In Maryland, high school ice hockey is not an official school sport. This makes some sense, because it is expensive and not that many people play. Some people have tried to argue and make petitions that it should be a school sponsored sport. I think that is impractical. However, I think the school system should be involved somewhat in running the league.
Maryland high school hockey is currently run by the Maryland Scholastic Hockey League (MSHL.) It is a very flawed organization, for the following reasons:
1. The commissioner, and the majority of the board members have an affiliation with one of the teams. For example, the commisioner of the league blair is in was the Richard Montgomery Coach.
2. The way that play-off eligibility is determined makes no sense. They have created a complicated formula that compares teams from different leagues that play completely different teams, and they are supposed to race against eachother to get into the play-offs. However, the leagues are not at all comparable, so it is stupid to have them compete for the same play-off spots. The standings look like this: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_iaVIlkq2dva2t3RDJ4Rms1Y0k/edit?pli=1
3. They are terrible at scheduling games. The time almost always changes from the original, and the games can be as late as 9:50 p.m. Also, this year, we had a weeknight game in Hagerstown at 8:00 p.m., which got us home at midnight.
4. Finally, we had a player suspended this year. MSHL said the length of the suspension was pending a hearing, which would be given within 30 days. This occured on December 21st, 2012. They still haven't scheduled a hearing.
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