Travel Midget Request to Play on an Empire Midget Team The Empire Conference is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer the opportunity for Midget Travel Players to petition the EAHC/Empire Conference for permission to play on a Empire Midget Team. This opportunity is intended for those Midget players who have no High School Varsity or JV/Club team to play for after the split season Midget season is over in early November.
Midget players who are cut from a High School team or their school district/school does not offer a High School team, and their Midget Travel season is completed may petition Empire by filling out the Form located under the Forms tab at the top of the EAHC Home page above. In order to be eligible to play for a EAHC Midget Team, your Midget Travel Season must be completed (i.e. all league, scrimmage & tournament games finished) & you MUST be home schooled, attend a high school that has no Varsity team, be cut (ineligible) from all high school associated teams and not be on a JV/Club team. This Petition Process is ONLY for players with no team (HS Varsity, JV or Club League) to play for after the Midget Travel season completes in November.
Once the form is filled out, reviewed by EAHC Board (at the November & December EAHC Meetings & by email if needed), and Midget team openings determined, you will be notified of the EAHC Midget team you have been assigned to. We try to assign players to their 1st choice team but players should realize that EAHC will steer players to teams that have less than 17 players first rather than trying to fill 1 or 2 spots on your preferred team provided the assignment makes geographical sense and does not upset the Midget division balance. Note that you will be required to obtain a Release if you are changing organizations and pay the fees set by the organization of the team you are assigned to.
Each EAHC Midget Team is limited to a MAXIMUM of 2 Petitioned Midget Travel Players for the 2019-20 Season. Each Midget Team is limited to a maximum of 18 skaters & 2 Goalies by USA Hockey rules and may not have room to add petitioned Midget Travel players. Also, Head Coaches and the organizatiion may choose whether to accept new players. Some orgs may not.
The sizes of each Midget Team & # of Openings (Max: 2) are as follows:
MCYH Castronovo 18 Lakeshore None
MCYH Williams 16+1 Lakeshore None
PYH Jasie 17+2 RIC (TC) None
PYH Stantz 17+1 RIC (TC) None
Webster Countryman 15 Webster Open Positons: 2
Webster Coulombe 14 Webster Open Positions: 2
TCYH Hartman 12 Brockport Open Positions: 2
TCYH Pilon 14 Brockport Open Positions: TBD
RYH MacKenzie 19 BGIP None
RYH Chatterton 18 BGIP None
Batavia Franclemont 20 Falleti None
PETTITION will be reviewed and approved/denied within 10 days after submittal & HS tryouts have completed. Players should plan on 10 days to complete paperwork and registration steps after they are approved by the Empire Board before they can play.
If you have any questions, please contact the Empire Representative for the organization you are currently playing for. The Contacts page (link on the lefthand side of this page) wil have contact info for the Reps for every organization.
