***Both team coaches must be made aware of the player being used as an affiliate player***

REGULATION SIX – AFFILIATION
 
6.0 PURPOSE: To provide an opportunity for higher Division or category teams to dress
the maximum number of players allowable for a game in accordance with the playing rules.
 
6.1 Teams may use one of the following systems of affiliation:
1) Team to Team Affiliation. Applicable to all divisions Senior, (male and female) Junior, Minor and Minor Female. A team may only have one affiliated team.
2) Specially affiliated players. Applicable to Senior Female, Junior, and Minor
 
Female Divisions only. A team may, if they wish and in lieu of one affiliated team, have 19 specially affiliated players of which at least two must be goaltenders, from lower division or category teams operating in the geographic subdivision in which the selecting team operates.
 
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5) Club System. Applicable to Minor and Female Divisions only. A club is defined
as a Minor Hockey Association. The movement of players within a club shall
only be to a team in a higher Division/category.
 
6) A player of a team of a lower Division or category of the same club, or of an affiliated team, or a specially affiliated player, may affiliate to a team or teams of higher Divisions and categories at any time, to a maximum of ten (10) games per season. However, if the player’s registered team completes its regular season and playoffs before the player’s affiliated team or teams, the player may thereafter affiliate an unlimited number of times. For goaltender exceptions see HC Regulations B.42, E.36. Exhibition and/or tournament games, which are not part of regular league games or play-off games, are excluded from the number of games referred to in HC Regulations E.35 (a).
 
7) All such affiliations permitted under 6.1 shall terminate at the end of the current playing season, and may not be altered during the current playing season.
 
6.2 Minor Hockey will follow the “Club System” as defined in 6.1 (c) above and further defined and governed by Hockey Canada Regulation E.20 - E.28. This does not apply to Major U15 or Major U18.
 
6.3 Female teams may use the “Club System” as defined in 6.1 (c) above and further defined and governed by Hockey Canada Regulation E.20 - E.28 or “Team to Team” affiliation as defined in 6.1
(a) above and further defined and governed by Hockey Canada Regulation E.9 – E.10. Only one method of affiliation may be used.

Exceptions to 6.1(6) regulations for Female:
 
When there are a limited number of teams to affiliate from, the affiliate team may be permitted to affiliate to more than one team with approval of the HNSFC Regional Director.
 
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When there are a limited number of teams available to affiliate from, specifically one team that two or more teams will be affiliating from, a player may be granted permission to affiliate to more than one team with the approval of the HNSFC Regional Director.
 
Regulation E.12 - 19) may do so provided that the 19 affiliate players are members of a registered league competing in a minimum of 12 home and 12 away games, prior to the commencement of the higher category teams’ playoffs.
 
6.5 The purpose of using affiliated players is to replace regular team players who are absent from the team and not to be used to fill a roster.
 
a) Exception to 6.4 regulations for Female: In the case when the officially registered roster is 12 or less, affiliation can be carried out to fill a roster up to a maximum of 12 not exceeding a maximum total numbers of 3 affiliates. If affiliates are to be used to bring the roster to 12 players it must be cone with the approval of the HNSFC Regional Director.
 
6.6 General Affiliation Regulations for Minor and Female Hockey as defined in 6.1 above and in Hockey Canada Regulation E 29-39 are applicable, except where defined herein.
 
1) Movement of players is restricted as follows:
AFFILIATION (FEMALE)
 

2) At no time may a player skip a Division for the purpose of affiliation (i.e.: U13 player CANNOT affiliate to U18)
 
3) U15 age players cannot affiliate to U18, with the exception of goaltenders and Female.
 
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4) Only players registered on a Team Registration form, and approved by the Regional Director, may advance to a higher division or category team for purpose of affiliation.
 
5) Higher Division/Category Minor Teams must attain consent from lower Division/Category team prior to using an affiliate player. Failure to comply may result in suspension of offending team’s Head Coach.

6) A maximum of three affiliates may be used by one team within one game.
 
8) Minor teams may use players from any combination of teams allowed within their club system affiliation.