Affiliation to Junior
The ODHA and Hockey Canada have allowed 15 year old players to affiliate with both a Junior team and a Midget team. Minor Midget aged players (15 year olds) are permitted to affiliate to their Major Midget team and to one of either a Junior A, or Junior B team in accordance with the Hockey Canada Canadian Development Model. A copy of this can be found at www.odha.com .
This decision can have a great impact our Minor and Major Midget programs.
The executive of Ottawa Senators AAA Hockey Association will evaluate each request for affiliation from a junior team on an individual basis. The decision to affiliate will be made using the parents, the player, his coach, our Tech Director and the Jr. Team management. When everyone is satisfied that the correct information is being used a decision will be made. The final decision on affiliation will be approved by the BOD.
Procedure regarding contact:
If a team would like to use an affiliated player the head coach or general manager of the junior team is required to call the affiliated player's head coach to ensure that there is not a conflict. Once it is confirmed that there is no conflict the head coach of the player's team will call the player's parent and get permission to ask the player and invite him to attend.There will be no direct contact from the junior team.
The player must agree to attend the higher team's ice session on his own.
The team requesting the player must follow this procedure, if they do not, permission to participate in a practice or game will not be granted. This policy will be strictly enforced.
Board of Directors
Ottawa Senators AAA Hockey Association
Find below the CAHA section on affiliation taken from the Hockey Development Model.
THE FIFTEEN (15) YEAR OLD PLAYER
There will be limited affiliation to Junior hockey for players fifteen (15) years of age. Affiliation will be completed under the following provisions (F.53):Affiliation of first year eligible Midget players (fifteen (15) year olds) to Major Junior and Junior A and B hockey teams shall be permitted with the following restrictions:
1. A team may affiliate no more than five (5) players for up to a maximum of five (5) games during the season.
2. The player must sign a special affiliation form with the permission of his regular team.
3. A player shall NOT be called up, except under emergency conditions, when the player's regular team is playing or when the player has semester exams at school.
4. When the player;'s regular team is finished its season, the player may join the Major Junior/Junior A or B team for the balance of its season.
5. In Junior hockey, the team would be restricted to calling up one (1) fifteen (15) year old per game.
6. A player may specially affiliate to a Major Junior team and a Junior A or B team in the same season and play a maximum of five (5) games with each team if he so chooses and his regular team agrees.
7. Should a Major Junior League choose not to utilize this provision, the player would NOT be eligible to affiliate to two (2) other Junior teams in that league or region.
8. This affiliation process is unique to Major Junior and Junior A & B hockey and the Branches are encouraged to keep this process consistent and not to have too many variations at the Branch level.
Players have to be on an affiliation list in order to play and there can be no more than five (5) players (fifteen (15) years of age) per team. A team may add to the affiliation list to reach the five (5), but you cannot remove players and add another as a replacement. If a player is removed from a team, he cannot go to another team (unless it is a Major Junior team as per the above provisions). These players fall under the special affiliate classification. The final date to add names to this list is January 15.
This decision can have a great impact on our Minor and Major Midget programs along with the safety and development of the player.
The executive of Ottawa Senators AAA Hockey Association will evaluate each request for affiliation from a junior team on an individual bases. The decision to affiliate will be made using the parents, the player, his coach, our Tech Director and the Jr. Team management. When everyone is satisfied that the correct information is being used a decision will be made. The final decision on affiliation will be approved by the BOD.
A letter will go out to each junior team that has protected or wants to affiliate one of our players asking them to follow the procedure regarding contact. The team requesting the player must follow this procedure, if they do not, permission to participating in a practice or game will not be granted. This policy will be strictly enforced.
Find below the procedure that is too be followed regarding contact by the junior Team.
Procedure for using an affiliated player: If a team would like to use an affiliated player the head coach or general manager of the junior team is required to call the affiliated player's head coach to ensure that there is not a conflict. Once it is confirmed that there is no conflict the head coach of the player's team will call the player's parent and get permission to ask the player and invite him to attend. There will be no direct contact from the junior team.
The player must agree to attend the higher team's ice session on his own.