High School Spring League

High School Spring League 2024 is here!

The Rockville Ice Arena manages and operates a "High School Spring League" where rising Freshman and current high students have an opportunity to play on a team affiliated with their high school club. The objective of the league is to have fun playing semi-competitive games with current and possibly future teammates.

Registration for Spring League 2024 is now closed & the Game Schedule is posted below. 

Information about the High School Hockey League:

• League Sponsor: The Rockville Ice Arena

•  League Model:  

  • • Games only (No practices)

    • The season will run from April 2, 2024 - May 24, 2024

    • Minimum of 9 regular season games plus play-offs for at least 4 teams

    • Games will be played Monday-Friday after school (no weekend games) and will generally begin at 3:45 PM or later

    • Each team will play at least one game per week

    • USA Hockey certified coaches will oversee the bench

    • Games will be officiated by SHOA sanctioned officials

    • Scorekeeping and timekeeping will be done by Rockville arena staff and team stats will be available

 League Regulations:

• • • USA Hockey registration required (you can use your active registration from the 2023-24 season.)  If you are not registered with USA Hockey you can sign-up here:  https://membership.usahockey.com/ ) 

    • No body contact (strongly enforced)

    • Slap shots allowed

    • Sportsmanship and rules enforced

    • No refunds for any reason once registration is completed

• Who can play:  Current 8th through 12th Graders in the Winston Churchill High School cluster - you do not have to be a WCHS student or intended student, you just have to live in the WCHS boundary.

• Philosophy of play:  

  • • The league is structured to be a fun, semi-competitive season so players get game ice time, new players get to meet current high school players, etc.  

    • Game ice time will be on a rotational basis similar to pick-up hockey and the objective is approximately equal ice time for all players that show up for a game.  

    • There will be no special lines for power plays or penalty kills.  

    • Coaches will organize offensive and defensive lines.  

    • If there are two goalies they share the ice time  and the goalies and coaches will determine how best to do that (split the game, split each period, etc.) 

    • TeamSnap will be used by the coaches to anticipate the number of players for each game.  Players will be required  to indicate at least 24 hours before each game if they plan to play in that game.  If they do not respond, and then show up, they may have to sit out the game and no refunds will be given.

• Team size:

  • • Team Maximum: 20 players plus 2 goalies

    • Team Minimum: 12 players plus 1 goalie

    •  Please note:  USA hockey will only allow 18 skaters and 2 goalies on the bench during a game.  However, because generally not all players make every game, the league manager (Rockville Ice Arena) is allowing 20 players plus 2 goalies to be registered  on each team, but only 18 skaters can participate  in a game.  

    • TeamSnap will be used by the coaches to anticipate the number of players for each game.  Players will be required  to indicate at least 24 hours before each game if they plan to play in that game.  If they do not respond, and then show up, they may have to sit out the game and no refunds will be given.

    • For the Churchill team, once we see how many players plan to sign up a determination will be made as to how many teams we have and the number of players on each team.  Before registration you will be advised of this information .

• Cost per player: The fee is estimated to be no more than $325 per player  (the actual fee will be determined once we know how may players will sign up and whether we field one or two teams.)  You will be informed of the actual fee with the registration materials. 

For additional information, send an email to: wchs_hockey@outlook.com, with the subject "Spring League."