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 5 - Team Competition & Officials

Requirements for Entering Teams

 

All team members must be registered with an affiliated club with the exception of ECSL.

A team must comprise a minimum of 12 players and a goalie and maximum of 20 plus 2 registered players / goalies, and a player can only be listed for one team when registering.

Note: An attendance of less than six players on any teams' bench will constitute a game forfeit and will be subject to the prescribed penalties.

Teams up to and including Midget must have two officials on the bench.

All travelling teams up to and including Midget age-grade must have a non-playing adult manager.

All teams with players under the age of 18 must have a non-playing bench official present at each game.

  • All teams must have an accredited Coach on the bench.

Open-age teams both at home and travelling must have an adult manager however, he/she can also be a player as long as his/her first priority is to leave the ice in the case of an incident that requires assistance. The designated manager must also be listed on the game sheet as such. Only open-age teams can have a manager who is also a player.

A coach cannot be the manager of a team. Scorekeepers and Timekeepers cannot be managers of the teams playing.

Failure to adhere to the rules concerning coaches and managers will result in a fine of $100 (No GST required), and a game forfeiture should the offending team be the winning team. If both teams have breached the rules, both will be fined $100 (No GST required), and no points will be awarded for the game.

  • Team fees balance is invoiced on 1st July, with payment due on 15th July. All teams are billed one game in the playoffs.

All teams must submit their listings of registered players, together with a $220.00 (Inclusive of GST) per team instalment for team fees, by this due date.

  • If a team is withdrawn during the competition, the team fees for all games played plus a fine of $500.00 is payable.
  • Clubs will be invoiced for the balance of Team Fees by the 31st of August and any differences will be negotiated at the end of the season. All Team Fees invoiced will include GST.