Each Association shall designate one person to handle all registration for that Association and to receive and distribute to their Association all USA Hockey and CAHA notifications and publications.

USA Hockey Season: September 1 through August 31

Individual Registration

• All participants, coaches, players and managers, shall complete individual registration and acknowledgement of the USA Hockey Waiver of Liability / Assumption of Risk online at www.usahockey.com in accordance with the procedures prescribed by USA Hockey.
• A player shall not participate in any hockey related activity (including tryouts), until the USA Hockey Individual Membership Registration has been completed and the appropriate fee paid.
• “Participation” or “playing” shall be defined as all on-ice or off-ice hockey related activities within a Member Association or as part of a Member Association’s team, including but not limited to, tryouts, skill development sessions, practices, and/or games.
• All players must present a government issued birth certificate or a copy of a passport identification page for date of birth and citizenship verification prior to being approved on a team roster.
• A written transfer must be approved for all non-citizen players, male and female under the age of 18 and females over the age of 18 prior to being approved on a team roster.
• All coaches must complete the appropriate Age-Specific online module, Safe Sport Awareness Training and a Background Screening prior to beginning on-ice or off-ice activities, including practices, with participants under the age of 18.
• All coaches must obtain the appropriate USA Hockey Coaching Education Level and continuing education requirements (as applicable) as of December 31 of the current playing season.
• All managers must complete Safe Sport Awareness Training and a Background Screening prior to beginning activities with participants under the age of 18.
• All players seventeen (17) years of age or older on or before December 31, that play on a team in a classification that allows minor age players, are required to complete U.S. Center for Safe Sport online training before being added to the team and prior to participation (on-ice or off-ice). This requirement applies to all teams in the Youth, Girls, High School, Junior Hockey, Flex Hockey and Disabled Hockey program classifications that allow both minor age and adult age players. Players required to take the training must complete the Core Center for Safe Sport Training prior to being added to the team.

Team Registration

All teams, excluding youth house and adult house, must register with USA Hockey and are required to complete an Official Team Roster.

• Approval dates for Team Rosters will be based on the USA Hockey Registry submission time stamp. Teams may not begin counting games toward 20/10 or 14/10 until the approval date of the Team Roster. Tournament bound teams formed before September 1 may begin their game count on August 1 if the team roster is approved prior to the game being played. Associations MAY NOT write in player or coach additions on the Team Roster. All player, coach and manager changes must be done through the Registry.
• Tournament bound team rosters (Tier I and Tier II) must be final by December 31 of the current season. Changes to the player roster are not allowed after that date.
• A team, excluding youth house and adult house, may not participate in any pre-season, exhibition, league or tournament games until a USA Hockey Team Roster has been properly completed and submitted through the Registry for approval. Only coaches listed on the team roster will be allowed in the vicinity of the player's bench during games.
• A Tier I, Tier II, or Travel player shall not participate in a game with a team until the player is added to the Team Roster and the roster or roster change is submitted for approval through the Registry.
• No CAHA Tier I, Tier II or Travel team shall use any player not properly rostered to its team. Participation of a player in a sanctioned game not rostered to the team will be deemed an "Improper Roster" and the game will automatically be forfeited. Additionally, the head coach of a team using an "Improper Roster" will be referred to the appropriate committee for discipline.
• A Tier I or Tier II player may not be rostered to a team without the prior written consent of a parent or guardian. Participation in a tryout or selection process is not considered consent to participate on a team. Member Associations that roster a player without consent shall be referred to the appropriate committee for discipline.

Additional Information

Additional information on individual or team registration can be obtained from the Associate Registrar.

FORMS / MATERIALS

USA Hockey Annual Guide
Official Rules of Ice Hockey
Summary of Insurance Coverages

Associate Registrar,
Southeastern District
843-343-7812
caharegistrar2020@gmail.com

SANCTIONING OF TOURNAMENTS defined as Ice hockey competition, other than normally scheduled league or exhibition games, where three or more legally registered teams compete within a specified time frame for the purpose of declaring a champion.  This shall include gatherings consisting of more than three (3) teams, except Association Exchanges (limited to two (2) Associations), even though there are no winners declared.

All invitational ice hockey tournaments that involved USA Hockey registered teams and/or another amateur hockey federation or association must receive the sanction of the appropriate registrar for the district where the tournament will be held.

The conditions for sanctioning of an ice hockey tournament are as follows:

1. Written application on the official USA Hockey Invitational Tournament Application form must be submitted to the appropriate registrar where the tournament will be held
2. The appropriate registrar, with the approval of the applicant’s affiliate association, may issue a sanction where no exceptions to USA Hockey rules and regulations are involved.
3. Applications must be accompanied by a copy of the full rules, regulations, and the complete procedures of the tournament.  Where a tournament desires to use exceptions to the rules and regulations of USA Hockey, such exceptions must be approved, in advance, by the appropriate registrar and the host affiliate association.
4. Only USA Hockey registered referees may officiate tournament games, unless specifically approved otherwise.
5. Only USA Hockey paying rules and age divisions may be used in tournament play, unless specifically approved otherwise.

The sanction fees listed below for invitational tournaments must be complied with:

• USA Hockey sanction fee $250.00 per tournament (check made payable to USA Hockey)
• For tournaments within the State of Florida, an Affiliate fee of $100.00 is required. (Separate check made payable to SAHOF)

Invitational tournaments shall be prohibited from being held with 100 miles, and on the same weekend as a USA Hockey District or National Championship.

The Tournament Director, as identified on the Invitational Tournament Application, is required to verify that all participating teams are properly registered with USA Hockey. A USA Hockey player roster (form 1-T) approved by the District or Associate Registrar shall be proof of proper registration and individual player age. Travel permits are required for all Non-USA Hockey teams, and any team from an Affiliate requiring Travel Permits.

Additional information may be found in the USA Hockey Annual Guide, Rules and Regulations, VIII. Games, Exhibition games, Invitational Tournaments and Sanctioned Leagues and Sanctioned Events.

To sanction your tournament, please mail your Invitational Tournament Application, tournament rules and the appropriate fees to the District Registrar listed below. Be advised the packet should be received by the District Registrar three (3) weeks prior to the start of the tournament. (Also, be advised, submission of a tournament application does not guarantee sanction approval of the event.)

David Polk
Southeastern District Registrar
P.O. Box 15158
Surfside Beach, SC 29587

For questions regarding this policy, you may also contact
David at dpolk17@gmail.com or (404) 444-0755.