ELIGIBILITY / LEVELS / VENUES

ELIGIBILITY / LEVELS / VENUES 10U - SQUIRT MINOR '08 & MAJOR '07 Eligibility: Top six teams i the league at each level will qualify based o regular seaso league play. Format: Divisioal crossover with semi-fial ad fial games. Mior '08 Teams 1, 2 & 3 are i the Red Divisio ad Teams 4, 5 & 6 are i the Blue Divisio. Major '07 Teams 1, 2 & 3 are i the Gold Divisio ad Teams 4, 5 & 6 are i the Silver Divisio. The top four teams at each age classificatio will advace to the semi-fials, wiers will advace to the Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team for all games. Dates: March 3-5, 2018 Schedule: Games begi Saturday, 03/03. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 ad OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 12U - PEE WEE MINOR '06 & MAJOR '05 Eligibility: Top six teams i the league at each level will qualify based o regular seaso league play. Format: Divisioal crossover with semi-fial ad fial games. Mior '06 Teams 1, 2 & 3 are i the Red Divisio ad Teams 4, 5 & 6 are i the Blue Divisio. Major '05 Teams 1, 2 & 3 are i the Gold Divisio ad Teams 4, 5 & 6 are i the Silver Divisio. The top four teams at each age classificatio will advace to the semi-fials, wiers will advace to the Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team for all games. Dates: March 3-5, 2018 Schedule: Games begi Saturday, 03/03. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 ad OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690

ELIGIBILITY / LEVELS / VENUES cotiued 14U - BANTAM MINOR '04 Eligibility: Natioal Teams 1-4 automatically qualify. The first place America Team automatically qualifies. The fial slot (#6) shall go to either the fifth place Natioal Team or the secod place America Team based o the followig criteria: a) If the #5 Natioal Team wo or tied the head-to-head crossover game i regular seaso play, the fial slot goes to the #5 Natioal Team. b) If the #2 America Team wo the head-to-head crossover game i regular seaso play agaist the #5 Natioal Team ad the #5 Natioal Team is less tha.500 i its crossover games agaist the first AND secod place America teams, the fial slot goes to the America Team. Natioal Teams 1, 2 & 3 are i the Red Divisio ad will play Natioal Team 4, America Team #1 ad the result of the above for slot #6 i the Blue Divisio. Format: Divisioal crossover with semi-fial ad fial games The top four teams will advace to the semi-fials, wiers will advace to the Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team for all games. Dates: March 3-5, 2018 Schedule: Games begi Saturday, 03/03. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 ad OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 14U - BANTAM MAJOR '03 Eligibility: Natioal Teams 1-4 automatically qualify. The first place America Team automatically qualifies. The fial slot (#6) shall go to either the fifth place Natioal Team or the secod place America Team based o the followig criteria: a) If the #5 Natioal Team wo or tied the head-to-head crossover game i regular seaso play, the fial slot goes to the #5 Natioal Team. b) If the #2 America Team wo the head-to-head crossover game i regular seaso play agaist the #5 Natioal Team ad the #5 Natioal Team is less tha.500 i its crossover games agaist the first AND secod place America teams, the fial slot goes to the America Team. Natioal Teams 1, 2 & 3 are i the Gold Divisio ad will play Natioal Team 4, America Team #1 ad the result of the above for slot #6 i the Silver Divisio. Format: Divisioal crossover with semi-fial ad fial games The top four teams will advace to the semi-fials, wiers will advace to the Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team for all games. Dates: March 3-5, 2018 Schedule: Games begi Saturday, 03/03. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 ad OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690

ELIGIBILITY / LEVELS / VENUES 15 PURE '02 Eligibility: Top four teams i the league based o regular seaso league play will qualify. Format: Sigle game elimiatio, (1 v 4 & 2 v 3) wiers will advace to the Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team for all games. Dates: March 3-4, 2018 Schedule: Games begi Saturday, 03/03. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 16U - AMERICAN '01/02 Eligibility: Top four teams i the league based o regular seaso league play will qualify. Format: Sigle game elimiatio. (1 v 4 & 2 v 3) wiers will advace to the Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team for all games. Dates: March 3-4, 2018 Schedule: Games begi Saturday, 03/03. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 16U - PREMIER & ELITE '01/02 Eligibility: Eligibility: Natioal Premier Teams 1-5 automatically qualifies. Natioal Elite Team 1 automatically qualifies. Format: Sigle game elimiatio, wiers will advace to the Champioship game. A: NP4 v NP5 B: NP3 v NE1 C: NP1 v Wier A D: NP 2 v Wier B Wier C v Wier D Highest seed is the home team for all games. Dates: March 3-5, 2018 Schedule: Games begi Saturday, 03/03. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690

ELIGIBILITY / LEVELS / VENUES 18U NATIONAL ELITE '99/00 Eligibility: Top two teams i the league based o regular seaso league play will qualify. Format: Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team. Dates: March 4, 2018 Schedule: Game begis Suday, 03/04. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 18U NATIONAL PREMIER '99/00 Eligibility: Top two teams i the league based o regular seaso league play will qualify. Format: Champioship game. Highest seed is the home team. Dates: March 4, 2018 Schedule: Game begis Suday, 03/04. Veue: ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670

GENERAL INFORMATION ALL PLAyERS, COAChES, AND TEAM MANAgERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIgN-IN PRIOR TO PARTICIPATINg IN EACh game. The followig iformatio must be submitted to the Registratio Desk at the AYHL Playoffs. Fial (Dec 31, 2017) Certified USA Hockey Team Roster, authorized by your District Registrar. Score sheets to validate your teams 10/20. Your team must have competed as a team uit i at least twety (20) games ad each player must have played i at least te (10) games durig the seaso with that team. I order for games to cout i meetig the 10/20 that team s player roster form (1T) must be certified by the appropriate registrar or his/her desigee prior to that game beig played. Teams formed ad certified prior to the September 1 seaso start may have games played i August couted toward fulfillig the 10/20 with approval of the District Registrar. Player chages to the official team roster for youth Tier I Natioal Champioship boud teams will ot be accepted after December 31, 2017. A game is a match played agaist aother team which is registered with a member orgaizatio of the IIHF of the same competitive level ad officiated by registered officials. A game shall cosist of at least three (3) periods except where the game is iterrupted, (by some uforesee evet) after two (2) periods have bee completed. Evidece of CEP (USA Hockey Coachig Educatio Program) level for all rostered coaches that will be participatig i the AYHL Playoffs, or i the viciity of the players bech. This should be idicated o your Certified USA Hockey Roster Successful completio of age specific module idicated o your Certified USA Hockey Roster for all Head ad Assistat Coaches. Successful completio of SafeSport o your USA Hockey Roster for all Head Coaches, Assistat Coaches, Team Maager s ad ay other rostered bech persoel (prit out or copy of o-lie certificate if ot idicated o roster). NOTE: Coaches of Tier I ad Tier II (Natioal Touramet Boud) 14U, 15P, 16U, ad 18U teams must complete Level 4 i their fourth seaso of coachig. Coaches who attai Level 4 certificatio are ot required to atted ay further certificatio cliics but must adhere to the age-specific requiremet as outlied i the USA Hockey 2017-18 CEP Requiremets.

GENERAL INFORMATION cotiued A completed AYHL Code of Coduct Form for every Player, Coach, Maager ad ay other bech persoel listed o your USA Hockey Roster. Your curret AYHL web site roster should match your Certified USA Hockey team roster. ONLY those players ad coaches listed o BOTH your USA Hockey roster ad the AYHL web site roster will be permitted to participate i games, or be i the bech area. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule, as it is a USA Hockey liability issue. Please ote that all player iformatio must be complete o the AYHL web site. There will be fies imposed by the League for each missig piece of iformatio at a rate o less tha $25.00per occurrece. Executed AyhL Paretal Pledge & Code of Ethics for each paret o your team. If ay rostered players birthdates are ot certified o your USA Hockey roster you must provide legal evidece of birthdate ad citizeship (birth certificate, passport, etc.) for those players. Teams ad players must be dressed ad ready for their games 20 miutes prior to published schedule time. Games will ot start prior to the published time due to broadcast schedulig. HockeyTV will be broadcastig all AYHL Playoff Semi-Fial ad Champioship games, Stadard rates for viewig all games will apply. For additioal iformatio ad to view games checkout www.hockeytv.com Carmo Photography will be o site for all playoff photography. Merchadise (icludig photography) will oly be available at the Ice Lie Facility. All hotel accommodatios are the resposibility of the idividual teams. The league will ot have provisios for securig hotel rooms at ay veue. Scorekeepig will be the resposibility of the Ice Lie ad Oaks Ceter Ice Staff. If Team Maagers choose to be i the score keepig area they will be allowed providig they are properly rostered as per USA Hockey. Playoff game format will be the same as regular seaso games at each level (period legth, pealties etc). NO OVERTIME i prelimiary roud robi games. Games ca ed i a tie. Oly semi-fial, fial games or games where a wier must be produced will have overtime as outlied. Poits are awarded as follows: Wi = 2 poits Tie = 1 poit Loss = 0 poits

AWARDS ALL PARTICIPANTS Players participatig i the 2018 AYHL League Playoffs will receive a complimetary t-shirt. All participatig players will receive a commemorative pi with the AYHL Playoff logo. FIRST & SECOND PLACE TEAMS Oe hat with AYHL Playoff logo, divisio ad wi positio for each player o first ad secod place teams. Oe baer with AYHL Playoff logo, divisio ad wi positio. FIRST PLACE ChAMPIONS Champioship cup trophy awarded to the wier of the Champioship game at each level. ALL AMERICAN FORWARD AND DEFENSIVE PLAyER OF ThE ChAMPIONShIP game Awarded to the most outstadig forward ad defesema (two trophies) i the fial champioship game at each level to be determied by a eutral third party league represetative. > Recipiet is ot ecessarily a player o the wiig team ad is at the discretio of the league represetative. great AMERICAN goalie OF ThE ChAMPIONShIP game Awarded to the most outstadig goalteder i the fial champioship game at each level to be determied by a eutral third party league represetative. > Recipiet is ot ecessarily a player o the wiig team ad is at the discretio of the league represetative.

THE USA HOCKEY STANDARD OF PLAY & RULES EMPHASIS All members of the USA Hockey commuity share a equal resposibility to esure the itegrity of the game is upheld. The ous to implemet ad maitai this policy is ot oly o the officials but also o the coaches, players, admiistrators ad parets. Everyoe ivolved must demostrate a awareess ad support for the applicatio, spirit ad respect for the rules i order for cotiued improvemet to occur i the game hockey. To that ed, we wat to make sure that everyoe ivolved i League Playoff games ad i our Atlatic District Playoff games uderstads that this Stadard of Play & Rules Emphasis will be applied i all of these games. We expect that everyoe will give their full support to this policy. Below is a brief summary of the ew Stadard of Play & Rules Emphasis: Through the ew Stadard, our game will cotiue to allow the opportuity for improved skill developmet ad a more positive hockey eviromet for all participats. The missio of USA Hockey is clear; through this ew iitiative a greater emphasis will be placed o skatig, puck possessio ad the proper use of the body to establish positio ad a competitive advatage. The goal of the ew Stadard is to reduce restraiig ifractios i the game ad ot to remove legal body checkig or body cotact. A hard body check or usig body cotact/positio (o-checkig classificatios) to gai a competitive advatage over the oppoet should ot be pealized as log as it is performed withi the rules. The priciples of this ew Stadard iclude the followig: The use of the stick will be limited to oly playig the puck. The stick will ot be allowed to i ay way impede a player s progress. The use of a free had/arm will ot be allowed to grab or impede a player s progress. Players who use their physical skills ad/or aticipatio ad have a positioal advatage shall ot lose that advatage as a result of illegal acts by the oppoet. Players will be held accoutable for acts of a itimidatig or dagerous ature. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION. ENJOY THE PLAYOFFS!

TIE BREAKERS 1. The results of the head-to-head games played betwee the tied teams i the followig order: a. Stadigs - Most poits. b. Most wis. c. Differetial - Subtractig goals scored agaist from goals scored i these games, the positios beig determied i order of the greatest surplus. d. Quotiet - Dividig the goals scored i these games by the goals scored agaist, the positios beig determied i order of the greatest quotiet. A quotiet ivolvig dividig by zero (0) has a higher stadig tha a quotiet from dividig by ay other umber other tha zero (0). Whe two or more teams have o goals agaist ad the quotiet tiebreaker is required, the teams shall be raked high to low i descedig order of "goals for." 2. If after applyig the formulas of 1 a, b, c, or d, the tie still exists, the results of all the games played by the teams tied i the followig order: a. Most wis. b. Differetial - Subtractig goals scored agaist from goals scored i these games, the positios beig determied i order of the greatest surplus. c. Quotiet - Dividig the goals scored i these games by the goals scored agaist, the positios beig determied i order of the greatest quotiet. A quotiet ivolvig dividig by zero (0) has higher stadig tha a quotiet from dividig by ay umber other tha zero. Where two or more teams have o goals agaist ad the quotiet tiebreaker is required, the teams shall be raked high to low i descedig order of "goals for." d. Most periods wo - I the games played by each tied team, poits will be awarded for each regulatio period wo (2 poits) ad for each regulatio period tied (1 poit). Positios shall be i the order of highest poit total. e. Quickest first goal - The team that scored the quickest goal i their prelimiary roud games shall be raked highest. 3. If the above procedure does ot break the tie, the teams shall use a shootout procedure as previously described. NOTE: Forfeits - If a team forfeits ay of its games, ad becomes ivolved i ay tie breakig formulas to determie its eligibility to advace to the ext level of play, the team forfeits all games i the roud robi play ad the games are recorded as 1-0 victory for the o-offedig team.

OVERTIME RULES Oly for games where a wier must be produced (Sigle Game Elimiatio, Semi-Fial ad Champioship Games). 1) FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD Regulatio time sudde death overtime period, five o five. Three miute rest period at the ed of third period of regulatio play. Teams do ot chage eds. Pealties from the third period will carry over ito the overtime period. Timeout permitted durig overtime period providig it was ot used i regulatio time. If a team receives a pealty i overtime, the teams will play 5 o 4. If the same team is assessed a secod pealty before the first oe expires, the the teams will play 5 o 3. 2) SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD Ice resurface, all levels. Regulatio time sudde death overtime period, five o five. Teams do ot chage eds. Pealties from the period will carry over ito the overtime period. Timeout permitted durig overtime period providig it was ot used i regulatio time. If a team receives a pealty i overtime, the teams will play 5 o 4. If the same team is assessed a secod pealty before the first oe expires, the the teams will play 5 o 3. *If teams remai tied after the secod overtime period outlied above, repeat first ad secod overtime period procedures above util a wier is determied. There will be o shoot out.

VENUES Ice Lie is the primary site for the AYHL 2018 Playoffs. The league office, merchadise ad actio photography will be available at this buildig oly. Teams will cycle thru both veues, all Semi-Fial ad Champioship games are at Ice Lie. PRIMARY ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 É 610-436-9670 www.icelie.ifo ALTERNATE OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 É 610-650-9690 www.oaksceterice.com ICE LINE RINK NUMBERS 1 2 3 4 OAKS RINK NUMBERS 1 2 3

10U SQUIRT SCHEDULE ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 Top Four Teams From Each Age Classificatio Advace to Semi-Fials Wiig Teams From Each Age Classificatio Advace to Champioship Games *Highest seed is the home team.

12U PEE WEE SCHEDULE ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690

14U BANTAM SCHEDULE ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 Top Four Teams From Each Age Classificatio Advace to Semi-Fials Wiig Teams From Each Age Classificatio Advace to Champioship Games *Highest seed is the home team.

15-PURE SCHEDULE ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 Sigle Elimiatio - Wiers Advace To Champioship Game *Highest seed is the home team.

16U & 18U SCHEDULE ICE LINE 700 Lawrece Drive West Chester, PA 19380 Tel: 610-436-9670 OAKS CENTER ICE 100 Peco Road Oaks, PA 19456 Tel: 610-650-9690 Sigle Elimiatio - Wiers Advace To Champioship Game Sigle Elimiatio - Wiers Advace To Champioship Game Champioship Game Oly Champioship Game Oly *Highest seed is the home team.