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 fall season is rapidly coming to an end! (Remember to turn in your JAHA-issued jerseys as soon as you can after you win your tier or are eliminated!)

If you’re looking to keep the dream alive, sign up for the Holiday Jamboree before the deadline, midnight, November 20th.

Some details…

- Up to 5 teams of 10-13 skaters and a goalie.
- Mixed skill.
- Six games, starting 11/30 through 12/14, Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays (with one Thursday).
- No playoffs or championship.
- $90 for skaters, $50 for goalies.

Want to register? Grab your current USA Hockey number and head to (if you are on the “POSITION” page and it is BLANK, click “PREVIOUS” and try again):
https://thriva.activenetwork.com/Reg4/Form.aspx?IDTD=3107663&RF=1709162

When registering, describe any special requests in the “Comments” section of the registration process. If you are requesting to be placed on the same team as another player, please limit the request to TWO people and state the reason(s) why (e.g. carpool, family, friend). JAHA will attempt to honor all requests, but requests are not guaranteed.

See you on the ice!

As playoffs have begun, please take a moment to review Section E of JAHA’s rules dealing with tournaments. JAHA’s rules can be accessed by clicking the “JAHA Rules” link on the lefthand side of the page or by following this link:

http://www.juneauhockey.org/organizations/1728/documents/102814

In a nutshell, JAHA’s tournament rules are:

- No player substitutions except for goalies.
- If a game is tied after regulation time has elapsed, a 5 minute, 5-on-5 overtime period shall be played.
- If a game remains tied after the overtime period, a shootout shall determine the winner.
- A shootout shall be best-of-3, with each team selecting 3 shooters to participate.
- If the game remains tied after the best-of-3 rounds, then more rounds of shooters shall take shots until there’s a winner.
- No shooter may shoot again until everyone else has taken a shot.
- A shootout may not end until both teams have taken the same number of shots.

Just a reminder that if you have a jersey that was issued to you by JAHA, please return it to your team representative after your final game. If you will not be attending your final game, please return your jersey beforehand or otherwise arrange to have it returned.

Make sure that it’s noted on your team’s jersey sign-out sheet that you returned your jersey to avoid a $50 fine.

We’d also really appreciate it if you could take a look in your hockey bag for any other JAHA-issued jerseys from past seasons and return those as well.

Thank you all for your assistance with this.