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Mr. Man Memorial Hockey League
Terry Dunbrack
(902) 485-1524
70 Palmerston St.
Pictou, Canada
B0K 1H0
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Monday, November 12
Tie-Break Procedures
1) The tie-break procedures takes into account the important difference between finishing fifth and fourth. The tie-break format for determining other places will be similar to that of past years.
a) If there is a tie between the fourth and fifth place teams, the tie will be broken in a sudden death game. The team that scores the first goal will clinch the fourth playoff spot and the game will be over.
b) If there is a three-way, four-way or five-way tie and one of those teams is not to make the playoffs, the regular tie break formula will determine all but the fourth and fifth spots with those two teams playing off in a sudden death game. An example of this would be having team A, B, and C tying with records of 1-3 for positions 3, 4, and 5. If through head-to-head play all three teams finished 1-1, but team A had the best plus-minus, team A would finish third and teams B and C would playoff in a sudden death game for the remaining playoff spot.
2) The home team in any sudden death game will be the team that was the visitor during round robin play.
3) In determining final standings in any other situations, the tie-break will be as follows:
a) Team with the most wins
b) Team with least over time losses
c) Head to head play between tied teams
d) Plus minas between tied teams
e) Most goals between tied teams
f) Overall plus-minus
g) Overall Most goals
h) Sudden death game
Monday, November 22
Tournament Structure
1) The Mr. Man tournament structure is dependent on the number of humans that are participating in that particular year.
a) For a Standard eight team tournament, the tournament will have a round robin format, having each team play against each other once.
For a Modified eight team tournament, two divisions of four teams will play a round robin tournament with each team playing a fourth crossover game against the team in its opposing division that has finished its matching seeded position. The two teams that lead their respective divisions before this final game will be awarded the top two seedings for the playoffs. The remaining six teams will be seeded 3-8 depending on their final point total in after the crossover game. The playoffs from this point will be the same as the standard eight team format.
i) The single elimination playoff format for an eight team tournament will have each team making the playoffs with the first round playing out as follows:
8 vs. 1
7 vs. 2
6 vs. 3
5 vs. 4
ii) Out of the remaining four teams after the first round will play off with the highest seeded team hosting the lowest remaining seed, and the second highest seeded remaining team to host the third highest seeded team.
iii) The two losing teams will play off for Bronze and the two winning teams will play off for Gold
b) Where there are 7-10 humans, there will be a ten team tournament. The teams will be separated into two pools of five teams. Each team will play once against each team within their pool.
i) The top four teams in each pool will qualify for the playoffs.
ii) The single elimination playoff format for a ten team tournament will have the first round playing out as follows:
Game 1 4th Pool A vs. 1st Pool B
Game 2 4th Pool B vs. 1st Pool A
Game 3 3rd Pool A vs. 2nd Pool B
Game 4 3rd Pool B vs. 2nd Pool A
iii) The second round games will have the winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 4 and the winner of game 2 vs. winner of game 3. The home team will be the team that seeded higher between the two teams playing.
iv) The Bronze medal game will feature the losers of the second round. The Gold medal game will feature the winners of the second round.
v) The teams' seedings will be used to determine to which pool a team will belong.
Pool A will consist of the teams seeded in the following positions: 1, 3, 5, and 7 with the fifth spot being occupied by a computer team or a nineth human team given special consideration.
Pool B will consist of the teams seeded in the following positions: 2, 4, 6, and 8 with the fifth spot being occupied by a computer team or a tenth human given special consideration.
2) The seeding will be determined by the preceding year's tournament.
a)i) The top seeded team will always be determined the Gold medal winner.
ii) The second seed will be the silver medal winner unless a computer team finished second.
iii) The third seed will be the Bronze medal winner unless a computer team finished third.
iv) The fourth seed will be the loser of the Bronze medal game unless this is a computer team.
v) The remaining teams will be seeded according to their round robin finish.
b) Computer teams are eliminated from the seeding process with the exception being any team that wins the Mr. Man.
c) Any seeds left open by non returning teams or non championship computer teams will be replaced by the team seeded directly behind the open slot.
Eligibility/Team Selection
This section will be broken down into two parts - eligibility of human involvement and team selection. After the 2002 campaign, the tournament will be limited to eight humans.
ELIGIBILITY
1) No more than eight humans will be permitted into the tournament with the exception of the 'Special Exemption Clause'. The break down of priority for who is allowed to participate shall be as follows:
a) Anyone returning from the previous tournament has 'first rights' to return.
b) The applicant with the most seasons who has missed the previous tournament has 'second rights'.
c) For any remaining first year applicants, a committee of mostly Troy Rankins and Terry Dunbracks will be formed to assess viability of each new applicant. Consideration will be given for several criterium including skill, interest in returning and attitude. Free beer never hurts.
2) Computer teams will be picked using the following criteria:
a) A computer controled team that has won the previous Mr. Man. Winning the Roy Hattie trophy does not guarentee a spot in the following Mr. Man.
b) A team that has not been made an appearance that is bad
c) bad teams
TEAM SELECTION
1) Reserved teams from previous season:
a) A human from the previous year has first chance to reclaim his team for the new season. By December First at midnight ADT, this reserved team will have to be claimed in order to protect said team from moochers.
b) If a human from the previous season decides to waive their reserve option before December First at midnight ADT, they may choose to reserve any other NHL league team that is not reserved.
c) Any non-returning humans may select an available team after December first at midnight ADT.
2) A Computer team that wins the Mr. Man the previous year will be listed as unavailable.
Draft Selection
1) Draft Night will be held on the Saturday night two weeks prior to the Mr. Man date.
2) The draft will include only players who are 25 years old and under.
3) The draft is order is random and consists of four rounds.
a) goalies in round one
b) defense in round two
c) forwards in round three
d) forwards in round four
4) Drafted players will remain with their new teams after the draft date even if they have been traded in the NHL.
5) In the event of team applications accepted after the draft:
i) the lowest seeded computer team will be removed from the tournament
ii) applicant will accept the seeding order that succeeds the last human seeding.
iii) new applicant will receive picks of the team that has been removed from the tournament
iv) any player given up by new applicant during the draft will remain on their new teams.
Awards
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