| VACHL 2025-2026 Playoff Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOURNAMENT FORMAT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Round Robin | Home | Away | All teams will play a total of 5 games (4 Round Robin and 1 finals game) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thu Feb 12 | 10:00 PM | Trout Lake | Stealth | 2 | Leftovers | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fri Feb 13 | 9:45 PM | Hillcrest | Decepticons | 3 | Hornets | 7 | 1) Teams will play 4 round robin games against other teams in their pool. | |||||||||||||||
| Sat Feb 14 | 11:00 PM | Trout Lake | Knights | 1 | New Wolverines | 6 | ** Round Robin games will only have 5v5 OT (time permitting) | |||||||||||||||
| Sun Feb 15 | 10:30 PM | Trout Lake | Sandstorm | 8 | Predators | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sun Feb 15 | 10:30 PM | Killarney | Blades | 2 | Stealth | 4 | Pool A will have #1,4,5,8,9 | |||||||||||||||
| Pool B will have #2,3,6,7,10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thu Feb 19 | 10:00 PM | Trout Lake | Hornets | 5 | Knights | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fri Feb 20 | 9:45 PM | Hillcrest | New Wolverines | 2 | Cobra Kai | 2 | 2) Teams are then ranked by points (2pt win, 0pt loss, 1pt OTL) within their pool. | |||||||||||||||
| Sat Feb 21 | 11:00 PM | Trout Lake | Blades | 2 | Sandstorm | 6 | Tie breakers for round robin standings are: | |||||||||||||||
| Sun Feb 22 | 10:30 PM | Trout Lake | Knights | 4 | Decepticons | 5 | i) head to head (playoffs) | |||||||||||||||
| Sun Feb 22 | 10:30 PM | Killarney | Leftovers | 5 | Predators | 4 | ii) total wins (playoffs) | |||||||||||||||
| iii) lowest pims (playoffs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thu Feb 26 | 10:00 PM | Trout Lake | Stealth | 1 | Sandstorm | 2 | iv) lowest goals against (playoffs) | |||||||||||||||
| Fri Feb 27 | 9:45 PM | Hillcrest | Predators | 3 | Blades | 8 | v) regular season standing | |||||||||||||||
| Sat Feb 28 | 11:00 PM | Trout Lake | Cobra Kai | 3 | Hornets | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sun Mar 1 | 10:30 PM | Trout Lake | Sandstorm | 7 | Leftovers | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sun Mar 1 | 10:30 PM | Killarney | New Wolverines | 3 | Decepticons | 8 | 3) Classification/Finals Games: determined based on standings after round robin play | |||||||||||||||
| Thu Mar 5 | 10:00 PM | Trout Lake | Cobra Kai | 5 | Knights | 7 | 1st: Group A #1 vs Group B #1 | |||||||||||||||
| Fri Mar 6 | 9:45 PM | Hillcrest | Leftovers | 7 | Blades | 4 | 3rd: Group A #2 vs Group B #2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sat Mar 7 | 11:00 PM | Trout Lake | Predators | 6 | Stealth | 2 | 5th: Group A #3 vs Group B #3 | |||||||||||||||
| Sun Mar 8 | 10:30 PM | Trout Lake | Hornets | 6 | New Wolverines | 7 [OT] | 7th: Group A #4 vs Group B #4 | |||||||||||||||
| Sun Mar 8 | 10:30 PM | Killarney | Decepticons | 5 | Cobra Kai | 6 | 9th: Group A #5 vs Group B #5 | |||||||||||||||
| Finals 9th Place | ** If a game ends in a tie during the "finals" games, there will be a 5v5 OT (time permitting) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat Mar 14 | 3:15 PM | Britannia | Cobra Kai | 3 | Blades | 1 | followed by a 3 player shootout (no repeat shooters until 1 team's roster has cycled)** | |||||||||||||||
| Finals 7th Place | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat Mar 14 | 4:45 PM | Britannia | Knights | 5 | Predators | 2 | General Playoff Notes: | |||||||||||||||
| Goalie subs must obtain league approval before playing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finals 5th Place | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat Mar 14 | 6:15 PM | Britannia | Decepticons | 2 | Stealth | 3 [SO] | 3-4 min warmup (Clock starts at 25:00, game begins at 20:00) | |||||||||||||||
| Finals 3rd Place | Games will be called by the officials as per normal -- the games will not be called | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat Mar 14 | 7:45 PM | Britannia | Hornets | 2 | Leftovers | 4 | differently because it is playoffs. | |||||||||||||||
| Finals 1st Place | PIM Threshold for playoffs is 15PIM. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat Mar 14 | 9:15 PM | Britannia | New Wolverines | 4 | Sandstorm | 0 | Once surpassed, players will be suspended issued a 1gm suspension. | |||||||||||||||