WHAT IS HOUSE LEAGUE?
House League provides the opportunity to over 1000 players to play the game we all love. GMHA House League Season will commence the early-mid October, with pre-season evaluation skates take place near the end of September. A detailed schedule of evaluation skates, season games and practices will be available on the website mid August. The season concludes with Championship Weekend in end of March/early April.
Our Association could not exist without a devoted and enthusiastic group of volunteer parents and non-parents. Our hope is that through the players experience our youth will discover the warm fellowship of team play, the friendly rivalry of competition, leadership and athletic skills, and a vision for their future. We work to provide a fun and comfortable environment, where players are taught the knowledge and skills required to play the game.
Every House League division has a Convenor and each team is assigned a bench consisting of a Head Coach, Assistant Coach (es) and a Trainer. All bench staff are subject to a mandatory Police Records Check and are required to complete the designated OMHA coaching certification programs pertaining to the division in which they are participating.
Together we will strive to work with a clear commitment to excellence, with the very best interests of our youth foremost in our minds and with a vivid attitude of pride in our association, our city, our country and the game of hockey.
Work hard, have fun and enjoy the season.
How Does House League Work?
Players take part in 2 weeks of pre-season evaluation skates that transpire over 2 weekends, in order to gauge each players abilities and to help ensure we create well balanced teams for the season. The teams are selected by the division Coaches and the Convenor and further team balancing decision are made by the Director of House League where required. Players will be notified around the middle of August as to the start of the pre-season evaluations and when the regular season begins. Once pre-skate evaluations are completed, you are then drafted to your HL team, for the season to begin early Oct.
Our divisions are broken as follows:
U6, U7, U8 and U9 are Development leagues
U11 (U10 and U11)
U13 (U12 and U13)
U15 (U14 and U15)
U18 (U16, U17 and U18)
During the season U9:
-Will have practices on Saturdays and Sundays until mid November
-Starting mid November, Sunday's will change to half ice games
-Starting early January, half ice games will change to full ice games for the remainder of the season
-There are no playoffs in the age group or championship weekend. For the final weekend of U9, Saturday is a skills competition and Sunday is full ice games with balanced teams playing one another
During the season, U10-U15:
-Will have practices on Saturdays and games on Sundays
-Playoff commence the beginning of February
-Championship weekend is the weekend prior to Easter
During the season, U16-U21:
-Plays only games that will commence on Sunday and/or Wednesday evenings
-Playoff commence the beginning of February
-Championship weekend is the weekend prior to Easter
-U18 players (U16, U17 and U18) have a special skills competition on the Saturday of the Championship weekend with prizes and giveaways
Key Points About House League:
1.Our house league program in all divisions is non body contact, and all games and practices are in Guelph.
2. Each player receives a team jersey, pair of team socks along with an individual player and team picture from picture day.
3. All players and rostered bench staff are covered under Hockey Canada Insurance policy as the GMHA is a sanctioned member of this association.
4. Team are eligible to participate in all Hockey Canada sanctioned tournaments for extra game/team building experience.
5. House League greatly relies on the generosity of sponsors and volunteers. See below links to volunteer or sponsor within House League
6. The final weekend for U6-U9 wraps up near the beginning of March with a skills competition and half ice games
7. U10-18 has a final House League Championship weekend near the end of March each year with play offs starting throughout January and February depending on the size of the division.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR HOUSE LEAGUE
CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR A HOUSE LEAGUE TEAM OR DIVISION
CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER FOR HOUSE LEAGUE
Advanced League:
WHAT IS THE NEW ADVANCED LEAGUE?
The 'Advanced League' offers an enriched hockey experience, enhancing competitiveness across two specialized programs, all within a structured, seasonal framework. Serving as a pivotal link between Recreational and Representative hockey, it provides players with an essential transition while upholding a consistent seasonal calendar that cultivates healthy competition among different associations, akin to the Representative program.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE ADVANCED LEAGUE:
The Advanced League, is a structured league managed and scheduled by TriCounty within OMHA, that is designed for 2 distinct programs to play against each other for the 2024-2025 season, which are:
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ADVANCED LEAGUE
FULL TIME
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An upgraded hockey program that offersplayers a more competitive edge and increased ice time outside the House League Program. It bridges the gap between Recreational and Representative A-level programming, participating exclusively in the Tri-County Advanced League for heightened competition and progression.
For GMHA, U12-U16 will tryout out for Advanced Teams for the 2024-2025 season. Select teams will not be on option unless the rules and regulations below are not met.
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ADVANCED LEAGUE
PART TIME
(SELECT)
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This hybrid program follows Select rules and regulations, combining participation in the House League Program and the Select program, competing part-time in the Tri-County Advanced League. It's designed for players seeking the House League experience with added ice time.
For GMHA, this will apply to U10/11 and possibly other age groups depending the rules regulations listed below.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ADVANCED LEAGUE, CLICK HERE
HOW DOES THE ADVANCED LEAGUE TRYOUTS WORK?
In order for your child to play on an Advance League team (full time or part time), your child must register and partake in the essential tryout process, which takes place in September. If you have already participated in Spring rep tryouts, you are automatically signed up for Advanced League tryouts. Otherwise, Advanced League tryout passes can be purchased online once announced. Each age group is provided 2 (possibly 3) separate, 1 hour on-ice tryouts.
Tryouts for the Advanced FT Teams will be open to the following age groups: U12*, U13*, U14*, U15*, U16* and possibly U18* (to be confirmed closer to tryouts). Concurrently, Advanced PT (Select) tryouts will occur for our U11 (U10/11) category during the same timeframe.
Please note: U11, the U10/11 House League Division, will have Select tryouts ONLY. They will be not be an Advanced FT Team in this age group. This determination is made in recognition of the shift from half ice to full ice for numerous players transitioning from U9. Its objective is to afford them supplementary opportunities for skill development and hockey comprehension within a less rigorous hockey regimen.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TRYOUTS, CLICK HERE
How to register:
Registration for House League is a first come first served bases, so register sooner than later before divisions fill. If you are a returning HL player you will use your Hockey Canada password and e-mail address to login and complete the registration. New players will create and account and then proceed with the registration. To register please go to our registration tab The registration site will set your child automatically in their correct division by age.
At the time you sign your child up for house league, in order to comply with GMHA and Hockey Canada Ruling all plays must be paid in full and 1 parent from each family participating in this program must complete the Respect in Sport parent program which is completed on line. This course only needs to be completed once. If you then have an additional child starting in the future you will need to go back into this course site to the child management section and add the addition child. These above two items must be completed before you will receive call or email to start the season. You will find the course link under the registration tab on our website. You will be provided a code to submit at the end of this course which takes care of the payment needed.
