League Policies

Effective 12 October 2026 · Version 1.0

Everything here is in plain language, because every one of us is a volunteer or a player and nobody should need a lawyer to understand what they signed up for.

Privacy Policy

Your information

The Community Hockey League is a recreational, no-contact hockey league run by a small volunteer committee. We are not a business and we make no money from your information. We collect only what we need to run a hockey season, and this page tells you exactly what that is, who can see it, and how to get it changed or removed.

Who is responsible

The league committee is collectively responsible for the information on this website. If you have a question, a correction, or a concern about your privacy, speak to any committee member listed on the Contact page. Pete N. (519-614-3749) handles privacy requests on behalf of the committee.

What we collect

When you register: Your full name, birth year, phone number, email address, playing position, self-reported skill level, team preference, and anything you choose to write in the notes field.
While you are on a roster: Your name, team, jersey number, position and phone number. Goals, assists, penalties, goaltending records, and whether you were marked present or absent for each game.
If the committee creates a sign-in for you: A username and a password. Passwords are stored as ordinary text so a committee member can read yours back to you if you lose it, which means you should never reuse a password you use anywhere else.
Automatically: Nothing. There is no analytics code, no advertising and no tracking on this site. We do not log your visit.

Why we collect it

Name and birth year. To build rosters and to confirm you meet the league's minimum age of 16.
Phone and email. So a committee member can reach you about your registration, a schedule change, a cancelled game, or a call-up as a spare.
Position, skill level, team preference and notes. To balance the four teams fairly.
Statistics and attendance. To run the standings, the stats pages and the season archive, and to help captains plan lines.

We use your information for nothing else. We never sell it, rent it, trade it, or give it to anyone outside the committee for their own purposes.

Who can see what

The website has three levels of access. This is the honest summary:

Information	Anyone	Signed-in player	Committee
Your name, team and jersey number	Yes	Yes	Yes
Your goals, assists, penalties and goaltending record	Yes	Yes	Yes
Your game-by-game attendance	Yes	Yes	Yes
Your phone number	No	No	Yes
Your email address	No	No	Yes
Your birth year	No	No	Yes
Your registration form and notes	No	No	Yes
Spare players' contact details	No	No	Yes

If you are on a roster, assume your name, your team, your jersey number and your on-ice statistics are public and will stay public. That is the nature of a league that posts its standings. If you are not comfortable with it, tell a committee member before the season starts.

Where your information is stored

This website stores its data in a Google Firebase database. Google runs data centres in several countries, so your information may be stored on or pass through servers outside Canada, where it is subject to the laws of the country it sits in, including lawful access by the courts and authorities there. By registering, you accept that this is how the site works.

How we protect it — and the limits of that

Please read this part

We would rather be straight with you than make promises we cannot keep. This is a free website built and maintained by volunteers. Committee functions sit behind a password, and phone numbers and registration forms are not displayed anywhere on the public pages. But no small website is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee that a determined person could never reach the database behind it.

So: do not put anything in the notes field, or tell us anything through this website, that you would be upset to see disclosed. We do not ask for and do not want your home address, your health details, your full date of birth, or any payment card information. Never send those through this site.

If you would rather the league did not keep your phone number or email in the website at all, say so and we will keep your contact details on paper with the committee instead. You can still play.

How long we keep it

Season archives are permanent and public. When a season ends the committee archives it, and the teams, rosters, scores, standings and individual statistics from that season stay on the Seasons page indefinitely, the way a record book would. Plan on your name and your stats staying there for good.
Contact details are kept while you are an active or recent player, so we can invite you back next season. Ask us and we will delete them.
Registration forms are kept for the season they relate to, then removed once you are on a roster or have been told you are not.
Sign-in credentials are deleted when you leave the league.

Photographs

The home page carries photographs from league play. If you are recognisable in one and would prefer not to be, tell any committee member and we will take it down. We will not use a photograph of you to promote anything outside the league.

Players aged 16, 17 and 18

The league accepts players from age 16. If you are under 19, a parent or legal guardian must sign your waiver, and in signing it they are also consenting to the collection and use of your information as described on this page. A parent or guardian may ask us at any time to show them what we hold about their player, to correct it, or to delete the parts that are not needed to run the season.

Your consent, and taking it back

You give consent when you submit the registration form and check the boxes on it. You can withdraw it at any time by telling a committee member, and we will delete what we are able to delete. Two honest limits: we cannot remove your name and statistics from a season that has already been archived and published, and if you withdraw consent for us to hold your contact details we may not be able to keep you on a roster, because the committee has to be able to reach every player about cancellations and safety.

What you can ask us for

Your rights

See it. Ask what the league holds about you and we will tell you, free of charge, within about 30 days.
Fix it. If something is wrong — a misspelled name, a wrong jersey number, a goal credited to the wrong player — tell us and we will correct it.
Delete it. Ask us to remove your contact details and your sign-in and we will, subject to the two limits above.
Complain. If you are not satisfied with how the committee handled a privacy question, you can raise it with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca or 1-800-282-1376.

Calls, texts and email from the league

When you register you are asking us to contact you about the league, so we will phone, text or email you about registration, payment, the schedule, cancellations, call-ups and league business. We send no advertising and we pass your details to nobody who does. Tell us to stop and we will stop — though if we cannot reach you, we cannot keep you on a roster.

Cookies and your browser

This site sets no cookies. If the database is unreachable, the site keeps a copy of the league's public information in your own browser's local storage so the pages still load; that copy never leaves your device, and clearing your browser data clears it. Your sign-in is not remembered between visits — closing the site signs you out.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we will update the version and date at the top of this page. Where a change materially affects what we do with your information, the committee will tell players directly rather than rely on you noticing.

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Participation, Risk & Release

Read before you register

The short version

Hockey is a dangerous sport. Even in a no-contact recreational league players get hurt — cuts, broken bones, concussions, and worse. You are choosing to accept that risk. The league is volunteers, not professionals, and we cannot make the game safe, only safer.

What you are accepting

By registering, and by taking the ice, you confirm that you understand and voluntarily accept the risks of playing ice hockey. Those risks include, and are not limited to: collisions with other players, the boards, the goalposts and the ice; being struck by a puck, a stick, a skate or a body; falls; cuts and lacerations; sprains, strains, fractures and dislocations; dental and eye injury; concussion and other brain injury; spinal injury, paralysis and death; the aggravation of a condition you already have; and injury caused by another player's error, carelessness or rule-breaking. You also accept the ordinary risks of the arena itself — the ice surface, the benches, the dressing rooms and the parking lot.

You are responsible for your own fitness

The league does not assess whether you are medically fit to play and employs no medical staff. You confirm that you are physically able to take part. If you have a heart condition, a prior concussion, a recent injury or anything else that playing could worsen, you are expected to get your doctor's clearance before you register. Tell your captain and a committee member about any condition that could matter in an emergency.

Equipment is mandatory, with no exceptions

CSA-approved helmet, properly fastened, at all times on the ice.
Neck guard, for every player, every game.
Full equipment: shoulder pads, elbow pads, gloves, shin pads, pants and a protective cup.
A full facial mask is required for every player under 19, and is strongly recommended for everyone else.
Goaltenders must wear a mask, a throat protector and full goaltending equipment.

Officials will not let you on the ice without this gear. That is not a referee being difficult; it is the condition on which the league is able to operate at all.

Release of liability

In exchange for being allowed to take part, you agree that you will not sue, and you release and hold harmless, the Community Hockey League, its committee members, its volunteers, its officials and its scorekeepers, the other players, and the owners and operators of the arenas the league uses, for any injury, loss, damage or expense you suffer arising out of taking part in league activities, including where it arises from ordinary negligence. This does not release anyone from liability for gross negligence or for intentional harm, and it does not take away any right you have that cannot be given up under Ontario law.

A signed waiver is still required

Checking the box on the online form records that you have read and accepted this page. It does not replace the league's signed waiver form, which every player must complete before their first game and which a parent or legal guardian must co-sign for any player under 19. Ask a committee member for the form, or pick one up at the rink.

Insurance

The league carries insurance. Do not assume it pays your medical, dental, physiotherapy or lost-income costs if you are hurt. League insurance of the ordinary kind protects the league, its committee and the arenas against claims; it is not a health or accident plan for players, and it is not a substitute for your own coverage.

What applies if you are injured is your provincial health coverage, together with any extended health, dental or disability coverage you hold privately or through work. Check your dental coverage in particular before you play — a high stick is the most common serious expense in recreational hockey, and provincial health plans do not cover dental work.

If you want to know exactly what the league's policy does and does not cover before you register, ask a committee member and they will tell you what the league holds.

Suspension and removal

The committee may suspend or remove a player for a breach of the rules or of the Code of Conduct below. Fees are not normally refunded on removal for cause. The committee's decision is final.

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Concussion Safety

Rowan's Law · Ontario

Ontario's Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 sets out what sport organizations in this province must do about concussion. This section is the league's concussion code of conduct and its removal-from-sport and return-to-sport protocol. It applies to every player, committee member, official and volunteer.

Before every season

Every player must review the Government of Ontario's Concussion Awareness Resources and confirm on the registration form that they have done so. For a player under 19, a parent or legal guardian must review them as well. The current resources are published at ontario.ca/page/rowans-law-concussion-safety. Ask a committee member if you would rather have a paper copy.

Know the signs

A concussion is a brain injury. It can come from a blow to the head, face or neck, or from a hit to the body that jolts the head — and it can happen without anyone being knocked out. Suspect a concussion if a player has any of: headache or pressure in the head; dizziness or loss of balance; nausea; blurred or double vision; sensitivity to light or noise; ringing in the ears; confusion, or not knowing the score, the period or the arena; slowed or slurred speech; unusual emotion, irritability or flatness; or simply "not feeling right". Symptoms may appear hours or days later.

Concussion code of conduct

Everyone taking part in this league agrees to:

Learn the signs and symptoms of concussion.
Report their own suspected concussion, and speak up about a teammate's or an opponent's, even in the middle of a game that matters.
Never hide a suspected concussion in order to keep playing, and never pressure, mock or encourage anyone else to do so.
Respect the decision to remove a player, including when the player disagrees with it.
Play within the rules, respect the officials, and avoid deliberate contact to the head or neck. This is a no-contact league.
Follow the removal and return steps below without shortcuts.

If a concussion is suspected: removal from sport

Stop play and remove the player immediately. Any official, committee member, captain or teammate can call it. The player comes off the ice at once and does not go back on that day, no matter how good they say they feel.
Treat the red flags as an emergency. Call 911 for neck pain, repeated vomiting, a seizure, weakness or tingling in the arms or legs, a worsening headache, slurred speech, deteriorating consciousness, or any loss of consciousness. Do not move the player and do not remove the helmet.
Do not leave the player alone. Someone stays with them and makes sure they are not driving themselves home. Tell them, in writing or by text, to see a physician or nurse practitioner that day.
Tell the committee. The player, their captain, or whoever saw it reports the incident to a committee member the same day, so it is on record.

Getting back on the ice: return to sport

Rest, then light activity. At least 24 to 48 hours of relative rest from physical and mental exertion, then light aerobic activity such as walking or a stationary bike, so long as symptoms do not worsen.
Back to work or school first. A player returns to their normal daily and working life, symptom-free, before returning to sport.
Written medical clearance. The player gives the committee written clearance from a physician or nurse practitioner before taking the ice again. There is no way around this step, and no committee member may waive it.
Graduated return. Skating alone, then non-contact skills, then full participation — one stage at a time, at least 24 hours per stage, dropping back a stage if any symptom returns.
Game play last. Full participation in a league game only once the stages above are complete and the committee has the clearance on file.

Why we are strict about this

A second blow to the head before a first concussion has healed can be catastrophic, and the people it happens to are usually the ones who said they felt fine. Nobody in this league is playing for a contract. Sit out the extra week.

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Code of Conduct

On and off the ice

This league exists so that grown adults can play hockey on a Saturday night and go home in one piece and in a good mood. Everything below follows from that.

What we expect

Respect the officials. Two referees work every game. They will get calls wrong. Arguing with them, swearing at them, or following them off the ice is the fastest way out of this league.
No body contact. This is a no-contact league. Bodychecking, running at a player, slew-footing, and contact to the head or neck are not part of the game here.
No fighting. Dropping the gloves means an automatic suspension and likely removal from the league.
Respect each other. Harassment, bullying, threats, intimidation, and slurs or abuse based on race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital or family status, or disability have no place in this league — on the ice, in the dressing room, on the bench, or in any league chat or message group.
No sexual harassment of any kind, toward any person, in any league setting.
Look after the rooms. Leave the dressing room cleaner than you found it. The league's access to its ice depends on it.
Be sober on the ice. Nobody plays under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The arena's rules on alcohol apply to our rooms and our benches, and the league follows them.
Pay up and show up. Pay your fee on time, and tell your captain early if you cannot make a game, so the lines can be sorted out.

If something goes wrong

Raise it with any committee member — in person, by phone, or in writing. You can ask that your name be kept between you and the committee, and the committee will respect that as far as it can while still dealing with the problem fairly. Nobody will be penalised for raising a genuine concern in good faith.

How the committee handles it

Step one — look into it: The committee hears from the person who raised the concern, from the player involved, and from anyone who saw what happened.
Step two — decide: Depending on what happened: a conversation, a warning, a game suspension, a longer suspension, or removal from the league without a refund. Serious matters, and anything that may be a crime, go to the police or to the arena operator as well.
Step three — it is final: The committee's decision is final. Formal protests about a game follow the process in the rulebook: in writing, with the $50.00 non-refundable cash protest fee.

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Fees & Refunds

Where the money goes

The league is run by volunteers and nobody on the committee is paid. The season fee covers ice rental, referees, league equipment such as pucks and jerseys, and the championship and banquet. Whatever is left over goes back into the next season.

Paying

The current season fee is shown on the home page and on the Register page.
Submitting the online form is an application, not a registration. A committee member will contact you to arrange payment.
You are not registered and not eligible to play until your fee is paid in full.
The league does not take payment through this website. Nobody from the league will ever ask you for a credit card number, an e-transfer password, or banking details by email or text. If you get a message like that it is not from us — phone a committee member.

Refunds

Season fees are non-refundable

The league books and pays for its ice time and its officials for the whole season before a puck is dropped. That money is gone whether or not every player skates, so once you have paid, your fee is not refundable — including if you are injured, if your work or family circumstances change, if you move away, or if you simply stop coming.

That applies equally if you are suspended or removed from the league for a breach of the rules or of the Code of Conduct.

Please be sure you can commit to the season before you pay. If you are not certain, talk to a committee member first — it is far easier to hold a spot than to undo a payment.

Games cancelled for weather, an arena closure or an ice plant failure are rescheduled wherever the league can get ice. A cancelled game that cannot be rescheduled is not refunded individually.

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Website Terms of Use

This site

What this site is

This website is a volunteer-run noticeboard for the Community Hockey League. By using it you accept the terms on this page. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.

We try to be accurate, but check with a human

Schedules, times, venues, standings and statistics are entered by hand by volunteers, and will sometimes be wrong or out of date. Confirm game times and locations with your captain or a committee member before you drive to a rink. The league is not responsible for a trip you made on the strength of a page that had not been updated yet.

Your sign-in

If the committee gives you a username and password, they are yours alone. Do not share them, and tell a committee member straight away if you think someone else has them. Because league passwords are stored as ordinary text and can be read back to you, never reuse a password from your email, your bank, or anywhere else that matters.

Acceptable use

Do not try to break into, overload, scrape, probe or interfere with this site or the database behind it; do not try to reach information you are not meant to see; and do not use anything you find here to contact, harass or market to players. Collecting players' details from this site for any purpose other than league business is not permitted.

Content

The league's name, logo, rulebook, photographs and page text belong to the league. You are welcome to print, share and post league schedules, results and standings for league purposes. Please do not republish league photographs elsewhere without asking.

No warranty

The site is provided as it is, with no warranty of any kind. The league does not promise it will be available, accurate, uninterrupted or free of error, and is not liable for any loss arising from your use of it, to the fullest extent Ontario law allows.

Other sites

Where this site links out — to the Province of Ontario, to an arena, or to a document host — that other site has its own terms and its own privacy practices, and the league is not responsible for them.

Governing law

These terms, and all the league policies on this page, are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada that apply there.

Questions

Any committee member listed on the Contact page will help, or point you to whoever can.

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