2023/2024 SHAMROCK SEASON STRUCTURE – A DIVISION (U10 to U18)
PRE-SEASON (5 WEEKS) – August 28, 2023, to October 1, 2023
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Pre-Season Skates
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Development
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Exhibition Games
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Early Bird Tournaments
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U18 Tryouts
REGULAR SEASON (18 WEEKS) – October 2, 2023, to February 11, 2024
Divisions will be structured pending the number of teams in the Division.
# of Teams # of Games
6
25
5 Games vs Each Opponent
7
24
4 Games vs Each Opponent
8
28
4 Games vs Each Opponent
9
24
3 Games vs Each Opponent
10
27
3 Games vs Each Opponent
Regular Season Structure General Notes (18 Weeks)
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A minimum of 24 games will be played in each Division, to a maximum of 28 games.
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U10 to U16 Regular Season will commence on October 2, 2023.
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U18 Regular Season will commence on October 6, 2023.
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If even number of games is applicable to the # of games, then an equal number of home and away games will be scheduled.
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If an odd number of games is applicable to the # of games, then the schedule will be structured to be balanced. Teams will have either one additional away game or one additional home game but will play the same number of overall regular season games.
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A Division will not have a “Re-Seed” as all teams are A Division and there is no movement to AA or B/C/D.
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Each game will have a minimum 3-minute warm-up but cannot exceed 5 minutes.
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No Curfew.
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Where ice time for a game has evaporated due to things such as equipment failure, injury in an earlier game, etc. The process of OMHA Reg. 10.3 will be followed to get them game in while the players are at the arena to mitigate re-scheduling and the travel involved.
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No Overtime in regular season.
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Each Team is allowed one (1) Time Out per Game.
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Christmas Break: December 24, 2023, to January 1, 2024.
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March Break: March 9, 2024, to March 15, 2024.
Restrictions on Tournament Participation
That the following apply to Tournament Participation for the Shamrock A Division Only:
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Teams be allowed to attend a maximum of 3 Tournaments during the windows of time provided for league play and league playoffs. (International Silver Stick excepted).
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The League will provide no restriction on the number of Tournaments attended by teams outside of the windows of time provided for league play and league playoffs (Pre-Season, Christmas Break and March Break – if the league elects to Black Out March Break), noting that the OMHA and Centres may have more restrictive regulations that apply to each team.