The SCAHL post season consists of a Conference Tournament to determine the Conference Champions, and League Play-offs to establish the SCAHL League Champion, who then advances to the Hockey Alberta AA Championships.
Conference Tournaments
The Host Sites for the 2024 Conference Tournaments:
U13 North - Olds Grizzlys
U13 South - Wheatland Braves
U15 North - Central Alberta Selects
U15 South - Medicine Hat SEAC Tigers
U16 - Lethbridge Hurricanes
U18 North - West Central Tigers
U18 South - Medicine Hat Hounds
The first stage of the play offs shall be a round robin Conference Tournament.
These will include:
U13 - 6 team North and South tournaments. March 7-10.
U15 - 6 team North and South tournaments. February 29 - March 3
U16 - 7 team tournament February 29 - March 3
U18 - 6 team North and South tournaments. March 7-10.
The North and South Tournament winners shall advance to the League Championship Play Offs in U13, U15 & U18.
The teams finishing first and second in the U16 Tournament will advance to the League Championship Play Offs.
League Championship Playoffs
U15 & U16 will take place March 7-10. U13 & U18 will be on March 14-17. All shall be a Best of Three series, with the team with the highest winning percentage in the regular season being the home team. Game 1 shall be at the higher seed, game 2 at the lower seed, with game 3 if required at the higher seed. Regular season rules apply, excepting that each game will be played until a winner is determined.
Overtime Rules: Overtime is sudden death - the first team to score wins. If game ends in tie, a 5-minute break will be given, and the game will resume with 10 minutes on the game clock.
If still tied after the initial 10-minute overtime period, the ice will be flooded and the second overtime period of 20 minutes will then commence.
This process will continue until a winner is decided.
No play-off game shall have a start time later than 8:30 p.m.
Governors will establish a draft schedule for the play-off games, and provide this to team managers in order for them to obtain icetimes. The governor will be responsible for the review and approval of the play-off schedule, and will notify the league statistician of the schedule for posting to the SCAHL website.
Post Season Summary 2023-24
Conference Round Robin Play Off Tournaments
League Championship - Best of 3 play off between North and South Tournament Winners. It will be a 1-1-1 playoff format, with the team with the most points in the regular season being the home team.
League Champion advances to Alberta AA Provincial Championships.
This will be a 5 team Tournament, including the League Champions for the SCAHL, Hockey Calgary, Hockey Edmonton and the Northern Alberta Hockey League and a Host site team.