Player Petition Request

The information below outlines Redwood Area Hockey Association’s player petition process, including requests to move players to a higher level of play. Please review all guidelines, eligibility requirements, and deadlines carefully before submitting a petition form.

Redwood Area Hockey Association (RAHA) recommends that all players play at their level according to USA/Minnesota Hockey age classifications. 

In all situations RAHA reserves the right to regulate the number of players and teams at all levels and oversee the movement of all players. A player can place a request with the RAHA board to move to the lowest level team. The RAHA board will ask that an evaluation be done on the player by the RAHA coaching committee members and the players most current coach and make a recommendation on how the player's progression would be affected by this move. RAHA strongly agrees with USA hockey in the players should play at their age appropriate level. 

General notes: 

• Player can only move up. They are not allowed to move back down once they have played in an official USA/Minnesota Hockey sanctioned event. 
• There will not be any player moved after December 30. 
• The RAHA board will consider all requests with the player's physical safety and emotional well-being first and foremost. The integrity of RAHA will not be compromised by any player move-up. 
• Only players at the final year of their level by age will be given the opportunity to move up a level. 
• The number of players needed to be moved up to fill teams will be determined by the RAHA board and the coach where the player is coming from 
• The board will be in contact with the parents to make any offers. 
• If the coach and player are related the board will appoint someone else to evaluate. 

Request for Female Player to Move from Girls Team to Boys Team in all situations RAHA reserves the right to regulate the number of players and teams at all levels and oversee the movement of all players. Girls will play on the girl's team unless for any female hockey players that are considering playing on the equivalent boys team, they must complete the following protocol: 

Player must get written release from the girl's coach first and foremost, if there is no coach at the time of the request permission must be received from the RAHA board. An Evaluation team will be assembled with no less than one RAHA board member or player development committee member and one coach that is not directly involved at that level of play for either the girls or boys team. The team will evaluate the players hockey skill level and player maturity. 

A recommendation from the evaluation group will then be submitted and be reviewed by the RAHA board. The board will then decide if that player will be moved or not.