OMHA Affiliate Player (AP) Definition:
means a player who is eligible to participate for their registered team and other team(s) of a higher division or category
OMHA Manual of Operations Regulation 5.0 AFFILIATION:
5.1 Teams
a) Refer to OHF Playing Regulations
5.2 Affiliated Player
a) Any player participating in a game as an affiliated player must be indicated on the game report by having "AP" beside their name. Appearance of the player's name on the official game report shall be considered participation in the game, except in the case of a substitute goaltender, in which case actual participation shall be specifically noted on the game report.
b) To be eligible to play in OMHA Championships and/or League Playoffs with their rostered team, a player affiliating to another team, including Junior, must have played in a minimum of fifty (50) percent of the regular season League games played by their rostered team after he has been rostered with that team.
c) An OWHA Registered player/goalie is permitted to participate as an affiliated player/goalie with one Minor Hockey team at one time, of a higher division or category during the playing season. OWHA players may affiliate to a category lower than their rostered OWHA team pending approval by the Regional Director and the Vice President.
d) In addition to their Minor affiliation, a player may affiliate with a Junior team.
e) A player, to be affiliated with their eligible AAA Zone team, must be registered with their Home Centre, must be eligible by age for the AAA Zone team, and must be registered with a team of the same or lower division in their Home Centre.
f) Players rostered to a higher age division team in House/Local League who are eligible for residency restricted hockey within the Centre of registration are allowed to Affiliate to a Representative team in their own age Division, provided the affiliating team is not eligible for Hockey Canada National or Regional Championships or OHF Championships (see Regulation 3.1d) and e)).
g) For the purpose of affiliation, Categories will be ranked in the following order:
B, BB, A, AA, AAA
In age divisions where an Association rosters two teams at the same Category, the teams will be rostered using the following designation eg. B1 and B2 etc.
Example:
Player on U11 B2 team may affiliate to:
U11 B1* or;
U13 B2
Player on U15 BB team may affiliate to:
U16 BB or;
U15 A
*NOTE: Players cannot affiliate from a B2 team to a B1 team if these teams participate in the same League and play games against each other.
5.3 Restriction of Affiliation
a) Players affiliated to a AAA team eligible for Hockey Canada National and Regional Championships (U13, U15 or U18) may participate as an affiliated player to a maximum of ten (10) games before becoming ineligible to affiliate. If a player plays an eleventh (11th) game as an affiliate while their registered team is still in regular season, OMHA Championships or League playoffs he is considered an ineligible player with their affiliate team and the sanctions, within OMHA Regulation 6.1h, for playing an ineligible player will apply. For goaltender participation see OMHA Regulation 5.2a.
Examples:
(1) Player's affiliated AAA team is eligible for National and Regional Championships:
Player 'A' is registered to a U16 AAA team (a team that is not eligible for Regional and National Championships) and is an affiliate player to a U18 AAA team (a team that is eligible for regional and national championships). They are eligible to participate as an affiliate player for a maximum of ten (10) games with the U18 AAA team while their U16 AAA team is still in regular season, OMHA Championships or League Playoffs.
(2) Player's affiliated team is not eligible for regional and nation championships:
Player 'B' is an affiliate player with a team not eligible for Regional and National championships. They are eligible to affiliate an unlimited number of times during the season.