Rules and Regulations
15.0 Transfers
A. Player transfers between Districts and Associations are permitted, if the following conditions are met for the respective level:
1. IP: The home Association has a waiting list.
2. House league:
i. The home Association has a waiting list, or;
ii. The player is capable of playing at a higher level than is offered in the home Association or District.
3. Competitive:
i. The player was released during tryouts and wishes to try out with a higher level team, or;
ii. The player is capable of playing at a higher level than is offered in the home Association or District.
B. Before trying out for a higher level Competitive team outside of their home Association but within their residential District, the following criteria must be met:
1. The player must be registered in their home Association, and;
2. Tryout approvals must be signed by both the home Association President and the receiving Association President or their delegates.
3. The District Chairperson must be informed of the tryout approval. District Chairs may require all tryout approvals to be signed by them, at their discretion.
C. Before trying out for a higher level Competitive team within a non-residential District or Zone, the following criteria must be met:
1. The player must be registered in their home Association, and;
2. The player must have attended, and been released from, competitive tryouts at a higher or at an equivalent level (if available) in their home District or Zone, and;
3. Tryout approvals must be signed by the home Association President and the receiving Association President, or their delegates.
4. The District Chairperson must be informed of the tryout approval. Districts Chairs may require all tryout approvals to be signed by them, at their discretion.
D. Tryout Approval Conditions:
1. If the player is released from a try out with a higher level team, the player must return to his home Association, regardless of whether or not those tryouts were in the player’s residential District. The player is allowed to try out for the next level team only within his residential Association/District.
2. Any player trying out for a team in a non-residential District and/or Association, will be kept on the registration rolls with his residential Association as an active player. Should that player be released from tryouts in the non-residential District and/or Association, they must advise their residential Association and District of their return within 3 days of that release. Should they not do so, they will be removed from the registration rolls.
E. Transfer Conditions:
1. Players transferred for House League play can only register with the team indicated on the Transfer Application and may only affiliate to a team at the next higher level of play. Any player transferred for House League play may not affiliate with a higher level competitive team for more than 5 games after Jan. 10 in a given season. A Coach that affiliates a player transferred for House League play for a 6th game after Jan 10 at a Competitive level will be suspended for 5 meaningful games.
2. Players transferred for Competitive play can only register with the team indicated on the Transfer Application and may affiliate to any higher level Competitive team.
3. Transfers are for 1 year only.
4. Upon acceptance to a team, the affected District Chairperson(s) must sign transfer documents before the player transfer is official.
F. No player may attend a try out, or any other on-ice activity, with another District or Association, unless a tryout approval or transfer for that player to such District or Association has been approved as provided for in this section.
G. No player may try out for more than one team of the same division/category in the same season without a properly approved tryout approval or transfer document.
H. Under any other circumstances, a tryout approval or a transfer request will be denied.
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