As an important step in the development of players at all levels of hockey, AMHA believes strongly that players develop quicker when given the opportunity to play at higher levels so we believe in and encourage the affiliation process.
Affiliation Guidelines
All affiliations must follow the guidelines from HEO and UOVMHL.
Under 11 to Under 18
House League C
A Rostered Players can affiliate to:
- Same age level Competitive team (example U11C to U11 Rep)
- Same age level House B team (example U11C to U11B)
- Next age level House B team (example U11C to U13B)
- Next age level House C team (example U11C to U13C)
House League B
A Rostered Players can affiliate to:
- Same age level Competitive team (example U13B to U13 Rep)
- Next age level House B team (example U13B to U15B)
- Next age level House C team (example U13B to U15C)
Competitive League
A Rostered Players can affiliate to:
- Next age level Competitive team (example U15 Rep to U18 Rep)
A Competitive player may not affiliate to a house league team under any circumstance.
Under 7 and Under 9
- Under 7 players are not permitted to affiliate to any higher age classification at any time.
- Under 9 players are not permitted to affiliate to any higher age classification except as follows: Second year U9 players may affiliate to a higher age team (U11) after January 15th of the current season.
UOVMHL Rules - All Levels
During regular season and playoffs, teams with less than 13 rostered skaters may use affiliated players to increase their roster to a maximum of 13 skaters.
When teams have 13 or more rostered skaters, affiliated players may only be used when a rostered player is absent, and on a one-for-one basis.
Affiliate goaltenders are only to be used when a team's regular goaltender is unavailable.
How To Affiliate a Player
Download the Player Affiliation Request Form.
Review the instructions and ensure you understand the requirement when there is a game conflict: the obligation is that the affiliated player must play with their normally rostered team and not the affiliated team.
Understand the maximum number of games that a player may play as an affiliated player.
Complete the form and submit to your Association Registrar who will forward along to District Registrar for review.
Once approved, your Association Registrar will update team rosters.
GameSheet - Using Affiliated Player at a game
Affiliated players must be added to your GameSheet roster in the same manner in which you entered your regular roster, either on computer or on iPad before a game.
You will need to ensure that the Status field is marked as Affiliate (Regular is default).
If an affiliated player is playing in a game, simply mark them as Playing.
Important: If a rostered affiliated player is NOT playing in a game, ensure that on the game sheet they are marked as Not Playing. Failing to do so will increase their count of games played which may cause the player to reach their maximum number of games permitted.