NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Minigame Format
Appendix A

For a playoff or championship series where a two-game series is used, a minigame may be used to break the tie and determine the advancing team.

Each game in the series shall include three 20-minute periods and a five-minute overtime period in accordance with NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules book.

If the two-game series is split or if both games end in a tie, a 20-minute minigame will be played immediately after the second game. At the end of the second game there shall be a 15-minute intermission, both teams shall proceed to their locker rooms and the ice shall be resurfaced. Ten minutes prior to the start of the minigame, a list of names and numbers of all eligible players and goalkeepers, including starting lineups, shall be submitted, first by the visiting coach and then by the home coach, to the official scorer or referee. The announcer will introduce the starting lineups and the teams shall not change ends (except as provided for in the NCAA rules book).

The 20-minute minigame is to be treated as another game with the exception that it is not counted statistically or in a team’s overall won-loss record. All NCAA playing rules will be followed in the minigame. Each team shall be awarded one timeout for the minigame.

If the score remains tied after the minigame, the tie will be broken by 20-minute, sudden-death periods (see 6-56). There will be no additions to a team’s roster during overtime periods.

If a player receives a game disqualification penalty during the first game of a two-game, minigame series, that player is ineligible to participate in the remainder of that game and the second game of the series. If a minigame is necessary, that player shall be eligible to participate in the minigame.

If a player receives a game disqualification in the first game of a two-game, minigame series and had received a disqualification previously, the NCAA progressive game-disqualification structure will be followed. That player is ineligible to participate in the remainder of that game, plus the second game and minigame, including any overtime periods associated with the minigame. If a player is ineligible to participate in the minigame and the overtime periods associated with the minigame, the minigame and over-times will count as a game for progressive disqualification structure purpuses.

2005-06 NCAA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY RULES
AND INTERPRETATIONS TOURNAMENT COMPETITION
SECTION 56.a. Where advancement in a bracket or the determination of a tournament champion is necessary, any series in a format (e.g., single game, minigame series) that results in a tie shall be broken by 20-minute, sudden-death overtime periods (Exception: See 6-56-b). The ice shall be resurfaced upon completion of regulation play. The teams shall not change ends (except as indicated in Rule 6-51-b). Third place games may follow the overtime procedures as described in Rule 6-54.

Note: A tied game in a minigame series must use a five-minute overtime period. If the series is tied after the second game, a 20-minute minigame will be played after an intermission period (12/15 minutes). See Appendix A for complete procedures.