2016 YOUTH LEAGUE

The Penticton Ball Hockey League, a member league of British Columbia Ball Hockey Association (BCBHA), is very excited to be starting its sixth season of youth ball hockey this spring.

The sport of ball hockey is a truly a sport everyone can enjoy.

Due to the fact that it is on foot it eliminates the skating barrier and it requires minimal equipment, which alleviates the financial barrier make this "A Game for Anyone"

What Does the PBHL Provide?

Set Venues: Memorial and Mclaren Arena in Penticton and Summerland Arena

Registered Officials: Officials take courses to become certified and recieve on job training. Most of our officials are ice hockey officials.

Timekeepers: All PBHL games have timekeepers for clock duties and statistics tracking for website.

Player Insurance: All of our players and leagues are insured through Canadian Ball Hockey Association. Players receive limited medical and dental insurance in case of injury.

Website: Participants can view all individual and team statistics, which are updated nightly.

CBHA Championships: All teams and players have the opportunity to compete at provincial, regional and national championship

Cost approximately $11-12 per game

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2016 SEASON

Registration Deadline is April 1st, 2016

Registration Types: PBHL partiipants can register as an individual, in groups or as a full team of sixteen players. For full details view REGISTRATION link on homepage.

Equipment: Helmet, gloves and shoes are required. Shin pads (soccer or hockey) and protective cup recommended.

Set Dates and Times:
Times:
Games will be played between 6 and 9 pm Sunday to Thursday.
(Earlies times going to youngest teams)

Season Length: Season will run from mid April to end of June.

Cost & Number of Games: $175 including a $15 jersey fee. All teams will be guaranteed 14 games, more based on advancement in playoffs.

AGE GROUPS
UNDER 18 (13 - 17)
UNDER 13 (6 - 12)

Creation of Teams:
Teams are created based on two principles:

1. Friends playing together: We keep all friends that register together on the same team, regardless if any player movement is done.

2. Balanced Teams: Our goal is also to have well balanced teams, so that there is a competitive balance amongst teams in a division or age group, one of the ways we achieve this is through player movement.

Player Movement

Player Movement is basically the movement or trading of players (early in the season), usually moving stronger players from a strong team to a weaker team, to make a more competitive balance.

We WILL NOT break up groups of players that have registered together unless it is a very large group (12-16 players). In this case we would divide the group in half, so friends are still together