Zone W Bobcats - Evaluation and Team Selection Policy - 2017-18
Evaluation
Initiation
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4 groups (A/B = Advanced; C/D = Beginner) or as needed due to numbers
Three Skates, not four. 45 minutes each
Beginners evaluated in last skate and then teams made up of even split.
Players are scored using 1, 3 or 5 where 1 is weakest and 5 is strongest.
Advanced players will have a scrimmage added to last day of Evaluations.
Ensure there is a Registration Desk on Evaluation days
Provide socks
Coordinators to put out Timbits for each room.
On ice sessions to be run with Canlan as part of the skills development program.
Novice / Atom
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Novice ice time= 45 Minutes
Atom ice time = 1 Hour
Registration Desk shall be set up by the coordinators
Coordinators must organize on-ice facilitators
Novice and Atom must have at least 1 scrimmage prior to bubble skate.
For each scrimmage the coordinator will ensure that:
a. Only Bobcat coloured socks are worn on ice. No Spring team or AAA team socks or helmet
stickers, etc allowed.
b. Each bench has at least 2 gate operators
c. Parents may run the gates however they must not be on their child’s bench.
d. Players shall be allowed to play their desired position, as specified on the registration, as much as
practical.
e. All players receive equal ice time as much as practical.
Bubble Skate
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Coordinators should find the “gap” separating the strongest players and the next group and may adjust
the bubble skate numbers accordingly.
Coordinators should select the bubble skate players so as to allow for enough skaters to be on the ice to
make 2 teams.
Coordinators should use the weaker players of the upper tier and the stronger players from the lower
tier.
Teams should be balanced evenly based on the evaluation scores.
Peewee / Bantam / Midget
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Ice time shall be 1 hour 15 minutes
Bobcat coloured socks only while on ice. No Spring team or AAA team socks or helmet stickers, etc
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First skate is a skills session.
Second and third skates are scrimmages.
No bubble skates.
Change Pre-skates to skills sessions
Common to All Ages Groups
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Initial Groupings to be set alphabetically.
Third party evaluators to do all rankings and provide rankings to co-ordinators and to the commissioner or
designate.
Evaluation scale of 1-10 will be used to score players where 1 is the weakest and 10 is the
strongest. Initiation will continue to use 1 - 5.
Team Selection
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Top 80% of the players for a given tier are guaranteed and must be selected for the tier. For example, on
a 15 player team, 12 players would be protected (15 * 0.8 = 12).
An additional 20% will be added to the draft envelop. For instance if 15 players are required for a team,
coaches may select from the top 18 players (15 * 0.2 = 3)
Fractional numbers of 0.5 or greater shall be rounded up, otherwise it will be rounded down.
In the example of a 15 player team, the first 12 players must be drafted, the 6 players remaining in the
draft envelop can be chosen from at the coach’s discretion.
Players preferred position (from the registration form) will be provided on a best effort basis.
Head Coach from each team is to be included in the team selection. If the head coach is unavailable the
draft is delayed until such time as the selection can be made. Exceptions can be made with board
approval.
Head coach may pre-select 1 assistant coach from the approved coaches list prior to the draft. The
assistant coach’s child must be in the protected list or the draft envelop. Coordinators must ensure all
teams have adequate coaching.
All coach(es) shall protect his or her own child/children
The coach with the lowest sum of child(ren)’s evaluation score shall pick first. If the coaches do not agree
on first pick then this will be at coordinator's discretion.
Prior to the selection process the draft will be rebalanced as a result of the coaches protected players
(coaches children).
One trade may occur at the end of the draft at coordinator discretion.
Coordinators may require trades at their discretion to ensure balanced teams.
NEW: At the end of the draft, in an effort to increase affiliation, coordinators will facilitate:
1. A possible affiliate list: Coaches will identify players on their team who would be good candidates
for affiliation. This information will be passed on by coordinators to coaches at higher tiers and
levels.
2. An affiliate draft: Coordinators will document the results of this draft on the respective teams’
affiliation forms. Coaches will follow up with parents and coaches of the drafted affiliates to get
signatures and will submit the completed forms to SMHA and the Zone.
Initiation Team Selection
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Players for both beginner and advanced will be ranked by the coordinator
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Simplified rankings will be used: 1-3-5
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Teams will be selected by the coaches and coordinator must ensure that rankings are evenly distributed
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For better clarity it is not based on averages but rather rankings (similar number of 1’s, 3’s,
and 5’s on each team)