The Principles, core values and mission of the HAA can be read here.
It is our priority to encourage the ideals we were founded on of sportsmanship, fun, safety, collaboration, imagination, creative expression, community, social awareness, inclusion, equity, communication, responsibility, empathy, participation, understanding, being proactive and trust. Every team and player must promote them. We expect players and teams to take responsibility for their actions on the ice. We expect a common respect for everyone on the ice. We realize that on-ice confrontations always start from the actions of an opposing player. It is important to acknowledge that offenses are often accidental, but no matter what, retaliation is even more inexcusable and will often escalate the situation. A sincere apology after fouling someone is necessary.
Referees are present to supervise official games, and it is important to accept that they cannot see the entire surface of play and may not be able to witness every infraction. Players’ interaction should be no different in an official game then in a pick-up game without referees.
The team is the primary authority in maintaining discipline and promoting these ideals amongst its players. Specifically, we feel fighting, roughing, verbal abuse and harmful stick-work are not part of the game. We do not have any patience for it and it is not welcome. It is the team’s responsibility to filter out all of these unacceptable elements by not allowing certain players to play and preventing any on-ice confrontations.
If there are any issues with missed infractions or consistent unsportsmanlike behaviour from specific opposing players, it must be indicated to your own captain, who can then discuss it further with the referees and/or opposing captains during the game. After the game, the team can discuss issues with league officials and opposing team captains and managers to increase understanding within the framework of the league’s values and mission. Finally, every team must demand discipline from their own players before they expect more from others.
You can read all the GTHLA rules here. Our rules include some of the following stipulations:
1. There is no intentional body contact permitted.
2. Half or full visors or cages are mandatory
For Games…
3. We play without the centre red line. Automatic Icing is called from behind the blue line.
4. If a team is short-handed on the ice due to a penalty, they can only substitute when the puck is in play or the clock is stopped.
5. Players are only permitted to receive up to 4 minutes in penalties in a game (10 minute misconducts are equivalent to a 2 minute penalty for the purpose of this rule). If they receive more, they are ejected from the game and will be reviewed to assess whether more discipline is warranted. If a player is ejected for too many minor penalties, the opposing team will be rewarded a penalty shot instead of the team with the infraction having a player serve the 2 minute penalty in the penalty box.
6. If a team gets more than 30 minutes of penalties in one game, the team is suspended indefinitely from any GTHLA play. If the opposing team in that game has less than half the team penalties of the team with more than 30 minutes of penalties, the opposing team will only have a 1/3 of their team penalty minutes from that game count toward their qualification requirements.
The league is focused in south central Ontario, spanning from Peterborough to Guelph to St. Catharines, including Toronto (150 km radius from Toronto). We welcome any team that shares our ideals and is based in this vicinity. A team can apply to become a member or simply just enjoy playing single exhibition games at a time. Here are the steps to go through to play...
Step 1: Read through the Team Member Agreement form and submit [link].
Step 2: Send payment for the number of exhibition games you would like to book. Single exhibition games cost $250 (HST included) or $230 if a GTHLA member vouches for your team, we must receive payment before we can schedule. Payment details are below [link]. Games are generally scheduled 2 months ahead.
Step 3: After we have received payment, contact us to schedule an exhibition game against one of our member teams or other teams participating in our scheduling.
Step 4: After the first game is scheduled, the team must log into the league website (GTHLA.ca) and post their roster.
Step 5: After a team has completed 8 single exhibition games without any incidents, including a maximum of 32 minutes in team penalties over their last 8 games, they are invited to apply to join the league.
The team must have a representative at all General league meetings that take place while the team is applying. Schedule for meetings can be seen here or here.
Applying teams are encouraged to help out with any volunteer work that is needed to run the league.
Step 6: After a team has successfully completed their application to join they are invited to become a member of the league.
Games may take place Mon-Thurs between 7 & 10PM; Fri between 7 & 11PM; Sat between 12 & 11PM; Sun 12 & 10PM anywhere in Greater Toronto. Currently, most games take place at McCormick and Bill Bolton Arenas on Saturday nights. Generally, games are booked two months ahead.
How to Become a Member of the GTHLA as an Individual
The Individual Player Membership fee is $27 (HST included) .
With membership, members have access to the following…
1)You can participate in our perpetual League intermingle series. With our league intermingles, we draft players from our membership who signed up and create new teams. The teams then participate in a round robin series of games over the course of a few months.
2)You can participate with the Wanderers hockey team. The Wanderers are a league sponsored team who play exhibition games within the regular GTHLA schedule and travel to play exhibition games and tournaments abroad.
3)You will receive invitations to our regular “Open pick-up games”.
4)You will be put on our Subs list database. Let us know the position(s) you want to play and email address and/or phone number you want to be contacted at by teams looking for substitutes.
5)We can refer you to hockey clinics throughout the season for anyone who wants to improve their hockey skills.
6)You are encouraged to help out with our GTHLAKids program and other volunteering needed to successfully run the league.
7)Social Events
8)Website
9)A network of like minded hockey and Arts enthusiasts.
10)Collective philanthropy efforts and building further social awareness
Please submit a Membership Agreement form found here [link]. Payment details are here [link].
Once we have received your completed Membership Agreement form and payment you will be a member
We reserve the right to revoke any membership privileges without refund if any player violates the league’s principles and mandate for fun safe community hockey.
How to Participate in the Hockey Summit of the Arts
The Hockey Summit of the Artsis the annual tournament and festival for the membership of the HAA. To be eligible to participate in the event, hockey teams within a 150 km radius of Toronto must be members of the Good Times Hockey League of the Arts.
Teams that are outside of a 150 km radius of Toronto, but are within 150 km radius of Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Peterborough, Guelph, St. Catharines, London, Sudbury, Edmonton or Vancouver must play at least 1 exhibition game with a HAA team from the city or cities they’re close to before they apply .
The Good Times Hockey League of the Arts’ Toronto membership fees for the 10/11 season are below. As per usual, for the teams based outside of Greater Toronto, we will customize a fee or payment based on the amount of games you play and host.
Teams taking a regulation membership have to notify the league ASAP and have a minimum $300 1st payment in by July 23rd. Exhibition member teams must notify the league no later than August 15th with a minimum $300 1st payment and Semi-exhibition teams must notify the league by October 1st with a minimum $300 1st payment. Teams cannot be scheduled until their deposit is paid. Teams have to have their player and team agreements in by their 1st game, http://gthla.ca/index.cfm?page=274.
Email your confirmations, requests and questions to gthlamembership-at-hockeyaa.net. As always, the full fee is due at the team’s 1st game. If the team is unable to pay it entirely at that time, please pay a minimum of $1000 and pay the remaining amount as soon as possible. If any team still has any remaining balance on owing team fees by December 1st, 6% interest will be added on to the outstanding balance. Please pay as quickly as possible, thanks.
We need all team rosters entered on the website before their first game.
Rates:
Team Membership Dues for 2010/11
Here are the options for Team Membership Dues. Teams are encouraged to customize the rates even further if they choose.
(HST is included in all prices)(All teams are eligible for up to a $800 discount [link], hence the price range)
Membership
Details
Price per player
Total price for team
(15 player team)
with full discount
with no discount
Gold Regulation
(22 games + playoffs + extras)
$392
$445
$5,875
$6,675
Silver Regulation
(18 games + playoffs + extras)
$337
$391
$5,060
$5,860
Bronze Regulation
(14 games + playoffs + extras)
$283
$337
$4,250
$5,050
Exhibition
(20 exhibition games + extras)
$297
$351
$4,460
$5,260
Semi-Exhibition
(10 exhibition games + extras)
$162
$215
$2,430
$3,230
Members receiving volunteer honorariums or sales commissions have the option to transfer it against their team’s fees for a further discount. Yes, teams have the potential to play for free!
Semi-Exhibition teams have the option to play less than 10 games by cashing in past Social and Operation Capital that they contributed to the league.
The fee range we offer through discounts creates the dynamic of diversifying the participation in our volunteer base and it allows us to pay increased honorariums to the already participating volunteers and expand our fixed labour. It also encourages our core values and principles.
Individual Membership Dues
Individual Membership Dues$27
Teams Applying to be members or just participating in Exhibition games as non-members
Non-member teams that have sent in their team agreements can play an exhibition game for$250 or for $230 if they have a GTHLA member vouching for their team.
Teams who have played at least 8 exhibition games in good standing are invited to join the GTHLA as members.
Players on member teams have their Individual Membership dues covered by the team membership dues.
Teams can earn up to a $800 discount off of 2010/11 season’s team membership fees.
The possible combinations include…
$20 for entering roster on league site for the past season
$2 every time the team entered their game stats before a league statistician did in the past season
$30 for each General Meeting attended by a team member over the past season
$60 for low team penalty minutes. Guideline details below**
$50 for hosting a social event for the benefit of the league
$50 for a team collectively contributing something creative to the league for the membership’s benefit
$500 for volunteering. Guideline details below***
$200 for paying entire fee at due date for the upcoming season (teams can request a one week extension and still be eligible for this discount)
** Teams get a $60 discount for averaging less than 1 minute in penalties per game the previous season; a $40 discount for averaging between 1 and 2 minutes in penalties per game the previous season; a $20 discount for averaging between 2 and 3 minutes in penalties per game the previous season.
Extra Ideas on How a Team Membership can be Customized
Each team is welcome to customize their team membership further by using pre-determined membership rate as a base and add as many additional exhibition games as they wish ($205 for ea. Additional game). Teams are even welcome to get creative with the additional exhibition games and coordinate limited series or circuits with other mutually interested teams.
Payment
Cheques and money orders can be made out to, “GTHLA”. Fees can also be emailed to finance-at-hockeyaa.net through Interac and Paypal. If you pay through paypal, you must incur all paypal service charges as the sender. You can also mail payment to…
Regulation membership includes regulation games, a minimum of 2 playoff games (provided that the team doesn’t violate the league limit on team penalties).
Exhibition members only play exhibition games
Membership in the HAA, including eligibility to apply for the 2011 Hockey Summit of the Arts and extended access to the HAA network of tournaments and travel exhibition games
Players can participate in all league Intermingles.
Players may participate with the league sponsored team – the Wanderers
League sponsored First Aid Clinic
Social Events
Website
A network of like minded hockey and Arts enthusiasts
Collective philanthropy efforts and building further social awareness
Mandatory
One team member at each General Meeting
Optional
Committee meetings
Support and eligible to participate in our GTHLAKids program (Team fees do not directly fund this program)
Regular league Open pick-up games. (Team fees do not subsidize these games)
Teams are encouraged to host a social event for the entire league at anytime during the season. It is also encouraged that the team collaborates to present a collective artistic presentation or performance for the benefit of the membership.
Extras
Additional exhibition Games for Members$205
All team members are subject to losing membership privileges and membership if they grossly violate rules and/or the spirit of the GTHLA
Individual Membership Details
The Individual Player Membership fee is $27 for 1st time members
With membership, individuals have access to the following…
·You can participate in our perpetual League Intermingle Series. With our league intermingles, we draft players who signed up from our membership and create new teams. The teams then participate in a round robin series of games over the course of a few months.
·You can participate with the Wanderers hockey team. The Wanderers are a league sponsored team who play exhibition games within the regular GTHLA schedule and travel to play exhibition games and tournaments abroad.
·You will receive invitations to our regular GTHLA open pick-up games.
·You will be put on our Subs list database. Let us know the position(s) you want to play and email address and/or phone number you want to be contacted at by teams looking for substitutes. We will periodically be constructing new teams, as well
·You are encouraged to help out with our GTHLAKids program.
·Social Events
·Website
·A network of likeminded hockey and Arts enthusiasts.
·Collective philanthropy efforts and building further social awareness
Please send your fee by any of the following methods, [link]
Once we have received your Member Agreement form and payment you will be a member
We reserve the right to revoke any membership privileges without refund if any player violates the league’s principles and mandate for fun safe community hockey.
Games may take place Mon-Thurs between 7 & 10PM; Fri between 7 & 11PM; Sat between 12 & 11PM; Sun 12 & 10PM anywhere in Greater Toronto
Please submit a Membership Agreement form found here 
$50 for hosting a social event for the benefit of the league
