UPDATED
KMHA: Policy # KJR - 3.1
Title: Rep Tryouts and Releases
Policy Statement:
Public tryouts will be held for Rep (AAA, AA, A) and B/BB teams as advertised locally. Additional team tryouts are communicated to the participants by the Coaching Staffs until their roster is complete.
At time of policy implementation, tryouts for U10-U16 (at all levels) will be held in the Spring. U8 and U9, and U18 tryouts remain "Fall tryouts".
The OHF and Alliance Hockey have implemented new Tryout pathways, including 7 day windows to complete tryouts. The OHF and Alliance Hockey have stated coaches have until 11:59pm on the 4th day to sign players or the player may request their release from the KMHA office.
Players wishing to attend tryouts must meet the following criteria:
1. Must be registered with KMHA for the season BEFORE registering for Tryouts through the means provided by the KMHA office/board of directors. Except for the U18 AAA.
2. Must be in good standing. (up to date on fees from any previous seasons, and returned all rented or borrowed belonging to KMHA, this includes jerseys in the jersey rental program).
3. Zone players from New Hamburg must provide their permission to skate prior to attending tryouts:
• U10 and U11 AAA is open to all players/goalies.
• U12 to U18, only players/goalies who played AAA or AA the previous season are permitted to tryout.
4. Non-resident players must provide an F1 Waiver prior to tryouts in order to attend Tryouts.
In order to attend tryouts at players may only:
1. At U11 and below: tryouts are open; players may tryout at any level they wish. (players have not been seen or played long enough for coaches to have a reasonable knowledge of their skills).
2. At U12 and above: players may only register to try out 1 level above where they played in the previous season. *for example House and House League Select may tryout at B/BB, B/BB may tryout at Seeded, and Seeded may tryout at AAA. **You are always able to tryout for a level below where you played last season if you wish or if you are released.
RATIONALE: This decision has been made to allow coaches the maximum amount of time to see players prior to the end of day four and prior to issuing F1 Waivers. This will provide players the optimal opportunity to showcase their abilities during tryouts and allow coaches with their team selection within the timeframe mandated by the OHF (7 days)
3. These rules apply to all move in players as well, according to the level of hockey they played where they last were participating.
4. Players that participated in non-sanctioned hockey in the prior season may tryout according to the last level they played in Hockey Canada sanctioned programming. If a player has never played Hockey Canada sanctioned programming, they would be considered to have played recreational/House League Hockey.
5. Players may still be invited by the coach.
Coaches: You may select up to 10 players from levels below on an invitational basis to register for tryouts.
Waivers/Releases are permitted at AAA ONLY except for U16 & U18 AA/A who are permitted to tryout for an Alliance AA/A centre on a waiver.
Players interested in moving up an age level and being considered for the team older must meet and adhere to the following guidelines:
1. Must be an AP for the AAA age older this season.
2. State their intention to be considered for the older age group by December 1 of the current season.
3. Must be viewed by Chair of Rep and Convenor for age older, Coordinator for age older and Technical Director, a minimum of 3 times by each of these people, on separate occasions. This will ensure a proper view of the players ability within their own age group.
4. This player must be considered "exceptional" at their own age group and easily be noted as a player each shift that stands out for positive reasons, skill development, and progression.
5. This player must be considered of appropriate size if the age is going into a body contact league.
6. If agreed upon after these evaluations (from January through the end of playoffs) that the player is capable of playing up an age this committee (Chair of Rep, Convenor, Coordinator, Technical Director) will consider allowing the player/applicant to try out for the older age group.
7. This committee must also watch said player in tryouts when that specific team is down to a minimum of 25 players, or less, remaining at tryouts.
8. That player must show in this small group of players that they are the following, where applicable:
• Top goalie
• Top 3 for defense
• Top 5 of forwards for the team they are trying out for (age older)