• The 30 year anniversary of Stowe Winter Carnival will take place December 9-11, 2023 at both Stowe Arena and the Waterbury Ice Center. This is a fundraiser for Stowe Youth Hockey.
• All proceeds benefit our athletes and assist with scholarships, equipment, skill training, tournaments and various other costs associated with youth hockey.
• This tournament is for 10U, 12U and 14U co-ed teams (Tier 2 and 3 travel/ select teams).
• All teams are guaranteed 3 games
• Lodging will be booked through a designated contact at the Stowe Area Association (www.gostowe.com).  All rooms must be booked through Stowe Area Association to participate in the Winter Carnival. A list of participating hotels will be provided to teams once the registration process has begun.
• Games, skills tournament, raffles and all the festivities make this a sell-out tournament weekend year after year.
• $1700 per team

Register at: https://forms.office.com/r/0yzWWhdDyt

Contact information: Holly Ryan tournaments@stoweyouthhockey.com or Andrew Kneale president@stoweyouthhockey.com

2023 Stick Season Showdown

• The inaugural Stick Season Showdown will take place November 10-12th , 2023 at the Stowe Arena in beautiful Stowe, Vermont. This is a fundraiser for Stowe Youth Hockey.
• All proceeds benefit our athletes and assist with scholarships, equipment, skill training, tournaments and various other costs associated with youth hockey.
• The level of play for the tournament is for house level, lower level B teams or tier 4 teams. We are offering a 10U co-ed, 10u girls, 12u co-ed and 12u girls levels.
• All teams are guaranteed 3 games
• Playoffs will begin on Sunday morning with semi-final games. Teams will be determined by a point system. (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss. A half point (.5) will be awarded for a period won. 3.5 points is the most a team could earn in one game. Top two teams with most points will move on to semi-finals on Sunday
• Lodging will be booked through a designated contact at the Stowe Area Association (www.gostowe.com).  All rooms must be booked through Stowe Area Association to participate in the Stick Season Showdown. A list of participating hotels will be provided to teams once the registration process has begun.
• The focus for this tournament is fun and participation. Many of these teams do not have tournaments geared for this level of play so our goal is to provide an opportunity for the players and parents to be involved and have some fun will still being able to compete for a championship!
• $1200 per team

Register at: https://forms.office.com/r/eqd5619U9N

Contact information: Holly Ryan tournaments@stoweyouthhockey.com

Stay tuned for our official announcements for TWO great tournaments this fall presented by Stowe Youth Hockey at Stowe Arena and the Waterbury Ice Center.

STICK SEASON SHOWDOWN (November 10-12, 2023) will take place at Stowe Arena. This tournament is for 10U, 12U co-ed and girls teams (Tier 4/ B level) teams.  We are so excited for the return of the Stick Season tournament!  $1200/team. Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/eqd5619U9N

STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL (December 8-10, 2023) is celebrating it's 30th year! We'll be taking over Stowe Arena and the Waterbury Ice Center again for a spectacular event. This tournament is for 10U, 12U, 14U co-ed teams (Tier 2 & Tier 3 appropriate). Games, skills tournament, raffles and all the festivities which have made this a sell-out tournament weekend year after year.  $1700/team.

Register at: https://forms.office.com/r/0yzWWhdDyt

tournaments@stoweyouthhockey.com

We are looking forward to hosting the 2022 Stowe Winter Carnival Tournament this season December 9-11 2022 for 10U, 12U and 14U players.

NOTE: All tournament divisions are full for 2022.

For questions or information please contact Tournament Director Andrew Kneale at akneale@pshift.com

The Stowe Winter Carnival Youth Hockey Tournament is a FUN tournament for teams throughout New England that play at similar competitive levels.

Tournament Dates:

December 9-11 , 2022

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/StoweWinterCarnivalTournament

• Live game scoring and updates posted

• Photos and info posted

Tournament Rules

• All games will be 3 periods. Time of periods for each age group will be:
• 10U: 10-minute periods
• 12U: 12-minute periods
• 14U: 15-minute periods
• This is a USA Hockey and VSAHA sanctioned Tournament
• All players and coaches must be USA hockey registered
• No checking at the 10U and 12U age group
• If there is a five (5) goal differential at any time during the 3rd period of any game, including championship games, the remainder of the game will be running time. Should the goal differential go back to four (4) goals, the game will go back to stop time. The tournament director may implement run time at any time during a game if the games are running behind. Clock will stop for penalties regardless of goal differential.
• Each team is guaranteed 3 (3) games.
• A 1-minute time-out per team is allowed in Championship game only.
• Each team must be prepared to provide proof of age for any of its players upon request.
• Each team must supply an adult to run their penalty box.
• No protests will be tolerated.
• Pre-game warm-ups will be three (3) minutes long.
• Teams must be ready to play 15 minutes before scheduled game time.
• There will be no overtime during any game.
• Any player or coach that receives a Game Misconduct or Match penalty he/she must sit out their next game. NO EXCEPTIONS.
• Players receiving 4 penalties in a game will be ejected from the game and subject to review by the tournament committee
• Players ejected from 2 games at any time in the tournament will be automatically ejected from the tournament
• Any players penalized for fighting will suspended from the tournament
• The tournament committee will have final say on any decision that needs to be addressed.
• USA Hockey rules will apply.
• There will be no more than a six (6) goal difference in any game. Example: score is 12-3 will be recorded as 9-3
• Any verbal or physical abuse to officials by spectators will result in ejection from the arena and a 2-minute unsportsmanlike penalty to the team responsible for the spectator
• There will be two points awarded for a win, one point awarded for a tie, and 0 points awarded for a loss.
• If two or more teams are tied at the end of the round robin, the following will determine the standings:
• f two teams are tied, head to head will be the first tie breaker. If more than two teams are tied, we will use the below tie breakers:
• In the event that three teams are tied and one team has won against the other 2 teams the team that has won against the 2 others shall advance. Other tie breakers will include:
  • Most games won
  • Goal differential (+/-) with no more than a 6 goal differential for any game allowed
  • Least goals against
  • Most goals for
  • Least number of penalty minutes in round robin play
  • Coin toss

If there is a tie at the end of regulation time during the championship or consolation game, then the following rules will apply:

• A 5 minute 4 on 4 sudden death overtime period will be played. If after the 5-minute period there is no winner there will be the following:
  • A shoot out with three players from each team. The team that scores the most goals in the shoot out wins. The “home” team will have the choice to shoot first or second.
• If a tie persists, one shot per each team until there is a winner.

Penalty Minute Guideline:

Code of Conduct:

It is the intent of Stowe Youth Hockey to provide a fun and competitive tournament for all of the participants and all of the spectators. Games can and should be competitive and hard fought, but also fun and clean. Good Sportsmanship is expected of all participants. Improper and abusive behavior will not be tolerated from players OR fans!

It is the responsibility of each coach to control his team, team parents and exemplify good sportsmanship. Officials and Tournament Officials have the right to discipline and/or eject anyone upon their discretion, up to and including using security officials and police.

We rarely have any real issues, but we watch everything closely and teams with difficult, aggressive, or belligerent players, coaches, or fans will be blacklisted from future participation. This is YOUTH hockey and is about the players.