The Ontario Minor Hockey Association is a major ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 governing body at the minor level. The OMHA is empowered by the Ontario Hockey Federation

Ontario Hockey Federation

The Ontario Hockey Federation is the governing body of all sanctioned ice hockey in the province of Ontario in Canada, except for those portions governed by Hockey Northwestern Ontario and the Ottawa District Hockey Association...

 and Hockey Canada

Hockey Canada

Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...

. The OMHA oversees minor hockey from Initiation to Juvenile throughout the majority of southern Ontario. There are two "AAA" leagues, the Eastern AAA Hockey League

Eastern AAA Hockey League

The Eastern AAA Hockey League is a minor level ice hockey governing body. The league is a sub-division of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association in the Canadian Province of Ontario.-Teams:...

 and the South-Central Triple A Hockey League

South-Central Triple A Hockey League

The South-Central Triple A Hockey League is a minor level ice hockey league based out of Ontario. The league is a part of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association and has a total of 10 teams.-Teams:...

 as well as two "AA" leagues in the York-Simcoe AA League and the Tri-County AA League. The OMHA also has six "A" leagues in the Bluewater League, Niagara District League, ri-County A League York-Simcoe A League and the Lakeshore League.

The OMHA also has several representative leagues from the BB-E representative classifications such as the Shamrock League, Georgian Bay-Muskoka League, Southern Counties League, Western Ontario Athletic Association

Western Ontario Athletic Association

The Western Ontario Athletic Association, abbreviated as WOAA, is the governing body of minor and senior sports in a region encompassing Grey County, Bruce County, Perth County, Huron County, northern Middlesex County, and northern Wellington County...

, Victoria-Durham League and the Eastern Ontario League.

In addition, there are also 14 "Local Leagues" under the OMHA auspices as well as approximately 200 House Leagues among its 250 member Associations.

The Ontario Minor Hockey Association, founded in 1935, is the largest minor hockey association in the world and oversees a participant base of 300,000 consisting of players, coaches, trainers, officials, hockey volunteers and parents across the province. The OMHA has 260 active member minor hockey associations and annually coordinates 31 leagues and approximately 600 development clinics throughout Ontario.

External links

• OMHA Website
• OHF Website
• York Simcoe Minor Hockey League Website
• Welland Little NHL Tournament Annual Tournament Sanctioned by the OMHA