Congratulations to Tyler Elder of the Weekenders for being selected as this week’s WRAHL Player of the Week.

In the first three games, Tyler has accumulated 8 points with five being from assisting other teammates. Combining with no penalties, Tyler is showing how being part of a team is more than scoring goals.

Well done Tyler and keep up the great work

We are seeing an increase of non-registered players showing up to games. We felt this would be a good opportunity to remind everyone of the League's roster rules. Be aware, the officials should be calling a delay of game penalty, and the team GM or on-ice captain may face discipline or possibly a forfeited game.

Teams are allowed to bring in new players, as long as they have room on their roster. New players MUST be pre-registered with the League by filling in their waiver form as far in advance as possible, not minutes before puck drop.

The rules have evolved with feedback from GM'S and benchmarking vs. other leagues. The average roster size in the WRAHL is slightly over 18 players. Having consistent rosters also helps the league keep the divisions as evenly skilled as possible. 

• The maximum teams can have on the roster is 25. 
• Teams are initially allowed 16 full time players.
• The roster cut off is December 31st.
• Spare players can play a max of 5 games and do not qualify for playoffs. Only full-time players with a minimum of 10 games played can play in the playoffs.
• Spare players MUST have a full -time sponsor player from the current roster. 
• Once a player plays a game, they cannot be removed.
• If the roster is maxed out, the only way to bring on a new player would be to remove a player who has not played any games, and this takes place prior to December 31.
• DO NOT use a player playing under another player's identity. 

Any questions, please reach out to your team GM

Our Official of the week for September 25, 2022, is Mel D.

Mel joined WRAHL in January of this year and so far has done 52 games with us. Her last game was at the Flames Community Arena for the Weekenders v. Blues on September 22. Following the game she also recevied a kudos from a player: "The Power Performer could also have been the DJ".

The Keepers of the Time is a challenging position. Running the clock, managing the rosters, keeping track of all the statistics, and assisting the on-ice officials, would keep anyone busy for the 1.25 hours.

Thank you to Mel and all hockey Time Keepers for allowing us to stay on the ice and being such a critical aspect of the game.

All participants MUST use the tunnel entrance to access the south rink for playing hockey. Do not step on the track ice.

The Olympic Oval was North America's first covered speed skating oval. It was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and opened 35 years ago on September 27, 1987.

The 400m long-track ice that surrounds the hockey rink can be easily damaged with players who use this surface to 'short cut' to and from the dressing rooms.

If players are indentified, there could be a finanicial penalty and/or the team may not be permitted future facility use.

At present, hundreds of Canadian athletes are training at the Oval year round. Let's do our part to ensure we are treating the facility with respect and ensuring our contribution of success to the next Olympic athletes.

We are pleased to announce the new WRAHL.COM is here! New features include: 

We are pleased to announce the new WRAHL.COM is here! New features include: 

• Brand new mobile-friendly design
• Major improvement with performance and loading times
• New format optimized for all screen sizes
• Improved flow and UX for all stat pages
• Much easier to view team and player stats from past seasons
• All-time league career stat leaders (since 2003)
• All-time career stat leaders for all teams
• Scoreboard and upcoming games ticker at top of desktop version
• Game previews with historical head-to-head matches as well as team and player statistical comparisons
• New arena pages complete with Google maps
• Re-worked News page with search functionality
• New boxscore layout with game status
• New schedule page that will include all seasons with date query
• Schedule page can now be queried by date range, division, season, team
• Leaders landing page includes entire league and can be expanded to all leaders with division and season queries
• Team records added to scoreboard page as well as goal data (time, period)
• Player page split stats re-worked 
• Player search page added search by season function
• Playoff brackets (example)

Additional Features coming soon (this season)

Add to Calendar button for queried schedule games
Live game scoring
Team and player milestones
Team management features (player attendance, game notifications)