It’s finally here – JAHA games begin today at 4pm!

As you start your day getting into the zone, here are a few important reminders about the upcoming season:

• Beginning this season, half shield visors at a minimum are required for ALL tiers. Referees will ask you to leave the ice if you have no face protection. If you haven’t yet gotten a visor, you may want to see about borrowing one in the meantime!

• Stickers and JAHA jerseys will be distributed by your tier and team representatives. If you are on a team that is wearing a JAHA-issued jersey, you will be required to sign out your jersey before you will get a sticker indicating your eligibility to play.

• Stickers must be affixed to the back of your helmet in the center to make it as easy as possible for on-ice officials to confirm your eligibility.

• As usual, fighting will NOT be tolerated and will result in a mandatory suspension per JAHA rules.

• Substituting up to 4 players from the same or lower tier is allowed to bring your team to a total of 9 players without needing the opposing team’s approval in Co-Ed tiers. In Women’s and 40+, opposing team approval is required due to the mixed-skill nature of the tiers. No approval is required for goalie substitutions in any tier.

• Please take a moment to become familiar with JAHA’s rules and bylaws before your first game. JAHA’s rules are supplementary to USA Hockey’s official rules.

That’s it for the reminders, now get back to your game day diet and meditation.

See you on the ice!

— Commissioner Soza

Please click here to view rule changes for the upcoming season!

In summary:

- Late fees will be lowered for registrations that happen during the second half of the season from $75 to $35.
- A minimum of a half-shield visor is now required equipment in all tiers.

Please send an e-mail to info@juneauhockey.org with any comments no later than September 6th.

The deadline for the Fall 2014 JAHA season is August 22nd, however it is highly recommended that you register early to ensure you are placed on a team! Late registrations are subject to a $75 late fee and tier/team availability.

You can register by clicking on the Register for JAHA on the left.

Teams and schedule will be posted as soon as possible after the registration period has closed. The season will start on September 7, 2014.

See you on the ice!

Do you have photos of past JAHA games, events, or anything else JAHA-related? We’d love to see them!

Shoot us an e-mail at juneauadulthockey@gmail.com with your JAHA-related photos and we’ll post as many as we can on this site and feature the best over on the Facebook as cover photos.

Winter season teams and schedule have been created. Click on your tier in the navigation bar above to view the teams, schedule, and stats for your tier. A quick reference schedule is also attached to this post.

Individual team pages have been created and games scheduled on the website. These pages are where you’ll go to find stats, information on upcoming games, and contact your teammates through the site. The site has the ability to set up RSVP’s for games, so if you’re not going to make it to a game, you can indicate that with a single click. You may also be interested in the TeamPages app, which will give you all of your team(s) information in one place. It’s all up to how many or how few of the features you want to use.

Thanks much for your patience as we worked through team creation and scheduling. Every season is different and this one proved that. This is the first season in many years that there have been 5 women’s teams, which is a really great thing to see. Tier A will be very high level play and with the comeback of full slapshots, very fun to watch. B tier looks to be even faster and more competitive than last season and Tier C is poised to send a new batch of players into the intermediate tier next season, making room for some rookies. And last, but certainly not least, Tier 40+ looks just as fun as always.

The first games are on January 12th, so start digging out that smelly gear you stashed away in November and get ready. See you on the ice!

— Commissioner Soza