Sanctioned Play. Member Organization must comply with the requirements of USA Hockey and AAHA, as set forth in this Agreement and/or any Member Rules, including the requirement that Member Organization will only engage in “sanctioned” events, including but not limited to individual games and tournaments. The below guidelines regarding what constitutes sanctioned and non- sanctioned events are intended to be illustrative and are not intended to limit any other guidelines contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any Member Rules: • Associations, excepting disabled hockey, must adhere to the American Development Model (“ADM”) and the Cross-Ice Hockey (“Cross-Ice”) player development programs. • All players, coaches, and on-ice officials of the Member Organization must be members of USA Hockey and AAHA. • All teams of the Member Organization must be exclusively registered only with USA Hockey and AAHA (except special hockey teams may also register with the American Special Hockey Association). • For a game, tournament, practice, or similar event to be sanctioned, all participants of the Member Organization and any opponent, including all players, coaches and on-ice officials, must be members of USA Hockey, and all teams must be sanctioned by AAHA or the applicable USA Hockey affiliate; or for Canadian teams, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. Should the Member Organization seek any exception to the foregoing, such exception must be specifically granted by the USA Hockey District Registrar for the Rocky Mountain District. • Member Organization (including but not limited to all of its teams) may participate only in sanctioned events, and failure to do so may result in the denial of USA Hockey insurance coverage for any claims arising from such non-sanctioned event, putting the Member Organization, its teams, players or participants at risk of not having insurance coverage for an injury suffered therefrom and potentially exposing the Member Organization to liability therefor; in addition, the Member Organization, its teams and responsible administrators and/or coaches may be subject to sanctions imposed by USA Hockey and/or AAHA. • Associations are prohibited from maintaining teams that are not sanctioned as summarized above and as provided in the Membership Obligations.
Sanctioned Play. In compliance with the requirements of USA Hockey and NYS Hockey, the Association may engage only in “sanctioned” events, including but not limited to individual games and tournaments. For example: ● Associations, excepting disabled hockey participants, must adhere to the American Development Model (“ADM”) and the Cross-Ice Hockey (“Cross-Ice”) player development programs (see the USA Hockey and NYS Hockey Guidebooks and websites for additional information) ● All players, coaches and on-ice officials of the Association must be members of USA Hockey and NYS Hockey ● All teams of the Association must be exclusively registered with USA Hockey and NYS Hockey (except special hockey teams may also register with the American Special Hockey Association) ● For a game, tournament, practice or similar event to be sanctioned, all participants of the Association and any opponent, including all players, coaches and on-ice officials, must be members of USA Hockey, and all teams must be sanctioned by NYS Hockey or the applicable USA Hockey affiliate; or for Canadian teams, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. Should the Association seek any exception to the foregoing, such exception must be specifically granted in writing by the USA Hockey District Registrar for the New York District ● Participation in a non-sanctioned event may result in the denial of USA Hockey insurance coverage for any claims arising from such non-sanctioned event, putting the Association, its teams, players or participants at risk of not having insurance coverage for an injury suffered at such non-sanctioned event and potentially exposing the Association to liability therefor. In addition, the Association, its teams and responsible administrators and/or coaches may be subject to sanctions imposed by USA Hockey and/or NYS Hockey ● Associations are prohibited from maintaining teams that are not sanctioned as summarized above and as provided in the Applicable Regulations.
