General Information, 2018 Minor Development, 2018 (Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario)

This Tournament is part of the 2018 season, which is not set as the current season.
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The 2018 ALLIANCE Hockey MD Championships will be held in London, ON  from April 12-15, 2018 hosted by the 
Greater London Hockey Association.


How to Qualify for the 2018 ALLIANCE Hockey MD Championships:

West MD League:
The Regular Season first-place finisher qualifies for the Tier 1 Championship and the remaining berth will go to the MD West Playdown Champion.  If the Regular Season first-place finisher is also the West MD Playdown Champion, the remaining berth for the Tier 1 Championships will go to the West MD Playdown Championship Finalist.  The next two seeded teams upon conclusion of the MD West Playdown Semi-Final competition, will qualify for the ALLIANCE Hockey MD Tier 2 Championships.

An exception will be at Novice MD where there are three tiered divisions (Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3).  Therefore, the Regular Season first-
place finisher and the MD West Playdown Champion or Finalist will be the only teams to qualify for the Novice MD Championships.


East/Central MD League:
All Playdown Semi-Final winners will advance to the Tier 1 & Tier 2 Championships at Novice Tier 1 through to Minor Midget Tier 2.


MD Minor Midget:
Upon conclusion of the 27-game Regular Season, a split will occur amongst the 10 competing teams.  The 7 East/Central teams will then play a 1-game round robin of 6 games for a total schedule of 33 games.  The 3 West teams will play a home and away series of 4 games for a total schedule of 31 games. 

East/Central Minor Midget MD:
The 5th place finisher in the East following the  Playoff round robin, qualifies for the Minor Midget MD Tier 2 Championships.
The 1st place finisher in the East following the Playoff Round plays the 4th place finisher and the 2nd place finisher plays the 3rd place finisher in a best 2 of 3 series.  The semi-final winners will qualify for MD Tier 1 Championships.  The Semi-Final finalists will qualify for MD Tier 2 Championships.

West Minor Midget MD
Following the Playoff round robin, the 2nd place finisher will play the 3rd place finisher in a best 2 of 3 series (Playdowns).  The finalist will advance to the MD Tier 2 Championship.  The winner advances to play the 1st place finisher from the Playoff round robin in a best 2 of 3 series.  Both teams will qualify for the MD Tier 1 Championships.  



Qualification parameters are based upon
the December 2, 2009 Representative Council Meeting, where the following Motion was passed:
“To qualify for the MD Championships with the exception of the Host Centre, all other teams must win their Play-down Semi-Final round.”