Bladenet, Schedules, Scores and Standings

The NYHL 3-week rolling schedule is up and this week we are going to stretch it to four. In addition, the scores and standings are being uploaded daily. Having a reliable published schedule was one of the key objectives identified by the NYHL Board and endorsed by the Club Presidents and Contacts. Hopefully, it will make it easier for Team Staff, players and families to plan their lives during the hectic hockey season.

Schedule Changes To keep the data reliable,  there can be no changes once the schedule has been posted.

Team Availability and Black-out Days: Among the criteria that made the new scheduling system possible: All teams must be available a minimum of five days per week. The Club Contact and Team Staff have supplied the League with two black-out days for each team and they have been programmed into the computers. Because we are committed to a three-week rolling schedule and are now trying to make it four), any changes to black-out days, tournament permission and/or exception day requests, must be received 5 weeks prior to the dates being requested.

Standings, Groups and Final Tiering: The Standings section on Bladenet shows the teams in their fall season groupings. The groups were formed from data on the team’s prior season performance and also from input provided by Club Contacts.  The teams will stay in these groups for the ten games of the fall season. In early December the Tiering Committee will meet and, based on the data from the fall season, allocate the teams into the tiers they will compete in during the winter season and playoffs. Before those tiers are finalized, they will be given to the Club Contacts for their input. Once the Contacts’ information has been considered the final tiers will be announced on or before December 15th.  Th winter season will commence the week of January 3rd, 2009.