U7 & U9 · First-Year Officials

Know where to stand. Know when to whistle.

Your pocket guide for your first Richmond Jets games. Work through it once, then keep it handy at the rink.

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Rules come first. Current PCAHA and Hockey Canada rules always take priority over this guide. If in doubt, follow your mentor.

Welcome to the team

This season you will officiate U7 cross-ice and U9 full-ice games. The Referee Committee’s goal is to have a mentor on the ice with you at your U7 and U9 games, so you are never learning alone.

New here? Start with Getting Started to set up Spordle and learn which games to request.

U7 vs U9 at a glance

	U7	U9
Ice	Cross-ice, 2 mini games	Full ice
Officials	1 referee per mini game, plus a mentor on the ice	2 referees (no linespersons), plus a mentor on the ice
Time	Running time	3 stop-time periods
Line changes	2-minute buzzer	No buzzer
Offside & icing	No	Yes, every game
Penalties	Tell the coach	2-min bench time out, replaced
Restarts	Puck drop	Normal faceoffs
Score	Not kept	In Spordle, not on clock

Quick tools

Getting startedSpordle setup and your games Hand signalsPenalty signals with a practice mode ScenariosWhat to do, step by step QuizPractise, retry anytime

Questions?

Ryan ShiReferee Assignor · games & Spordle Jeff HarmsReferee-in-Chief · rules & development All contacts and resources →

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