2020 U18 Rhino Spring Session Information

U18 RHINO YOUTH HOCKEY SPRING/SUMMER LEAGUE IS FOR BOTH MALE & FEMALE PLAYERS AGES FROM 13-18 years old.
OPEN TO THE FIRST 52 SKATERS AND 4 GOALIES
u18 RHINO HOCKEY LEAGUE IS FOR youth HOCKEY PLAYERS that are in jv and rec. league players THAT WANT TO HAVE FUN THIS SUMMER

THIS LEAGUE IS A AAU HOCKEY SANCTION LEAGUE. USING AAU HOCKEY LEAGUE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE PLAYERS OFFICIALS AND CAPTAINS.

ALL THE PLAYERS WILL GO THROUGH A EVALUATION GAME. THE coaches FROM EACH TEAM WILL RANK EACH PLAYER FROM 1-5. 1 MEANING GREAT HOCKEY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO 5 MEANING NEW TO HOCKEY. AFTER THE GAME EACH PLAYER WILL BE PUT INTO DRAFT TO PICK TEAMS. EACH TEAM Coach WILL SELECT PLAYERS WITH THE HIGHEST PLAYER SCORE FIRST THEN TO THE LOWEST PLAYER SCORE LAST UNTIL ALL THE PLAYERS ARE SELECTED.
jERSEYS AND SOCKS WILL BE HANDED OUT AFTER THE 2ND PRACTICE ON APRIL 21ST 2020.

LEAGUE DRAFT WILL BE AT THE SCHEELS ICEPLEX BIG CONFERENCE ROOM ON THURSDAY APRIL 9TH AT 6PM
teams will then practice for 2 weeks to get to know THEIR COACHES and teammates. during the 2 week practices: teams will learn breakouts, transition in NEUTRAL zone and cycling in your OFFENSIVE zone.
THEN THE LEAGUE WILL PLAY FOR 10 WEEKS OF GAMES THEN 6 WEEKS OF 2 ROUNDS BEST OF 3 SERIES PLAYOFFS.
THIS IS A NO CHECK LEAGUE
NO FIGHTING LEAGUE (ONE FIGHT BOTH PLAYERS ARE DONE FOR THE SEASON NO REFUNDS)

u18 RHINO SPRING SESSION EVALUATION GAME WILL BE tuesday april 7th FIRST GAME AT 8:00pm last names a-l. SECOND GAME AT 9:15pm last names m-z.
THE SPRING SESSION FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS WILL BE #1 VS #4 AND #2 VS #3 BEST OF THREE SERIES. THEN 2ND ROUND WINNERS WILL BE PLAYING FOR THE RHINO CUP TROPHY AND THE LOSERS WILL PLAY FOR THE U18 RHINO TOILET BOWL. BEST OF 3 SERIES.

THE LEAGUE HAS A RINGER RULE. NO PLAYER WILL BE ABLE TO SCORE MORE THEN 3 GOALS A GAME.
GAME TIMES WILL BE (3) 16 MIN RUN PERIODS, (3) PERIOD WILL BE STOP TIME. WITH A 3 GOALS OR MORE. THERE IS A ONE MINUTE REST BETWEEN PERIODS. IF A GAME IS TIED THEN THERE WILL BE A 3 PLAYER SHOOT OUT.
IF LEAGUE GAMES IN A TIE. THEN WE WILL GO TO A PLAYER SHOOT-OUTS. TEAMS WILL USE THE FIRST 3 LOWER SKILLED PLAYERS FIRST. THEN GO DOWN THE ROSTERS. MEANING A SUDDEN DEATH SHOOT-OUT. THE FIRST TEAM UNABLE TO SCORE AFTER THE FIRST 3 PLAYERS SHOOT. LOSES THE SHOOT-OUT.
3 MIN WARM-UP BEFORE EACH GAME THE CLOCK WILL BE SET FOR 16:00 MINUTES BEFORE EACH GAME WHEN THE 16:00 MINUTES ARE UP PLAY WILL BEGIN FOR THE NEXT GAME

ALL U18 GAMES WILL BE 2 OFFICIAL SYSTEM & A SCORE KEEPER/TIME KEEPER FOR EACH GAME.
ALL U18 LEAGUE STATS AND GAME TIMES WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE WWW.RHINOHOCKEYSIOUXFALLS.COM
u18 RHINO LEAGUE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ON tuesday’s
- PLAYERS MUST REGISTER WITH AAU HOCKEY CLICK ON THE AAU LOGO TO REGISTER
COST PER PLAYER IS $280.00.
REGISTRATION PAYMENT DUE BY MARCH 30TH 2020. AFTER MARCH 30TH $300.00
TO PAY YOUR REGISTRATION FEE CLICK ON THE CC PAYMENT TAB BELOW.