3.01 GENERAL POLICY
1) The Executive shall establish the additional ice costs for Representative teams annually.
2) Each player is also responsible for all individual team costs involved in Representative team
play.
3) Representative teams may fundraise to help defray costs only with the approval of the appropriate
Representative Team Director and the Executive Board (also see section 2.00.14). Due to the
onerous licensing requirements by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO),
lotteries or raffles are not permitted for team or group fundraising under the Sarnia Hockey
Association.
4) Representative team players during league, exhibition and tournament games will be allowed fair
ice time in all three periods. During play down or play -off games, all players will be given fair
ice time for the first two periods. Ice time for the remainder of the game will be at the discretion
of the coach. Goalies will have fair ice time throughout the season – exhibition, tournament,
league, play downs and play offs.
5) Each Representative team shall be provided with a copy of Sarnia Hockey Association
Operations Manual at the beginning of each season. The manual will be revised annually and
Representative teams shall follow the guidelines set down in the manual.
6) Any player who “quits” Representative hockey after November 15th may be placed in House
League if there is space. Such players will not be placed at any level of Representative for the
remainder of the season.
7) Teams will follow the ALLIANCE Policy for tournaments and associated blackout dates as
presented. Those teams eligible for Silver Stick (Major Atom, Major Peewee, Major Bantam and
Major Midget) will count their attendance at the Silver Stick Tournament as one of the
tournaments that they are permitted to participate in. Attendance at the Silver Stick tournament
(Sarnia and Port Huron) for those teams eligible is mandatory.
8) Sarnia teams attending an Ontario Hockey Federation Championship will be financially
subsidized by Sarnia Hockey.
9) Novice Representative teams may play other Sarnia teams at the Novice Division only.
10) All Representative Team Coaches, Managers and Trainers must submit a valid police check prior
to August 31 st of the current season or they will be suspended from their role and not allowed in
the dressing room or on the bench.
11) Sarnia Hockey Representative Teams will be referred to as “Sarnia Sting”.