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The 2009-2010 Rules and Regulation for Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge

The Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal

1. Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge is free to enter and open to any resident of North Western Ontario in The Chronicle-Journal circulation distribution area, or where prohibited by Law, except employees of the Host (The Chronicle-Journal), affiliated sponsors, CI Fantasy Sports, Cornerstone International, their assignees, and licensees, and members of their immediate families living in the same household.

2. All entries must be postmarked/dated with October 9, 2009, and received at the Host or CI Fantasy Sports, no later than October 13th, 2009. Mail entries to Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge c/o �Host Name� to the address listed on the entry form or alternately to: P.O. Box 70005, 1-1660 Kenaston Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 0X6. No responsibility will be taken if entries or contest related correspondence is lost, damaged, or misdirected in the mail, at the offices of the Host, or at the offices of Cornerstone International. Mailed entries with insufficient postage are void. Mailed entries received later than October 14, 2008, are subject to disqualification regardless of the postmark date.

3. Only two entries per person per household. More than two entries from the same person may be removed at the discretion of Cornerstone International. Each contestant will require a login and password to access their entries online. The login can be an email address or user defined name/numeric combination that must be unique to that user. A valid email address will be a requirement of access to the website of the Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge. The email address will not have to be unique to the user.

4. No purchase necessary. Only official entry forms printed by The Chronicle-Journal, online entry forms at www.cihockey.com, www.cifantasysports.com , The Chronicle-Journal website, or reasonably drawn facsimiles will be accepted (Photocopies of The Chronicle-Journal entry form may not accepted and will be ruled disqualified at the discretion of CI Fantasy Sports). Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge organizers reserve the right to disqualify any entry that has been incorrectly completed, illegible to transcribe, or do not meet the residency requirements of The Chronicle-Journal or CI Fantasy Sports. All entries received become the property of the contest. The participant mailing list may be made available to select companies with information on products or services, which may be of interest to you. If you wish to be removed from this list, please send us a letter to: Hockey Mailing List Removal, P.O. Box 70005, 1-1660 Kenaston Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 0X6, asking to be removed from that list. Please identify your name and address in your letter so we will remove your information appropriately. This contest is run under the requirements of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). List availability will only be done with the permission of Cornerstone International and the Host Collectively.

5. Players statistics are accumulated from the start of the NHL Regular Season (October 1,2009) and will continue to the last day of the Regular Season (April 11, 2010). Statistics are to be considered final from the day they are recovered, regardless of any subsequent changes made by any other reporting organization. Cornerstone International will compile the statistics with or without the assistance of an outside statistical service. The contest statistics are adjusted at the sole discretion of Cornerstone International. Statistics and rankings will be updated daily at 10:00:00 hrs Pacific Standard Time (PST) and at any subsequent time deemed necessary by Cornerstone International. All Inquiries on statistics require you to contact support@cifantasysports.com . We will not take any phone, mail or fax inquiries for this purpose unless otherwise requested or at the discretion of CI Fantasy Sports. Statistics usually take from 24 to 48 hours to enter the system, but in some instances because of the verification process, we may delay adding these statistics for up to 5 days from time they have been completed and reported by other sources in the media, and the internet. All statistics will be applied to the date they have been accrued and verified by the NHL.

6. Weekly Prizes and Grand Prizes: Grand Prizes and Weekly prizes are displayed, announced, awarded and determined by The Chronicle-Journal organization with or without the assistance of CI Fantasy Sports. Contact The Chronicle-Journal for all matters on prize listings, and claim instructions. Prize listing may or may not be listed at www.cihockey.com or www.cifantasysports.com, but may be listed in the call for entry ad, in the weekly update ad.

In the determination of Grand prizes and weekly prizes, in the event of a tie, the prize will be awarded using the following tie break formulas:

Sharpshooter (Most Goals that week) - The contestant who has the best +/- minus rating of the tied contestants will be ruled the winner. If they still remain tied, then the contestant with a better overall rank in the contest will be ruled the winner. If they still remain tied at this point, a random draw will be made to determine the winner of that prize category.

Mover and Shaker (Most points that week) - The contestants who has the most goals that week will be ruled the winner. If they remained tied then the contestants with the best overall +/- will be ruled the winner. If they still remain tied, then the best rankings contestant in the contest will be ruled the winner. If they still remain tied, a random draw will be made to determine the winner.

Grand Prize Awards: In the event of a tie for any of the Grand Prizes at the completion of the contest, the contestant with the most goals, will be ruled the winner. If they still remain tied, then the contestant with a better overall +/- rating will be determined the winner. If they still remain tied at this point, a random draw will be made to determine the winners.

Each weeks prizes and rankings are determined by points accumulated from Monday to Sunday Games inclusive.

All Prize awards whether they are Weekly or Grand prizes are determined by The Chronicle-Journal, and have no association to CI Fantasy Sports. Contestants will need to contact their local The Chronicle-Journal for all prize awards, prize listings, and qualification criteria. Cornerstone International can not be held liable for any prize award or qualification criteria that each host organization takes. Contact your local Host organization for all Prizing Information.

7. A contestant may only win ONCE in each of the identified prize categories (Grand Prize and Weekly Prize categories). Once is identified as a contestant (not an entry) who may have 2 entries in the contest. If one of the entries wins a prize in a category, then the other entry does not qualify to win at a later date, or a lower grand prize.

Example: Joe Smith has entry 1 and entry 2. Entry One (1) wins the mover and shaker category in week 2, so this means Joe smith�s entry # 1 and 2 can not win the mover and shaker from that time forward. However, Joe Smith would qualify to win on entry 1 or entry 2 for any of the other weekly prize categories listed by that host. Similarly if Joe Smiths Entry 1 and Entry 2 finished Ranked #1 and #2 at the completion of the contest, only Entry # 1 would be awarded a prize. Entry 2 would be ignored and the next best ranking entry would be awarded the prize for finishing 2^nd.

Weekly prizes will be awarded starting the week that the first contestant updates are published in or by the host organization (In November). All prize winners will be required to provide valid Identification, and must claim their prizes from The Chronicle-Journal. The weekly update ad published by the host each week, will state the prize claim Instructions. A Contestants who has 2 entries into a contest Can Not Win more than One Grand Prize as stated above.

8. All prizes must be accepted as awarded, no substitutes. By entering this contest you agree to the use of your name, address, photograph, and contest selections for publicity without compensation. Chances of winning are dependent upon skill used in picking your roster of players and the total number of entries received. Winners must view their name in The Chronicle-Journal Published ad, and contact The Chronicle-Journal as per the instructions in the ad. Weekly and Grand Prize Winners may not be notified by email or by any posting on the www.cihockey.com, and www.cifantasysports.com websites. Contest Host, organizers, licensee's, licensers and sponsors are not responsible for any injury incurred by a contestant as a result of winning or participating in the contest. For the purposes of the contest and awarding prizes, it is the sole responsibility of the contestant to inform CI Fantasy Sports by November 28th, 2009, of any discrepancy with his or her contest selections. After November 28, 2009, there will be no changes or adjustments to the roster selections of any contestant in this contest, and there will be no compensation to any contestants for reasons of omissions or errors in this regard. Errors of CI Fantasy Sports, their assignees, and each contestant will be treated in this fashion

9. If a player retires, is injured or decides not to play in the NHL, no compensation will be made to anyone who has picked that player. It is the sole responsibility of all contestants to verify the selections on the entry form meet any and all requirements for gaining points in the contest. If a selection is represented inaccurately, does not play in the NHL, or any other circumstance, but that player remains on the entry form, it is the sole responsibility of the contestant if they choose to select a player that does not meet any conditions represented here but is represented on the entry form. All contestants will have access to Three (3) Free trades (3 Free trades are incorporated into the Slap shot package of 20 initial trades) and they can be used to modify your roster of players once the trading period starts (Trading starts Friday November 13^th , 2009 at 12:00:00 hrs Pacific Time). It is the sole responsibility of the contestant to confirm they have picked players that are active and not injured in the NHL during the course of this contest, and no compensation is awarded for any mistakes or mis-representation of injury, retirement or league inclusion information on the entry form, www.cihockey.com, or www.cifantasysports.com websites.

10. In order to receive the extra services (Slap Shot Package), possibly including a mailed out update, Online access to rank, you must include the appropriate administration fee payable to �Cornerstone International�, indicate acceptance of the slap shot package by checking the appropriate box on the entry form (online or Host ad) and legibly complete the address section of the entry form including postal code. Once you select your options, you will be given choice to receive your information by Mail or to retrieve it form the website itself (Free entries must retrieve their login information from website�only slap shot holders have access to get their information mailed out to them). You will be required to submit an active unique login. This unique login can not be grouped among different entries. One user defined login per 2 entries into any given host(s) contest. Contestant(s) who have multiple entries into different host contests, may use their single login information for all entries into the Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge regardless of the number of Hosts they are playing for.

If you choose not to have mailed out reports (Paid Slap Shot Package Holders), it will be the sole responsibility of the contestant to search, print, copy, write down, or request your login and Password from our online recovery process, or the support team at support@cifantasysports.com. Please notify CI Fantasy Sports in writing or by modifying your online contestant information page, of any changes in address as soon as possible (mail changes to: Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge Re: address change, P.O. Box 70005, 1-1660 Kenaston Blvd Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, R3P 0X6.). Contestants who properly request the extra services by mail but have not received their first mailed out report by November 26 2009, must inform Cornerstone International by December 10^th, 2009 if a replacement copy needs to be mailed. After December 10^th, 2009, there will be no compensation or further access to mailed out information sent to accommodate any lost or misdirected correspondence. It is the sole responsibility of the contestant to confirm they have received the necessary information from CI Fantasy Sports prior to November 26^th, 2009, and no monetary compensation or refunds will be activated beyond this date for misdirected or misplaced mailings or Logins and Passwords. If any entrant properly requests and pays for the extra services and is disqualified for any reason, they will receive a full refund of their extra services fee via the method upon which they submitted their payment (credit card reversal, Paypal or cheque).

11. Player trading will begin at 12 NOON PST Friday November 13^th, 2009, and will continue till the end of the contest. There is no end to player trading.

Player trades - Trades made up to and including MIDNIGHT (24:00:00 hrs) Pacific Standard Time (PST) will be active for the next days game. All trades made AFTER Midnight (00:00:01) PST will activated for the following days games. For example, Trades made anytime on Monday will be active for a Tuesday game. All traded players will have to be HELD for a period of FOUR (4) days before another trade in that same group can be made. For example, if a player is traded on Monday, then that player will be active for Tuesday, and you will not be able to perform a trade in that group again until Friday, at which point your player would be active on Saturday. Once a player has been traded away, he will also be governed under these rules and you will not be able to pick him back up until the FOUR (4) day period has passed. If you make a trade, and realize you did not want to perform that trade or made a trade in error, you must contact the support centre within 6 hours of the trade being performed for it to be reversed. Trade reversals will be accommodated upon the discretion of Cornerstone International and may not be authorized even if all conditions of this rule have been met. Please email support@cifantasysports.com , stating your need for a trade reversal. State the group the trade reversal is to be applied to, and we will use the email server time stamp as the indicator for reversal time verification if authorized.

Trades will be time stamped by the online database and will be active according to that time and these rules. Internet trades will be reflected in your roster upon completion of the transaction and may take 24 or 48 hours to be viewed in your online profile. In some circumstances the trade may take longer than 48 hours to appear in you�re online profile. Any interpretation or assigning of time stamp authorization will be under the sole discretion of Cornerstone International, and can be done with or with out the notification of the contestants or contest host.

12. The extra services are optional and are not a requirement of entry. A computer with internet access is required to use the Contest Service Centre (access to rankings and trading). The online service centre will grant access to all contestants who have recovered and set up their login information, but only paid service package holders will have access to daily rankings and all the extra services of the slap shot service package. All Contestants (FREE and Service package holders) will have access to purchase additional Internet trades (up to 50 trades) as the contest progresses. The extra Trades will be made available after 12:00:00 hrs PST Friday November 27^th, 2009.

13. The decisions of the contest organizers will be final on all matters of fact, interpretation, eligibility, procedure and fulfillment. Cornerstone reserves the right to change or modify these rules and regulations or any other procedure or application during the course of the contest.

14. All support services will be conducted via the Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge, and CI Fantasy Sports websites. The FAQ, Help and support services via the website will accommodate most inquires. If there is an answer that can not be addressed via the websites, then please contact the support centre at support@cifantasysports.com . Please state your name, address, phone number, email address you used in the contest, and the Host contest you are playing to submit your question. Our online support centre will make every effort to contact you within 24 to 48 hours with a reply or request for further information. In some instances that time frame may be longer, but we are making every effort to accommodate your inquiry in a timely and accurate fashion. There is no telephone support via our office at Cornerstone International. All phone and fax inquiries may or may not be answered, and will be done so at the discretion of Cornerstone International..

15. By entering this contest you acknowledge acceptance of all contest rules and regulations, and agree to be bound by them.

16. Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge is owned and Operated by CI Fantasy Sports.