Playoff Setup

(Tiebreaking rules below)

Boys Hockey:
All teams make the playoffs - no reward for winning a division.
Top 8 teams make Tier 1 playoffs
Remaining 7 teams make Tier 2 playoffs
Championship Sunday 3/8 (Location TBD)
Tier1:

Round #1 (Games must be completed by 2/10)
1v8
2v7
3v6
4v5
Round #2 (Games must be completed by 2/24)
1v4
2v3

Tier2:
Top Seed for Tier2 receives a 1st round BYE

Round #1 (Games must be completed by 2/10)
2v7
3v6
4v5
Round #2 (Games must be completed by 2/24)
Top Seed plays lowest remaining seed
1v4
2v3

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Tiebreaker Rules

(2 TEAMS TIED):
Total Wins
Ties beat Overtime Losses
Head to Head
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (the team that achieved their record against the schedule with the highest combined points total of all of their opponents, then if still tied, the highest winning pct of all of their opponents, which ultimately means that the team that played the hardest schedule, wins this tie-breaker.)
STRENGTH OF VICTORY (the team that achieved their win total against opponents with the highest combined winning pct.)
Points vs Playoff Teams
Coin Toss for Seeding.

(3 OR MORE TEAMS TIED):
Total Wins
Ties beat Overtime Losses
Head to Head - Most points of all tied teams versus each other. (If the head to head record is tied, then the best margin of victory in all head to head games between all of the teams involved in the tie is calculated to a maximum margin of 3 goals per game. For this tiebreaker, the total combined number of games played vs the other teams involved in the tie by each team in the tie must be the same. Not the # of games against any individual team in the tie but the combined number of games against all of the teams in the tie) IF HEAD TO HEAD POINTS/GOALS DOESN'T BREAK THE MULTIPLE TEAM TIE BEC OF AN UNEVEN # OF GAMES PLAYED VS ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE TIE THEN WE MOVE TO RECORD OF ALL TIED TEAMS IN HEAD TO HEAD GAMES BY WINNING PCT EVEN IF # OF GMS PLAYED VS THE ENTIRE GROUP TIED IS NOT EQUAL.

STEPS 4-7 EXACTLY AS ABOVE.

EACH TIE-BREAKING STEP SERVES TO SEPARATE AS MANY TEAMS AS POSSIBLE, WHO WILL THEN BE PLACED IN THE STANDINGS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY FINISH IN THAT TIEBREAKER.