Winchester Youth Hockey Association

Winchester Youth Hockey Play-Up Rules

Adopted by the Board of Directors on 24 February 2003

Play Up Matrix

Skill Level

Age Groups

B1	B2	B3	B4	B5
P1	P2	P3	P4	P5
S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
M1	M2	M3	M4	M5

A player can “play up” if the team is the same skill level or
higher AND the team is in the same age group or older

Example

Skill Level

Age Groups

B1	B2	B3	B4	B5
P1	P2	P3	P4	P5
S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
M1	M2	M3	M4	M5

A Squirt 2 player can only “play up” on Squirt 1, Pee Wee 2 and Pee Wee 1

In the matrix a player can only “play up” on teams “up and to the left”

Additional Information:

Each League allows a player to “play up” a certain number of times before the higher team “owns” the player. Dual State and Middlesex the number is 5, Valley 6
The Head Coach MUST be contacted FIRST. You do NOT call a player/parent without first discussing it with the player’s head coach. Head coach will know who is most deserving, who is capable, who is suspended, etc.
None of this applies to tournaments (Holiday Tournaments or the State Tournament). Tournaments have their own rules.

We will not violate the spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship when calling a player up. We will not call up a player that is inappropriate for that level.