TEAM CLASSIFICATION & TIERS – SHAMROCK LEAGUE
For the purpose of planning and scheduling, teams will be placed in the following Tiers/Divisions for the start of the Season.
A Division (Major & Minor)
Dorchester Dragons
Mt Brydges Cougars
St Marys Rock
Strathroy Rockets
South Oxford Storm
New Hamburg Huskies
Norfolk Knights
Tier 1 & Tier 2 Division
ALL B-C 1st Selection Representative Teams
A Center 2nd Selection Teams (If Centre elects to include a 3rd Selection Rep Team).
Lambeth Lancers
South Kent Lightning
Mooretown Flags
Wallaceburg Lakers
Petrolia Oilers
East Lambton Eagles
Ilderton Jets
Lucan Irish
Lambton Shores Predators
North Middlesex Stars
South Huron Sabers
Dresden Jr Kings
St Thomas Stars (2nd Entry Rep)
Tier 3 Division
All 2nd Entry Rep Teams from A, B, C & D Center’s 1st Category Rep.
All 3rd Entry Rep Teams from A Centers (If applicable).
West Lorne Comets D
Movement of Teams between Tiers/Division will be determined by the following Criteria/Process
a) 1st Selection Representative Teams in Tier 1/Tier 2 requesting to re-classify to Tier 3.
- The Association must provide written application to the League Executive prior to August 1st.
- The Application should include (but not limited to) the following:
• The record from the previous two seasons.
• List of previous two applicable season’s roster including statistics for each player if possible.
• List of pervious two applicable season’s players that are no longer available to play in the coming season and why. Example: A player has made been selected to a higher-level team or is no longer with the Association.
- Review of re-classification will take place at the August Shamrock Representative meeting and voted on by the Shamrock Representative and League Executive.
b) 2nd Selection Representative Team in Tier 3 requesting to re-classify to Tier 1/Tier 2
- The Association must provide written application to the League Executive prior to August 1st.
- The application should include (but not limited to) the following.
- The record from the previous two seasons.
- List of previous two applicable season’s roster including statistics for each player if possible.
- Rational of why the team under application should be re-classified to Tier 1/Tier 2.
- Review of re-classification will take place at the August Shamrock Representative meeting and voted on by the Shamrock Representative and League Executive.
c) 1st Selection Representative Teams in Tier 1/Tier 2 requesting to play in A Division
- The Association must provide written application to the League Executive prior to August 1st.
- The Application should include (but not limited to) the following:
- Confirmation that all players are from the applicable birth year or meet the associations criteria for exceptional player status for minor age players in major divisions.
- Associations are to note that if confirmed to compete in A Division, there will be no opportunity to re-classify into Tier 1/Tier 2 at any point during the season or playoffs.
- Review of re-classification will take place at the August Shamrock Representative meeting and voted on by the Shamrock Representative and League Executive.
d) Teams/Associations requesting to participate in a division that the Shamrock Hockey League does not provide must make application to the OMHA. Review and approval for movement to another League will be determined by OMHA Group Structure only.
e) Teams/Associations requesting to participate in the Shamrock Hockey League in a division not provided by their own league must make application to the OMHA. Review and approval for movement to the Shamrock Hockey League will be determined by OMHA Group Structure only.
f) Based on the Shamrock League Seasonal Structure, in season re-classification of teams will be as follows:
- At the completion of Regular Season 1, Teams in Tier 1/Tier 2 will be seeded as per the standings. The top Teams will be placed in Tier 1 and the bottom Teams will be placed in Tier 2. The number of teams in each Tier will be determined by the number of teams in the overall Division.
- At the completion of Regular Season 1, ALL teams in Tier 2 & Tier 3 will also be reviewed by the Shamrock League Executive to determine if additional re-classification may be required in either Tier.
- At the completion of Regular Season 2, All Teams in Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 will be reviewed by the Shamrock League Executive to determine if additional re-classification may be required in the Tiers.
- A Team’s Tier Classification at the end of Regular Season 2 will determine which Tier they will participate in for the OMHA Championship Qualifiers and Tournament.
- Teams may request Re-Classification no later than 10 days prior to the commencement of Regular Season 2, this application must include ALL Games played by the team in the Regular Season, Tournaments, and Exhibition Games. Any exclusions will be considered an incomplete application and rejected.
- Additional re-classification at the above-mentioned times, will be at the discretion of the Shamrock League Executive under guidance from the OMHA Regional Director(s) associated with the league.
g) General Notes:
- Re-Classification WILL NOT be available at any time other than the times stated above.
- Teams can only be Re-Classified one Tier from their original Classification. Example: A Tier 1 Team cannot be Re-Classified to Tier 3, regardless of their record.
- No Association will have more than one team in the same Tier/Classification.
- At No Time will a Tier 1, 2 or 3 Team be Re-Classified to A Division.
- At No Time will an A Division Team be Re-Classified to Tier 1, 2 or 3.