In the event of adverse weather or unplayable field conditions, the tournament director reserves the right to: 

• Reduce game times in order to catch up with schedule.
• Finish games before inclement weather arrives, or to preserve field conditions. 
• Reschedule games, if possible. 
• Convert tournament to a “festival” format without playoffs or championships to provide the majority of teams the opportunity to play as many games as possible. 

Every attempt will be made to update cancellations on the website. However, weather conditions can change rapidly and all teams should be prepared to play as soon as weather and fields are playable. 

The directors of HoganLax reserve the right to cancel, shorten, or reschedule tournament games due to inclement weather, poor field conditions, or player and fan safety concerns. No refunds will be granted if these actions are necessary. Field directors will communicate game changes. Schedule changes will be available at the Administration Tent and online at www.hoganlax.com

Thunder/Lightning Policy 

If thunder or lightning is observed play will be suspended immediately and players and fans will be asked to leave the fields to return to cars. Play will be allowed to resume 20 minutes after the last sound of thunder or sighting of lightning is observed which will be determined by the tournament medical staff. Every attempt will be made to begin subsequent games on time. Subsequent games will begin immediately after preceding games. These games may consist of one 30 minute running time period until games are back on schedule. Once games are back on schedule they will revert to “normal” tournament game time procedures.

2026 NCAA Rules and Regulations, with below exceptions

Applicable to all games: 

• 2, 22-Minute Halves, Stop time last 2 minutes of game 
• Time, penalty, and game kept at the scorer’s table 
• 1 Timeout per team, clock stops 
• Penalty time is stop-start 
• Overtime:  
• Pool Play: 1 4-minute sudden victory period, 1 timeout per team. If no one scores, game will end in a tie. 
• Bracket Games: 1 non-timed sudden victory period until winner, 1 timeout per team 
• Field timer must be made aware of any game disputes immediately following the game. Field timer will report the issue to Information Tent. 

2027 – 2029 Divisions? 

• Will play with a 2026 NCAA shot clock; No dive 
• In flag down situation, play continues until usual stoppage or defense gains possession. Ball can come out of the restraining box and play continues. If ball is loose and fouling team commits a technical foul, it is a time-serving foul. 
• Change of Possession Offside- Ball is re-started at location whistle blown. 
• Time Outs- can only be called in offensive zone or during a dead ball. 
• No horns. 
• You have 20 seconds to clear the ball over the midline: after 20 seconds of possession, the ball cannot cross back into your defensive half of the field 
• Sticks heads must either meet NCAA or Federation standards. 
• Faceoff: 
• 3 illegal procedures in a half by a team results in a 30 second penalty. 
• SNG: Standing, Neutral Grip 

2030 & 2031 Divisions 

• Will not play with a shot clock – Referees discretion to impose a 30 second count (“Timer On”) and require a shot on goal if it is determined a team is stalling 

2032, 2033 and 2034 Same HoganLax rules as above with below exceptions: 

• 37” is shortest stick permitted. 

2035-2036 Same HoganLax rules as rules above with below exceptions: 

• No “take out” body checks. Body contact is allowed. 
• No counts 
• Longest pole is 60” in length. No more than 4 sticks between 44”-60.” 
• Mercy rule, if a team is winning by 5 goals or more, the losing team will be awarded the ball after all goals at the faceoff dot  

Pool Seeding

In the case of ties in the final standings for pool play, the following process will be used until all ties are broken and the seeding process is completed (ties will be broken in rank order beginning with the first procedure).

If more than two teams are tied for a pool or division seed, once one team is removed from the tie, the seeding criteria reverts back to the beginning of the procedure for the remaining teams tied.

Tie Breaker Procedure:

1.     Head-to-Head.

2.     Record vs Team(s) tied with.

3.     Total goals against teams tied with; only games where tied teams played each other.

4.     Goal differential teams tied with (goal differential will not exceed +/- 7 per game), only games involving teams tied with.

5.     Total goals against common opponents.

6.     Goal differential against common opponents (goal differential will not exceed +/- 7 per game).

7.     Goals against overall.

8.     Goal differential overall.

9.     Coin flip.

*Seeding in a 5 or 7 team pool in which the teams do not play everyone, pool seeding will be determined by:

           1. Winning percentage

           2. Goals against average

Divisional Seeding

HoganLax divisional seeding will follow below criteria after pool seeding is determined.

1.     Seed in Pool.

2.     Overall Record.

3.     Goals Against Average.

4.     Goal Differential (goal differential will not exceed +/- 7 per game).

5.     Coin Flip

*If teams from the same program are scheduled to play in the first round of the non-championship bracket, HoganLax reserves the right to change the seeding.

Goal Differential is limited to +7/-7 per game

Only currently registered players on hoganlax.com, for the specific tournament and who agree to the “Release and Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity and Parental Consent AGREEMENT,” may participate in tournament games. It is the coach’s responsibility to ensure all of his team members are registered. This can be confirmed on the Player Page for each tournament. HoganLax will notify a coach if a player did not agree to the Release and Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity and Parental Consent AGREEMENT. 

Players may play “up” in age/grade groups, but may NOT play “down.” 

Any team that forfeits a game during the tournament will be ineligible to compete in any playoff games. The score for any forfeit will be: 

No player may compete, or be rostered, on more than one team during the tournament. Any team with a player in violation of this rule will forfeit all games in which the player is known to have competed and therefore, forfeit the opportunity to advance to the playoff round. 

Tie breaker information is available under Game Rules. 

Any player, fan or coach ejected from the game will be prohibited from competing in his/her team’s next game.

Decisions on the field will be the final ruling. Any fighting or flagrant disrespect toward an official will result in expulsion for the remainder of the tournament. No Exceptions, No Refunds.

Spectators also need to respect the Officials and the Players. Bad behavior will not be tolerated. Should referees or tournament director deem a spectator, player, or coach needs to be removed from the site(s) of the tournament, it will be the responsibility of the coach from the offender’s team to remove the offender from the site(s). 

Each field is assigned a Field Timer; the Field Timer will record the score on a scorecard for each game. At the end of each game one referee who officiated the game will sign the scorecard to confirm final score and expulsions. Coaches should check the scorecard on the field if they wish to validate or challenge a score. Any challenges must be made immediately following the game with the Officials and Field Timer, who will contact a tournament administrator to address the issue. Once the scorecard reaches the administration tent the score is considered final. 

NLV is the official and exclusive video company for this event. As such, they are the only party permitted to provide commercial and elevated filming services to the high school divisions at this event. Any unauthorized elevated filming is strictly prohibited and will be enforced on-site.

Spectators may film their own matches for personal use, so long as it does not interfere with NLV’s ability to record matches and they do not use elevated filming equipment that extends more than 1 foot above their natural head height.

No Veo cameras, Trace cameras, Hi-Pods, or other devices on similar nature will be permitted to record the high school age divisions. Violators of this policy will be made to remove their equipment and subject to action by NLV to exercise their legal media rights to this event.