Out of town teams participating in our event are required to stay at approved tournament hotels. For a further explanation and a description of the properties please see the What's Included/Out of Town Package in the navigation menu.
YOUR LOCAL TEAM FEE INCLUDES:
- Four Game Guarantee. Four teams in each division advance to a medal game. Games begin on Friday morning and medal games end on Sunday afternoon.
- 3 14-minutes stop-time periods.
- USA Hockey Sanctioned Tournament.
- Games played at Legacy20 Arena Middleton, the finest hockey facility in the Madison area. (If necessary, additional games will be played at Verona Ice Arena and Ice Pond of Waunakee.)
- Player Souvenir for each participant.
- Admission to all games for the family.
- Championship Gold-Silver-Bronze medals, team winning plaque, and custom arena banner for all gold medal teams.
- Professional game, player, and team stats posted on-line after every tournament game.
- $50 credit toward any CAN/AM Hockey Camp for each tournament player, coach and parent.
- And most importantly a highly competitive Tournament operated by experienced professionals.
TEAM DEPOSIT
A non-refundable $500 deposit will be charged to your credit card when your registration is accepted. The $500 team deposit is not an extra fee. If you paid the team deposit, you can apply it to your balance or it can be divided between the families. If the team paid the $500 deposit, it can be returned to the team 30 days after tournament participation (refunds of team deposits paid by credit card are subject to a 5% service fee). Please contact one of our customer service representatives to discuss your options more fully. Should a team cancel its participation from an event, all deposits related to that team's registration will be forfeited.
DEADLINES
All tournament related materials are due 45 days prior to the Tournament Date. All final balances are due 30 days prior to the Tournament Date.
CANCELLATION POLICIES
PANDEMIC/FORCE MAJEURE CANCELLATION POLICY
Should CAN/AM Hockey be forced to cancel an event due to a pandemic/force majeure, 100% of all fees paid will be credited to a future event.
STANDARD CANCELLATION POLICY
All payments are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation, there are no refunds on any payments unless the reservation holder purchased insurance.
TOURNAMENT SANCTIONING
The Challenge Cup is a USA Hockey sanctioned tournament. USA Hockey rules will be followed with additional CAN/AM tournament rules. Once you register, a copy of the CAN/AM rules will be available for review. US teams must provide a signed Official USA Hockey Roster 60 days prior to the tournament (some states also require a Travel Permit). Canadian teams must submit the required Travel Permit and Official Hockey Roster issued by their governing body (i.e. GTHL, OMHA, Hockey Quebec, etc…). No team will be allowed to participate in the tournament without submitting this information.