DELISLE MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Rules and Regulations INTRODUCTION The Delisle Minor Hockey Association (D.M.H.A.) solicits the co-operation of all players and parents or guardians of players in implementing and conducting our Minor Hockey program in Delisle. It is the aim of the Board and this Association to offer a quality hockey program to all players interested in learning basic skating and hockey playing skills. Team officials will strive to give equitable and as much as possible equal time on and off ice to each player on their team. Because the program operates entirely on a volunteer basis, only the co-operation of ALL persons involved can make the results fruitful. Positive parent participation in encouraged. The Board of Directors can only facilitate the functioning of our Hockey Program. GENERAL I. COACHES AND MANAGERS A. Selection The Association has initiated a Coaching development program by encouraging and financially assisting Delisle Coaches to participate in Hockey Coaching Clinics sponsored by Hockey Canada and S.H.A. independently this will enhance the quality of coaching and ensure that hockey players receive the best possible instructions and training. 1. Coaching appointments at all levels will be made by the Board or a committee of the Board. All coaches must reapply yearly. 2. Any person interested in coaching a hockey team must submit an appropriate application to the Association no later than the registration evening.
a) Upon board approval coaches may be required to submit a criminal records check. 3. Coaches assigned to teams will be required to have or agree to complete, during the season, all coaching requirements by SHA for the age level they are coaching. All coaching applicants must obtain or have the minimum of N.C.C.P. "Level Coach" or the equivalent. 4. If a Coach decides to leave a team during the season, notification must be made to the Executive in writing stating the effective date and reasons for doing so. 5. The Board reserves the right to make changes of team officials at any time with justifiable reasons. 6. The Team Coach is responsible for the selection of an Assistant and/or the Team Manager. 7. The Secretary shall record in the minutes of the Association the names of the selected Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Managers. 8. No Coach or Manager will be allowed to work in the D.M.H.A. Minor Hockey Program under the age of 19. Such a person could act as an assistant to help the Coach or Manager. 9. Coaches wherever possible are to be chosen prior to commencement of the hockey season. Coaches of these teams need not be parents of players on the team. B. Duties 1. All Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Managers will be responsible for their own conduct and for their team's conduct during the process of a game and in travel status. All Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Managers will sign a D.M.H.A. Code of Conduct and abide by it. Swearing, illegal use of sticks, and the procedure of roughing and fighting reflect the control exercised by the Team Management. 2. Coaches or Coach s appointee take full responsibility for all equipment signed out (team sweaters, goalie equipment, etc.) and will be responsible to have it returned to the Equipment Manager upon disillusion of the team or season s end, cleaned. The Association Equipment Manager will assign an equipment storage locker and issue access keys for this purpose to each team coach.
Each team will be responsible for returning all equipment at the end of the season with the equipment manager. 3. Coaches or Coach s appointee will be responsible for putting back into the equipment storage room any equipment used during a team practice. 4. Coaches or Coach s appointee will ensure that each team hockey player will wear adequate safe and appropriate equipment for all hockey games and practices. If equipment is not considered safe by the coaching staff a parent or guardian will be notified. 5. Coaches or Coach s appointee will arrange for rental of out of Delisle ice if required for practice or playing of games. 6. Coaches or Coach s appointee will arrange all requirements for home games (i.e. arranging for game minor officials, time keeper, score sheet worker, door receipt sales, etc.). 7. Coaches will ensure a suspended player(s) does not play hockey with any Delisle Minor Hockey team until the suspension has been served within the age division it was received or is removed. 8. Coaches or Coach s appointee must give 48 hours notice to the scheduler of ice usage if they do not intend to use their team's scheduled ice time. Coaches or Coach's appointee that do not adhere to this policy will result in that team being charged for billed ice time. 9. The Coach/Manager will be responsible to ensure that the dressing room is locked after a game/practice and all players and their equipment is gone and the dressing room is left in a respectable state/order. II. GENERAL RULES FOR COACHES & MANAGERS 1. Two team officials (adults) must be in control of the bench at all times. 2. Minimum of 2 team officials should be at the rink at least one half hour prior to game time and must provide supervision in the dressing room until such time that all players have left. 3. Should a D.M.H.A. player be evicted from a game, a Coach or Manager must accompany the evicted player from the ice to the dressing room and must stay with the evicted player until the player has regained his/her composure.
4. Game sheets are available in the Minor Hockey room. They should be filled out in the appropriate manner. The Coaches must sign the game sheet at the beginning and the Referees must sign the game sheet at the end of the game. Minor officials (timekeeper) must also sign their names in the proper place. The original copy of the game sheet must always be returned to appropriate league or S.H.A. Give one copy to the visiting team and keep one copy for your own team. III. GENERAL OPERATING RULES FOR PLAYERS and PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF PLAYERS 1. All players must wear appropriate protective equipment at all times while on the ice for practice and games. 2. All players will wear their own practice sweater for practices. Team sweaters will be used only for games. Team sweaters will remain in custody of the team management when not in use for games. 3. Players or parents of players are responsible for ensuring that their child is dressed and equipped for games and practices, on time. Coaches and team management do not have time to tie skates, tape sticks, etc. 4. Players and Parents of players will conduct themselves in a respectful manner while preparing for, playing and leaving practices and games. Abuse or disrespect of team officials, referees and minor officials on or off the ice may result in suspension of play from the team or suspension of play of the entire team. 5. Dressing rooms are off limits to anyone but team officials and players ten (10) minutes prior to game time through completion of the game except for special situations such as injuries or coaches request. 6. Coaches wherever possible shall be chosen prior to commencement of the hockey season particularly at S.H.A. playoffs division and if possible and if necessary the coaches of these teams may not be parents of players on the team. 7. No Player(s) will be allowed to drive to or from out of town games or practices while in any team situation (a team situation is when players meet at the rink prior to traveling out of town for games and/or practices.) Driving shall be done
by the parents/guardians or the coach/manager. The only exception will be when a player of driving age that does not live within the town of Delisle has been given permission by their parent/guardian to drive to a game/practice in their own vehicle because it is closer for them to do so. IV. REFEREE AND OFFICIALS 1. All persons over the age of 12 interested in becoming a referee may do so by registering their intent with D.M.H.A. prior to the start of the hockey season (e.g. October). The Association encourages and may financially assist interested persons to take S.H.A. annual officials clinic held in this region of the province. 2. The Association will from time to time provide the necessary training for all officials (i.e. referees, linesmen, time keeper, etc.). 3. Coaches must use only S.H.A. certified officials registered in the current season. 4. The Board will establish official fees on a yearly basis. 5. When two people referee a game, both will receive the referee fee. 6. Only a team official will fill out the referee time sheet in the prescribed manner. 7. Each team is responsible for finding their own officials and for paying the officials. 8. Officials must treat all players, team officials and fans with the same respect they expect as per C.H.A. Hockey Rule Book. 9. Officials must avoid criticism of other referees or minor officials as outlined under "Instructions to Referees" in the C.H.A. Hockey Rules Book. 10. All officials must be in attendance at each game assigned to them fifteen (15) minutes before game time. 11. Referees and Linesmen are the officials representing the D.M.H.A. on the ice and as a result must portray an appearance of acceptable standard. They must dress in accordance with S.H.A. Hockey Rules Book. 12. All referees must be at least one year senior to the age category in which they are officiating.
V. TOURNAMENTS A. Attendance at Tournaments Teams may participate in as many S.H.A. sanctioned tournaments as they choose to enter at their own expense B. Hosting of Tournaments Purpose Teams normally have a Home Tournament in order to receive return invitations. Tournaments are intended to be a fundraising activity for the Team. Financial disparity will occur between and within age groups. Disparity of home ice use may occur between and within age groups. Conduct of Tournaments 1. The Association will set tournament dates for all teams. 2. Joint team applications are acceptable. 3. The Board will review all applications and allocate specific dates to specific teams by October 15th. 4. The Host Team will be financially responsible for all costs associated with an approved Home Tournament (e.g. trophies, prizes) 5. All organizational activity associated with the hosting of a Home Tournament will be the responsibility of the hosting team (e.g. gate, timekeeper, score board) 6. Selection of suitable tournament awards should promote the team sport concept of hockey especially in the older age division. 7. A tournament committee of the Board and hockey members will review tournament dates prior to the start of the minor hockey season and submit their recommendations for approval of the Board at the first regular Board Meeting held prior to the registration date for the upcoming hockey season. The established tournament dates will be posted prior to registration. 8. All team entry fees are payable to the Host Team. Referee costs are to be paid by the team if there is no gate collected.
VI. OUT OF TOWN ICE 1. Out of town ice rental will be the responsibility of each individual team. VII. ICE ALLOCATION 1. Each hockey team will be allocated ice time as determined by the Board of Directors. VIII. GUIDELINES FOR SUSPENSIONS 1. Game officials will be guided by S.H.A. rules for all player infractions drawing suspensions. 2. Coaches having specific problems related to suspension infractions with any team member, may request a meeting of the DMHA Board to resolve the problem if resolution through contact with the Jr. or Sr. representative results in failure. 3. The D.M.H.A. Board of Directors has the responsibility and authority to deal with those individual players or teams concerned which are not in keeping with the D.M.H.A. philosophy and objectives. The Board of Directors also has the authority to deal with disciplinary matters where the S.H.A. or league rules has not had any impact as it relates to self discipline of a player or team. The Board may further suspend the individual or individuals and may in extreme cases remove the player from D.M.H.A. The Board may also withdraw financial support of a team in extreme circumstances. In all cases the situation must be carefully reviewed and the decision is to be unbiased and include the potentially disciplined player, his parents, coaches and managers. 4. The D.M.H.A. Board of Directors have taken a stand of non-tolerance of alcohol or illegal drugs as well as Sexual, Emotional, and Physical Harassment and any violation such as mischief or assault. Anyone, including coaches, managers, parents and/or players while in a team situation or while traveling to and from games or practices, who violates the above or fails to report same to the Board is subject to suspension by the board. The board shall review each disciplinary incident and if not fully satisfied with the discipline handed down by the Coaching staff of the team, the incident will be dealt with. The Board will have exclusive Disciplinary Rights of the above and shall notify the appropriate authorities of the above violation, if necessary.
5. All complaints to the D.M.H.A. shall be in written form and the complainant must be willing to appear before the Board to voice the complaint. 6. The following suspensions shall be a guide in determining discipline. All Suspensions follow S.H.A. Guidelines. a) When SAFETY is jeopardized, the discipline must be immediate. SAFETY issues are: i. Kicking ii. Punching iii. Any deliberate attempt to injure a teammate or opponent 1 game b) Mischief to a dressing room - 3 games c) Consumption of Alcohol - 3 games d) Entering of another team's dressing room and confronting players, manager, coach or official - determined by the Board, based on Severity and also report to Police and S.H.A. if warranted.