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Disciplinary and Appeal Procedures

Team Officials

No team official, player, parent (guardian) may disrespect or challenge in an aggressive manner any game officials on or off the ice. Any parent, player, or team official that is found to have violated this rule is subject to a meeting with the Director of Conduct and Risk Management for possible disciplinary action(s).
Any team official ejected from a game for any reason must go directly to and remain in the dressing room until the conclusion of the game or leave the facility. Any additional suspension will be according to the OHF Suspension List.
Any suspension uncompleted at the end of the season shall be carried over into the following season. Suspensions will be served in league or select games (regular or playoff).
There shall be no appeal process afforded the offending team official to reduce the severity of the automatic OHF suspensions nor shall there be a method for the Executive Committee to impose an increased suspension for the offense in question. However, this does not disallow the right of the Executive Committee to review the actions and behavior of the coach outside the confines of the game, as prescribed by the League Bylaws and/or Rules and proceed with further discipline.
The accumulation of penalty minutes by a team, exceeding 20 minutes in a game, consisting of minor penalties only, will cause the ejection of the head coach in that game. A second occurrence will result in an additional one (1) game suspension of the head coach.
A team official at large or any team official, under suspension, approved to more than one team shall be suspended from all game related duties from any team until the suspension has been served as part of the staff of the team with which the suspension was incurred. The team official's name shall be recorded on the game sheet as suspended until the appropriate numbers of games have been served.

Players

In U15 and U18 ONLY, the coach, in consultation with the Program Leader may discipline players who have been missing any games or practices without a legitimate cause. If the form of discipline is to bench the player, for any length of time, it must be reported on an Incident Report Form. This form must be submitted by the Coach to the Program Leader who in turn must forward the form to the Director of Conduct and Risk Management, prior to discipline or 24 hours after the incident.
Any player ejected from a game for any reason must go directly to and remain in the dressing room until the conclusion of the game or leave the facility. Any additional suspension will be according to the OHF Suspension List.

CYO Minor Hockey Specific Penalties

No team official, player, parent (guardian) may disrespect or challenge in an aggressive manner any game officials on or off the ice. Any parent, player, or team official that is found to have violated this rule is subject to a meeting with the Director of Conduct and Risk Management for possible disciplinary action(s).
Repeated offenses under this rule will be treated as follows:

U9 Division:
» Second Offence – 1 game suspension.
» Third Offence – 2 game suspension.
» Fourth Offence or greater – indefinite suspension and an interview by the Director of Risk before reinstatement

U11 Division and above:
» Second Offence - ejection from current game only.
» Third Offence – 1 game suspension.
» Fourth Offence – 2 game suspension.
» Fifth Offence or greater – indefinite suspension and an interview by the Director of Risk before reinstatement
Fighting Penalties:

Juvenile and Alumni divisions:
1st Fight major – 5 games suspension (in addition to OHF minimum suspension)
2nd Fight major – ejection from the League with no registration refund (subject to disciplinary review)
In U9 to U18 (all tiers - House League, Select, and Minor Development
1st Fighting penalty - 1 game suspension (in addition to OHF minimum suspension)
2nd fighting penalty - automatic review by the Discipline Committee (in addition to OHF minimum suspension)
All game suspensions incurred by a player in any CYO program must be reported to the Director of Development and the Director of Risk within a 12-hour period by the head coach of the players team. If the player is a house league player in the select program, or an AP player to a MD program, it must also be communicated to all of the child’s other head coaches within the same time frame.
All suspensions listed above, are in addition to the OHF minimum suspensions for the infractions.
After receiving a match penalty, under no circumstances is a player to participate in House League games, Select Games, or MD games until the suspension requirements are fulfilled.
If a player receives more than one major or misconduct in the same game the suspensions will be added up and served.
Penalties assessed near or at the end of the season will carry over into the following season.
Any player ejected from three games for any disciplinary reasons will be assessed an additional one game suspension.
Suspensions received in CYO league games, tournaments and exhibition games must be served in the next scheduled game. Scheduled games are defined as games in which the CYO has been given prior notification before the infraction. Discipline assessed during these games will be determined using the Minor Hockey ALLIANCE of Ontario Rules and Regulations. Any suspensions received in tournaments and exhibition games must be served in the next scheduled game.
In instances where a Team Official’s language or behavior in the bench area is deemed disruptive or inappropriate during the course of play, at the discretion of a game official (referee) the offending Team Official may be awarded a Game Ejection Penalty in lieu of a Game Misconduct Penalty.
In all divisions, any events occurring outside the normal progression of the game must be reported using the Incident Report form and submitted after a 24-hour waiting (cooling down) period.
All members needing information will comply with the following protocol:

Players and Parents > Team Official > Program Leader > CYO Executive > Alliance Region 1 VP > Alliance Head Office

Any member that contacts ALLIANCE Hockey without following this protocol will be directed back to the CYO / ALLIANCE representative(s) and may face a disciplinary hearing. Should there be a conflict at any level; one is permitted to contact the next level.

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