How do releases work, and can my child be on two teams?

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From Section B of the 2025-26 Hockey Alberta Regulations: One team at a time: a player may be registered on only one team at a time. Players who register with more than one team without proper releases or transfers are suspended and stay suspended until dealt with by the Office of the CEO (4.4). What a release is: a release, issued on the Standard Release Form, is a method of permanent movement for special circumstances within Minor Hockey, for example conduct (6.1). Deadline: a player can be released from a team and registered with a new team they are eligible for up to and including January 10 (1.5). No player can be registered after February 10 (4.5). AA and AAA tryouts: a player who receives an Elite Waiver and is not selected to the AA or AAA team they tried out for is considered released and must return to their primary association (6.3). Registration data: a player's registration in the Registry must include name, date of birth, gender, physical address, mailing address and email address (4.2).