Spring League

Boys and Girls 8U through High School. Players can sign up either in their current age division, or play up to their next season age division. Last year, 10U/12U and 14U/HS were combined divisions. We would like to split 10U and 12U, but we need enough players to form 4 team divisions at each age level. ALL AGE DIVISIONS ARE NO-CHECKING!

Sundays; April 2 - May 21; Morning through Afternoon (we will not play on Easter - April 9)

NOTE that the current plan is to play all games on Sunday, but depending on numbers of players, some games may need to be played on either Saturday or Monday evening.

There are no practices, only games on Sundays

Games will be scheduled for 50 minutes and will be officiated. 8U will be half-ice. Older divisions are expected to be full ice. Points will be awarded and standings kept during the first 6 weeks leading up to a playoff and League Champion in the 7th week.

In order to allow us flexibility to make teams as competitive as possible, we do not accept teammate or team placement requests. When possible, we will try to put siblings on the same team as a convenience to families, but only if we can do so and keep the teams balanced.

We understand that Spring can be a busy time for families, and that absences will happen. However, keep in mind that being absent will affect your team. If you know that you are going to miss more than 2 or 3 weeks, this may not be the best fit for you.

We do our best to form competitive teams. It is our goal that every game end in a tie. Unfortunately, this is not realistic, and some teams will emerge stronger than others. Players being absent can drastically affect the strength of the team as well. We have discussed many approaches to take when this happens, but feel that any attempt to rebalance or change teams is not likely to be successful, and do not feel it is fair to pull one or two kids from a team with which they have hopefully made new friends and put them on a different team.

We encourage everyone to have fun playing each game regardless of the outcome.

Except for 8U, goalies will not be placed on a team, and will instead rotate among the teams each week. Goalies will have a separate friendly competition to determine the top two goalies for the League.

There are no Coaches for this league. We will ask parents to volunteer as Bench Managers. The role of the Bench Manager is to ensure line changes happen and that everyone plays equally. There are no "systems" or Power Play or Penalty Kill lines. For 10U/12U, you may need to help upcoming players understand the rules (icing, offsides), but that is really all that is expected and desired from the Bench Managers. This is intended to be a fun, no-pressure league for the kids and we expect Bench Managers to behave in such a way that it remains that way.

We are an affiliate of USA Hockey, which means a valid current season USA Hockey registration is also required. Cost varies based on the player's age.