Game Curfew Policy, Game Policies and Procedures, WGMHA Manual of Operations (Woolwich Wild)

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Game Curfew Policy

Woolwich Wild Girls Hockey has a curfew on many of our ice times.  Here are the procedures that all teams must follow to enforce the curfew for games.

  1. All games added to the RAMP Game Portal MUST have the curfew indicated in the ‘Notes’ section.
    • If there is a curfew, the curfew times MUST be indicated; ex. ‘Game curfew – 10:20am’.
    • If there is no curfew, this MUST also be indicated; ex ‘No curfew’
  2. All paper game sheets must have the curfew marked down in the top 'curfew' section of the Game Sheet.
  3. Prior to the start of the game, the home team will communicate with the visiting team if there is a curfew to be put in place or not.  If curfews are to be placed, it must be acknowledged by both teams prior to the start of the game.
    • For the RAMP gamesheet app, this is accomplished by the coach or manager signing the gamesheet app.
    • For paper gamesheets, the curfew box must be initialled by both teams.
  4. If there is a Woolwich girls’ team scheduled for a practice in the next time slot, your game curfew can be extended by 5 minutes.
    • Be sure to add an additional ‘User Note’ on the RAMP Gamesheets app to indicate the adjusted curfew time, or
    • If using a paper gamesheet, adjust the time in the Curfew box.
  5. Coaches shall remind the referees of the curfew when they come to shake your hands before the game.  It is NOT the referees’ responsibility to curfew the game.
  6. Coaches and/or managers are to ensure the timekeeper knows about the curfew, and knows it is their responsibility to sound the buzzer at the curfew time.  The time must be based on the arena clock, not a personal phone or watch.
  7. The coaches, of the team going on the ice next, need to also watch for the curfew time and ask the timekeeper to sound the buzzer if they forget to do so.
  8. Games are stop time so, when your curfew time is up, the game ends with whatever time is left on the clock.
  9. To help ensure games will be played and not curfewed, please make sure your team is ready to go on the ice as soon as the flood is complete.  Start the warm-up time immediately, and have your team lined up and ready to go at the warm-up buzzer.  Collect loose pucks before the end of the warm-up time.

Curfew Exceptions

Depending on the rules communicated at the time, it is possible that Rep team Playdown and Playoff games will not be curfewed.  Adjustments will be made to game times to permit a game to be played without a curfew.  This information will be communicated in January prior to Playdowns and Playoffs.