KMHA: Policy # HL - B17
Title: Suspensions
Policy Statement:
The House League has adopted the current OHF Minor Hockey Minimum Suspension List. For further information, refer to the Alliance\OWHA Handbooks. In addition, please refer to current KMHA rules for additional automatic suspensions.
Do not use the back of the gamesheet to determine suspension length. You must use the current OHF Minimum Suspension List.
Additional suspensions can be applied at the discretion of the Convenors and/or Directors of House League Hockey. Refer to Appendix C for additional suspensions for Minor Bantam to Midget.
Suspensions carry into the next year so these must be tracked where necessary. Suspended House League players can go to tryouts (ratings games), but then must serve the remainder of their suspension at the start of season.
If coaches do not follow the Fair Play Code, they can and will be removed from their bench immediately during the game. No protests can be filed. If the coach refuses to leave the bench he will be suspended indefinitely until a disciplinary hearing is convened.
Ignorance of the rules as it relates to suspension is not an acceptable defence and there will be no exceptions. It is expected that coaches read and understand the rules. If a coach is unsure whether a player should or should not be suspended, then he/she should not let the player play until confirmation of the suspension occurs. A coach that plays a suspended player will be automatically suspended for one game