Schedule (Thru March 22nd - Updated Jan 15th)

Key things to note:

1) There are NO games March 16-22 due to March Break

2) Teams with fewer games to date were scheduled more in this release

3) Teams received 1-3 games in this release

4) There are a few U7 teams that have played 0-2 games and we are not certain of their tier, so some games may change to ensure decent matchups

5) March 23-Apr 7 will be used to make up for cancelled games, to catchup teams who are short games, and to try get all teams 1 more game (there are fewer slots each week starting Late March due to arenas closing for the season.

6) If you want more games please work with your club to arrange exhibition games to fill gaps in your schedule

7) Behaviour are the rinks - the vast majority of Coaches/Players/Parents/Officials/Arena-Staff are extremely well behaved and positive. Any people that impact the enjoyment of others at the rink should be reported to your club for followup/education/discipline.

8) There are a few slots available for Exhibition games, Feb 22/Mar 10/Mar 15, please review the "Exhibition" tab and let your club CDS/CDP Coordinator know you would like one of these.

9) Timing for the remainder of the schedule being published is listed on the Key Dates page, if there are changes to those dates we will update that page.

Key things for the remainder of the season:

1) U7 and U8 will both be half-ice with small nets, please remind officials if they forget as there are hundreds of officials across the house leagues running our games and they deal with multiple formats and sometimes forget

2) U9 pilot ends Jan 9th, after that we run with regular rules on Jan 10th

3) encourage the refs to call penalties, we have had some refs who are either not comfortable calling them or feel they shouldn't be calling them, please encourage them in a friendly and respectable way before the game starts, or when appropriate during the game, calling penalties avoids rougher play later in the game

4) You can use players from any CDS/CDP team when you are short, just be sure they are appropriate for the team you are playing and consult with the opposing coach in advance so they prepare their team appropriately. Please mark (AP) beside any player not on your regular roster.

5) U9 games should be extended in the 3rd period as time allows such that you can shake hands and get off the ice by the end of the timeslot (i.e. if the slot ends at 8pm and the 2nd period ends at 7:37pm you can set the 3rd period for 20 minutes as you need to account for stop-time in the last minute, hand-shake, and getting off the ice). Again, not all refs and TKs know this, so remind them before the game if they don't mention it.

6) continue to send in the gamesheets as we need them for insurance purposes, Festival matchups/tiering, and monitoring logistics at rinks (some teams exchange rosters via email ahead of the game and the home team pre-prints the gamesheet with rosters filled in). Please remember to review the sample gamesheets for YOUR division and fill in ALL the required fields.

7) Any U7 teams looking for additional games, U7 Erindale just reached out wanting to join, will add games for them in any suitable open slots and moving forward. Check the contact page for their info, guessing tier 3, but could be tier 2.

8) We have had several teams join over the past month, and also had several reach out asking for exhibition games (their contact info also listed), please review teams listed around your tier if you are looking for additional games

9) Bonus games - if you are short, see point #4 above and reach out to other teams to fill out your roster to ensure you give your Opponent a good matchup.

Ice format listed in NOTES column of schedule (i.e. Cross-ice, 1/2 ice, 3/4 ice, Full-ice) Do NOT ask the Refs/Game Manager to alter the ice format

Some Individual TEAM schedules - Click here to see those

(if you don't see and individual schedule for your team and feel it would be useful, please contact your Club CDS rep)

Changes to schedule AFTER publishing are denoted by a comment in the "Game Notes" column

Ensure you are using the correct gamesheet (bottom of this page) AND fill out the top row with the GAME Number to make matching the gamesheet to the game easier

Please report any issues you experience with Logistics at arena's to CDSCoordinator@gmail.com along with submitting your gamesheets within 24 hours

Exhibition Games - teams are responsible for finding a team to play, suggest from outside of CDP/CDS to add more variety, if you can't find an opponent please advise your club convenor so they can alert the officials and the league. (game is run like a regular CDS/CDP game except you invite a team to play)

Rules and GamePlay

Home Team responsible for aligning with Away team on any deviations from the stated Rules and GamePlay. When playing another league the rules of the Home Team shall be used when alignment is not achieved. Changes to Ice-Surface size is NOT permitted, and changes must be inline with the spirit of CDS. Game Manager has final say.

Note: nobody is permitted on the ice without a helmet - which means DO NOT walk across the ice to get to the benches

(please download to your own drive to add your roster)

PDF -- Excel (Revised Dec 1, 2024)

Notes on Gamesheets and Pucks:

Home Team responsible to bring printed copy of the gamesheet to game as well as an ample supply of game pucks (Blue for U7, Black for U8/U9)

ALL teams should have spare gamesheets (and pucks) with them at all games

See PDF or Excel versions for instructions on how to fill out gamesheets (Versions to help create stickers and easier pre-population for each game - check all 6 tabs)

Recommended Gamesheet process:

Home team pre-fills the sheet before coming to the rink (electronically, by hand, sticker, or combo of these)
Gives to the Visiting team at rink to add a sticker (or fill out by hand)
Home Team then hands to the Game Manager (or Timekeeper)
Optional - After the game each team can approach the Game Manager/Timekeeper to take a photo of the gamesheet
Game manager keeps the original and emails a photo to CDSCoordinator@gmail.com (Camscanner has a free app that makes this work well)

CDS Schedule website

FAQs on scheduling Anomalies

Why don't we play more games at our home rink? We try to place your home games at a rink at or close to your home arena, however, for certain divisions we need to use specific rinks due to equipment or officials available.

Why are we playing teams from the West CDP league (why are we playing at George Bell or other Western rinks)? two main reasons, with the limited number of teams in each tier, playing CDP gives more variety and allows for better use of the ice we have given all the restrictions in availability for teams. Some tiers only have 3 teams in each league, so these teams will play more cross-over games to ensure better competition and better availability. We try to schedule cross-over games on Saturdays and Sundays whenever possible to allow for more travel time to these games.

Why is Forrest Hill playing Leaside at Don Montgomery? As you may know getting suitable ice is always a challenge and teams may only be available to play each other on certain days and times. We only have enough ice at a Home arena for some teams to play closest to home on certain days. We obviously try to avoid this and rotate which teams encounter this situation over the course of the season. I remember when my kids played in another league, we would be scheduled to play at the furthest arena from our home arena, while teams that live closest to that furthest arena would play at our home arena at the exact same time, for no obvious reason as they were in the exact same division. We only do that if the equipment requirements can only be met in that case.

Why do I play one team so many times? this often happens when there are limited teams in your tier and your availability aligns best with this team. Having competitive games against the same team is more fun and productive then playing a team that is not close to your caliber. For these teams we may schedule more cross-over games than other teams to increase variety at the expense of longer travel times to some games.

Why do we have less games than other teams? As we build out each batch of the schedule we first tackle the teams with the least games. Teams will NOT get the exact same number of games, given how many constraints in the scheduling process, teams will get +/- 1 game from the average by division. Teams with the best availability and competitive range with other teams will likely get the most games as they are available more often to be scheduled for the last few slots remaining when we build the schedule. What the teams don't know is whether other teams games were cancelled due to forfeit, weather, power outage, arena closure, etc. So comparing to an old schedule will make them think other teams ALL played more games than them, as they don't know which games of the other teams were cancelled.

Schedule (Thru March 22nd - Updated Jan 15th)

Rules and GamePlay

(please download to your own drive to add your roster)

FAQs on scheduling Anomalies