What if there is a tie (or worse, a 3-way tie) at the top of the Flight II standings at the end of the season? They'd be forced to hold some sort of pre-playoff playoff. And what if the tie involved teams from both the North and the South? Tack on Monday games in Vacaville?
CAHA has already thought of this, right? (doesn't bother to look at CAHA guidebook)
No such thing as a tie
10.9 CAHA SCHEDULED WEEKENDS:
c. Following the completion of the CAHA Scheduled Weekends, if two (2) or more teams have an equal number of points, their position in the standings shall be determined by the current USA Hockey tie breaking procedures.
FROM USA HOCKEY(e) YOUTH, GIRLS’/WOMEN’S AND HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY
AND/OR PREP SCHOOL – Tie Breaking Rules to Determine Standings Position
If two or more teams have an equal number of points, their position in the standings shall be determined by the following tiebreaking format. If one tie-breaker establishes a position for one or more teams, each team is placed in the applicable position. Once a team is placed, the remaining tied teams shall start the tiebreaking process over again at step 1. (If all tied teams have not played each other, then proceed to step 2. Note: a team may go into the tiebreaking process having defeated another of the tied teams and still not advance).
The tie-breaker formulas are as follows:
1. The results of the head-to-head games played between the tied teams in the following order:
a. Standings — Most points.
b. Most total wins.
c. Differential — Subtracting goals scored against from goals scored in these games, the positions being determined in order of the greatest surplus.
d. Quotient — Dividing the goals scored in these games by the goals scored against, the positions being determined in order of the greatest quotient. A quotient involving dividing by zero (0) has higher standing than a quotient from dividing by any number other than zero. Where two or more teams have no goals against and the quotient tiebreaker is required, the teams shall be ranked high to low in descending order of “goals for.â€
2. If after applying the formulas of 1 a, b, c or d the tie still exists, the results of all the games played by the teams tied in the following order.
a. Most total wins.
b. Differential — Subtracting goals scored against from goals scored in these games, the positions being determined in order of the greatest surplus.
c. Quotient — Dividing the goals scored in these games by the goals scored against, the positions being determined in order of the greatest quotient. A quotient involving dividing by zero (0) has higher standing than a quotient from dividing by any number other than zero. Where two or more teams have no goals against and the quotient tiebreaker is required, the teams shall be ranked high to low in descending order of “goals for.â€
d. Most periods won — In the games played by each tied team, points will be awarded for each regulation period won (2 points) and for each regulation period tied (1 point). Positions shall be in the order of highest point total.
e. Quickest first goal — The team that scored the quickest goal in their preliminary round games shall be ranked highest.
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