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2024 PLAYOFFS/NATIONALS

USPHL Premier Conference 2023-24 Divisional Playoff Formats

Click on graphic above for 2024 Nationals Video Recap

 

 

Each team’s 30-man playoff roster is frozen as of 12 p.m. EST February 12, 2024

 

Atlantic and Midwest West Divisions:

Top 8 teams make the playoffs:

Higher seed maintains home ice throughout 

Round 1:  Best-of-3 Series  

Week ending March 4, 2024

  • No. 1 hosts No. 8
  • No. 2 hosts No. 7
  • No. 3 hosts No. 6
  • No. 4 hosts No. 5

 

 

 

 

Round 2:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 11, 2024 

  • Highest remaining seed hosts Lowest remaining seed
  • Second-highest remaining seed hosts Third-highest remaining seed
  • Winners advance to the Nationals (Utica, NY). March 21-26, 2024

 

New England Division

Top 7 teams make the playoffs

Round 1: 

No. 1 gets a bye

Higher seed maintains home ice throughout

Best-of-3 Series  

Week ending March 4, 2024

  • No. 2 hosts No. 7
  • No. 3 hosts No. 6
  • No. 4 hosts No. 5

Round 2:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 11, 2024

  • No. 1 hosts Lowest remaining seed
  • Second highest remaining seed hosts third highest remaining seed
  • Winners advance to the Nationals (Utica, NY). March 21-26, 2024

 

Florida and Southeast Divisions:

Top 4 teams in each Division make the playoffs:

      All 6 teams share in the playoff costs.

Higher seed home 1st and 3rd games, Lower seed home 2nd game.

Round One:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 11, 2024

  • No. 1 plays No. 4
  • No. 2 plays No. 3
  • Winners advance to the Nationals (Utica, NY). March 21-26, 2024

Florida Division all games played at Fort Myers Skatium (Fort Myers, FL) 

Southeast Division all games played at Pineville Ice House (Pineville, NC) 

 

Northwest Division

Top 4 teams make the playoffs

Higher seed maintains home ice throughout 

Round 1:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 4, 2024

  • No. 1 hosts No. 4
  • No. 2 hosts No. 3

 

Round 2:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 11, 2024

  • Higher remaining seed hosts lower remaining seed
  • Winner advances to the Nationals (Utica, NY). March 21-26, 2024

 

Pacific Division 

Host team is home team for Games 1 and 3 (if necessary), traveling team is home team for Game 2.

Round 1:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 4, 2024

  • No. 1 hosts No. 4
  • No. 2 hosts No. 3

 

Round 2:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 11, 2024

  • Higher remaining seed hosts lower remaining seed
  • Winner advances to the Nationals (Utica, NY). March 21-26, 2024

 

Great Lakes and Midwest East Divisions:

6 teams make the playoffs:

Higher seed maintains home ice throughout 

Round 1:  No. 1 & No. 2 get a bye

Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 4, 2024

  • No. 3 hosts No. 6
  • No. 4 hosts No. 5

 

Round 2:  Best-of-3 Series

Week ending March 11, 2024

  • No. 1 hosts Lower remaining seed 
  • No. 2 hosts Higher remaining seed 
  • Winners advance to the Nationals (Utica, NY). March 21-26, 2024

 

 

 

ALL GAMES (ALL DIVISIONS) WILL BE PLAYED 5-on-5 UNTIL A WINNER IS DETERMINED (20-minute Sudden Death Overtime format).

 

 BREAKING TIES in STANDINGS: The following shall be the order considered:

  1. Most Points
  2. Most points achieved Head-to-Head
  3. Most wins
  4. Goals for minus goals against
  5. Lowest penalty minutes
  6. Coin Toss

Coin Toss 

 

In cases where teams play a different number of League games, winning percentage shall replace Most Points in the hierarchy and iv. & v. shall be averaged.