Players Code of Conduct

The LZMW Yeti organization aims to maintain a positive and respectful environment and represent the organization in a manner we want others to emulate. Fostering sportsmanship and respect among all participants, ensuring a friendly atmosphere for everyone involved.

All players are held to our Code of Conduct.

1. The game of hockey should be fun. If it is not fun and you do not love the game, then you should not play.
2. If you want opponents to respect you, then you must respect them.
3. Team effort is more important than individual stardom. The team is more successful when everyone works to achieve a common success.
4. Officials make decisions. Respect the decisions made and refrain from verbal criticism or gestures that imply the same.
5. Attendance at all practices, games, and off-ice training and conditioning sessions is expected.
6. Coach will outline expectations of you before the start of the season. Failure to meet these rules/expectations may result in consequences being imposed.
7. You are expected to conduct yourself in a respectable manner. Destructive or delinquent behavior during or after a game or practice will not be tolerated.
8. No attempt should ever be made to deliberately injure another player.

Player Disciplinary Code

Positive attitudes from all players, sportsmanship, respect for yourself and others, respect for organization and skill development of yourself is your responsibility. You must be able to react to success as well as failure and the hockey program must not interfere with your academics. A list of team rules follows that will help you achieve our collective team goals as well as a list of consequences for breaking the rules.

Player/Team Rules are below:

1. No profanity or derogatory remarks towards players, coaches, parents, spectators or officials.
2. Pay attention to coaches and react quickly to instructions without complaint.
3. No “cheap shots” or deliberately trying to injure another player on or off the ice.
4. Respect your equipment, the equipment of others and the facility you are playing in.
5. Inform your coach as soon as possible if you cannot make a practice or game.
6. Fighting will not be tolerated.
7. There will be no drinking, smoking, chewing of tobacco, or use of illegal substances at any team function.
8. Players who cannot abide by these rules or who violate them will be subject to further disciplinary action.