Critical Dates - Season Timeline
*** Please note all critical dates are a draft, unless otherwise noted ***
| Code | Date | Description | Notes |
| C1 | August 1, 2023 | Associations to provide contact information of Ice Allocators & Member Association Representatives to BGL and association home page link | FORM - CLICK HERE |
| M1 | August 22, 2023 | Start Up meeting | Zoom |
| M2 | August 22, 2023 | Ice Allocators Meeting | Zoom |
| C2 | September 1, 2023 | Associations to submit ice for first and second session league play | ICE SUBMISSION TEMPLATE & INSTRUCTIONS - CLICK HERE |
| C3 | September 22, 2023 | Associations to submit Association blackout (quiescent) requests for session 1 | submit to scheduler@blackgoldleague.com |
| M3 | September 26, 2023 | Team Declaration | |
| C4 | October 6, 2023 | Association to provide BGL with all team staff contacts | FORM - CLICK HERE |
| C5 | October 7, 2023 | Session 1 schedule distributed | |
| S1 | October 13, 2023 | Session 1 begins play all divisions except U10 | |
| S2 | October 20, 2023 | Session 1 play begins for U10 | |
| C6 | November 3, 2023 | Associations to submit ice for second session league play | ICE SUBMISSION TEMPLATE & INSTRUCTIONS - CLICK HERE |
| C7 | November 9, 2023 | Self Advance and Self Retreat Request Deadline | |
| C8 | November 10, 2023 | Second Session scheduling blackout (quiescent) request deadline | QUIESCENT REQUEST TEMPLATE submit to scheduler@blackgoldleague.com |
| C9 | November 19, 2023 | All Session 1 game results to be submitted to Statistician | |
| S3 | November 19, 2023 | Last day for games for repooling | |
| M4 | November 21, 2023 | Re-Pooling Meeting | |
| C10 | December 3, 2023 | Session 2 Schedule distributed | |
| S4 | December 8, 2023 | Session 2 begins play for all Divisions | |
| C11 | December 15, 2023 | Deadline for associations to submit applications to host U10 and U12 Championship events | |
| C12 | Dec 22 to Jan 5, 2023 | 2022 Christmas Break | |
| December 31, 2022 | Associations to Submit Declaration to Attend for U10 Windup and U12 League Championships | ||
| C13 | January 5, 2024 | Associations to submit ice for session 3 (playdown) play | |
| C14 | January 18, 2024 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U14AA (if required) | |
| S5 | January 21, 2024 | Last day for Session 2 games - U14AA | |
| S6 | January 22, 2024 | Session 3 begins - U14AA (if required) | |
| C15 | January 25, 2024 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U16A & U19A | |
| C16 | January 26, 2024 | Associations to submit ice for U10 windup and U12 Championship | ICE SUBMISSION TEMPLATE & INSTRUCTIONS - CLICK HERE |
| S7 | January 28, 2024 | Last day for Session 2 games - U16A, U16C & U19A | |
| S8 | January 29, 2024 | Session 3 begins - U16A & U19A | |
| C17 | February 1, 2024 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U16C | |
| S9 | February 4, 2024 | Last day for session 2 games - U14C & U16B | |
| S10 | February 5, 2024 | Session 3 begins - U16C | |
| M5 | February 6, 2024 | General Discussion | |
| C18 | February 8, 2024 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U14C & U16B | |
| S11 | February 11, 2024 | Last day for Session 2 games for U14A, U14B, U16AA and U19AA | |
| S12 | February 12, 2024 | Session 3 to begin for U14C and U16B | |
| C19 | February 15, 2024 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U14A, U14B & U19B | |
| S13 | February 18, 2024 | Last day for Session 2 games for U10 and U19B | |
| S14 | February 19, 2024 | Session 3 begins for U14A, U14B, U19B | |
| S15 | February 25, 2024 | Last day for Session 2 games for U12 | |
| S16 | Mar 1-3 or Mar 8-10, 2024 | U10 Windup - each pool will only play on one weekend | |
| S17 | Mar 8-10 and Mar 15-17, 2024 | U12 League Championships - each pool will only play on one weekend | |
| M6 | May 11, 2024 | Annual General Meeting | |
| M | Meetings | ||
| S | Schedule | ||
| C | Critical Dates for Associations |
