AJHL Annual General Meeting Highlights
June 6, 2005
1. Bob Clark, Carstairs (Chairman of the Board), Kim Marsh, Red Deer (President), George McCorry, Edmonton (Vice-President-Officials), Charla Odgers, Calgary (Vice-President-Marketing & Communications), Dan Wourms, Olds (Secretary-Treasurer), Kirk Lamb, Calgary (Student Athlete Advisor), along with Ken Praill (AJHL Webmaster) and Sportstats ’90 (AJHL Statistician) were all retained to be the AJHL Executive for the 2005-2006 season.
2. The Lloydminster Blazers received the Board of Governors’ approval to change their name to the Lloydminster Bobcats and also the team colors to Black, Orange and White.
3. The Okotoks Oilers will start the 2005-2006 Season as the 16th playing franchise in the AJHL. The Oilers received a one-year leave of absence last year from the league to relocate the Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves franchise and to get fully prepared in Okotoks.
4. Spruce Grove will be the host community for the 2006 All-Star & Top Prospects games along with the League’s Semi-Annual Meetings and All-Star Banquet on the weekend of January 20-23, 2006. The Rural Alberta Midget Hockey League (RAMHL) will also hold its Annual All-Star game in conjunction with the event.
5. The 2005-2006 Regular Season Schedule will consist of 16 teams playing an unbalanced schedule of 60 games starting on Friday, September 9, 2005.
6. Due to the league going back to 16 teams, the AJHL Board of Governors has adjusted the playoff format to the way it was in 2003-04.
The top seven (7) teams in each Division will make the play-offs. The (1st) first place team in each Division will receive a bye during the best-of-five first round mini-series divisional playoff.
Second Round – the first place team in each Division will play the lowest place remaining finisher in their Division after the first round play-off series and the next highest team will play the other team.
Third Round (League Semi-Finals) – the teams are re-seeded 1st through 4th (regular season winning percentage according to the AJHL Rules and Regulations) and will play each other in a best -of- seven series with the first place team playing the fourth place team. The winners will advance to the Rogers Wireless League Final for a best-of-seven series.
7. Overtime Play – after regulation time each team will be awarded one point. They will then play a five-minute 4 on 4 period followed by a 3 on 3 period of five minutes if the score is still tied. If the scored is tied at the end of the 3 on 3 Period it will remain as a tie game.
8. Family Day in Alberta will also be AJHL Day in Alberta. All teams will be playing whether at home or at a combined venue. Last year the League successfully played 3 games in one day at the home of the Edmonton Oilers (Rexall Place) and 2 games in one day at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary. Family Day in Alberta is February 20th, 2006.
9. The League’s Board of Governors agreed to enter both a North and a South All-Star team into the prestigious Viking Cup which will be held this year in Camrose from December 26th, 2005 to January 2nd, 2006. The board also confirmed that the AJHL host city for the next Viking Cup will be Fort McMurray providing the Viking Cup governing body approves of the selection.
10. Many innovated ideas were presented by Charla Odgers and the AJHL Marketing Committee. The member teams were very excited about the challenges that they were given after the ideas were presented.
11. The 2006 AJHL Annual General meeting will be in Lloydminster.
| For more information: | ||
| Charla Odgers | Kim Marsh | |
| VP, Marketing & Communications | President | |
| Alberta Junior Hockey League | Alberta Junior Hockey League | |
| (403) 257-9532 Phone / Fax | (403) 347-7410 Phone | |
| (403) 999-5734 Cellular | (403) 342-1389 Fax |
