Jun 15, 2018 | Sean Wheatley | 3573 views
UPDATED: ALLIANCE HOCKEY MINOR NOVICE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
Hockey Canada & Ontario Hockey Federation recommend tiering for 7-year old hockey programming to meet the mandate set by the Ontario
Hockey Federation for the 2018-19 Season.
It is recommended that Associations tier their top eighteen 7-year olds
and place them onto a team. Those eighteen players would then be divided
into skill-based lines; with like-skilled players from each team
playing against each other.
Seasonal Structure
Minor Novice MD team will be formed from HL Assessment skate, no tryout will occur
Minor Novice MD team will travel to Sarnia and Stratford, but will be minimized
1: Development Phase – September 2018 to November 18, 2018
Player Evaluations focused on skill development
Ideally 20 Ice sessions over a 10 week period
Locally scheduled exhibition match-ups (6 maximum)
2: Regular Season Phase – November 19, 2018 to March 10, 2019
League game play against other Associations begins
Match-ups to be set by ALLIANCE Hockey & games scheduled by the local Association
Important that Coaches continue to focus on skill development during practice sessions
3: Season- End Festival – March 16, 2019
Season-end Festival/Jamboree weekend
Host Association: TBD
Season completed prior to March Break
League Games
Format
Two teams play a game utilizing the two halves of the ice with each team of 18 participants divided into two groups of 9
Regular weight pucks
Standard nets
Each team is required to dress two goaltenders, one for each half-ice game
A game will consist of two 25-minute periods with one-minute buzzers for lines to switch and a face-off to begin each period
When the buzzer sounds to end the first period, the visiting team(2 groups of 9) will switch ends and benches (so each group plays each other)
Players will be on the ice every other shift = 50% of the time
Playing Rules – Half-Ice
4 vs. 4, plus one goaltender per group
Each team is required to have two goaltenders, one for each half of the ice
Teams (2 groups of 9) share the same bench
Three-minute warm-up prior to the start of the 1st period
On Ice: barriers set up across the centre red line, nets set up on the centre circle with centre circle as the goal line
Game Length: 50-minutes total, two 25-minute periods
Clock: run-time, no score is kept
There will be two face-offs during the game; one to start the first period and one to start the second period
Paint a dot in the centre of the half-ice game for a face-off
No offside or icing
Shifts
Shift Length: one-minute shifts with the automatic buzzer to indicate the player change
Players change on the fly If there are fewer than four players on the bench, the active player designated to stay out for the following shift must tag up at the bench prior to continuing play
At the buzzer, players must relinquish control of the puck immediately and vacate the ice. The new line of players enter the ice immediately
Change of Possession
On a Goaltender save or freeze, the official blows the whistle to indicate to the attacking team to back off and the defending team gets possession
Puck shot out of play – the offending team backs off and the official gives the non-offending team a new puck.
If the puck goes out of play, Referee drops a new puck (non-offending team starts play)
On a goal, the team that scores backs off. Referee blows whistle and points to the goal, the defending team then gathers the puck and attacks
Penalties
On a penalty, the referee raises their arm and blows their whistle signaling the change in puck possession. At the end of the shift, the referee informs the coach of the penalty called and the player it was assessed to. The offending player sits the next shift. Teams continue to play at even strength.