NHL Stick Tap for Service™

Official Rules

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1. Eligibility: NHL Stick Tap for Service™ (the “Contest”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents of NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC (“Sponsor” as further defined below), the National Hockey League (“NHL”), the NHL’s member teams and current and former NHL players, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Enterprises Canada, L.P., NHL Enterprises, B.V., NHL Network US, L.P. (Sponsor and the foregoing NHL entities, collectively the “NHL Entities”), Navy Federal Credit Union (“NFCU”), Qualtrics, LLC, Merkle Inc., and any of their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee, officer, director, representative and agent are not eligible. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.

2. Sponsor: NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC, 395 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001. Administrator: Merkle Inc., 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.

3. Agreement to Official Rules*:\* Participation in this Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. Sponsor has the sole authority to interpret these Official Rules and make decisions with respect to them. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning the prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

4. Timing: The Contest begins on December 2, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on April 13, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period") and consists of the following “Periods” as set forth in the chart below.

Qualtrics, LLC’s servers are the official time-keeping devices for the Contest.

5. How to Enter: During the Initial Submission Period, entrants (who may be hereinafter referred to as ”Nominators”) must visit https://www.nhl.com/fans/stick-tap-for-service and follow the links and instructions to complete and submit the registration form, including Nominator’s first and last name, email address, home address, city, state, ZIP code, and phone number. Next, submit the name, email address, and phone number of the person you are nominating (“Nominee”). Your Nominee must be (a) living; (b) meet the eligibility requirements stated in Section 1; and (c) be an active-duty U.S. military member, a U.S. military veteran, an immediate family member (spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling or adult child) of a living active duty or veteran member of the U.S. military or a patriotic supporter of military organizations. You may nominate yourself or, if you have permission to do so, your friends or family. Then, follow the directions to answer the following questions about your Nominee. Answers to each question will be weighted as set forth in the Judging Criteria outlined in Section 7 below:

A.1. Please describe, in detail, the organization and/or cause(s) that your Nominee has played a role in which has made a positive impact on their community. Your answer should include: (a) the name of the organization/cause(s); (b) the length of time the Nominee has been involved with the organization/cause(s); (c) the amount of time on a daily/monthly/annual basis the Nominee has committed to the organization/cause(s); (d) the general outcome of Nominee’s efforts on behalf of the organization/cause(s); and (e) whether the Nominee has raised funds for the organization/cause(s), and if so, how such funds were raised and the amount of funds raised.

A.2. Describe a specific instance/event in which your Nominee’s involvement in the organization or cause(s) had a positive impact on the community and why your Nominee’s actions were so meaningful for those involved.

Note: Scores for responses to A.1. and A.2. will be higher where the Nominee’s positive impact on the community is connected to the military, ice hockey, or both the military and ice hockey.

1. Identify how your Nominee is connected with the U.S. military (a Veteran, Active Duty, military spouse, member of a military family, or patriotic supporter of military organizations).

2. Describe how your Nominee is involved with ice hockey today and how your Nominee has been involved in ice hockey in the past (a youth coach, player, super fan).

The registration information and responses to the questions posed will be collectively referred to as your “Submission". By uploading your Submission, you agree that it conforms to the Guidelines, Permissions, and Content Restrictions (as defined below) and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify you if it believes that it fails to conform.

Guidelines:

• The Submission must be in English; and
• The Submission must not exceed character limits set forth within the promotional website.

Permissions: Important -- Entrant must have permission from the Nominee to enter them into the Contest. If requested, entrant or Nominee must be able to provide such permissions or proof in a form acceptable to Sponsor.

Content Restrictions:

• The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;
• The Submission must not disparage NFCU, the NHL Entities, or any other person or party;
• The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, offensive, indecent, obscene, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
• The Submission must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, genetic information, or age; and
• The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of, or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where Submission is created.

Submissions generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, Sponsor and Administrator will rely on the information submitted by the Nominator to register for this Contest. If any additional information provided is inconsistent with the information provided at registration for this Contest, Sponsor and/or Administrator may disqualify the Submission. Released Parties (as defined in Section 11, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed, or misdirected Submissions; all such Submissions will be void.

6. Use of Submissions: Uploading a Submission constitutes Nominator’s consent to give Sponsor and NHL Entities (and their respective designees) a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from and display such Submission in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. If requested, Nominator will sign any documentation that may be required for Sponsor, the NHL Entities, or their respective designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Submission. Uploading a Submission also constitutes Nominator’s understanding and consent for Sponsor to share the Submission with NFCU and the respective Judges (as defined below) for evaluation and scoring of the respective Submission.

7. Finalist Determination: After the Initial Submission Phase, a panel of qualified judges selected by Sponsor and NFCU and including representatives of both (“Judges”), will score the Submissions and select up to four (4) Nominees (herein “Finalists”) whose Submissions received the highest scores. Each Submission will receive a score based on a 100-point scale using the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):

• Submission demonstrates that the Nominee has made a positive impact in their community through a specific organization and/or cause (total of up to 50 points).
  • Up to 30 points awarded based on the quality of the Nominee’s community service efforts and results; and
  • Up to 20 points awarded based on whether the positive impact on the community is connected to (a) the military, (b) ice hockey, or (c) both the military and ice hockey. Highest scores will be awarded where the community effort is connected to both the military and ice hockey.
• Submission demonstrates Nominee’s connection to the U. S. military (up to 25 points). Points will be awarded based on the following assessment:
  • Veteran or Active-Duty Nominee will receive 25 points;
  • Military Spouse will receive 20 points;
  • Military Family (parent, grandparent, sibling or adult child) will receive 15 Points;
  • Patriotic military supporter will receive 10 Points; and
• Submission demonstrates the depth of Nominee’s involvement in ice hockey both historically and currently. (25 points).

In the event of a tie, the Submission that received the highest score for demonstrating that the Nominee has made a positive impact in their community, as determined by the Judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed the higher-scoring Submission from among the tied Submissions, and therefore that Submission’s Nominee will become a Finalist. Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer than four (4) Finalists, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Submissions. Sponsor will not disclose judging scores.

8. Finalist Requirements and Grand Prize Winner Determination*:\* On approximately February 21, 2025, Sponsor or its designee will notify up to four (4) Nominators of the selected Submissions as well as the respective Finalists by email. Each Finalist will be required to complete and return a document to Sponsor within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt of the email notification that:

• Confirms such Finalist meets eligibility requirements and agrees to these Official Rules, waives liability against all Released Parties, and allows for publicity of the content included in the Submission as well as any supplemental content provided by Finalist;
• Agrees to one (1) full day of virtual or in-person interviews with Sponsor or its designee to provide information and content supporting such Finalist’s community impact and involvement with hockey. The interview will take place during the Finalist Submission Period on dates proposed by Sponsor. If the Finalist agrees, Sponsor may film the interview in-person at a mutually-agreed-upon location in Finalist’s hometown (“Prize Footage”). All Prize Footage will be owned by Sponsor and its designees.

If (a) a potential Finalist cannot be contacted, (b) a potential Finalist fails to agree to the above requirements within the required time period, or (c) a potential Finalist does not meet the eligibility criteria or comply with these Official Rules, then the potential Finalist forfeits their position as a Finalist. Without limiting the foregoing, the Sponsor reserves the right, at its discretion to disqualify any Nominee as the potential Finalist if the Nominator or Nominee has engaged in any behavior that is inconsistent with the brand images of the NHL Entities or NFCU or that otherwise could reflect unfavorably upon any of the foregoing, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. If a potential Finalist is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor may offer the Finalist position to another Nominee (that has not yet been selected as a Finalist) who is the subject of the Submission that received the next highest score using the Judging Criteria.

During the Finalist Submission Period, Finalists must participate in the interview outlined above and provide any supplemental information, photos and/or videos that supports their nomination (the “Finalist Submission”). The Judges will review the original nomination Submissions along with the Finalist Submissions to select the Grand Prize winner based on the same Judging Criteria and tie-breaking process listed in Section 7. The Finalist who receives the highest score will be the potential Grand Prize winner. The Finalist with the next highest score will be deemed the First Runner Up and the other Finalists will be deemed the Second Runners Up, respectively.

9. Winner Requirements: The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by email on or after May 16, 2025 by a Sponsor representative and/or Administrator. The potential Grand Prize winner (or parent/legal guardian if a minor in their state of residence) will then be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance, Liability Waiver and, where not prohibited, a Publicity Release ("Declaration"), which must be received by Administrator within forty-eight (48) hours of the date/time notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize. If the potential Grand Prize winner cannot be contacted, fails to execute and return the Declaration within the required time period, or does not comply with these Official Rules, potential Grand Prize winner forfeits the prize. If the potential Grand Prize winner is disqualified for any reason, the prize may be awarded to the First Runner Up Finalist, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.

10. Prize: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: Grand Prize winner will receive a trip for two (2) (winner and one (1) guest) to attend one (1) 2025 Stanley Cup® Final game selected by Sponsor; and Sponsor will make a $30,000 donation to a charity selected by Grand Prize winner (from a list of charities provided by the NFCU).

• Sponsor will determine the date and location of the game for which tickets will be offered and will provide Grand Prize winner with approximately forty-eight (48) hours’ notice regarding trip timing. Travel will be within the United States. If winner is unable to travel on short notice, winner forfeits the trip prize.
• Trip package includes round trip, coach-class air transportation for two (2) (winner and one (1) guest) from a major airport near Grand Prize winner’s home to applicable city (departure and arrival airport determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion);
• At least one (1) nights' accommodation at a hotel determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion (single room, double occupancy);
• Two (2) tickets to the selected 2025 Stanley Cup® Final game (all details of the seating location to be determined by Sponsor); and
• $500 spending money awarded to the winner. Approximate Retail Value: $5,500.

Travel and accommodations are subject to availability. Travel must be round trip. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any flight once tickets are issued. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Contest, and those set forth by the Sponsor’s airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, meals, incidentals, gratuities, passenger tariffs or duties, airline fees, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses are the responsibility solely of winner. Winner must have proper identification and a valid credit card for hotel check-in and to cover incidental expenditures. Unless child of Grand Prize winner, travel companion must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of departure or must be a sibling/friend of Grand Prize winner with the appropriate parental permissions and releases and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the Grand Prize winner. If Grand Prize winner is a minor in their state of residence, travel companion must be Grand Prize winner’s parent/legal guardian. Travel companion must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. By traveling and attending the event, winner and winner’s travel companion voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19. Failure to comply with any required COVID-19 requirements may result in forfeiture of the prize or elements of the prize. Forfeiture of any aspect of the trip due to failure to meet COVID-19 requirements will not impact the value of the trip as reported on an IRS Form 1099. The NHL Entities and NFCU are not responsible if the 2025 Stanley Cup® Final game is postponed or cancelled. If in the judgment of Sponsor air travel is not required due to Grand Prize winner’s proximity to prize location, ground transportation will be substituted for round trip air travel at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or tickets. Actual value of travel prize may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination. Grand Prize winner will not receive difference between actual and approximate retail value.

Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize (or a component thereof) for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Grand Prize winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize acceptance, receipt and/or use.

Each of the other three (3) Finalists not selected as the Grand Prize winner will have the opportunity to designate a charity from a list provided by NFCU. Sponsor will make a $10,000 donation to the charity selected by the First Runner Up and will donate $5,000 to each charity selected by each of the Second Runners Up.

11. Release: By receipt of any prize, the Grand Prize winner agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, the NHL Entities, NFCU, Qualtrics, LLC, Merkle Inc., and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, together with each of their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, members, owners, shareholders, governors, representatives, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or delivery, receipt, use or misuse of any prize, including any related travel and lodging.

12. Publicity: Each Finalist consents that Sponsor, the NHL Entities and their respective designees may use the Finalist’s name, city, state, likeness, photo, associated Submission, Prize Footage, and/or prize information in connection with the Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law.

13. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures, human error or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the Finalists and/or Grand Prize winner from among all non-suspect, eligible Submissions received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the Submission process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner and void all associated Submissions. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys’ fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

14. Limitations of Liability: Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (b) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Submission process or the Contest; (d) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the uploading, the processing or judging of Submissions, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials; (e) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (f) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or delivery, receipt, use or misuse of any prize (including any travel/lodging/activity related thereto). Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable Submissions or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized third-party use of any Submission.

15. Disputes: PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT. EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH ENTRANT AND NHL (DEFINED BELOW) AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES ARISING FROM THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL BE LITIGATED IN COURT OR ARBITRATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OR TO LITIGATE IN COURT OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIM AS A CLASS ACTION, REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, OR CLASS ARBITRATION; AND, IF AN ENTRANT DOES NOT CONSENT TO THIS CLAUSE, SUCH ENTRANT SHOULD NOT ENTER THE CONTEST. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, “NHL” SHALL MEAN SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES (CURRENT AND FUTURE), INCLUDING NHL ENTERPRISES, L.P., NHL ENTERPRISES CANADA, L.P., NHL ENTERPRISES B.V., AND THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, AND THE MEMBER CLUBS OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES AND ALL OTHER RELEASED PARTIES. For purposes of these Official Rules, “Dispute” shall be defined as any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Contest. The following is a summary of the Dispute Resolution and Binding Arbitration, Class Action and Jury Trial Waiver, and Choice of Law terms. For full terms please visit the NHL Terms of Service at https://www.nhl.com/info/terms-of-service. Any current or future Dispute between the entrant and NHL shall be resolved in binding individual arbitration. Before initiating an arbitration proceeding, a written "notice of dispute" must be sent containing the following information: (1) name, contact information (address, telephone number, and email address), and account information if applicable; (2) a detailed description of the nature and basis of the Dispute; and (3) a detailed description of the nature and basis of the relief sought, including a calculation for it. If the entrant has a Dispute, such entrant shall send the notice of Dispute by email to [email protected]. Entrant and NHL agree to make a good faith effort to resolve the Dispute for a least sixty (60) days following receipt of the notice of dispute. If such parties cannot resolve the Dispute within that time period, it shall be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) and heard by a single arbitrator. The AAA rules will govern except as specifically modified. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide except the following, which are for a court of competent jurisdiction to decide: (1) issues that are specifically reserved for a court, and (2) issues related to the scope and enforceability of the arbitration provisions. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each party may bring claims (whether in court or in arbitration) against the other only in an individual capacity, and not participate as a plaintiff, claimant, or class member in any class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general, or representative proceeding. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the entrant and NHL waive any right to a jury trial. There are additional procedures for “multiple case filings.” These Official Rules and any Dispute will be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the state and federal courts of New York County, New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any Dispute (except for Disputes brought in small claims court) that are not subject to arbitration or over any action involving the applicability or enforceability of any provisions of these Official Rules (including the arbitration provisions and class action waiver). Except where prohibited by law, and subject to the foregoing, entrants agree that: (i) any and all such Disputes shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, (ii) any and all Disputes, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees, (iii) under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrants hereby waive all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental, consequential and/or any other damages other than actual out-of-pocket expenses, (iv) they waive any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased, and (v) they irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, as applicable to each such entrant, and waive any claim of forum non conveniens or lack of personal jurisdiction that they may have.

16. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.

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