5.08 PLAYER MOVEMENT & AFFILIATION PROCEDURES See OHF Playing Regulations D19-25
The general goal of Affiliated Player (AP) involvement is to promote player development and is supported by the Representative Teams Management Committee. To the extent possible teams should be practicing and playing games with a full roster. In the event of injury, illness or other absences, APs should be contacted for practices and games. For games, an AP may only be used to replace a player in the event of injury, illness, suspension or if a player is away on holidays.
Players are expected to make the team to which they are rostered their priority but will have the option to attend practices, games, and off-ice training with the higher-level team to which they have affiliated to. An AP player may also decline to participate in the activities of the team to which he or she has been affiliated to.
SHA Rep teams may affiliate players from any team with up to 19 affiliated players (APs). Hockey Canada, OHF and ALLIANCE Hockey rules apply. It is recommended for all teams to file an AP forms with a minimum of five (5) skaters and one (1) goalie to the SHA Registrar. A more robust AP list is encouraged.
AP players may participate in a maximum of ten (10) regular season and playdown/playoff games in total (tournament and exhibition games DO NOT count toward the 10-game limit) over the course of the entire season. **Note - once the team to which an AP player is rostered is eliminated from ALLIANCE Playdowns, that AP player may resume playing regular season and playdown/playoff games as an AP in more than the 10-game limit. An AP’s participation in more than ten games must be reported to the appropriate Rep Director.
For the AP process to work smoothly, it is essential to have good communication between the coach of the player’s rostered team and the coach of the AP team. The coach of the team needing an AP is responsible for notifying the coach of the player’s rostered team to make the request to use the player in either a practice or game. No coach requesting the use of an AP will call a player directly unless requested to do so by the coach of the team to which the player is rostered.
In Summary the following rules apply:
1. Players may affiliate with Minor Hockey teams within their association at the level above them.
Any player participating as an AP must be indicated on the game sheet by the notation “AP” beside his/her name. Appearance of the player’s name on the official game sheet shall be considered participation in the game, except in the case of a substitute goal tender, in which actual participation should be noted on the game sheet.
Any team that fails to follow the Affiliated Player protocols for notification and procedures shall be denied player affiliation for 30 days following the first offence and for the second offence the team shall have its affiliation privileges suspended for the remainder of the season.