BTHL - Team Placement Chart
Criteria Used for Team Placement
|
Association Size |
|---|
| Small ( < 200) |
Medium (200-400) |
Large ( > 400) |
|---|
| B Team |
A Team |
B Team |
A Team |
B Team |
A Team |
|---|
| 1st Team |
4 |
8 |
Note 3 |
6 |
Note 3 |
|---|
| 2nd Team |
8 |
12 |
4 |
8 |
Note 3 |
4 |
|---|
| 3rd Team |
Note 5 |
8 |
12 |
4 |
8 |
|---|
| 4th Team |
Note 5 |
8 |
12 |
|---|
|
|---|
| Single |
8 |
No limit |
NA |
|---|
| House |
No limit |
Note 3 |
No limit |
Note 3 |
No limit |
Note 3 |
|---|
Notes:
- Association size is defined by the total number of skaters registered from IP through Midget. The actual
quantities used to define classifications (Small, Medium, Large) will be adjusted on an annual basis to
accomodate the growth of the sport and the continually changing membership of the league. The intent is to
have approximately 1/3 of our membership placed in each of the 3 classifications in any given year.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Teams are the first, second, third and fourth teams selected within a given age group.
- Team not permitted in this division under any circumstances.
- The numbers in the body of the table refer to the maximum quantity of "2nd year" players permitted to
be rostered on the team at any given time during the season. As per our bylaws, no players (regardless of age)
can be added to a roster after Dec 31st. Please note that "2nd year" refers to player age, NOT experience.
- An association with this many travel teams in a given age group will be bumped up to the next "Association Size"
for that age group.
- A "House" team is defined as 1 of multiple teams with equal access to available players -or- a team
comprised of players cut from the travel teams(s). The key determining factor is that there are no tryouts,
cuts or "pre-selection" of any kind. This is different from an association with a single team in an
age group. See below.
- A "Single" team is defined as a single team in an age group including both House and Travel teams.
The reasoning for relaxed requirements is that a single team is much more likely to have a high number of
inexperienced players on the team since they have no place else to play.
- This chart will be reviewed on an annual basis and finalized at our annual meeting. Associations have control
over bracket placement by selecting teams using the defined criteria. Please note that this chart replaces
our petition process and
exceptions will not be permitted under any circumstances for a single
transition year exceptions will be considered at the "B" level ONLY. To repeat, teams can always move up a
divison but THERE WILL BE NO PETITION PROCESS TO CONSIDER EXCEPTIONS FROM "AA" DOWN TO "A".
This chart is meant to act as a minimum guideline for team placement. As a matter of policy, Associations are
expected to voluntarily place teams at the highest level they feel they can be competitive, NOT at the lowest level
they feel they can justify. That's a very important distinction. The following generalizations were used to compile
the chart shown above:
- We would expect the large associations to always field at least 2 travel teams in a given age group and
accordingly they will be required to place their top team no lower than "AA" and their 2nd team no lower than "A".
(As a side note: We're considering ALL travel teams within an association when making this determination, not just
the BTHL teams. While we'd like to have all teams as members of the BTHL, we recognize the fact that some of our
members field "AAA" teams or in some cases may be within the geographic limits of other competitive TierII leagues.)
- Medium sized associations will consistently (but not always) field 2 travel teams and depending on the relative
strength can be expected to place those top 2 teams in either the "A" & "B" -or- "AA" & "A".
- Small associations will rarely field more than one travel team in a given age group. We would normally expect
that single travel team to participate in the "A" division, but depending on relative strength it could
conceivably be better placed in the "B" or "AA" division.
- Organizations which are strictly travel (ie: No "House" program) present a problem when determining size. In
those cases we will use the accumulative total of the surrounding associations (which will probably classify them
as "Large") which they draw from to determine size. Special consideration may be given when multiple travel
organizations draw players from overlapping areas.
Revised: 05/27/2003