2.0 Definitions and Acronyms, Policies, ALLIANCE Hockey Manual of Operations (Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario)

DEFINITIONS:

AAA Zone: A geographic subdivision made up of several Associations for the purpose of providing AAA Category hockey. 
 

Affiliate Player (AP): Refers to a player who participates with a team other than the team with whom they are registered, in accordance with HC, OHF and ALLIANCE Affiliation Regulations. 

Affiliation: The process allowing teams the opportunity to dress the maximum number of players allowable in accordance with HC Playing Rules. 

Age Division (Division): Age groups within the ALLIANCE for competition. Examples: U21, U18, U15, U12, , etc. 

Association: A local Hockey Organization operated and controlled by a duly elected Board of Directors, the members of which shall designate from among themselves the signing officers of that club. 
 

Automatic Suspension: The suspensions incurred from penalties as per the OHF Minimum Suspension List. 
 
BB/B: A representative category of minor hockey which defines programs that are above select hockey. Players do not register with a House League Team/Program. 

Branch: A member of Hockey Canada (HC). The OHF is the recognized HC branch within the jurisdiction of the OHF as defined by the HC Constitution. 

Branch Championship: An OHF sanctioned series or tournament to declare champions of the OHF at the age divisions and categories as determined by the OHF Board of Directors. 

Category: An Association’s level of competition e.g. AAA, AA, A, BB/B, MD, Select, House League, etc. 

 
Association Evaluation: An official sanctioned activity for the purpose of player evaluation and team selection.  

Ex-Officio: A person who is either appointed or elected to any committee or body of the ALLIANCE but does not have voting authority. They can participate in the discussions and have observer status.

Game Officials: Refers to on-ice Referees and/or Linespersons.

Geographic Subdivision: Includes a city, town, municipality, police village, rural area, or a zone as established by the OHF,
ALLIANCE or an OHF Member Partner for the purpose of organizing competition.

Home Association: For minor hockey, a program for which a player is eligible to participate in by residence or other Regulations. 

House League/Recreational: A community oriented minor hockey program structured to provide development and competition at a recreational level. 

House League/Recreational Team: A team that competes regularly in a House League within a Association that must be
affiliated with the ALLIANCE.  

Inter-Branch: Activity between two or more member Branches of HC. (i.e. OHF and Hockey Nova Scotia, etc.). 

Majority: Any legitimate motion requiring more than a majority vote, requires for its adoption only a majority; that is, more 
than half of the votes cast, ignoring blanks, at a legal meeting where a quorum is present, unless a larger vote for its adoption
is required by the rules of the assembly.

2/3 Majority: A two-thirds vote means two-thirds of the votes cast, ignoring blanks. This must not be confused with a vote of
two-thirds of the members present, or two-thirds of the members, terms sometimes used in by-laws.

To illustrate the difference: Suppose 14 members vote on a question in a meeting of a society where 20 are present out of a
total membership of 70, a two-thirds vote would be 10; a two-thirds vote of the members present would be 14; and a vote of
two-thirds of the members would be 49.

Member: Minor Hockey Associations and any other members as defined under 1.0 Members Registry. 

Official Game Report: The official report of the activity from a sanctioned game verified by Team Officials from
each competing team and signed at the completion of the game by the on-ice Game Officials.

On-Ice Game Officials: Refers to the Referees and/or Linespersons. 

Paid Employee: A paid employee is any staff person or volunteer that is paid an annual salary, part-time wage or annual honorarium for work undertaken on behalf of either the ALLIANCE or a Member Association, with the exception of referee appointees to various ALLIANCE bodies.

 
Participant: Is any person registered to the Minor Hockey ALLIANCE of Ontario through any of the Member Associations.  

Recreational Hockey: Includes House League and/or Select.  

 
Release: The unconditional release of a player from a team authorized by the official signing officers of that  

team/association/club. HC, OHF, ALLIANCE, or OHF Member Partner has the right, at its discretion, to place conditions on a release as per HC Regulations.  

 
Resource Person: A person assigned by the ALLIANCE Executive Director to provide support to an ALLIANCE Committee or 
other body, ranging from being a resource person on technical considerations, to taking and distributing minutes, following up
on required meeting actions, etc.

 
Roster: Form of which ALLIANCE Hockey may issue approval for team play.  

 
Sanction: Approval by Member Partner or Branch or HC.  

Sanctioned Activity: Refers to training, practice or game competition involving members that are conducted within  facilities
 used for ice hockey. 

 
Select Hockey: A category of minor hockey which in order to be eligible, a player must be registered with a recognized
 (sanctioned) house league organization and accordingly be an active participant in the corresponding house league in a
recognized (sanctioned) schedule of house league programming.

Select Team: A Select team is a team formed from an affiliated Recreational League and made up of players selected from
teams in the affiliated Recreational League.  Players must participate in their respective Association’s House League Program to
be eligible for House League Select teams. 
 

Shot on Goal: A shot on goal shall be considered a shot that would have entered the goal had there been no goaltender in the goal/net. 
 
Supplemental Discipline: Penalties imposed to members in addition to any minimum requirements in accordance with the
powers vested in HC, OHF and the ALLIANCE, either through a separate investigation and/or hearing.

 
Suspended Game: A scheduled game that is interrupted due to reasons as determined by a Member Partner.  

Suspension: The loss of the right to participate in sanctioned activities of HC, OHF or ALLIANCE. 

Team: A group of Team Official, at least one of whom must be a Coach, and a group of registered players, at least one of
whom must be a goaltender (except in U13 and below) who are qualified in a division and category under the OHF or ALLIANCE
Regulations up to the maximum number provided by HC Regulations.

 
Team Officials: All or any of the following persons involved in the management of a team and includes Coach, Trainer, 
Manager and any Assistant Coach, Assistant Trainer or Assistant Manager.

Tournament: A schedule of games played among three (3) or more teams that follows an interlocking schedule that leads
to an eventual winner.

Volunteer: An individual who provides services, on behalf of or at the discretion of a member in relation to the member’s
operations, without receiving monetary compensation for such services.

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