Eligibility

Tier 1 All Stars - Expert

    1. 16 and over with no limitation (open division).

Tier 2  - Highly Advanced 

    1. 16 and over with High Level Skill.

    2.  No Pro or Division I, II, or III, within 5 years

*Beginning Fall of 2015 - Junior "A" players are eligible after 3 years of last game played. ( Matching Club Hockey requirements).  Posted 7/22/15

Tier 3 - Advanced

    1. 16 and older with above average playing skill

    2. No Pro or Division I, II, III within 5 years, No Club Hockey or Junior A experience within 5 years of last game played. 

Tier 4  - Advanced Intermediate 

    1. 16 and older with average hockey playing skill.

    2.  No High School within 3 years of last game played

    3.  2. No Pro or Division I, II, III, Club Hockey, Junior (A) within 7 years

Tier 5 - Intermediate

    1.  16 and older with less than average hockey playing skill

    2.  No High School or Junior players within 3 years of last game played

    3.  No Pro or Division I, II, III, Club Hockey, Junior (A) within 10 years

Tier 6 - Lower Intermediate

    1. 16 and older - Intermediate Playing Level

    2.  No High School or Junior players within 5 years of last game played

    3.  No Pro or Division I, II, III, Club Hockey, Junior (A) within 12 years

Tier 7 - Advanced Beginner

    1. 16 and older - Intermediate Playing Level

    2. No High School or Junior players within 7 years of last game played

    3. No Pro or Division I, II, III, Club Hockey, Junior (A) within 15 years

Tier 8 - Beginner 

    Designed for Players coming out of the Foundry "Adult" learn to play program.  All players in this tier are ineligible for any other tiers and wil be reviewed by league management.

CWHL - The CWHL is currently "Open" with no restriction

Female Players in the CHL will be put for review among all captains upon another captain putting them up for vote potentially being "too skilled".  

Eligibility Rules For Players Playing on Multiple Teams

1. For Tier 4 and Higher, no player may play on more than one team within the same tier. However, a player may,... eg. play on one team in Northford Tier 4 and one team in Cromwell/Newington Tier 4 in the same season.  In Tiers 8, 7,  6, and 5 for all rinks, a player may play on more than one team within the same Tier, within the same rink during the same season.

2. A player playing on multiple teams may not "skip" more than 2 Tiers even if eligible per the rules.

3. All players in ALL Tiers must Play 1/3 the total number games for that specific season to be eligible for Playoffs. For 10 Game sessions, the minimum is 3 games.

4. Players within each tier that do NOT meet the eligibility requirements of the league will be handled and removed by the League Commissioner upon notification from a Division Captain. 

Players that meet the eligibility requirements, but are deemed to be "Too Skilled" can be brought to the League's attention by a Division Captain. Once this occurs, there will be a vote at the end of the session and with a 70% majority that player can be removed from further play in that Division for All CHL rinks.

In addition, a captain can ask for an "immediate vote" with with a 100% agreement by ALL Division captains (excluding the Player's team), a player can be immediately removed from the  Division by the Hockey Director or League Commissioner.

6.  Rosters Lock at the Midpoint of each session.  In a 15 game session, rosters "Lock" after the teams 8th game is played, and in a 12 game session the roster "Locks" after the 6th game is played.  The League notifies all teams via the newsfeed when all Rosters have locked during each session.