MEMBER CLUBS:

Former Clubs: Beardy's Blackhawks & Notre Dame Argos

Mandate
The mandate of the SMAAAHL is to provide an opportunity for each and every player to be successful on and off the ice. The programs are designed to guide and develop each player's physical, academic, and social experiences so they will have immediate as well as future success.  Knowledge of the game is provided by managers, coaches, and qualified leaders of the community.

The SMAAAHL is comprised of twelve teams from ten communities across the province. Each team is a member of the local minor hockey association which serves as the governing body for the Midget AAA team(s) in their community.

Player Eligibility
For a player to be eligible to play in the SMAAAHL (eligible 15-17 years old), the player's parent(s) must reside in the province of Saskatchewan as their principle residence. (NOTE: the exception would be those players in residence at Notre Dame College in Wilcox). Each player will be a committed member of a SMAAAHL organization by signing a SHA "Player Registration Form/SMAAAHL Commitment form".  

Letters of Commitment
Each SMAAAHL team is provided with 20 "commitment" forms annually by the SMAAAHL office. These forms can be signed anytime between May 1st and Sept 23 of each calendar year.  If a form is signed by a player as well as the team, it will indicate a player's commitment to the team, as well as the team's commitment to the player. Each parent and player are required to read both sides of the Commitment contract BEFORE this agreement is signed. This commitment will remain in place for one complete hockey season with this SMAAAHL member club.  

Player Releases
As per SHA Regulations, players registering with a SMAAAHL team for the first time, must obtain a release from the last team they were registered with. The SMAAAHL has developed league regulations concerning releases that all teams must abide by. The wording of these regulations within the League Constitution are as follows:
Any player who has played and is registered by a member team may not play for any other team the following year without a release. A release may be granted either as (i)"uncontested release" where both the player and the member club which he is registered with agree to the release. (ii)"contested release" where the team of the registered player does not wish to release the player and/or suspects tampering from the club the player wishes to play on. In the case of a "contested release", if the player joins another SMAAAHL team, the player must sit out the first five regular season games. The team that acquires the player through a "contested release" must also pay a $750 development fee to the league.                                                                     

Rights of first Refusal: "Any player who is released from a SMAAAHL team to play in a higher league and subsequently returns to the league will be made available first to the team he was last registered with."

Any player who signs a Commitment Form and withdraws from the team during the regular season schedule, will not be allowed to play(including AP) for any other SMAAAHL team for that season.  

Affiliation of Players to SMAAAHL Teams
-Each SMAAAHL team has an affiliation list consisting of a maximum nineteen (19) players. Seventeen (17) skaters plus two (2) goaltenders.
-Each affiliated player will be asked to sign a letter of consent with the team that wishes to name him as an affiliate. This letter of consent will apply only if it has been registered with the SHA central office.
-SMAAAHL teams in Regina, Saskatoon, and Notre Dame may only affiliate players from teams registered in their respective Minor Hockey Associations.   All other teams may affiliate players from within their own Minor Hockey Associations plus six (6) players from within a 160km radius of their centre.  They cannot affiliate players from centres within the 160km radius that have another SMAAAHL team (ie Moose Jaw could not affiliate players from Regina).  There can be no "permanent" affiliation of players.  Affiliate players can play ten (10) games all season as an affiliate player.  Once the team they have been registered with has completed its season, the player may then play with their affiliated team for the remainder of that team's season.

Financial Obligations
Each SMAAAHL team will determine their registration fee annually. Tournament fees as well as playoff expenses may or may not be included in the registration fee.

Billets
It is the parent's responsibility to provide a billet for their son to play hockey. However, all teams will assist in finding accomodations for each player. Every billet associated with the SMAAAHL must have a RCMP criminal record check registered with the SMAAAHL team.

Equipment
Each SMAAAHL team provides each registered player with a minimum of helmets, gloves, shells, jerseys and socks for each player.

Travel To and From Home
All travel to and from home is the responsibility of the parents other than travel associated with team functions.