GBS Titan Hockey Club Player Guidelines for 2018 - 2019

1. The players are required to practice safety, teamwork, sportsmanship, discipline, good citizenship and have sound academics, proper conditioning and a winning attitude.
2. Players with dedication, skills and good sportsmanship are selected to play on the team.  Individual achievements without team play will not be rewarded.
3. Attendance is mandatory to all practices, games, meetings and tournaments.  Excused absences are allowed at the coach's discretion.  Players who repeatedly and habitually miss practices and games because of outside activities should expect, and will receive, less ice time.
4. Attendance at all dry land sessions is mandatory by all players.
5. Attendance is mandatory for all goalies, and the skaters who have been assigned to be shooters, at the goalie clinics.
6. Being late for games and practices, including dry land and goalie clinics, is not acceptable.
7. All players must have prescribed, clean, safe and properly fitting equipment at all practices and games.
8. All players must abide by the pre-game "dress code" of the GBS Hockey warm up jacket and warm up pants.
9. All players must abide by the GBS Titan Hockey Club game uniform, which includes a plain navy helmet, GBS logo shell with leg zippers zipped up, home and away game socks which match during the game, neck guard, mouth guard and navy or navy & gold hockey gloves.
10. Players will not play hurt or injured without doctor's approval.
11. Incurring of excessive and blatantly unsafe penalties will not be tolerated.
12. Demeaning, harassing and intimidation of our players, coaches or officials, in practices or games, is not allowed.  Inappropriate locker room, bench or ice conduct and fighting will not be tolerated.
13. "Locker Boxing" of any kind will not be tolerated.  The GBS Titan Hockey Club will impose an AHAI mandated suspension for every incident.
14. Repeated and intentional failure to follow instructions and disruptive behavior during games, practices or in the locker room will not be tolerated.
15. All players must adhere to all Glenbrook South High School "Code of Conduct" rules and regulations.
16. Profanities will not be tolerated at any time or place.
17. Throwing of equipment and spitting in public areas and locker rooms is not allowed.
18. No racial, ethnic or sexual slurs are allowed.
19. Inappropriate confrontations between coaches, players and/or parents will not be tolerated.  This includes behavior on the ice, on the bench, in the stands, in the locker room, in the rink lobby and out in the parking lot.
20. The players shall drive their vehicles legally, safely and courteously in the ice rink parking lots, drives and surrounding streets.
21. The use, possession, sale or distribution of illegal drugs and/or drug paraphernalia; smoking, chewing tobacco, use of alcoholic beverages and/or behavior that give evidence of having consumed illegal drugs, alcohol or tobacco will not be tolerated.  "Possession" means: on the players' body in the locker room, car, equipment or equipment bag, clothing, wallet or purse or any other place normally used by the player to store possessions.
22. Cell phones must be turned off and put away while inside any of the hockey rinks, especially their locker rooms.  If an emergency call must be made, it is allowed only in the rinks' lobbies or the premises outside the rinks.  Violations will have consequences as determined by the GBS Titan Hockey Club Board.
23. All above guidelines pertain to on-ice and off-ice behavior.

VIOLATIONS OF ANY OF THE ABOVE GUIDELINES WILL BE CAUSE FOR A PLAYER'S "BENCHING", SUSPENSION AND/OR DISMISSAL FROM THE TEAM AS DETERMINED BY THE COACHES AND THE GBS TITAN HOCKEY CLUB BOARD.

I have read and understand the above guidelines.

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