COVID Update: PVAHA Tier1 & Tier 2 Tryouts
TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PVAHA REGARDING TIER 1 & TIER 2 TRYOUTS
May 14, 2020
Under PVAHA Bylaw 14.0; 14.1(C) — Adopt, amend, revise or regulate the Bylaws, Rules and Regulations
and Polices of PVAHA, PVAHA has authority to create temporary rules out of necessity due to the
COVID-19 pandemic crisis which has caused cancellations of activities and authorizations that would
otherwise govern the below referenced matters. The following are temporary rules and will expire at
midnight on Monday, August 31, 2020 unless extended or amended in part or in whole by a vote of the
PVAHA Board of Directors.
Under PVAHA Bylaw 14.0; 14.1(C) — Adopt, amend, revise or regulate the Bylaws, Rules and Regulations
and Polices of PVAHA, PVAHA has authority to create temporary rules out of necessity due to the
COVID-19 pandemic crisis which has caused cancellations of activities and authorizations that would
otherwise govern the below referenced matters. The following are temporary rules and will expire at
midnight on Monday, August 31, 2020 unless extended or amended in part or in whole by a vote of the
PVAHA Board of Directors.
PVAHA Approved Player Agreements for the USA Hockey 2020–2021 Season:
1. Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Tier I Youth (Team Maryland and Washington Little Capitals) and Tier I
Girls (Washington Pride) are allowed to offer player agreements for the upcoming 2020–21 season,
without on-ice tryouts, to only those players who were rostered on their respective teams in 2019–20.
All players must be registered with USA Hockey for the 2020–21 season and must be registered for
tryouts with the club offering the player agreement.
1. Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Tier I Youth (Team Maryland and Washington Little Capitals) and Tier I
Girls (Washington Pride) are allowed to offer player agreements for the upcoming 2020–21 season,
without on-ice tryouts, to only those players who were rostered on their respective teams in 2019–20.
All players must be registered with USA Hockey for the 2020–21 season and must be registered for
tryouts with the club offering the player agreement.
2. Monday, June 1, 2020, Tier I Youth and Tier I Girls may begin offering player agreements to all
other players. All players must be registered with USA Hockey for the 2020–21 season and must be
registered for tryouts with the club offering the player agreement.
3. Each Affiliate Tier I club will report to the Affiliate President, on a weekly basis, the number of
executed player agreements obtained for that week. Affiliate Tier I clubs will continue to report
the number of executed player agreements per team until such time as the Tier I clubs are able to
schedule on-ice supplemental tryouts.
4. The Affiliate will continue to monitor the situation regarding rink openings and based on that, will
determine the date that clubs may begin the tryout process. Tier I clubs may begin on that date and
all Tier II and Travel clubs shall begin 14 days from that date. Also, Tier II and Travel clubs may not
offer player agreements until on-ice tryouts commence.
5. All Tier I signed player agreements must contain a COVID-19 financial hardship policy which may
be exercised by the participant/family until the 14th day after the start of Tier I supplemental tryouts.
A hardship under this policy must be related to the COVID-19 pandemic where a family’s financial
condition changed after signing a player agreement for the 2020–21 playing season. A participant/
family exercising this option will not be permitted to roster with any other Tier I club within PVAHA,
the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association (AAHA), Mid American District Hockey (MidAm), New York
State Amateur Hockey Association (NYSAHA) or the other three Affiliates (CAHA, SAHA, SAHOF)
within the Southeastern District for the 2020–21 season.
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