USA Hockey Waiver of Liability, Release, and Assumption of Risk & Indemnifying Agreement
For and in consideration of participation with USA Hockey, Inc. its Affiliate, Local association and member team (hereafter USAH) and being allowed to participate in USAH events and member team activities, the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of participant(s) relinquish any and all liability for and cause of action for personal injury, property damage or wrongful death occurring to participant arising out of participation in USAH events of member team activities of the sport of ice hockey or the activities incidental hereto wherever or however they occur and for such period said activities may continue and by this agreement any such claims, rights and causes of action that participant may have are hereby relinquished and the participant or parent(s)/guardian(s) does (do) so on behalf of my/our and participant’s heirs, executors, administrators, and assignee.
Participant and/or participant’s parent(s)/guardian(s), acknowledge, understand and assume all risks inherent in ice hockey and any member team activities, and understand that said sport and activities involves risk to participant’s person including bodily injury, partial or total disability, paralysis, and death, and damages which may arise there from and that I/we have full knowledge of said risks. These risks and dangers may be caused by the negligence of the participant or the negligence of others, including the “releases” identified below. It is further acknowledged that there may be risks and dangers not known to us or are not reasonably foreseeable at this time. Participant and/or participant’s parent(s), guardian(s), acknowledge, understand and assume the risks, if any, arising from the conditions and use of ice hockey rinks and related premises and acknowledges and understands that included within the scope of this waiver and release is any cause of action arising from the performance or failure to perform maintenance, inspection, supervision or control or said areas and for the failure to warn or dangerous conditions existing at said rinks for negligent selection of certain releases, or negligent supervision or instruction by releases.
It is the purpose of this agreement to exempt, waive, and relieve releases from liability for personal injury property damage and wrongful death caused by negligence, including the negligence, if any of releases. Releases include USA Hockey, Inc., the affiliate Associations, Local Associations, Member teams, event hosts, other participants, coaches, officials, sponsors, advertisers, owners and operators of the premises used to conduct any event and each of them, their officers, directors, agents, and employees. Participant and/or participant’s parent(s), guardian(s), agree if any claim for participant’s personal injury or wrongful death is commenced against releases, he/she shall defend, indemnify and save harmless releases from any and all claims or causes of action by whomever or wherever made presented for the participant’s personal injuries, property damage, or wrongful death.
Participant and/or participant’s parent(s), guardian(s), acknowledge, that they have been provided and have read the above paragraphs and have not rallied upon any representatives of releases, that they are fully advised of the potential dangers of how
hockey and understand these waivers and releases are necessary to allow amateur ice hockey to exist in its present form.