Fall 2025 Adult League Information

Fall 2025 Adult Ball Hockey League Information

Get ready for a fantastic fall season here at Ballhockey.com. Whether you’re returning for your tenth consecutive season or registering your team for the first time, we got a division for you! We have – once again – elevated our experience this Fall by listening and observing throughout the summer season. Check out the section below “What’s New for Fall 2025?” to find out what we got in store this fall!

League Highlights – Fall 2025

  • 12-Game Regular Season + Playoffs (minimum 2 playoff games guaranteed)
  • Full 3-Month Season: September, October, November
  • No Deposit Required ($500 to be paid prior to Game #1)
  • Roster Size: Minimum 11, Maximum 18 (including goaltender)
  • Game Locations:
    • Ballhockey.com Canal – 1944 Welland Canals Parkway, St. Catharines
    • Haig Bowl Arena – 17 Beech Street, St. Catharines

What’s New for Fall 2025?

Revamping Divisions

We have eliminated the East/West split in select divisions and introduced a new D5 division. This change aims to create a more balanced level of competition across the mid-tier divisions while narrowing the gap between Men’s Recreational and D4. Similar to the current playoff structure in Summer 2025, larger divisions can be subject to a split for playoffs (A bracket & B bracket).

Enhancement of player restrictions

For Fall 2025, most divisions will see an increase in the player limit from higher divisions—from the previous allowance of three players (in Summer 2025) to four. Management will continue to review player eligibility on a case-by-case basis and reserves the right to approve or restrict players as deemed necessary.

Payments

For Fall 2025, we are revamping our payment structure for team fees. Each team is required to pay $500 prior to the start of their first scheduled regular season game, with the remaining balance to be paid in full by the start of their fifth schedule regular season game. There will be ZERO exceptions to this rule.

Fines / Suspensions

Player Suspensions: Any player receiving a suspension of five games or more will be fined $100. This fine must be paid in person at either Canal Rinks or Haig Bowl Arena before the player is eligible to return following the completion of their suspension. The total amount collected throughout the season from these fines will be pooled together and divided up amongst all our youth travel teams to assist in their efforts.

Team Forfeits: A $75 team fine will apply to any forfeit not communicated to the league at least 48 hours in advance and confirmed by league staff. Teams with unpaid fines prior to the start of playoffs will be deemed ineligible and removed from post-season (playoffs) play.

Divisions of Play

Each division lists its designated game days. When registering, please rank your team’s preferred game days in order.
For example, if your team registers for Division 2, which plays on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays, and your preference is Fridays first, Sundays second, and Mondays last, you should indicate during registration:
“1. Fridays, 2. Sundays, 3. Mondays.”

D1 

  • Fee: $1750.00 + tax
  • Game Nights: Tuesdays / Thursdays / Sundays
  • Season: 12 regular season games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Format: Open Division – no player restrictions
  • All D1 teams are required to have full uniforms.*
  • Champions play following season for FREE! ($1750 value)

D2 

  • Fee: $1900.00 + tax
  • Game Days: Mondays / Fridays / Sundays
  • Season: 12 regular season games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Roster Restriction: Max 4 players from higher divisions (D1)

D3

  • Fee: $1900.00 + tax
  • Game Days: Tuesdays / Fridays / Sundays
  • Season: 12 games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Roster Restriction: Max 4 players from higher divisions (D1-D2)

D4

  • Fee: $1900.00 + tax
  • Game Days: Mondays / Thursdays / Sundays
  • Season: 12 games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Roster Restriction: Max 4 players from higher divisions (D1-D3)

D5

  • Fee: $1900.00 + tax
  • Game Days: Tuesdays / Fridays / Saturdays
  • Season: 12 games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Roster Restriction: Max of 4 players from D4. No players from D1-D3 permitted.

Men’s Recreational Division 

  • Fee: $1900.00 + tax
  • Game Days: Wednesdays / Mondays / Sundays
  • Season: 12 games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Restrictions: Max of 4 players from D4 and D5 collectively. No players from D1–D3 permitted.

Women’s League

  • Fee: $1,750.00 + tax
  • Game Nights: Wednesday Nights & Sundays (early – mid afternoon)
  • Season: 12 games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Format:
    • Recreational: Max 3 players with comp experience

Coed Competitive Division

  • Fee: $1,750 + tax
  • Game Nights: Wednesday Nights & Sundays (early – mid afternoon)
  • Season: 12 games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Format: Open Division

 Coed Recreational Division

  • Fee: $1,750 + tax
  • Game Nights: Wednesday Nights & Sundays (early – mid afternoon)
  • Season: 12 games + Best-of-3 playoffs
  • Roster Restriction: Max 3 players from higher divisions
    (Women’s Comp, Coed Comp, Men’s D1–D3)

Fall 2025 Adult Season Timeline

  • Team Registration Deadline: Sept 7 
    • Deadline to register your team for the upcoming season.
  • Schedule Release (First 2 weeks): Sept 10
    • We issue our schedule in stages to allow for team movement between divisions to keep things competitive. Generally speaking, each team will have their first 2-3 games scheduled.
  • Season Start Date: Sept 14
    • This is the date of the first game of the season. Chances are your team will not play this day, but will have their first game shortly thereafter.
  • Complete Schedules Released: Sept 24
    • The remainder of the season schedule is released
  • Roster Deadline: Three games remaining in season
    • Rosters become locked as of the 3rd last game of the regular season. Reminder that players must participate in 3 regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.

REGISTER YOUR TEAM

Additional Information

Seasons:

  • Each season lasts 3 months in total (10 week regular season + 3 weeks of playoffs).
  • Spring Season (March, April, May)
  • Summer Season (June, July, August)
  • Fall Season (September, October, November)
  • Winter Season (December, January, February)

Game Format:

  • Games are three 10 minute stopped time periods scheduled in 1 hour slots.
  • 5 vs 5 format with a 3 vs 3 overtime format for regular season (5 minute run-time). Games do not end in a tie!
  • Playoffs have a 5 vs 5 overtime (5 minutes stopped time) followed by a shootout. Championship games 2 & 3 are continuous overtime.
  • 2 minute minor penalties & 5 minute major penalties.

Team Requirements:

  • Roster minimum is 11 players and roster maximum is 18 players. Which includes at least 1 goaltender. For D1 only, the roster max is 22 (including goalie).
  • Teams are required to supply their own jerseys or t-shirts. All jerseys must be the same colour and all team members are required to have a number on the back of the jersey to identify them. 
  • Team captains are to submit and manage their roster online, but all players must sign their team’s respective waiver inside the clubhouse prior to their first game of the season. Each rink location will have a “waiver binder” with a page dedicated to each team for players to sign. Players only need to do so once at any location before they begin playing. Once a player has signed, they will be approved by staff to the team’s roster. Any players failing to sign the waiver are considered illegal players and any game they participate in will be considered a forfeit loss.
  • Players must play a minimum of 3 games to qualify for the playoffs

Scheduling:

  • Divisions have allocated game days, as noted teams must identify their preference while signing up.
  • There are 12 games throughout a 10 week regular season, so teams can expect to play 1-2 games per week.
  • Adult league games are scheduled on weeknights between 6:30pm & 10:30pm and weekends between 12pm & 11:00pm.
  • The rescheduling of games is reserved strictly for Emergency situations (i.e. Extreme weather conditions, staff illnesses in which coverage cannot be provided last minute, power outages). It is up to the team representatives and players to field a team for any scheduled game. Failure to do so will result in a game forfeit.

Payment Information

  • All payments are made through the team captain. As a reminder, the league is not responsible – nor aware – of the amount each player is paying. The team captain/rep is responsible for the payment to the league (ballhockey.com). 
  • All teams must pay $500 prior to the start of their first scheduled regular season game.
  • All team payments must be paid in full by the start of the team’s fifth regular season game.
  • Team captains can assign payments to players through their online portal.
  • Management kindly asks team reps and teams to do their best at managing their team through the online portal, this includes managing their roster (adding players prior to the season starting), as well as making payments.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding the Fall 2025 Adult Season, or any adult league inquires, please feel free to contact our Adult League email –[email protected]