Congressional Veterans Cup

1. Any team whose home rink is more than 70 miles from the tournament rink will be considered an out-of-town team and required to comply with MYHockey Tournaments' hotel policies and procedures. Distance is measured using Google Maps' fastest route.
2. We ask that you please not contact the hotel directly for reservations - all bookings must be made through MYHockey Tournaments. Once your hotel assignment has been confirmed, you will receive an email with the name and contact information of your onsite hotel representative, who will be your go-to for any questions, changes, or special requests prior to and up to arrival.
3. As a condition of acceptance to the tournament, all out-of-town teams MUST reserve rooms through MYHockey Tournaments and stay in an authorized hotel at tournament rates. No other rates (e.g., government, employee, AAA, etc.), discounts, or hotel reward points will be honored, regardless of how they were obtained. No exceptions. Failure to comply will result in expulsion from the tournament, and registration fees will not be refunded.
4. A minimum of 24 room nights is mandatory (e.g., 12 rooms x 2 nights = 24 room nights). Teams that do not meet this requirement will be ineligible for semi-final or championship play during the tournament.
5. Rooming lists should be submitted as soon as possible after registration - the earlier you submit, the better your chances of securing your preferred hotel. Your hotel assignment, onsite representative contact, and game schedule will be provided approximately 14 days prior to the start of the tournament. Please note that individual reservations may not appear in the hotel's system until around that time. If a family calls ahead and can't locate their reservation, no action is needed - it's on its way. Any changes after assignment should be directed to your onsite hotel representative.
6. After you have received your hotel assignment from MYHockey, room block changes, additions, deletions, and special requests will all be coordinated through your onsite hotel representative. All hotels will do their best to keep your group together, though please keep in mind that special requests - including same-floor placement - may require a mix of room types (doubles, kings with pullout couches, and/or suites) and cannot be guaranteed. Teams wishing to stay at the same hotel as another team should note this on the Hotel Preferences Page; it helps if both teams submit their lists on the same day. Requests for conference rooms, team dining, or other amenities should be made directly with the hotel and are subject to availability.
7. Individual cancellations are accepted up to 72 hours (3 days) prior to check-in. Cancellations made after that window will be considered a "no show" and charged one room night plus tax. Early departures are subject to fees set by the hotel, typically one night's room and tax. Teams cancelling more than 50% of their room block within one week of the tournament start date will be charged one night plus tax across their entire originally listed block.
8. Hotel check-in times are typically 3:00-4:00 PM and are posted on the Hotel Information Page. Teams and individuals are welcome to arrive throughout the day or evening - all rooms are guaranteed for late arrival. An adult representative of each room should be present at check-in to provide a credit card for incidental charges. Early check-in and late check-out requests are subject to availability and must be requested directly through the hotel.
9. Room types will be either 2 double beds or a King bed with a pullout sofabed, unless otherwise noted. There is no guarantee of a specific room type, and quad occupancy is the maximum. If your group includes more than four people, we recommend booking an additional room. Most hotels - Las Vegas properties excluded - will provide one complimentary room per team (for the coach, manager, or bus driver) when the required number of paid rooms is met. The comp recipient's name MUST be indicated on the rooming list or we can't guarantee it can be honored. Please refer to the Hotel Information Page for each hotel's specific comp room requirements.

Why Stay-to-Play?

As is standard practice in the youth hockey tournament industry, MYHockey Tournaments negotiates room blocks and receives a commission from partner hotels for rooms booked through our program. This arrangement is what allows us to keep tournament registration fees competitive, secure quality hotels near rinks, and maintain the operational infrastructure that supports 90+ events annually. When your team books through MYHockey Tournaments, you're directly supporting the tournament experience, and rates within our program are often lower than what you'd find booking independently during a busy tournament weekend.

Conduct & Zero Tolerance Policy

The team contact is responsible for sharing the following guidelines with all players, coaches, parents, and guests prior to arrival. MYHockey Tournaments takes the comfort and safety of all hotel guests seriously. Violations of these guidelines are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including immediate removal from the hotel and tournament with no refund of registration fees.

• Children must be accompanied by an adult in hotel common areas, including pools and fitness centers. Minors may not be left unsupervised at the hotel at any time.
• Running in hallways, lobbies, and common areas is not permitted.
• Respectful behavior toward hotel staff is required at all times; disrespectful conduct will not be tolerated.
• Disturbances to other hotel guests will not be tolerated and may result in removal.
• Any damage to hotel property will result in charges for the actual cost of repairs or replacement, and may result in removal from the tournament.
• All teams are required to abide by each hotel's posted rules and code of conduct in addition to the guidelines above.

By registering for a MYHockey Tournaments event, your team agrees to abide by all hotel policies outlined here. Thank you for helping us maintain a great environment for everyone.

• All Tournaments: USA Hockey Sanctioned and roster requirements strictly enforced to protect all teams and participants
• All Tournaments: Four Game Minimum, Five to Six games Maximum
• NO GATE FEES; Free entry - all tournament games
• All Games - Three stop-time periods
          Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee and Bantam - 13 minute periods
          Midget and High School - 14 minute periods
        All AAA Levels - 15 minute periods
• No curfews, all games played to completion
• Individual and team awards for 1st and 2nd place teams
• Continuous, real time scores and standings direct from the tournament rinks to our website
• A discount program is available that your team may be eligible for. Click Here for more details.

It is our goal at MYHockey Tournaments to place teams in divisions which provide the closest match to your team's age and skill level. This goal is made more difficult because age divisions and skill classifications vary from state to state and between the US and Canada. It is possible that your team may play teams that are slightly older or younger than those in your home playing area or with a different designation, AA, A, B, AE, etc. for skill level.

Age groups for teams from the US and Canada are largely the same, however areas with larger numbers of players, Ontario, Michigan and Western New York, for example, separate major and minor aged players within the age group. When evaluating placement the age make-up of a team is one of the first factors we explore.

Skill Levels

Most teams and associations are now familiar with the website, www.myhockeyrankings.com. The rankings website includes game scores for teams of many levels across North America and calculates ratings and rankings for teams based on their scores and the scores of their opponents. Differences between ratings are useful in predicting competitiveness between teams. The rankings website is the single best resource for comparing and placing teams and we will place teams primarily based on their rankings and ratings at www.myhockeyrankings.com. In some cases a AA team from one league may fit best into an A division based on their ranking/rating and an A team from another league may fit best into a AA division based on their ranking/rating and we will make these types of placements when appropriate. For early season tournaments, we may utilize ranking and rating info from previous seasons as well as our experience with organizations, teams and leagues to guide placements. As the season progresses, the rankings and ratings become more accurate and this information becomes the primary reference source used to place teams.

We will place your team based on all of the information available to us. We have extensive experience in placing teams from throughout North America and we reserve the right to make the final decision on placement. We are very happy to discuss your team's placement, based on all of the information we have, and the rankings/ratings of the other teams within your team's division.

Examples of divisions that we often field:

• AAA Divisions - These are "Elite", Tier I or AAA teams and are generally the top teams chosen with their region or city. AAA divisions are almost always fielded as single birth year, Major or Minor, divisions.
• AA or Major divisions - Teams in AA or Major divisions will often be the "best" or first picked travel team within a Tier II organization. These teams will often consist primarily of "second year" or "major" aged players within the age group. In some cases, Major aged "A" teams, with an appropriate ranking/rating will fit best into these divisions. We will sometimes field multiple AA or Major divisions within a tournament and will designate these as AA1, AA2, etc. or Major 1, Major2, etc. The idea behind fielding multiple divisions is to provide a narrower range of competition. There will be separate champions for each division.
• Minor divisions - when divisions are labeled as "minor" they will include only minor aged players within the age group. In areas close to many minor aged teams, we will commonly field minor aged divisions. The teams in the minor divisions may include Minor AA, Minor A or Minor AE teams and will be grouped based on their MYHockey rankings/ratings into competitive divisions. We will sometimes field multiple Minor divisions within a tournament and will designate these as Minor 1, Minor 2, etc. The idea behind fielding multiple divisions is to provide a narrower range of competition. There will be separate champions for each division.
• A Level - Teams in the A divisions will generally be the second, and possibly lower, travel level teams chosen within a Tier II organization. These teams will often consist primarily, but not necessarily exclusively, of "first year" or "minor" aged players within the age group. In some cases, AA teams with lower rankings/ratings may fit within the A divisions. We will sometimes field multiple A divisions within a tournament and will designate these as A1, A2, etc. The idea behind fielding multiple divisions is to provide a narrower range of competition. There will be separate champions for each division.
• B Level - Teams in the B divisions will generally be the third, or lower, travel level teams chosen within a Tier II organization or teams that are classified as Tier III. In many leagues, there are multiple A levels designated in different ways, Gold, Silver Bronze, Upper A, Lower A, A1, A2, etc. and in some areas the third level of play with in a league is designated as B In some cases, these "lower A", "A2" or other "A" labeled teams may compare directly to B level teams from other areas. We will utilize rankings/ratings information to compare these teams and leagues to make appropriate placements and so some of the teams within the B divisions may play under an A level in their home area. We will sometimes field multiple B divisions within a tournament and will designate these as B1, B2, etc. The idea behind fielding multiple divisions is to provide a narrower range of competition. There will be separate champions for each division.
• House Level - House divisions are fielded exclusively in our Chicago, IL, Holland, MI and Rochester, NY locations and will include only teams chosen through a draft, in which all players within an organization are assigned to a team, with the goal of creating teams of equal skill level, within their own organization, with no players "cut". We will sometimes field multiple House divisions within a tournament and will designate these as House 1, House 2, etc. The idea behind fielding multiple divisions is to provide a narrower range of competition. There will be separate champions for each division.

All teams are required to present a copy of their official roster that is issued by their respective sanctioning body, either USA Hockey or Hockey Canada. For tournaments in Illinois, rosters must be received 72 hours prior to the tournament. For all other locations please provide a copy of your official, certified roster to our on-site director at the site of your first game.

Only players included on your team's official roster may participate in the tournament. This is a requirement of our USA Hockey sanction so that all team's insurance will be in force. This rule also protects all teams from the possibility that players of a higher level would be added to any team. If you must add players to your roster due to injuries or other issues, these players must be formally added to your official roster by USA Hockey or Hockey Canada. Please contact your local associate registrar or your organization's registrar with questions on rules and procedures for adding players to your certified roster.

Registration fees default to the full price for local teams. Out-of-town teams bound by our Stay-to-Play policy are eligible for discounts based on the number of events played with us during the current season. If your team is eligible, select the level discount below.

Deposits, Payment Due Dates

Register for this event by clicking the Register button near the top of this page. Payment is not required when registering. Teams will be invoiced upon acceptance into the event. If registering more than 30 days before the event, a $500 deposit or full payment is required within 7 days of registration. Full payment is required 45 days before the event or earlier if the tournament sells out more than 45 days in advance. If registering inside 30 days, full payment (ACH or Credit Card) is required within 24 hours of registration. Payments may be made by ACH, credit card, or check.

Canadian funds accepted at par with the U.S. dollar via check payment for Canadian teams that are required to stay in MHT contracted hotels. Canadian teams paying by credit card will receive a flat 28% discount.

2026-27 Season Discount Program

Traveling teams (hotel stay required) will receive a 10% discount for the first out-of-town tournament they attend, a 15% discount on their second, 20% on their third, 25% on their fourth and additional tournaments.

All discounts applied per team, per season. Discounts do not carry over from one season to the next or from one team to another within the same club.

This applies to all events EXCEPT the Grizz Cup (Salt Lake City) and Stamford, CT.

Sportsmanship Policy

Noisemakers have been used to inhibit teams' ability to communicate and have led to confrontations that have diminished the positive environment at many events. As a result, noisemakers are banned from buildings/rinks where are our events are being conducted. Noisemakers include, but are not limited to megaphones, horns, whistles, cow bells, kazoos, and thunder/clap sticks.

Roster Requirements

All teams are required to present a copy of their official roster that is issued by their respective sanctioning body, either USA Hockey or Hockey Canada. For tournaments in Illinois, rosters must be received 72 hours prior to the tournament. For all other locations please provide a copy of your official, certified roster to our on-site director at the site of your first game.

Only players included on your team's official roster may participate in the tournament. This is a requirement of our USA Hockey sanction so that all team's insurance will be in force. This rule also protects all teams from the possibility that players of a higher level would be added to any team. If you must add players to your roster due to injuries or other issues, these players must be formally added to your official roster by USA Hockey or Hockey Canada. Please contact your local associate registrar or your organization's registrar with questions on rules and procedures for adding players to your certified roster.

Schedule Release

Schedules are generally released and sent to team contacts, along with final hotel information and confirmations, two weeks prior to the tournament start date. It is important to note that entry fee balances and all required documentation must be received prior to release of the schedule to your team. We will contact you if additional information is required. The schedule will generally be published to our website for public viewing four to five days prior to the tournament start date.

Tournament Start and Finish Times

Tournaments held Friday through Sunday could begin as early as 7:00am on Friday and all championship games will be concluded by approximately 6:00 pm Sunday.

For tournaments listed as Friday through Monday, teams will play either a Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday schedule. The Grizz Cup is the only exception to this, as it will run Friday through Monday for all teams. In general, the decision of which divisions run on which days will be finalized 4-6 weeks prior to the tournament start date. Teams playing Friday through Sunday, could begin play as early as noon Friday and will complete championship games by 5 pm Sunday. Teams playing Saturday through Monday could begin play as early as 7:00 am on Saturday and will finish by 6:00 pm Monday.

For Saturday through Monday tournaments, held over various holiday weekends, play will begin on Saturday at 7:00 am and all championship games will conclude by 6:00 pm Monday.

Generally, younger teams (mites, squirts, pee wees) begin play earlier each day and will complete their championship games earlier on Sunday or Monday. Bantam and Midget teams will begin later on Friday or Saturday and will play the later championship games on Sunday or Monday.

We will always be candid with you team contacts regarding what we can and cannot do in regard to the schedule and we ask team contacts to be candid with their parent groups in regard to scheduling guidelines and parameters. Plan for success when making flight arrangements; assuming that your team will play in the championship game on the last day of the tournament.

Forfeited Games

MYHockeyTournaments provides a four-game guarantee to participating teams. Therefore, we will charge teams that forfeit games a $750 USD fee for each forfeited game. Note: Teams forfeiting a round-robin game are ineligible to play in semi-final and championship games.

Air Travel and Scheduling Requests

Teams traveling by air should provide us with flight times no later than 21 days prior to the tournament start date. If you are considering flight times that conflict with the guidelines listed above, please contact us to discuss the times before booking.

If your team is planning a team function or would like to attend another event, please provide us with that information at least 21 days prior to the tournament start date. It is generally best to check with us before purchasing tickets or making reservations and we will confirm our ability to meet your schedule request.

Once the schedule is released, it is unlikely that we will be able to make changes to accommodate your schedule request. Please remember that once the schedule is released, your request to change the schedule will affect your opponent and probably several other teams. We will do our best to accommodate your schedule requests prior to release of the schedule and we will be candid with you about what we can and cannot do, but most teams prefer that the schedule remains stable once it is released.