A/P Guidelines

A/P Guidelines

1.1    As Per the Hockey MB Rules Section 45 G):

Minor Hockey Associations or Leagues may limit the use of affiliates for their own house/regional leagues.  

  • Minor Hockey players rostered in Pembina Valley are permitted up to a maximum of 5 games as an affiliate player. 

  • The 5-game maximum is the cumulative total of ALL league play and league playoffs.  Provincial playdowns and provincial tournaments should fall under Hockey Manitoba rules.

  • A/Ps are NOT to be used for a competitive advantage. In the spirit of the rule, A/Ps are intended to fill roster spots due to absent players to facilitate the game play. 

  • Exceeding the 5-game maximum requires an application to and approval by the PVMHA Director. 

     

1.2    Players first priority will be to their own rostered team. 

 

1.3    Players must affiliate from a lower category within the same age division. If affiliating from a lower age division, player must affiliate from an equal or lower category. Teams may add eligible affiliate players to supplement their rosters as follows:

U11 – can only AP if under 10 skaters

U13 – can only AP if under 11 skaters

U15 – can only AP if under 13 skaters
 

        Example: U13 Gold eligible AP’s from U13 Silver, U13 Bronze or U11 Gold, Silver, Bronze. 

        Example: U11 Silver eligible AP’s from U11 Bronze OR U9 Silver, U9 Bronze. 

        Example: U9 Bronze eligible AP’s from U7 teams from within your home association. 


1.4    U7/U9 Rosters: Minor Hockey Associations with more than one team of U7 or U9 Rosters may affiliate freely between their teams.  In addition, these teams may affiliate players from neighboring associations with permission from the Association President and Regional Director. The intent is to allow team formation when numbers are less than eleven.

 

1.5    A team of a higher division or category may not use an affiliated player prior to receiving consent of the coach and then the parent with which the affiliated player is registered.

         1.5.1    AP requests MUST follow the following steps:

STEP 1: The head coach of the team requesting the AP shall contact the head coach of the team with where the player is rostered.  If granted permission, proceed to step 2.

STEP 2: The requesting coach may contact the parents. 



1.6    Eligible AP’s participating in a game with a team outside of their rostered team must indicate "A/P (1 of 5)" on the game sheet for game 1, and MUST continue in this manner “AP (2 of 5)”, “AP (3 of 5)”, “AP (4 of 5)”, “AP (5 of 5)” for all teams in which they participate as an eligible AP. 

 

1.7    It is the responsibility of the Head Coach to:

  •  Ensure the player is eligible when a request occurs. Players can move to a higher tier within the same age category.  U11 bronze to U11 Silver or U13 Silver to U13 Gold as examples. OR a player can move from a lower age category to a higher age category but MUST be in the same tier or lower.  U11 bronze to U13 bronze, U11 silver to U13 Silver, and U11 gold to U13 gold as examples. 

  •  Keep track of the number of games each player has participated as an AP.  If a player on your roster participates as an AP for more than 5 games, the Minor Hockey Association will pay a $400.00 bond/player.  A second offense will result in an $800.00 bond/player. 

  • Notify your league convenor when a player on your roster has reached the maximum 5 games. 


 

1.8    Requests for unlimited AP or a variance of the 5-game rule, must be submitted to the PVMHA league convenor and approved by the PVMHA Director. 


1.9    Requests for AP outside of your home association must be approved by the PVMHA Director. 


2.0    ALL exhibition, tournaments, league, play downs, playoff GAME SHEETS must be completed in full and sent to the league convenor within 24hrs of the game completion.  Non-compliance will result in a fine. 


2.1    Female Minor Hockey 
 

2.1.1    Must AP from single roster female to single roster female or double roster female to double roster female teams.

2.1.2    Player must AP from their own association first, if unavailable they can AP from neighboring associations within the same region.

2.1.3    The AP must be on a designated roster to be eligible.

2.1.4    No lateral AP for players.

2.1.5    Goaltenders are eligible for unlimited AP with Female Director approval.

2.1.6    Any concessions are to be on a case by case basis approved by Female Director.