Tryouts have concluded for the 2024-2025 Season
TEAMS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HOST AN OPEN TRYOUT AT ANY LEVEL
PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE INDIVIDUAL TEAM TO SEE IF SPOTS ARE REMAINING EARLIER IN THE SEASON
DECEMBER 20 IS THE DEADLINE TO ADD PLAYERS EACH SEASON
All tryout dates are at the BIGGBY Coffee Ice Cube; 10540 Citation Drive; Brighton, MI 48116, unless otherwise noted
24-25 KVHA BOYS' TRAVEL TEAMS
24-25 KVHA RAVENS GIRLS TEAMS
Teams may not recruit or solicit players, offer contracts, hold tryouts, conditioning skates, skills skates, or any activity that could be construed as a tryout/solicitation or recruitment or player evaluation until the specific dates set forth by the MAHA every season
TEAMS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HOST OPEN TRYOUTS IN ANY DIVISION
Tryouts for Tier II and Travel AA Youth Teams - MAHA Rules & Regulations book page 13
No Tier II or Travel AA team may recruit or solicit players, offer contracts, hold tryouts, conditioning skate, or any activity that could be construed as a tryout/solicitation or recruitment or player evaluation until the specific date outlined below:
(a) All teams in National bound categories for the current season (not post season), shall not begin tryouts until 48 hours after the completion of the National Tournament for their respective age classification.
(b) All teams in Travel (A/AA) non-National bound categories for the current season (not post season), shall not begin POST Season (Spring) tryouts until after 4 pm on the Monday following the conclusion of the final State Tournament games of ALL age brackets and categories.
(c) All teams in Travel (A/AA) non-National bound categories may begin tryouts on the 3 Monday in May for all REGULAR SEASON (Fall/Winter) teams.
Tryouts for Travel Category and A Division Youth Teams - MAHA Rules & Regulations book page 14
No Tier II team may recruit or solicit players, offer contracts, hold tryouts, conditioning skate, or any activity that could be construed as a tryout/solicitation or recruitment or player evaluation until the specific date outlined below:
a. All teams in Tier II (A/AA) non-National bound categories for the current season (not post season), shall not begin POST Season (Spring) tryouts until after 4 pm on the Monday following the conclusion of the final State Tournament games of ALL age brackets and categories.
b. All teams in Tier II (A/AA) non-National bound categories may begin tryouts on the 3rd Monday in May for all REGULAR SEASON (Fall/Winter) teams.
Tryouts for Girls Tier II and Travel AA Teams MAHA Rules & Regulations book page 22
a. These teams hold open tryouts.
b. A second team from a Tier 1 Organization at any age level will be recognized as Tier II providing, they do not in any way give the appearance of being Tier 1 including tryouts.
c. No Tier II or Travel AA team may recruit or solicit players, offer contracts, hold tryouts, conditioning skate, or any activity that could be construed as a tryout/solicitation or recruitment or player evaluation until the specific date outlined below:
i. All teams in National bound categories for the current season (not post season), shall not begin tryouts until 48 hours after the completion of the National Tournament for their respective age classification
ii. All teams in Travel AA non-National bound categories for the current season (not post season), shall not begin POST Season (Spring) tryouts until after 4 pm on the Monday following the conclusion of the final State Tournament games of ALL age brackets and categories.
iii. All teams in Travel AA non-National bound categories may begin tryouts on the 3rd Monday in May for all regular season (Fall/Winter) games
KVHA Teams work together to schedule their dates with our higher level boys and girls teams hosting their tryouts first
Note: Players born in 2012 or after (i.e. 12 years old or younger) are not eligible to play on any National Bound division teams per MAHA and USA Hockey Rules.
This link below will take you to the MAHA website that lists tryout dates for all associations in the area
SPRING|SUMMER TEAMS
From page 27 pf the 2022-2023 MAHA Annual Guidebook
Spring/Summer type teams formed to play between the end of the last USA Hockey Youth/Girls National Championship and August 31, have a limit of twenty-five (25) players on a roster and may dress twenty (20) players per game. (no specification on # of goaltenders)
From page 50 of the 2022-2023 MAHA Annual Guidebook
SPRING/SUMMER LEAGUES
- All teams in spring and summer leagues and conditioning programs must complete an USA Hockey Team Roster Form (1-T). Players and Team officials not registered prior to the spring/summer season must register online through USA Hockey. Confirmation letters for all players and team officials must be presented to the Associate Registrar for approval prior to the start of any games.
- Team Officials (Coaches, Managers and locker room attendants) must provide proof of a Background screening and Safe Sport before participating with the team.
- A player’s obligation to his/her regular season team ends on April 30th of the current season, or when his/her regular season team becomes inactive prior to that date.
- A player who is a member of an active regular season team may register and play in spring/summer leagues and conditioning programs if he/she has the written permission of his/her regular season team coach or manager.
- A player’s obligation to his/her spring/summer league or conditioning program ends with the completion of the league or conditioning programs schedule, or when he/she is released in writing prior to that date.
- All spring/ summer leagues and conditioning programs must use the current playing rules of USA Hockey /MAHA.
- Spring/summer leagues and conditioning programs may have added special rules for their league, provided such rules are not contradictory to, or less stringent than the current USA Hockey /MAHA rules.
- Spring/Summer Season league play may not start prior to the week of April 1st.
- In all Youth divisions, a player may register and play with a maximum of two teams at a time in the spring/summer season.
- Spring/Summer players must play in the USA Hockey age classification they will be in for the next regular (winter) hockey season.
- 19U girls and 18U youth are eligible to participate up until August 31 of the current season in the same age classification as the previous season.
- All player or coach suspensions shall be served with the team with which the penalty was incurred. If the team the penalty was incurred with has ended its season, the player shall serve the suspension in his/her next game.
Note: A player or coach receiving a match penalty is suspended from participating in any USA Hockey games and practices until a hearing is conducted.
