MASL Ron Newman Cup Playoff Schedule Announced
The MASL announced the complete schedule for the quarterfinals of the 2022 Ron Newman Cup Playoffs, which will begin on Thursday when the Sockers travel to Milwaukee for Game One of their quarterfinals series. Eight teams are competing to hoist the Ron Newman Cup.
MASL Ron Newman Cup Playoff Preview
MASL FORMAT FOR RON NEWMAN CUP PLAYOFFS
Each division’s regular-season champion will advance to the playoffs and will be seeded #1 through #3, based on their regular-season point total. Regular Season finishers #4 through #8 will receive Wild Card spots based on their point total.
Quarterfinal round of playoffs will feature:
- 1 vs. 8
- 2 vs. 7
- 3 vs. 6
- 4 vs. 5
SEMIFINAL
The winners will advance to the semifinal round and be re-seeded. The highest seed will play the lowest seed then the remaining two teams will face each other.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Winners of each Semifinal will advance to the Championship.
All series will be a home and home format and if the teams are tied with one win each, they will play a 15 minute Extra Time period. If they are still tied, it will advance to golden-goal overtime.
EXTRA TIME (PLAYOFFS ONLY):
If the playoff series is tied after the 2nd game, there will be an additional Extra Time Period which will be treated as an entirely new game. The 1st period of the extra time will be a full 15-minute period. New lineups will be submitted just like the start of a new game. If tied after the 1st full 15-minute period, additional overtime periods of 10-minutes sudden victory periods will be played. The extra time period will begin 15-minutes after the conclusion of the prior game. Accumulated time penalties and fouls will not carry over from the prior game to the extra time period with the exception of red cards. A player issued a red card in the prior game will be suspended for the extra time period. Teams will be permitted two (2) 60-second timeouts in extra time. There will be no media timeouts. Each team will be permitted (1) one challenge during extra time that will initiate a VR. Each period will be treated as a quarter in regards to player foul accumulation. If a player accumulates 4 fouls in two periods (Extra Time and one 10-minute golden goal period); the penalty is a 2-minute power play.