BCHL Card Deadline Looming:

The BCHL Card Deadline is looming with BCHL teams trying to make that final roster move before the leagues deadline tonight at midnight. Here is what I was told how the card deadline and rules work. Now this may not be right.

Each BCHL each team gets 35 cards in late May for the upcoming season. These can be registered electronically, but a hard copy with signature is ultimately needed. Hockey Canada allows 45 cards, BCHL limits this to 35.At the start of the season, a team may sign up to 23 players, you can only dress 20 for each game. Of the players signed, a team must have a minimum of 4 rookies, a maximum of 6 20 year olds,( you can sign 8 in the season, but only 6 carded at any given time) and a maximum of 8 imports, ( you can sign 10 in the season, but only 8 at any given time.) An import is someone who did not play in BC last year. Last year's imports are not imports this year.
Dec.1 is the first deadline. A team has to declare 25 cards at this time.It can be 20 players and 3 open cards, or any combination of players and open cards up to 25. Any of the original 35 cards not used are void as of this date. Teams often do some deals at this date to use up any of the 35 which would become void.
Jan.10 is the final cutdown date. Teams on this date declare their final roster of 23 this year. I t should be interesting to see how many players will be declared this year.
Finally, A team can sign up to 2 players who played in the WHL as a 19 year old., These players must be signed by Nov.15.

The Vernon Vipers currently have a 22 man roster wich means they may want to fill up the last roster spot before tonights Card Deadline. It will be interesting to see what Mark ferner and the Vipers do.