League Procedures

RPEI League Handbook 2026/2027 Season

Season

• Regular season starts October 16, 2026

Length of Schedule

• U8 play a series of mini-jamborees hosted by each club
• U10 play a 18 game schedule with a year end Jamboree
• U12 & U14 play a 18 game schedule
• U16U19 and 18+ play a 20 to 22 game schedule
• Game schedule and length will be may change from the above noted games and determined by the Director of Competitions in accordance with ice availability, seasonal blackout periods and tournaments that could affect regular season games.

 Game Length

• U8 play half-ice, The games will be 24 minutes long. Every two minutes, the buzzer sounds, the clock is stopped and line change is made (the bench and on-ice coach need to facilitate this for a quick change). The clock will only be stopped for a maximum of 20 seconds. After the line change has happened or the 20 seconds has elapsed the clock will be started (with no buzzer). The referees will blow the whistle to start the game.
• U10 play 2 stop-time periods both 15 minutes in length.

• U12, U14, U16/U19, and 18+ play 2 stop-time periods both 17 minutes in length.

 Game Protest Procedure

Game Cancellation

Ringette PEI does not make weather-related game cancellation decisions independently. If the Public Schools Branch cancels school due to weather, a decision must be made by 3:00 p.m. that day regarding whether evening games will proceed. The decision will be based on whether the rink remains open and whether both team coaches agree to proceed.

The final decision must be emailed to competitions@peiringette.com and must include confirmation of approval from:

• The home team coach
• The away team coach
• The officials scheduled for the game
• Additionally, both teams must confirm that they have the required minimum of seven players and one goalie available to play.

Please ensure that all required confirmations are received and communicated before proceeding with the game.

Game Rescheduling

Requests must be submitted at least 7 days in advance of the game start time.  Requests to reschedule a game for any reason other than weather, rink closure or loss of ice less than 7 days notice will not be actioned.

You must collaborate with your home association ice scheduler who will then determine 2 alternate dates that do not conflict with the current schedule for either team.  If it's the visiting team that is looking to reschedule, then you must work with the home team and their association ice scheduler for new dates.  The new dates and times will be presented to the team who did not initiate the request. This team will have the option to accept one of the 2 dates or reject the dates providing specific reasons for the rejection. If the latter option is chosen, an Arbitration Committee will select one of the 3 possible dates (the original plus 2 alternates) and that game will become part of the RPEI schedule. Once a date, time and location has been agreed upon, the home team's ice scheduler will then inform the Director of Competitions about the changes.  Please view here for full details on this process.

Teams cancelling without submitting a request are subject to a $225 fine to cover the cost of ice and officials and forfeit the game. The team that does not forfeit will win the game 7-0.

Schedule/Results

The home team is responsible for forwarding an electronic copy of the game sheet to the RPEI Competitions Director within 24 hours of the game being played. This could be a scan or legible photo. Both sides should be sent if there is an official report on the back. Hard copies should be kept by the local club.

If game sheets are not submitted within the required 24-hour period and follow-up is needed to obtain them, a $25 fee will be charged to the association. For each subsequent late submission, the fee will increase by an additional $5, with the penalty continuing to increase for repeated occurrences.

Game sheets are to be sent to the following email address. competitions@peiringette.com