Critical Dates - Season Timeline
*** Please note all critical dates are a draft, unless otherwise noted ***
| Code | Date | Description | Notes |
| C1 | Thursday, August 01, 2024 | Associations to provide contact information of Ice Allocators, Treasurers & Member Association Representatives to BGL and association home page link | FORM - CLICK HERE |
| M1 | Monday, August 26, 2024 | Start Up meeting | Zoom |
| M2 | Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Ice Allocators Meeting | Zoom |
| C2 | Friday, September 06, 2024 | Deadline for Associations to submit all ice for first session league play | ICE SUBMISSION TEMPLATE & INSTRUCTIONS - CLICK HERE |
| C3 | Friday, September 20, 2024 | Deadline for Associations and Teams to submit blackout requests for session 1 | submit to scheduler@blackgoldleague.com |
| M3 | Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | Team Declaration | Zoom |
| C4 | Friday, October 04, 2024 | Deadline for Association to provide BGL with all team staff contacts | FORM - CLICK HERE |
| C5 | Saturday, October 05, 2024 | Session 1 schedule distributed | |
| S1 | Friday, October 11, 2024 | Session 1 begins play all divisions except U10 | |
| S2 | Friday, October 18, 2024 | Session 1 play begins for U10 | |
| C6 | Friday, November 08, 2024 | Deadline for Associations to submit ice for second session league play | ICE SUBMISSION TEMPLATE & INSTRUCTIONS - CLICK HERE |
| C7 | Friday, November 08, 2024 | Self Advance and Self Retreat Request Deadline | |
| C8 | Friday, November 15, 2024 | Second Session scheduling blackout request deadline | QUIESCENT REQUEST TEMPLATE submit to scheduler@blackgoldleague.com |
| C9 | Sunday, November 24, 2024 | All Session 1 game results to be submitted to Statistician | |
| S3 | Sunday, November 24, 2024 | Last day for games for repooling | |
| M4 | Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | Re-Pooling Meeting | |
| C10 | Saturday, December 07, 2024 | Session 2 Schedule distributed | |
| S4 | Friday, December 13, 2024 | Session 2 begins play for all Divisions | |
| C11 | Friday, December 20, 2024 | Deadline for associations to submit applications to host U10 and U12 Championship events | |
| C12 | Dec 22 to Jan 3, 2025 | 2024 Christmas Break | 2 weekends off |
| C13 | Friday, January 10, 2025 | Associations to submit ice for session 3 (playdown) play | |
| C14 | Thursday, January 30, 2025 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U16A & U19A | subject to change |
| C15 | Friday, January 31, 2025 | Associations to submit ice for U10 windup and U12 Championship | |
| S5 | Sunday, February 02, 2025 | Last day for Session 2 games - U16A, U19A, U14B, U16B | subject to change |
| S6 | Monday, February 03, 2025 | Session 3 begins - U16A & U19A | subject to change |
| M5 | Tuesday, February 04, 2025 | General Discussion | |
| C16 | Thursday, February 06, 2025 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U14C & U16B | subject to change |
| S7 | Sunday, February 09, 2025 | Last day for Session 2 games - U14C, U16C, U14A, U19B | subject to change |
| S8 | Monday, February 10, 2025 | Session 3 begins - U14B & U16B | subject to change |
| C17 | Thursday, February 13, 2025 | Session 3 schedule distributed - U14C, U16C, U14A, U19B | subject to change |
| S9 | Sunday, February 16, 2025 | Last day for Session 2 games - AA and U10 | subject to change |
| S10 | Monday, February 17, 2025 | Session 3 begin for U14C, U16C, U14A, U19B | subject to change |
| S11 | Sunday, February 23, 2025 | Last day for Session 2 games for U12 | subject to change |
| S12 | Feb 28-Mar 2 or Mar 7-9, 2025 | U10 Windup - each pool will only play on one weekend | subject to change |
| S13 | Mar 7-9 or Mar 14-16, 2025 | U12 League Championships - each pool will only play on one weekend | subject to change |
| M6 | May 10, 2025 | Annual General Meeting | |
| M | Meetings | ||
| S | Schedule | ||
| C | Critical Dates for Associations |
