PLC Sports Travel would like to welcome you to the Edinburgh Ice Hockey Cup. The tournament has been created to allow teams from all over the world to come to Edinburgh and compete in the tradition of good sportsmanship and great competition.
Your host and tournament founder is Peter Cardo, President, PLC Sports Travel.
Tournament Format
The tournament offers divisions for hobby players ages 50+ and 60+. Each team will play 4 games.
This is a hobby tournament for the enjoyment of all hobby players. All team rosters will be checked to ensure all registrations are valid. Players will be required to show picture identification when they check in at the tournament desk.
Games will have 60 minutes to be played.
There will be 2- 23-minute straight time periods with the last 2 minutes of the game stop time.
Teams will have a 5-minute warm up.
The tournament will be a round robin format with all teams playing 4 games.
Point System. During the round robin, points will be awarded as follows: For every period a team wins, they will receive 1 point. If a period is tied, no points are awarded. The team that wins the game will receive 3 points. If a game is tied, each team will receive 1 point.
If a team wins both periods and wins the game, they would receive 5 points.
At the end of the round robin the teams will be seated 1 through 4. Teams 1 & 2 will play for the Gold and Silver medals and teams 3 & 4 will play for the bronze medal.
If two teams are tied the winner of the head to head game will be awarded the higher seed.
If three or more teams are tied, the team with the most wins will be awarded the higher seed.
The team with the most periods won points will be awarded the higher seed.
The team with the fewest goals allowed.
The team with the fewest penalty minutes.
Coin toss.
Playing Rules
For a complete list of playing rules for the tournament please see the rules page.
Our Accommodations
The tournament offers players and their guests a great hotel. Rooms have been secured for all teams at the Hampton by Hilton Edinburgh West End.
The hotel includes a delicious buffet breakfast and is close to all the attractions near the Old Town.
To read more about the hotel visit our Accommodations Page
