2024

parity

atlantic hockey federation

parity

The Atlantic Hockey Federation will host their third annual Spring Festival parity event April 27-28, May 18-19 for South Conference, and June 8-9 for Half Ice Mites. The purpose of the Parity event is to give teams a chance to display their teams’ abilities prior to the AHF seeding every team in our league. Each team will play three 30-minute run time games giving teams a chance to compete versus a range of opponents over the time that it would take to play 1-2 Level 2 games. This will allow us to create a competitive schedule for each team limiting lopsided scores throughout the season.

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PARITY LOCATIONS

If two rinks are listed for one division, a team will play at only one of those rinks for Parity

During the AHF Playoff Sunday at Ice Land Hockey Rink, Hamilton Township, NJ. 3/20/22.  Tom Smith | tspsportsimages.com

frequently asked

questions

The parity event is a way for teams to display their ability on the ice before the schedule is created. Many times, the team's ability is decided off the ice, where the league wants to give teams a chance to prove themselves on the ice.

This allows each team to play multiple opponents in the time that it would take to play 1-2 full length games.

Power Plays / Penalty kills do not show how good a team is from a competitive standpoint. The league looks at competitiveness among the teams 5 on 5. Other options like penalty shots would take up too much game time.

No, the league is using advanced analytics such as scoring chances and puck possession to evaluate the games and competitive level of each team.

The league is in communication with the teams coach and director to learn about the team and factors that influence the outcome of the games.

The AHF is focused on the competitive balance of all teams' schedules. The AHF will use an unbalanced schedule, simply you will not play all of the teams in your division.

look back at 2022 Parity