You are here
FoCH Rulebook
6. Standings
The following criteria are used to measure performance:
• Total goals scored
• Total assist points (assist * 0.6)
• Total adjusted +/- rating
• Composite goalie points
Composite goalie points are to be determined as follows:
(1-a team’s composite save percentage) * 145 = goalie points.
The teams are ranked from first to last and given points in the following manner:
1st = 10 points
2nd = 8 points
3rd = 6 points
4th = 4 points
5th = 2 points
6th = 1 point
7th= 0 points
8th = 0 points
If two teams tie for a position they will each get the average number of points of the positions they are tied for. The exception is that a tie for 5th and 6th or a tie for 6th and 7th will give each team only 1 point. The season will consist of 20 regular season weeks.
The regular season will begin the week after the opening week of the NHL season and will conclude 6 full weeks prior to the conclusion of the NHL season.
FOCH will not score weeks in which a “full complement”* of games are not played. Scoring is the only function that does not take place during a non-scoring week as determined by the league.
* = Full complement will be determined by the league at the start of the season.
7. Determining a League Champion
A playoff will be conducted in the 5 weeks following the end of the FOCH regular season. The final week of the NHL regular season will not be used due to teams resting players during the last few games of a season.
If teams are tied for a position at the end of the regular season then the tiebrakers used to determine the final positions will be as follows:
1. Cumulative points
2. Most 1st place finishes
3. Most 2nd place finishes
4. Most 3rd place finishes
5. Most 4th place finishes
6. Most 5th place finishes
7. Most 6th place finishes
8. Coin flip
During the playoffs each team will be allowed 7 personnel moves.
Each team will receive 3 free moves to setup their playoff roster at the end of the regular season. These moves are only valid for the initial week of the playoffs, whether or not a team has a bye. If the 3 moves are not made then they are lost. Any moves over 3 will come from the aforementioned 7 player personnel moves.
The playoffs will be conducted in the following manner:
Week 1: Teams 3 and 6 are in head to head competition, as are teams 4 and 5
Week 2: Team 1 plays the lowest remaining seed in head to head competition. Team 2 plays the higher remaining seed in head to head competition.
Weeks 3 – 5: Winners of Week 2 play head to head for three weeks in a best 2 out of 3 series, with the winner being declared the league champion.
If there is a tie during any of the playoffs, the winner will be the team with the greater number of goals minus goaltending points.
During the playoffs no team may remove a player from, or place a player on, their injured list. There will be no free agent nominations, signings, waivers, waiver claims or trading during the playoffs. This applies to non-playoff teams as well as to the playoff teams.