Schedule (Mar 22-Apr 6 released Feb 23rd)

Notes on the March 22-Apr 6 schedule

More slots could be added as clubs have ice available, so check back over the next few weeks.
Review ALL upcoming games to ensure you have ALL your games in your team calendar, we think we alerted teams to any changes, but may have missed some and/or the teams forgot to update their team calendar.
All teams now have atleast 20 games (if they played the full season), this was the first priority with this release of the schedule.
All but 16 teams received a game in this release, most of the ice after March 22nd is CDS ice, so I gave priority to CDS teams for many of the slots.
There were some slots at times where we did NOT poll teams, so have marked those 8 slots as "Available for Exhibition Games".
Will give first crack to teams who did NOT get a game in the March 22-Apr 6th period (16 teams do not yet have a game in this release). (fill out this form if you want the available games - https://forms.gle/rqPYNL8mAFYRUbSz5)
We may pair up teams to play each other if more than one asks for a slot and are a good matchup.
If you can no longer field a full-team, reach out to other comparable teams to bring APs and alert the opposing coach to your roster for the game to avoid surprising them at the rink with a team that is significantly different from your normal roster.

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 (Mar 22-Apr 6 released Feb 23rd)

Rules and GamePlay

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

FAQs on scheduling Anomalies