The Yorkton Terriers have forfeited their wins on October 11th, 16th and 18th versus the Nipawin Hawks, Estevan Bruins and Melville Millionaires respectively for the use of an ineligible player. The players involved with these contests shall be credited with all personal statistics.
Nipawin, Estevan, and Melville will be awarded the wins and points in the standings from those games.
In the case of a tie-breaking scenario at the end of the season:
For all games that Yorkton used an ineligible player, they will have their team goals reduced to zero (0). All goals scored against Yorkton will remain as is. The non-offending team will have their total Goals Against reduced by the number of goals that were scored against them during that game. If the opposing team did not score a goal, one will be added to their total to make the score 1-0. It will not be awarded to any specific player. All individual player stats will remain as is. Only team stats are changed.
Section 4.1 of the SJHL Rules and Regulations identities the parameters around this matter:
INELIGIBLE PLAYERS
4.1 No player shall be permitted to participate in a League game unless he appears on that team’s player-protected lists. Notification of Protected Players Lists, Certified Players and Affiliated Players are to be completed through the electronic registration. In addition to the right of the Commissioner to forfeit a game for the use of an ineligible player, the offending team will receive a mandatory fine of four hundred and fifty dollars ($450.00).
The Yorkton Terriers are back on the ice tonight in Flin Flon, where they will open a four-game road trip. You can hear tonight’s game with Benny Walchuck on GX94 starting at 6:20 p.m.
