Tournament
HandbookU18 · NBC4
Jan 29–31, 2027
Dates
Alix Arena
Venue
4 teams
Field
4 guaranteed
Games / team
27-900095
HC sanction #
Welcome
Welcome to the U18 NBC4 Lamplighter Series Tournament
Thanks for confirming your team for U18 NBC4! We're glad you're joining us Jan 29–31, 2027 at Alix Arena. This handbook is everything you need for the weekend — schedule, game rules, scoring, awards and who to contact — so save the link and check back if anything changes before you arrive.
Alix Arena — 4931 52 Street, Alix, AB T0C 0B0
Host team & contacts
Who's hosting this weekend
Host team: U18 Glenlake Hawks NBC 4
Schedule
Round robin + finals
4 teams, six round-robin games, then an A Final for the championship and a B Final for 3rd place. Ice times are locked — no time changes or team slot swaps. Team names below are placeholders until rosters are confirmed; the final schedule with real team names goes out once registration closes. Round-robin games are stop time and can end in a tie. B Final ties go straight to a 3-on-3 shootout; A Final ties go to a 3-on-3 overtime first, then a shootout if still tied — see Game Rules below.
| Date | Time | Round | Matchup | If Tied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jan 29 | 6:00 PM | RR 1 | Host vs. Team 2 | Stop time — can end in a tie |
| Fri Jan 29 | 7:45 PM | RR 2 | Team 3 vs. Team 4 | Stop time — can end in a tie |
| Sat Jan 30 | 8:30 AM | RR 3 | Host vs. Team 3 | Stop time — can end in a tie |
| Sat Jan 30 | 10:15 AM | RR 4 | Team 2 vs. Team 4 | Stop time — can end in a tie |
| Sat Jan 30 | 2:30 PM | RR 5 | Host vs. Team 4 | Stop time — can end in a tie |
| Sat Jan 30 | 4:15 PM | RR 6 | Team 2 vs. Team 3 | Stop time — can end in a tie |
| Sun Jan 31 | 9:00 AM | B Final | 3rd seed vs. 4th seed | Straight to 3v3 shootout (no OT) |
| Sun Jan 31 | 11:00 AM | A Final | 1st seed vs. 2nd seed | 3v3 sudden-victory OT, then shootout if still tied |
Friday/Saturday round-robin games have no in-game flood; Sunday’s finals include one flood after the first period. Every game — round robin or final — is also followed by a 15-minute flood before the next game. Arrive 30 minutes before your ice time to allow for dressing room turnover.
Getting there & where to stay
Travel and accommodation
Hotel blocks have been secured for this tournament. Please ask the host team for more information on hotels and booking. Lacombe (west on Highway 12) and Stettler (east on Highway 12) are each about 30 minutes from Alix.
- From Calgary: north on Highway 2 (QEII) to Lacombe, then east on Highway 12 to Alix.
- Hockey Calgary teams: your Team Manager completes Hockey Calgary's Play in a Tournament form for this out-of-town tournament (it creates your travel permit). If the weekend conflicts with league games, request a schedule window by Hockey Calgary's regular-season deadline (Nov 9, 2026). Teams from other associations bring a travel permit from their own association.
Teams & rosters
Who's playing
Confirmed teams and rosters appear here automatically as each team is confirmed and submits its roster.
Format & rules
U18 game play guidelines
| Permit | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1½ hours (Fri/Sat round robin) | 15 min | 20 min | 20 min |
| 1¾ hours (Sun finals) | 20 min | 20 min | 15 min |
- No timeouts permitted.
- Three-minute warm-up begins at the scheduled permit time.
- Round-robin games (Friday/Saturday, 1½-hour permit): no in-game flood — players remain on the ice between periods with a one-minute intermission.
- Final games (Sunday, 1¾-hour permit): one in-game flood, between Periods 1 and 2.
- No game may exceed the permit time.
- If undue delays prevent completion, at the first stoppage after the clock reaches five minutes remaining on the permit, the timekeeper notifies the referee. The clock is reset to two minutes and the remainder is completed with stop time.
- Hockey Calgary sanction 27-900095 — HC Tournament Policy 2026-27 governs anything not covered here.
Game-day roles
Off-ice officials & volunteers
- Each team is responsible for supplying its own penalty box volunteer, for every game.
- When a Glenlake team is competing, Glenlake supplies the scorekeeper, clock operator, and music for that game.
- When no Glenlake team is competing, the home team is responsible for the clock and music, and the away team is responsible for the scorekeeper. Both teams remain responsible for supplying their own penalty box volunteer.
Scoring
Games are scored in TeamLinkt this season
New for 2026-27: every game is scored digitally in TeamLinkt instead of paper gamesheets, a Hockey Calgary requirement. Every team joins the Lamplighter league in TeamLinkt before the tournament — the why and the how are at lamplighterserieshockey.ca/join-teamlinkt. Scorekeepers score in a web browser at games.teamlinkt.com; each game's code appears in TeamLinkt 24 hours before the game.
Awards & swag
What every player takes home
Every player goes home with Lamplighter swag, and every game hands out MVP and Heart & Hustle awards — plus medals for the top finishers.
Tournament rules
Game rules
| Permit | Period format (stop time) |
|---|---|
| 1½ hours (Fri/Sat RR) | 15 / 20 / 20 min |
| 1¾ hours (Sun finals) | 20 / 20 / 15 min |
- The game sheet is digital in TeamLinkt. The scorekeeper (see the volunteer model above) keeps it at games.teamlinkt.com; each game's code appears in TeamLinkt 24 hours before the game.
- Off-ice officials should be in position 5 minutes before the scheduled start and stay neutral and respectful. (For Lamplighter, who fills each role follows the volunteer model above.)
- Teams may not take the ice more than 5 minutes before the scheduled time; the clock starts at the scheduled time whether or not teams are on the ice.
- A game ends at its scheduled time regardless of when it started, subject to the 5-minutes-remaining reset procedure above.
Round robin — standings & ties
Round-robin games are stop time with no overtime or shootout — a tied score after regulation stands. Standings points: 2 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss. If teams are level on points once the round robin is complete, the tiebreaker is goals for and against (goal differential).
Ties — B Final (3rd place)
Straight to a 3-on-3 shootout, no overtime period. Ice isn't resurfaced first; teams don't change ends. 3 shooters per team, home team chooses to shoot 1st or 2nd; if still tied after 3 rounds, sudden victory (one shooter each per round until a round has a scorer and a non-scorer).
Ties — A Final (championship)
A 3-minute, 3-on-3 sudden-victory overtime first (3 skaters + goalie, or 4 skaters with no goalie) — stop time, no end change, goaltender may be swapped for a skater at any point, never fewer than 3 players on the ice. The first goal scored wins the game immediately; the clock does not run out the rest of the 3 minutes once a goal is scored. Still tied after the full 3 minutes with no goal → 3-on-3 shootout, same format as the B Final above. Any penalty in overtime is a penalty shot for the other team instead of time served; a player ejected before overtime doesn't return.
Fundraising
Fundraising
Details coming soon — this section will be updated closer to the tournament.
Thank you to our sponsors
Tournament sponsors
Sponsor details coming soon — this section will be updated closer to the tournament.
Conduct
One rink, one standard
Hockey Calgary's Code of Conduct applies to every player, coach and parent at the arena and wherever teams are staying, for host and guest teams alike. Please treat officials, volunteers and other teams the way you'd want your own team treated.
Zero tolerance for abuse of officials. Lamplighter has zero tolerance for abuse of the officials working our games. The Lamplighter executive committee reserves the right to eliminate a team from the tournament if official abuse occurs — that team forfeits its remaining games in the tournament, and no refund is issued.