Hello, SMJHL community.

It has come to SMJHL HO's attention that the Regina Elk played a player S73 who was not under contract with the team legally. The player in question was not re-signed by their SHL team and thus was not considered a send down. Unfortunately Regina did not confirm this before the season started, assuming that the player was still on a send down contract. Regina still accounted for the player in their budget, but did not give a proper contract before the season started. This is a budget violation as per SMJHL Rulebook section 10.d.


If a club puts a player on the active roster and a sim goes live without assuming the player’s salary obligations, including a failure to sign the player to a contract and/or deposit said contract, they face the following penalties, applied the season the infraction is found:

Any playoff games: Full GM pay fine and loss of CW pass for the season.

Because the player in question played all 66 games for Regina S73 as well as playoff games, Regina's GMs will be fined full pay for the season and will forfeit their CW pass for next season. Also because the player in question was not properly paid a contract even though they were accounted for on the budget, Regina must submit the proper contract for the player to get what they were owed.

As always, the team is free to appeal this decision should they wish. We thank them for their cooperation in this issue. Should anyone have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out!