat Mar 11

3:00 PM

Britannia

Replicants

4

Hornets

2

Finals 1st Place

5) Classification Games: 3rd place team of each pool will play in a 2 game mini-series

Sat Mar 11

4:30 PM

Britannia

Rush Hour

4 [SO]

Direwolves

3

Classification Series Notes:

** If the series is tied 1-1 after regulation time of Gm2, we will have a 5 min "mini-game 3" (not sudden death)

** 3-player shootout if still tied after "mini-game 3" to determine the winner of the series

** If the series is tied 1-1 after OT or shootout of Gm2, we go to a "mini-game 3" or

immediately to 3-player shoot-out to determine winner, time permitting

** If a game ends in a tie during the semi-final/final/classification rounds, there will be a 4v4

sudden-death overtime (time permitting, changes on the fly only),

followed by a 3 player shootout (teams can repeat shooters once 1 team's roster has cycled through)

General Playoff Notes:

Goalie subs must obtain league approval before playing.

PIM Threshold for playoffs is reset to 15PIM.

Once surpassed, players will be suspended 1 game or rest of playoffs/season

if it is their 2nd suspension of the season.