Ontario Hockey Federation
Regulation E28-E42
PLAY ER MOVEMENT – MIN OR HOCKEY
E29 All player movement within minor hockey shall be governed by residential requirements contained herein and regulations and policies adopted by Member Partners.
AAA WAI VERS
E30 “AAA Waiver” refers to written permission by a AAA Club that allows a player not offered a AAA registration to try-out and register with another AAA Club which is adjacent to his residential Home Centre or Zone. Only the signing officers of the AAA Club can issue waivers.
E31 A player requiring a written release to change Clubs who is in compliance with Residential qualifications and OHF Part III ~ Regulations
Regulations E17, E18, and E19 for AAA hockey only, must be offered, in writing, a player’s registration for the current season, and a copy of that offer must be delivered by:
(a) Registered mail sent and postmarked within fourteen(14) days after the commencement of AAA tryouts;
(b) Courier with a receipt verifying date the package was given to the courier, within fourteen (14) days after the commencement of AAA tryouts, or
(c) Personal service, verified by sworn affidavits of the deliverer and a witness to the delivery that the delivery was made to the player/parent within fourteen (14) days after the commencement of AAA tryouts.
Note: AAA tryouts commence the first Monday following
the OHF Championships except in the NOHA where
AAA tryouts must be completed by Labour Day.
N ote: For Midget AAA Hockey the dates in E30 (a), (b),and (c) do not apply and an offer is to be made by September 30.
N ote: If one or more Statutory Holiday(s) falls within the 14 day period the tryout period is extended by two (2) days.
E32 ` A team must intend to sign and play every player to whom it extends an offer. The maximum number of player registrations a AAA Club may offer is the lesser of the number of registration certificates allowed by Hockey <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> or the number allowed by the Member Partner.
E33 A player who is offered a player registration in accordance with E31 has fourteen (14) days to accept the player registration, failing which the AAA Club may fill the player’s position. The date at which the fourteen (14) day period begins is determined as follows:
(a) with E31 a), seven (7) days following the postmark
date on the Registered Mail
(b) with E31 b), three (3) days from the date stamp on
the Courier package
(c) with E31 c), the date of Personal delivery.
E34 Any AAA Club that makes an offer to a player pursuant to E31 must, within 24 hours of making the offer, send its Regional Executive Member or Member Partner office a fax or e-mail containing details of the offer: player’s name and address, and when and how the offer was made.
E35 An unaccepted offer may be withdrawn by the Club only during the fourteen (14) day period set out in E33. I f the offer is neither withdrawn nor accepted during that fourteen (14) day period, the player is not eligible to receive a Release and AAA Waiver from the Club. He is, however, eligible for a Release and AAA Waiver if granted by the Member Partner.
E36 A player who has accepted an offer and is released by the Club is automatically entitled to a AAA Waiver.
E37 If a Club declines to sign a player to whom it has made an offer, or releases a signed player, the Club will automatically forfeit one (1) of its registered certificates for each such player.
E38 If a Club extends offers to more players than it is permitted to sign, it must give a Release and AAA Waiver to each such additional player within 24 hours and each such player’s registration certificate and any unused registration certificates shall all be forfeited.
E39 If a Club does not comply with Regulations E31 and E32, the player is entitled to a Release and AAA Waiver for that season. I n the following season, a player who registered with a minor division team with an adjacent Club in the previous season will have the option of remaining with the Club the player registered with in that previous season, or the player may return to his residential AAA Club/Zone. Players must be released back to their residential AAA Club/Zone at the end of each full age division.
E40 A player on a AAA Waiver may tryout with his residential home centre at AA or below and not forfeit the Major year(s) of his AAA Waiver pursuant to E41.
E41 A player must provide a signed AAA Waiver to be permitted to attend a try-out with an adjacent AAA Club.
E42 A player who has registered with a team for the season is not eligible for a AAA Waiver unless the team he signed with provides permission to obtain a AAA Waiver.
E43 A player from one AAA residential area who wishes to attend a try-out with a AAA Club in a different area must first follow OHF Regulations E29 – E42. Having otherwise adhered to those Regulations, a player wishing to try-out with a nonadjacent AAA Club must receive a AAA Waiver from his residential AAA Club and all AAA Clubs/Zones adjacent to his residential AAA Club. Upon attending try-outs with permission through a AAA Waiver, the try-out process and offer/ acceptance of registration by each such try-out attended will be as in Regulations E31 – E40.