Minor ice hockey

It stated that the new names would be more concise, while there had also been concerns over use of the term "midget" in this context—as the word is now considered a pejorative towards dwarfism.

The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation designates the following levels :[16] using terms from the national languages of Switzerland.

Many organizations and leagues that have larger numbers of registered players tend to delineate within the two-year window allowed for each age group.

Some leagues separate players six years old and younger into their own group, often referred to using names like "Mini-Mites", "Mosquitoes", or "Microns."

AAU began licensing scholastic ice hockey programs at the HS Varsity and JV classifications about 2009.

Today, AAU is licensing playing opportunities at all youth age classifications, as well as scholastic, junior, collegiate and adult levels.

Currently, many youth officials quit after a few games, mainly due to verbal abuse from parents, coaches and players.

[citation needed] The other issue faced by young referees is a reluctance from older officials to give them more advanced games.