West Fargo Hockey Association has confirmed with NDAHA on 6/21/23 that those who previously attended private school have the option to remain with the Association you had been playing with.   WFHA thanks the NDAHA for this result and we are happy for those families who have been impacted by the school of attendance news.  You can reach out to Stampede Executive Director Jeremy Jorgenson jjorgenson@westfargohockey.com if you have questions

FARGO, WEST FARGO, ANGELS SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE RULE: PARTICIPATION RULES FOR FARGO YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, WEST FARGO HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, AND ANGELS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION

General Participation Rules

1. Players MUST register with the association where the player attends school as the player’s “School of Attendance”.
   1. IE: if you attend West Fargo Public School you must register with West Fargo Hockey Association; if you attend Fargo Public School you must register with Fargo Youth Hockey Association; if you attend a Private School you must register with Angels Hockey Association. 
2. First time players who are not yet enrolled in a school, K-12, will be required to register with the player's intention for “School of Attendance”. This means, if a player intends to attend West Fargo Public School, the player must register with West Fargo Hockey Association. If the player intends to attend Fargo Public School, the player must register with Fargo Youth Hockey Association. If the player intends to attend a private school or intends to be homeschooled, the player must register with Angels Hockey Association.
   1. Should a player’s “School of Attendance” change from the player’s initial intention, the player shall register for the association based on “School of Attendance”, even if that association is different from the player’s intention prior to school age.
      1. IE: if a player is not yet enrolled in a school, younger than kindergarten, and the player intends to go to West Fargo Public School and registers for West Fargo Hockey Association, and a year later enrolls in kindergarten at a Private School, the player must register for Angels Hockey Association for the upcoming season after enrolling in a Private School.
3.  Class of play is NOT considered a reason to change the association of registration.
4. Private school players with appropriate documentation may still play with the association on the waiver.  This ruling does not apply to girls hockey players.

Angels Hockey Association Participation Rules

1. Players enrolled in a Private School or homeschooled must register to play for the Angels Hockey Association under the following guidelines:
   1. Angels Hockey Association must provide a list of Private Schools to the Southeast District Directors of North Dakota Amateur Hockey Association (NDAHA) annually no later than May 31st.
   2. The Southeast District Directors of NDAHA must provide to West Fargo Hockey Association and Fargo Youth Hockey Association with the annual list of Private Schools no later than June 5th of the same year.
   3. NDAHA and the affiliates subject to this agreement have the right to require proof of school enrollment from the player(s) before allowing any change.

Violation of the above participation rule(s) may include, but is not limited to, one year/season suspension.

FOR PARENT OF PLAYER WISHING TO WAIVER INTO WFHA FROM OUTSIDE OF THE FARGO-WEST FARGO-ANGELS SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Complete the NDAHA Affiliate Waiver (below) and email it to both the WFHA contact and the NDAHA SE District Director contact below. 

West Fargo Hockey - Mike Parnell - mparnell@westfargohockey.com
NDAHA District Director - Darrin Voeller - voelled@gmail.com

The potential Accepting Organization will make comment, if applicable, and sign the waiver and forward to the potential Departing Organization. The potential Departing Organization will then make comment, if applicable, and sign the waiver and send to NDAHA Southeast Director  for final review. 

The NDAHA will make the final determination and communicate to all the involved parties including the parent who is making the waiver request.

Any player, who does not hold USA citizenship, is required to submit a completed transfer form to USA Hockey to be processed and approved before a player can participate in regular season games.