U9 – Program Overview

U9 – Program Overview
U9 – Program Overview 2025-01-07T16:34:45+00:00

Hockey Canada has approved national policies that mandate all U9 aged players receive age-appropriate programming on half-ice surfaces effective for the 2019-20 season. This mandate will see U9 game play in HEO move to a half ice format for the start of the 2019-20 season.

In response to this new mandate, and the changes it required, Hockey Eastern Ontario created a U9 Task Group with representatives from HEO, HEO Minor, Districts, MHAs and Officiating. The role of the task group was to develop a Branch plan and strategy for the implementation of this policy mandate.

U9 Player Pathway and General Rules

** New ** heo_u9_policy-policy-revision – updated January 2025