In the background, for us and the teams, the new season already started a while ago. The teams have been registered, the players are being announced, most of the friendly matches have been scheduled and the calendar is online. That means it won’t be long before we see everybody in their familiar ice rink. Find the friendly games of your favorit team here. Lees meer

Game 7148 ended after 2 periodes due to an accident with the zamboni. According to the CEHL game regulations this game will be handled as being played. The game result will be fixed on the moment the game ended. 20. Cancellation or ending of a game a. Only the Board or the referee/RIC designated for the relevant game can cancel a scheduled game. b. The reasons for cancelling or ending a game can be: i. weather conditions during competitions on an open ice rink; ii. the condition of the ice; iii. technical malfunctions on the ice rink; iv. the lack of the necessary facilities on and around the playing field; v. lack of organization by the home playing team or club in relation to bench officials; vi. failure to appear at the rink of one or both teams; vii. a dangerous situation (slipperiness/very dense fog/heavy storm) on the roads: Teams have an obligation to perform to the best of their ability, even in case of less good weather conditions, to do all what is necessary to avoid that a game must be cancelled. If a weather alarm (code red or orange) is issued by the KNMI, KMI or DWD for an area through which a visiting team must travel, for the period of 6 hours prior to the match and/or a period of up to 3 hours after match, the visiting team is entitled, in consultation with the League Manager, not to travel. viii. \"sad\" circumstances. i. No fault game ending by the referee: If the board determines that there is no fault for the ending a game: i. if at least two periods have been played, the score in the game at the time of ending is determined as the final result; ii. or, if less than two periods have been played, the game will be played again in its entirety on a date and place to be determined by the competition planner; Lees meer

This past weekend two CEHL matches were played by the Leuven Chiefs. On Friday, September 27, the match between Mechelen Golden Sharks and Leuven Chiefs took place (final score 6-7) and on Saturday, September 28, the match between Leuven Chiefs and Diez Limburg was played (3-2 OT). Unfortunately, we have noticed that Leuven Chiefs acted against the CEHL competition regulations during these two matches by fielding more import player than allowed by the rules. Article 10 of the competition regulations contains the relevant provisions. Leuven Chiefs included four players who are considered as import players under the regulations: Jeremy Cote Erik Miller Tommy Lubin Matthijs Lievens As a result of this non-compliant action by the Leuven Chiefs, the board has decided that the match between Mechelen Golden Sharks and Leuven Chiefs will be converted to a 5-0 victory for Mechelen Golden Sharks and the match between Leuven Chiefs and Diez Limburg will be converted to a 0-5 victory for Diez Limburg. On behalf of the CEHL Board, Lees meer

From the last weekend of September, the CEHL will start with 9 clubs -The Hague, Geleen and Heerenveen -Diez and Neuwied -Herentals, Leuven, Liège and Mechelen CEHL Competition structure consists of 2 parts: CEHL cup competition with semi-finals and a cup match in January 2025 CEHL championship from December with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final series in March. Depending on the time needed for make-up games to be scheduled, the final series will be played in a Best of 3,5 or 7 Dutch Cup The matches of the Dutch Cup are played under the direction of IJshockey Nederland. These are not listed on the CEHL site. Belgian Cup The matches in the CEHL Cup between the Belgian clubs are kept in a separate Belgian Cup table to determine the ranking for the BVB. The semi-finals will be played at the beginning of December and the final on the 8th of February. The place where it will be played will be determined when the finalists are known. Referees Since the start of the competition, the participating countries have appointed the referees in their own country. In consultation, there have always been exchanges between the countries. For this season, IJshockey Nederland has announced that it will provide referees for the Dutch Cup matches and the friendly matches, but not for the CEHL. For Germany, the referees will be appointed by DEB, as in previous years. Later in the season, we will discuss whether more cooperation and exchange can be achieved here as well. We have found Patrick van de Wijgert willing to help us as RIC for the CEHL with the referees for CEHL competitions in the Netherlands and Belgium. Referees can indicate their availability via the CEHL website. The board of the CEHL and the RIC are of the opinion that it is important for the development of the referees that they referee as many matches as possible. Restricting the availability of referees is not in the interest of the sport. Therefore, as a CEHL board, we encourage referees that, in addition to the CEHL matches, referees also remain connected to the RBIHF / Ice Hockey Netherlands as a referee and can be used for matches. Supervision and development of referees has always been seen by CEHL as a federation duty for which the clubs contribute by paying contributions to both organizations. Because there have been requests for more support, we will work within the CEHL on a system to help the referees with their development through supervision. Lees meer

Vanaf het laatste weekend van September gaat de CEHL van start met 9 deelnemende clubs -Den Haag, Geleen en Heerenveen -Diez en Neuwied -Herentals, Leuven, Luik en Mechelen CEHL Competitie opzet bestaat uit 2 delen: CEHL bekercompetitie met halve finales en een bekerwedstrijd in Januari 2025 CEHL kampioenschap vanaf December met in maart kwartfinales, halve finales en een finale reeks. Afhankelijk van de tijd die nodig is voor inhaalwedstrijden die gepland moeten worden zullen de finale reeksen in een Best of 3,5 of 7 worden gespeeld Beker van Nederland De wedstrijden van de beker van Nederland worden gespeeld onder de regie van IJshockey Nederland. Deze zijn niet op de CEHL site opgenomen. Beker van België De wedstrijden in de CEHL Beker tussen de Belgische clubs worden in een aparte Beker van Belgie tabel bijgehouden om de ranking voor de BVB te bepalen. Begin december worden de halve finales gespeeld en de 8ste februari de finale. De plaats waar deze gespeeld wordt zal bepaald worden als de finalisten gekend zijn. Referees Sinds de start van de competitie hebben de deelnemende landen in hun eigen land de referees aangewezen. In overleg zijn er altijd uitwisselingen geweest tussen de landen. Voor dit seizoen heeft IJshockey Nederland laten weten wel referees te leveren voor de Beker van Nederland wedstrijden en de vriendschappelijke wedstrijden maar niet voor de CEHL. Voor Duitsland worden de referees net als vorige jaren aangewezen door DEB. Later in het seizoen zullen we afstemmen of ook hier meer samen samenwerking en uitwisseling is te realiseren. Wij hebben Patrick van de Wijgert bereid gevonden om ons als RIC voor de CEHL te gaan helpen met de referees voor CEHL wedstrijden in Nederland en België. Referees kunnen via de CEHL site hun beschikbaarheid aangeven. Het bestuur van de CEHL en de RIC zijn van mening dat het voor de ontwikkeling van de referees belangrijk is dat ze zo veel mogelijk wedstrijden fluiten. Het beperken van de inzetbaarheid van de referees is niet in het belang van de sport. Derhalve stimuleren wij als CEHL bestuur dat referees naast de CEHL wedstrijden ook als clubreferee aan hun thuis club en als federatie/bonds referee verbonden blijven aan de RBIHF / IJshockey Nederland en inzetbaar zijn voor wedstrijden. Supervisie en ontwikkeling van referees hebben wij als CEHL altijd gezien als een federatie/bonds aangelegenheid waar de clubs aan meebetalen door de afdrachten naar beide organisaties. Omdat er vragen zijn gekomen voor meer ondersteuning zullen wij binnen de CEHL werken aan een systeem om via supervisie de referees te helpen bij hun ontwikkeling. Lees meer