Eligibility

Amended 12/4/14

Eligibility Rules For Players Playing on Multiple Teams

1. For Tier 3 and Higher, no player may play on more than one team within the same tier. However, a player may,... eg. play on one team in Northford Tier 4 and one team in Cromwell/Newington Tier 4 in the same season.  In Tiers 8, 7,  6, and 5 for all rinks, a player may play on more than one team within the same Tier, within the same rink during the same season.

2. A player playing on multiple teams may not "skip" more than 2 Tiers even if eligible per the rules.

3. All players in ALL Tiers must Play 1/3 the total number games for that specific season to be eligible for Playoffs. For 10 Game sessions, the minimum is 3 games.

4. Players within each tier that do NOT meet the eligibility requirements of the league will be handled and removed by the League Commissioner upon notification from a Division Captain. 

Players that meet the eligibility requirements, but are deemed to be "Too Skilled" can be brought to the League's attention by a Division Captain. Once this occurs, there will be a vote at the end of the session and with a 70% majority that player can be removed from further play in that Division for All CHL rinks.

In addition, a captain can ask for an "immediate vote" with with a 100% agreement by ALL Division captains (excluding the Player's team), a player can be immediately removed from the  Division by the Hockey Director or League Commissioner.

6.  Rosters Lock at the Midpoint of each session.  In a 15 game session, rosters "Lock" after the teams 8th game is played, and in a 12 game session the roster "Locks" after the 6th game is played.  The League notifies all teams via the newsfeed when all Rosters have locked during each session.

Tier 1 All Stars  (A League)

1. 16 and over with no limitation (open division).

Tier 2 / B League - Advanced Hockey Level

1. 16 and over with High Level Skill.

2. No Pro or Division I, II, or III, within 5 years

*Beginning Fall of 2015 - Junior "A" players are eligible after 3 years of last game played. ( Matching Club Hockey requirements).  Posted 7/22/15

Tier 3 /C League - Intermediate / Advanced

1. 16 and older with above average playing skill

2. No Pro or Division I, II, III within 5 years, No Club Hockey or Junior A experience within 5 years of last game played. 

Tier 4 /D League - Intermediate Hockey Player

1. 16 and older with average hockey playing skill.

2. No Pro or Division I, II, III, Club Hockey, Junior (A) within 7 years

No High School within 3 years of last game played

Tier 5 - Advanced Beginner

1.  16 and older with less than average hockey playing skill

No High School or Junior players within 3 years of last game played

Tier 6 - Intermediate

1. 16 and older - Intermediate Playing Level

No High School or Junior players within 5 years of last game played

Tier 7 - Novice

1. 16 and older - Intermediate Playing Level

No High School or Junior players within 10 years of last game played

Tier 8 - Beginner only

Designed for Players coming out of the Foundry "Adult" learn to play program.  All players in this tier are inelgible for any other tiers.

Notes

- "Club Hockey" is referring only to Certified or Affiliate College Hockey Programs.