The official WHL rule book

[Billy Blade]

Courtesy of the Western Hockey League official site:

http://www.whl.ca/about/rules.php

[pratt]

Is it true that if a whl team keeps a 16 yr old they must play him at least 40 games?

[Spungy]

I have never heard of a rule like that. Personally, our rookies 16-17 year olds play alot less than 40 games as far as i have ever seen

maybe a personal club rule?

[Shortys]

Yes, I believe it is a club rule. It all depends on the coaches and GM just like any other aged player. 15 year olds on the other hand are limited to a max of 5 games I believe.

[Five Hole]

I copied and pasted some banter (see below) from the age guideline thread on this subject from about a year ago.. it says here 16 year olds they have to play 40 games, but I'm not sure if that is in fact true.
Also, not sure if post # 17 is accurate, where he says the league can have more than 40 16 year olds, as long as some of them are playing 39 games or less???
Can anybody clarify this?
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#13 08-31-2006, 09:46 AM
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Update on 16 year olds

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As stated earlier in the thread, WHL teams are allowed a maximum of 80 16 year-old players this season total. Each 16 year old must play in a minimum of 40 regular season games.
It will be interesting which team gets more than other teams as 21 does not divide into 80 evenly.

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#14 08-31-2006, 05:06 PM
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As long as the 80 player rule stays in effect the league should be okay

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As stated earlier in the thread, WHL teams are allowed a maximum of 80 16 year-old players this season total. Each 16 year old must play in a minimum of 40 regular season games.

It will be interesting which team gets more than other teams as 21 does not divide into 80 evenly.




Even with 22 teams next season. There was only 60 or so 16s last season that played any significant time. The minimum 40 games means that the kids can't be inserted into the lineup here and there as they have to play better than every second game. If it ever gets lower than the 80 it might be a problem.

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#15 08-31-2006, 05:34 PM
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40 game restriction

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I assume the 40 game restriction wouldn't take effect if a player was injured for a significant amount of time or if they were a goaltender.

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#16 10-19-2006, 03:15 PM
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16's for 2006-2007

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Hello everyone!

Nice to see a forum without all the negative issues of the Oregonlive board or the White Board. Hope I don't ruffle too many feathers ;-)

What is the final ruling for the 16 year old cap in the WHL? I see Portland has 6 16-year olds, Calgary 5, Rockets 5, T-Birds have 4 and several teams have 3,2,or1. This puts the WHL over the 40 limit as well ! Could someone clarify what the team and league limits are ?
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#17 10-19-2006, 04:26 PM
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I never knew about the 16 yr old rule until this thread...Interesting that the league could have more than 40 16-yr olds as long as some of them play 39 games or less. In Leth, we had a handful of 16 yr olds last yr, but looking at Justin Leclerc, he played in only 34 games but ended up as the #1 goalie. Some teams could bend the rules like this, sitting out guys every other game or so, letting them play at the U-17s at Xmas, etc.

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[dagley]

Anybody got a new link to the rule book?

[nivek_wahs]

Anybody got a new link to the rule book?

http://www.whl.ca/WHL-Rulebook-s11102

[iceman778]

Courtesy of the Western Hockey League official site:

http://www.whl.ca/about/rules.php

thanks for this site.......i found very interesting info

[CdnSailor]

Cannot find a link for it so I shall ask the question.

What is the deal with the amount of Refs in a game?
Every game I have seen so far has had 2 refs.
Last night at our game we only had one. Is there a rule on what is required?

[SectionNDeserter]

Every game I have seen so far has had 2 refs.
Last night at our game we only had one. Is there a rule on what is required?

Not that I am aware. There is a shortage of WHL officials of sorts, and I think they do their best to get as many games with two refs, but it doesn't always work out that way. Here in Red Deer, I would say that about 75% of the games have 2 refs.