A bit about the League,
The Kelowna League has been around since the early 80’s. I have been playing in the League for the past 12 years. I started up a league in Vernon 4 years ago and Currently I run both the Kelowna and Vernon League.
We are sanctioned by BCBHA (BC Ball Hockey Association) BCBHA awards each league throughout the Province, Provincial spots. Each League receives an “B, C, D spot” at the Provincials. You would have to win the “B” Provincials or “B” Westerns in order to qualify for the “A” Provincials. Provincials will be held in Vernon this year. July 12-14 will be “A & D” divisions and July 19-21 will be “B & C” divisions That being said the Kelowna League this year has a …“B, C, D spot” Each team will have to declare what division they will be playing in.
We also play inter-league with Vernon Teams every Sunday. One week Vernon teams travel to Kelowna and the following week Kelowna teams will travel to Vernon. This system worked great last year.
President
Erik Locke
250.863.7419
Dates of Importance
-Deposit April 16th $800.00
-2nd Payment of $800.00 May 5th
- Balance due May 16th
GM’s
-GM’s are the team reps.
-Each team must have a player as their “GM” to vote on league issues.
Fines
30 penalty min = $50.00 fine
50 penalty min = $100.00 fine + 1 game suspension
60 penalty min = $150.00 fine + 3 game suspension
Fighting is a $200 (Team) fine and a 1 year suspension to the Instigator.
The other player will not face a year suspension if he is deemed to be protecting himself. In a situation like this the GM’s would be emailed an incident report filled out by the Refs and would then vote on a suspension.
The team must pay the fine before being allowed to play.
Forfeit a game = $200.00 fine
All fines are to be paid to an official before being allowed to Play
OVERTIME
-In the event of a tie, the game will go straight to a shootout
-Shootout will include 3 players from each team
-The winner of the shootout will receive 2 points, the loser 1 point
Playoffs
-will decide who will get the Provincial spots
-A player must play a minimum of 5 regular season games in order to play in the playoffs
Mercy Rule
-7 goal spread: if a team is up by 7 goals in the second period,
The clock will then change to running time for the remainder of the game.
Matters of discipline
Matters of discipline will be voted on by members of the OBHL Board (consisting of a member from each team). Vote will exclude the reps of the teams directly involved in the incident at hand;
In the event of a tie vote, Jim Armstrong will be the deciding vote.
Website
-Online stats at
www.okanaganballhockey.ca
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Facebook at okanagan ball hockey
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