Tournament Regulations - Ontario Minor Hockey Association
Tournament Regulations - Ontario Minor Hockey Association
Tournament Regulations - Ontario Minor Hockey Association
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OMHA <strong>Tournament</strong> Package 2012-2013<br />
Preamble<br />
Page 22 of 32<br />
Thursday, June 30, 2011<br />
The <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Hockey</strong> Federation’s [OHF] <strong>Minor</strong> Council met on Friday April 29th,<br />
2011 to discuss the minor programs and among the topics was body checking in<br />
recreational hockey.<br />
The OHF <strong>Minor</strong> Council endorsed the following motion:<br />
Effective the 2011 - 2012 season body checking will be removed from all<br />
age divisions of House League and House League Select hockey.<br />
OMHA Position on Body Checking in Recreational <strong>Hockey</strong><br />
The OMHA believes that there should be opportunities for players in the<br />
recreational stream to participate in hockey without body checking. We<br />
recognize that players wish to play the game and focus on developing the<br />
foundational skills of skating, puck control and shooting and scoring without<br />
body checking. Additionally, this level of hockey would allow for increased<br />
recruitment of players of all ages.<br />
The OMHA also believes that there should be opportunities available for players<br />
in the recreational stream to participate in hockey with body checking. This<br />
stream of programming would provide a progressive development pathway for<br />
players to move from the recreational stream to the competitive stream of<br />
Representative hockey.<br />
These opportunities are reflected in <strong>Hockey</strong> Canada’s Long Term Player<br />
Development (LTPD) model which outlines the framework to maximize a<br />
player’s potential and involvement in sport over the course of their life. The<br />
LTPD model for hockey is being developed on the following principles:<br />
• Doing the best thing for the player and the people supporting the<br />
player at each stage in their development<br />
• Adopting a player-centred approach and not treating the development<br />
of all players the same way<br />
The OMHA seeks to define levels of play to achieve these objectives and<br />
provide players with both of these opportunities within the recreational stream<br />
of hockey best suited to their development.<br />
Similarly, the OMHA also believes that the stakeholders in our Membership<br />
should have the opportunity for self-determination in their respective<br />
programs, based upon the expressed needs of their members, along with their
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