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2 WELCOME... Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, On behalf of the organizer - Košice Airport Sport Club represented by Košice Flyers, we are pleased to welcome all the players, team officials, families and friends to the 19th European Air Traffic Controllers Ice Hockey Tournament - EATCIHT After 2014 and 2016 success, it is a great honour to host this prestige Tournament again in 2018 in Košice - in a unique Central European metropolis. The most of you know Košice very well and you really like the whole atmosphere here. We set high-level standards for the past tournaments and we all promise, this Tournament will not make any difference. We have prepared rich programme with plenty of hockey games, Welcome and Farewell Party and special Airport Barbecue Party with various air-displays at Museum of Aviation near the Kosice International Airport. The Museum of Aviation is the first aviation museum in Slovakia and presents development of aviation and aviation technology. In its five hangars you can see nice collection of airplanes, helicopters and older aviation technology that especially comprises a precious collection of aircraft engines, measuring and navigation devices and other equipment. The collection includes some very interesting aircraft that are very rare at European aircraft museums. There is also an eposition of road transport, where you can admire motor and motorless historical vehicles. As on previous Tournaments, each participating team has a dedicated team assistant who helps you with your requests anytime. We would like to thank to the City of Košice, local Air Navigation Services Provider - LPS SR, š.p., Crow Arena, DoubleTree by Hilton representatives and other partners for beautiful support and cooperation and to entire organizational team for passion and dedication. Thanks to the hard work from all of you. We are ready to see new records, performances beyond belief, ecitement, joy, victories and defeats. We grow together and we must never forget that it is good to win medals but it is much greater to make friends. So discover the city, have fun, enjoy your games and play fair - WELCOME TO KOŠICE! ING. Michal VEJČÍK All Affairs Chairman ING. Tomáš KARDOŠINEC Tournament Chairman

3 WELCOME... Dear EATCIHT participants, I am glad that you came back to our city and I hope that you won t only enjoy hockey, but also the beauty of our city. Košice is changing and these changes are mostly noticed by you, people who visit our town once in a while. So, today I want to welcome you in new Košice and I hope that you will see some positive changes of our city, not just the construction work on tram railways, which might complicate your transport here. Hockey has a long-standing and successful tradition, as well as history in Košice. Therefore, we appreciate that the European Air Traffic Controllers Ice Hockey Tournament has repeatedly found its way to Košice. We can see it as a forerunner of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which we will host in 2019 in Košice. The World Championships will bring changes to Košice once again; we will reconstruct and modernize again. Please welcome to today s new Košice, just enjoy the atmosphere, have fun and be enthusiastic just like when you do sport, in which victory is prestige and motivation, but it is not the only reason for your stay in Košice. I hope that you will return to our city with this tournament also in the future. However, I would like to invite you to Košice for some of the matches of the Ice Hockey World Championships in I promise we will work hard, so that when you return you will like Košice even more. JUDR. Martin PETRUŠKO Deputy Mayor of Košice Dear participants, dear visitors, I am pleased that you chose the Slovak city for the nineteenth air traffic controllers ice hockey tournament. We are very delighted that the tournament is held in Košice again. Today we welcome teams from seven different countries; this proves that this tournament is on a high international level. I know that your job is not a joke, it is etremely difficult and challenging, yet you still find time to do what you love and what fulfils you. This shows that not only epert cooperation, but also sport and passion strengthens relationship between air traffic controllers in Europe. I hope you will feel comfortable here, enjoy the city and the tournament. Let me wish you an unforgettable week, many new eperiences and most importantly successful matches! ING. Blažej ZAUJEC General Director - LPS SR, š.p.

4 EVENT SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, 02nd MAY Team Registration DoubleTree by Hilton - Registration Point THURSDAY, 03rd MAY Breakfast DoubleTree by Hilton - Restaurant Preliminary Round - 9 Games Crow Arena Team Registration Crow Arena - Registration Point Lunch Crow Arena - Club Caffé Restaurant Welcome Party DoubleTree by Hilton - Restaurant Team Leaders Meeting DoubleTree by Hilton - Saloon FRIDAY, 04th MAY Breakfast DoubleTree by Hilton - Restaurant Preliminary Round - 8 Games Crow Arena Lunch Crow Arena - Club Caffé Restaurant Airport Barbecue Party Museum of Aviation, Aiport Košice Drink & Dance Košice - city center SATURDAY, 05th MAY Breakfast DoubleTree by Hilton - Restaurant Preliminary Round - 3 Games Crow Arena Final Placement Games - 5 Games Crow Arena Lunch Crow Arena - Club Caffé Restaurant Farewell Party & Prize Giving Ceremony DoubleTree by Hilton - Restaurant SUNDAY 06th MAY Breakfast DoubleTree by Hilton - Restaurant Farewell and Transfers

5 TEAMS GROUP A GROUP B Team Seedings Source Teams are divided into two groups according to the final standings from the last three EATCIHT Tournament (EATCIHT 2014, 2016, 2017).

6 RULES 1. TOURNAMENT FORMAT The 10 registered teams are divided into two groups for the Preliminary Round. Each team will play 4 games. After a single round-robin series in each group, the teams from each group advance to the Final Placement Games (each team will face the team of the other group with the equivalent standing in a cross-over format 5A vs. 5B, 4B vs. 4A, 3A vs. 3B, 2B vs. 2A and 1A vs. 1B). 2. TEAM COMPOSITION For a team to play a game it must be able to put on the ice at least five skaters and one goalkeeper at the beginning of the game. 3. PLAYER EQUIPMENT Skaters equipment consists of sticks, skates, protective equipmentand uniforms. All protective equipment, ecept gloves, helmets, and skates must be worn entirely underneaththe uniform. Equipment must conform to safety standards and be used only to protect skaters, not to enhance or improve playing ability or to cause injury to an opponent. Full equipment, including helmets, must be worn properly during the game and pre-game warm-up. Only face masks are optional. Inline trousers for roller hockey are not allowed. 4. POINT SYSTEM / FINAL RANKING For all games in the Preliminary round points shall be awarded as follows 3 points for the winning team at the conclusion of regulation time, 1 point for both teams at the conclusion of regulation time if the game is tied, 0 points for the team losing the game in regulation time. For all Final Placement Games points shall be awarded as follows 3 points for the winning team at the conclusion of regulation time, 1 point for both teams at the conclusion of regulation time if the game is tied, An additional point earned for the team winning the game in the Penalty-Shot Shootout if the teams are tied following conclusion of the third period, 0 points for the team losing the game in regulation time. The results of the Final Placement Games will determine the Tournament Final Standing. 5. TIE-BREAKING FORMULA In case of two or more teams end up with the same number of points, the tie-breaking formula willdetermine the standings Step 1 Head-to-head results Step 2 Total score differential (Goals For Goals Against) Step 3 The highest number of goals scored Step 4 The least number of goals against Step 5 The least penalty minutes. Step 6 Coin toss.

7 RULES 6. LENGHT OF PLAY Preliminary Round A regulation time consists of three straight-time periods of 15 minutes (no timeouts), Periods are separated by a 2 minutes rest intermission, Teams change ends to start each period, Time stopping in the last minute of the game (not applicable if one team is ahead by 2 or more goals), Games in the Preliminary Round can finish in a tie (no penalty-shot shootout), There will be a 5 minute warm-up at the start of each game. Final Placement Games A regulation time consists of three straight-time periods of 20 minutes and a Penalty-Shot Shootout if required (no timeouts), Periods are separated by a 2 minutes rest intermission, Teams change ends to start each period, Time stopping in the last minute of the game (not applicable if one team is ahead by 2 or more goals), Final Placement Games must have a winner. If a game is tied at the end of regulation time, a Penalty-Shot Shootout procedure will be applied to determine the winner. Three different shooters from each team will take alternate shots, until a decisive goal is scored. If the game is still tied after three shots by each team, the procedure will continue with a tie-break shoot out by one player of each team, with a reversed shooting order. The same or new players can take the tie-break shots. Shots will be taken at both ends of the ice. A coin toss will determine which team takes the first shot, with the winner of the toss having the choice whether his team will shoot first or second. Any player, whose penalty was not over at the end of regulation time, cannot take the shots and must stay in the penalty bo or in the dressing room. The goalkeepers will defend the same goal, as in the third period. The goalkeepers from each team may be changed after each shot. The players of both teams will take the shots alternately until a decisive goal is scored, There will be a 5 minute warm-up at the start of each game. 7. GAME RULES SPECIFICATIONS No center-red line Passes from the defending zone to any player in neutral zone are allowed, No Slap shots Stick raised above the knee on the back swing when shooting or passing the puck will result in a face-off in the offending teams defensive zone face-off spot, No body-checking Body checking will result in a minor or major penalty at the referee s discretion, High stick It may be called for carrying the stick above the normal height of the waist. In all cases, use of the stick on the opponents body above the waist should be watched carefully and penalized accordingly, Icing According to the IIHF rules (red line). Defensive line changes will be permitted on icing calls, Minor penalty = 2 straight-time minutes. Three minor penalties of the same player in one game will be a game ejection. Player is eligible to play in the net game, Major penalty = 5 straight-time minutes. Referee s decision if the player is ejected from the game, NO FIGHTING!!! Fighting will result in a major penalty and may result in a tournament disqualification.

8 PRELIMINARY ROUND No. Group Time Thursday, 03rd May B 0800 Rhein Radar Rhinos Bratislava Falcons 2 B 0910 Flying Seals Prague Monkeys 3 A 1020 EATCIHT International Genève HC Skyguide 4 A 1130 Budapest Piranhas Zürich Skyrangers 5 B 1240 Helsinki HATCH Flying Seals 6 A 1350 Košice Flyers EATCIHT International 7 B 1500 Prague Monkeys Rhein Radar Rhinos 8 B 1610 Helsinki HATCH Bratislava Falcons 9 A 1720 Genève HC Skyguide Budapest Piranhas No. Group Time Friday, 04th May A 0800 Kosice Flyers Zürich Skyrangers 11 B 0910 Flying Seals Rhein Radar Rhinos 12 A 1020 EATCIHT International Budapest Piranhas 13 B 1130 Prague Monkeys Helsinki HATCH 14 A 1240 Genève HC Skyguide Košice Flyers 15 B 1350 Bratislava Falcons Flying Seals 16 A 1500 Zürich Skyrangers EATCIHT International 17 B 1610 Rhein Radar Rhinos Helsinki HATCH No. Group Time Saturday, 05th May A 0800 Budapest Piranhas Košice Flyers 19 B 0910 Bratislava Falcons Prague Monkeys 20 A 1020 Zürich Skyrangers Genève HC Skyguide

9 GROUP STANDINGS GROUP A Rank Team GP W T L GFGA GDF PTS GROUP B Rank Team GP W T L GFGA GDF PTS FINAL PLACEMENT GAMES No. Group Time Saturday, 05th May / A 22 7/ B 23 5/ A 24 BMG B 25 GMG A 5B 4A 3B 2A 1B

10 FINAL STANDINGS Rank Team INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Awards No. Name Team Fair-Play Team Trophy The Best Goalkeeper The Best Defenseman The Best Forward The Most Valuable Player The Best Skater Bad Boy The Most Handsome Player The Best Fan The Youngest Mascot of the Tournament All-Stars Team

11 PAST TOURNAMENTS EATCIHT 2016 Rank Team ZÜRICH SKYRANGERS BRATISLAVA FALCONS PRAGUE MONKEYS Genève HC Skyguide Košice Flyers Slovenia Žolne Flying Seals Helsinki HATCH Budapest Piranhas Rhein Radar Rhinos EATCIHT 2014 Rank Team ZÜRICH SKYRANGERS PRAGUE MONKEYS GENÈVE HC SKYGUIDE Bratislava Falcons Helsinki HATCH Košice Flyers Slovenia Žolne Flying Seals Budapest Piranhas Rhein Radar Rhinos

12 INTRODUCING... CROW ARENA City Košice Address Kavečianska cesta 1113/1, Košice Built 1979 Reconstructed 2013 Ice-Rink dimensions m Capacity spectators Previous tournaments 2016, 2014

13 INTRODUCING... KOŠICE Try something new and undiscovered. A place where east and west meet, where history and human destiny mi with the present. Join us to discover the City of Košice a unique Central European metropolis and European Capital of Culture 2013! Košice is home to the oldest marathon in Europe, it boasts the largest heritage reservation in Slovakia, as well as the largest and most important gold treasure in Europe, but most importantly, it is a city where life is lived and enjoyed. So come and sample a tasty coffee or the cocktail Košické zlato (Košice gold) at one of the street cafes on a Friday evening, when the people of Košice take to the streets and bars of the very beautiful Old Town centre, or why not visit the Východoslovenské Múzeum (East Slovak Museum) and admire the gold treasure (and secretly wish that you had discovered it), soak up the tropical atmosphere of the Botanical Gardens or just enjoy a stroll around the old streets of the city and drop into a restaurant or bar for a glass of ecellent Slovak wine or some local delicacy.

14 MAP OF KOŠICE CROW ARENA CITY CENTRE USEFUL USEFUL CONTACTS CONTACTS TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN Tomáš Kardošinec ALL AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN Michal Vejčík TRANSPORT CHAIRMAN Marián Polášek HOTEL - RECEPTION AMERICAN TAXI VIP TAXI SMILE TAXI Miroslava Gduľová Tímea Szabóová

15 SHUTTLE BUS SCHEDULE HOTEL - ARENA Thursday, 03rd May ARENA - HOTEL HOTEL - ARENA Friday, 04th May ARENA - HOTEL HOTEL - AIRPORT AIRPORT - HOTEL * *to Crow Arena HOTEL - ARENA Saturday, 05th May ARENA - HOTEL

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