GHC is not limiting evaluation spectators. Members must follow all Association and facility guidelines, including masking and physical distance requirements, capacity limits and designated entry and exit locations.

The GHC Board of Directors and the Evaluation Committee have worked very hard to develop an evaluation process that is fair, consistent and comprehensive that will result in players participating at level that is based upon their skill level.

 Evaluation Inquiries

If you believe there has been a technical error made in evaluating your daughter during the evaluation process, please contact your AGC immediately. AGCs will follow the appropriate channels to ensure your concern is heard and addressed. Please note, the following are not considered technical errors and will not be considered:

• Grouping in relations to another particular player or particular players;
• Previous year(s) performance or placement.

Inquiries must be submitted in writing to your AGC. Inquiries must be submitted within 24 hours of the final groupings being posted. (Final groupings are posted following Eval #3, prior to Eval #4.)

Player Placement Appeals

The GHC Board of Directors and the Evaluation Committee have worked very hard to develop an evaluation process that is fair, consistent and comprehensive that will result in players participating at level that is based on their skill level when comparing them to athletes in the same age and category.

Upon receiving notice of their final team placement, if a player/parent believes that there was an error made in the evaluation score calculation for their player, they are entitled to appeal the player placement. Advancing an appeal places the burden on the player/parent making the appeal to explain the reasons for the appeal. The following outlines the appeal process:

1. Players/parents are encouraged to take a “24 hour cooling-off period” prior to making the decision to initiate a formal appeal. During this time, we encourage the player/parent to review the Evaluation Handbook and discuss their concerns with the Appeals Coordinator. This dialogue resolves nearly all placement concerns.
2. If the player/parent wishes to advance the appeal, a written appeal must be submitted to the Appeals Coordinator within 48 hours of the player being notified of their team placement.
3. The appeal must be submitted using the Player Placement Appeal Form, which will be provided by the Appeals Coordinator.
4. The Appeal Form must be accompanied by a $100 deposit. This deposit will only be returned to the appealing player/parent in the event that the appeal is successful.
5. The appeal will be reviewed by an Appeals Committee comprised of the Appeal Coordinator, the Age Group Coordinator and a member of the Evaluations Committee.
6. The Appeal Committee will notify the appealing player/parent of their decision as soon as possible after receiving notice of the appeal.
7. The decision of the Appeal Committee will be final and binding. Please know that advancing an appeal does not entitle the player or parent to access to all of the information from evaluations. The Committee shall use that information at its sole discretion.

Factors Considered by the Appeal Committee:

1. Is there room for movement such that team sizes remain in compliance with the Hockey Calgary guidelines and requirements for team sizes? This includes the guidelines for team size and differentiation of team sizes within a community. Note that no player will be moved down a team as a result of an appeal of another player.
2. Was there an error in the evaluation score calculations that materially compromised the placement of the player?
3. Was one of the procedures set out in the Evaluation Handbook breached resulting in a material compromise in the placement of the player?
4. If the appeal is on the basis of a player’s sickness, injury or partial attendance, was notification of the sickness, injury or inability to attend a session given by the player/parent in accordance with the procedure set out in the Evaluation Handbook?
5. If the appeal is on the basis of a player’s sickness, injury or partial attendance, was one of the procedures for player placement set out in the Evaluation Handbook breached resulting in a material compromise in the placement of the player?
6. The position of the player in relation to the desired team. For example, is the player next on the depth chart in terms of players being placed on a particular team?
7. Was the appeal made in the timelines outlined in the Evaluation Handbook, in the required form and accompanied by the required deposit as set out above in the Appeal Process?

The following are examples of some of the unacceptable reasons for an appeal:

1. Desire to play with a particular player or players on another team.
2. Desire to play for a particular coach or assistant coach.
3. Desire not to play with a particular player or player on the assigned team.
4. Desire not to play for a particular coach or assistant coach on the assigned team.
5. Previous year(s) performance or placement alone.
6. Placement in relation to another particular player or players.

Yes! Female players in Zone 9 are entitled to try out for a U13 AA team for their designated Elite "Quadrant" association (i.e. Calgary Buffalo Hockey Association, Northwest Calgary Athletic Association, Calgary Northstars Hockey Association or Calgary Royals Athletic Association).

For the purpose of registration, Hockey Calgary considers a player’s Community hockey association their primary association. Therefore, all players who intend to try out for a U13 AA team must also sign-up with their Community association at the time of registration. Female players have the choice to register with their local Community association or Girls Hockey Calgary Association (GHC). Players registering with GHC will see an option on the registration form to indicate that you are trying out for a Quadrant team.

Please note: Registering with GHC and/or your Community hockey association and selecting the option that you are trying out for a Quadrant team DOES NOT mean that you are registered with your Quadrant club. You must also register with them directly if you intend to try-out!

Players who are released from U13 AA Quadrant try-outs and who have chosen GHC as their designed Community association will proceed with our Community Evaluation process. Players will be assigned to the appropriate evaluation grouping for their skill group based on previous team placement and/or comparison to a similarly-skilled player. Based on the tentative dates of the Quadrant hockey try-out process, players who are released to GHC will have the opportunity to attend a sufficient number of evaluation sessions to ensure fair and appropriate team placement.

If a player is released from U13 AA Quadrant try-outs at the very end of the process (mid September), this player will attend a "Final Look" evaluation session to determine their appropriate team placement.

"Final Look" Evaluation Sessions for players released from the final phase of U13 AA try-outs are currently scheduled for:

• September 12, 2021: 6:00-7:00 PM @ ECTAS BLUE
• September 15, 2021: 7:30-8:30 PM @ ECTAS RED

If a player is "released" from the Calgary Fire AAA/AA selection process, this does not mean the player is released from GHC.

• If a player is released from the Calgary Fire U18 AAA team and they have requested a second tryout with another U18 AAA team, she may move on to this second tryout.
• If a player has not requested a second try out for another U18 AAA team, she may or may not be “drafted” to further tryout for the GHC U18 AA tryout.
• Once players are released from the U18 AA or U15 AA teams, they will move on to the Community evaluations for their respective age groups.