Novice and Below Programming
Hockey
Canada has established National guidelines to ensure optimal development of
hockey players at this crucial introductory stage.
Programming in the Ontario Hockey Federation, which Ontario Minor Hockey is a member, will be implemented as follows:
1. Effective 2017-18 - Game play for the Initiation age-group (5 & 6 year-olds) will be Cross-Ice
2. Effective 2018-19 - Game play for the Tyke age-group (7 year-olds) will be Half-Ice.
3. Effective 2019-20 - Game play for the Novice age-group (8 year-olds) will be Half-Ice during the first half of the season and transition to Full-Ice during the second half of the season.
Starting the 2019/2020 season CDMHA will be adopting the Hockey Canada, OMHA policy for all Novice and Below players.
Please see the OMHA Website for the Novice and Below Programming Guidelines.
https://www.omha.net/noviceandbelow
Thank you.