USA / MAHA Rules: Rostering

All HHC Teams are USA Hockey and MAHA Affiliates and therefore, all players, coaches and teams must be verified and rostered with USA Hockey prior to the season start dates. 

Spring Rosters cannot be approved prior to April 1st.

Fall Rosters cannot be approved prior to August 1 for 14u and older teams and prior to September 1st for 12u and younger teams

ONLY coaches who are listed on the approved USA Hockey roster may participate in practices on the ice or be on the bench during games. Managers and Locker Room Attendants may not serve as on ice or on bench coaches unless they are rostered as coaches in addition to their manager duties. There is no limit on the number of coaches or locker room parents a team can roster, however, USA Hockey rules allow for only 4 coaches to be on the bench during a game.  Any team parent can assist with team functions or be in the scorebox as a timekeeper or help with the score sheet, they do not need to be credentialed. We recommend two locker room monitors per team in addition to coaches staff.

Teams may roster a total of 25 players in the Spring/Summer season (no more than 23 skaters but may only play 20 in any game).  

Teams may roster a total of 20 players in the Fall/Winter Season (no more than 18 skaters; teams can roster 3 goalies and 17 skaters).

Players, coaches and managers must renew USA Hockey memberships every year. USA Hockey registration numbers are valid from April 1 of the Spring season and expire the following August 31 of every season.  USA Hockey membership provides insurance coverage in the event of an injury to players, coaches or spectators. 

Every player must register with HHC to receive jerseys and be rostered to their team. Once all players of a certain team are registered with HHC, and all of the coaches have their USA Hockey credentials competed, the team can be rostered officially with USA Hockey in season. Rostering is the process of creating a team list verifying all players and coaches that is approved by the USA Hockey registrar.  A USA Hockey Roster is required to validate USA Hockey Liability coverage prior to the team's participation in scrimmage, league or tournament games. The HHC Registrar will build the roster, verify players, obtain birth certificates as needed, verify coaches and submit to the USA Hockey Registrar, who then has a 72-hour turnaround to approve the roster. Accordingly, once you approve your team roster to the office, please allow 3 business days for your roster to be approved; this includes adding players and coaches after your original roster has been approved. Once your roster is approved it will be emailed to the team along with a live link that should be bookmarked to have access to your official roster in real time throughout the season.