Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Just follow USA Hockey guidelines. 1/1 through 12/31. So the 2004 team is 1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004 birthdays. Really simple. No mid year cut off dates. If you are born in 2004, that is the team you are on!



I agree- easy clear cut off- no mid year dates. It'll never happen because parents will have heart attacks and coaches will scream, but it is a cut and dry way to go forward without all the fuss.


Not to repeat myself from above, but parents and coaches won't complain (or at least shouldn't) if its done just for the kids who are, as of now, not yet old enough to play. Leave existing teams alone, and start it for birth years 2009 and later for the 2016-2017 season and beyond.