2025 Spring Meeting

14.        Postponements

A.     A postponed game shall be rescheduled immediately with the home team notifying the league statistician immediately by telephone, fax or email.

B.      Postponements, except for weather, must be arranged at least twelve hours before the game has been scheduled. Postponements of regular scheduled games will not be allowed in order for a team to attend a tournament, unless mutually agreed to and the game has been rescheduled. Should evidence be presented to the league executive showing that a team did in fact cancel and attend a tournament and didn’t reschedule the game, the executive will award the scheduled game to the opposing team and assess a fine of $200.00. If the opposing team was the home team they will be awarded the $200.00. If not, the fine will be retained by the league.

C.      The penalty for cancelling a game without proper notice will be $200.00. The team who has had the game improperly cancelled shall report it to the league executive immediately.

 D.     If two teams cannot agree on a new date for a postponed game due to weather within 48 hours of the postponed game, the executive may be contacted and shall set the new date.

14.        Postponements

A.     A postponed game shall be rescheduled immediately with the home team  notifying the league statistician immediately by telephone, fax or email.

B.      Postponements, except for weather, must be arranged at least twelve hours before the game has been scheduled. Postponements of regular scheduled games will not be allowed in order for a team to attend a tournament, unless mutually agreed to and the game has been rescheduled. Should evidence be presented to the league executive showing that a team did in fact cancel and attend a tournament and didn’t reschedule the game, the executive will award the scheduled game to the opposing team and assess a fine of $200.00. If the opposing team was the home team, they will be awarded the $200.00. If not, the fine will be retained by the league.

 C.      The penalty for cancelling a game without proper notice will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, with a potential fine to the cancelling team of $200.00. The team who has had the game improperly cancelled shall report it to the league executive immediately.

 D.     If two teams cannot agree on a new date for a postponed game due to weather within 48 hours of the postponed game, the executive may be contacted and shall set the new date.

Existing:

16.        Referee Systems

 A.     For all age divisions, at least one referee must be at least two age divisions above the division they are reffing.

 B.      At least one linesman must be at least one age division above the age division they are working.

 C.      During regular season it is unadvisable to use parent or sibling refs. During playoffs it is prohibited to use parent or sibling refs unless approved by the Referee in Chief at least 24 hours prior to the game.

 D.     If a team requests a neutral official for any regular season game, the requesting team will pay for all costs for all officials (fee + mileage). Neutral officials must be requested at least 72 hours prior to the start of the game.

 E.      The required number of officials for each age division are:

 a.      U9 (Half Ice) shall use one OR two officials.

 b.      U9 (Full Ice) & U11 shall use one referee and two linesmen OR two referees and one linesman.

 c.       U13 & U15 shall use two referees and one linesman OR two referees and two linesman.

 d.      U18 shall use two referees and two linesman. One ref must be a senior age division.

16.        Referee Systems

 A.     For all age divisions U15 and below, at least one referee must be at least a minimum of two age divisions above the division they are reffing. It is recommended to pair new officials with more experienced officials whenever possible to encourage personal development with the newer officials.

 B.      At least one linesmanperson must be at least a minimum of one age division above the age division they are working linesing.

 C.      During the regular season, it is unadvisable to use parent or sibling refs. During playoffs it is prohibited to use parent or sibling refs unless approved by the Referee-in-Chief at least 24 hours prior to the game.

 D.     If a team requests a neutral official for any regular season game, the requesting team will pay for all costs for all officials (fee + mileage). Neutral officials must be requested at least 72 hours prior to the start of the game.

 E.      The required number of officials for each age division are:

 a.      U9 shall use one OR two officials.

 b.      U9 (Full Ice) & U11 shall use one referee two referees and two linesman one linesperson OR two referees and one linesman two linespersons.

 c.       U13 & U15 shall use two referees and one linesmanperson OR two referees and two linesmanpersons.

 d.      U18 shall use two referees and two linesmanpersons. One referee must be a senior age division.

All proposed changes are in bold.

1. All games will be played in the half-ice format.
2. Games shall consist of two (2), thirty (30) minute periods.
3. Shifts shall be two (2) minutes in length, and the buzzer will sound at the end of each shift.
4. The clock shall be stopped at the end of each shift until the line change can be completed, and will start running again at the dropping of the puck.
5. After goals have been scored, the attacking team will back off and allow the defending team to take possession of the puck. 
6. Mini nets are recommended, but regular ones are accepted.