Quote: Has the President's Medal Cup always used a round robin format, as opposed to a lose and you're out format like they use for the Challenge Cup? There was one case today where two undefeated teams tied their game and one was eliminated because the other team had scored more goals in the previous games. Doesn't seem like the best way to determine a champion.
Around 2002 or 2003, the Challenge State Cup was changed to the current "single elimination" format. Prior to that all state cups used the typical tournament format and the Presidents Medal and American cups still do. Section 14 of the President's Medal Cup manual outlines how the teams are organized in groups with sem-finals/finals or round robin play based on the number of teams entered. Section 20 lists the tie breaker procedures. The manual can be found here.
