What roster limits and January 10 cutdowns apply?

Q: What roster limits and January 10 cutdowns apply?

Registration allotments issued by Members: Senior and Junior: maximum 45 registrants. Senior Female, Junior Female, U21 and U18: maximum 25 registrants. U15, U13, U11 and U9: maximum 20 registrants. U7: unlimited. Roster caps (other than Junior Female): no more than 25 players for Junior teams, and no more than 20 players for Minor Hockey teams at all levels including Hockey Canada Accredited School teams. A Member may allow an Accredited School team up to 22 players if it has no lower Division or Category team within the school to affiliate with. If a team registers the maximum number under these rules, at least 2 of the registered players must be goaltenders. January 10 (5:00:00 pm MST) cutdowns do not apply to Senior Female and Junior Female: Junior teams must reduce to no more than 25 in total of roster players plus allotted but unused registrations. Senior AAA teams must reduce to no more than 28 on the roster. Senior teams below AAA may register up to 30 (at the Member's sole discretion). A team that misses the deadline is declared ineligible for further competition until it complies, and non-compliance means all players are declared Released from the team. Players deleted or omitted from a roster as of January 10 are automatically Released. A team with the maximum number of players on January 10 cannot register further players that season. A team with fewer, and unused allotment, can register eligible players until the Final Registration Date, but a filled vacancy cannot be used again. Junior A teams may have at most 9 twenty-year-olds, including affiliates, on game sheets. Source: Hockey Canada By-laws and Regulations 2026-27, Regulation E.1 to E.11.

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Registration allotments issued by Members:

Senior and Junior: maximum 45 registrants.
Senior Female, Junior Female, U21 and U18: maximum 25 registrants.
U15, U13, U11 and U9: maximum 20 registrants.
U7: unlimited.

Roster caps (other than Junior Female): no more than 25 players for Junior teams, and no more than 20 players for Minor Hockey teams at all levels including Hockey Canada Accredited School teams. A Member may allow an Accredited School team up to 22 players if it has no lower Division or Category team within the school to affiliate with.

If a team registers the maximum number under these rules, at least 2 of the registered players must be goaltenders.

January 10 (5:00:00 pm MST) cutdowns do not apply to Senior Female and Junior Female:

Junior teams must reduce to no more than 25 in total of roster players plus allotted but unused registrations.
Senior AAA teams must reduce to no more than 28 on the roster. Senior teams below AAA may register up to 30 (at the Member's sole discretion).
A team that misses the deadline is declared ineligible for further competition until it complies, and non-compliance means all players are declared Released from the team.
Players deleted or omitted from a roster as of January 10 are automatically Released.
A team with the maximum number of players on January 10 cannot register further players that season. A team with fewer, and unused allotment, can register eligible players until the Final Registration Date, but a filled vacancy cannot be used again.

Junior A teams may have at most 9 twenty-year-olds, including affiliates, on game sheets.

Source: Hockey Canada By-laws and Regulations 2026-27, Regulation E.1 to E.11.