After the presentation of the FGWHA Cup, the Florida Gulf Women's Hockey Association players and staff gathered for a series of meetings, like Board Of Governors meetings. The main focal point was the fact that the older players felt they couldn't play as well as the younger ones, and the younger staff members felt the desire to play rather than hold a staff role or officiating position. In these meetings, it was decided and approved by commisioner Tamara Ruvalcaba to have age caps for players, both a soft cap at 35 (mostly a guideline, not an enforced rule), and a hard cap at 40.
Commissioner Ruvalcaba also decided to shake things up for the sake of building excitement for fans by not allowing teams to change a player to a staff member, or vice versa, within the organization. This meant in order for a player to change position, they had to be traded to another team.
With these new regulations in place, the flood gate opened for transactions for that off-season. The following is a list of the transactions that occurred as a result.
Name | Old Team | Old Position | New Team | New Position |
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Chantelle Merrick | Colchester Sea Gulls | Defense | Whiteland Dolphins | General Manager |
Chrissy Hall | Whiteland Dolphins | General Manager | Colchester Sea Gulls | Defense |
Emma Moss | Colchester Sea Gulls | Goalie | Portland Thunderbirds | Medical Trainer |
Irene Irving | Portland Thunderbirds | Medical Trainer | Colchester Sea Gulls | Goalie |
Mercedes Matthew | Whiteland Dolphins | Goalie | Yorkshire Harbor Lobsters | Equipment Manager |
Nichola Calhoun | Yorkshire Harbor Lobsters | Equipment Manager | Whiteland Dolphins | Goalie |
Addison Gavin | Ocean Harbor Millionaires | Assistant Coach | Staunton Palms | Defense |
Tia Field | Staunton Palms | Defense | Ocean Harbor Millionaires | Assistant Coach |
Gwen Nash | Staunton Palms | Defense | Belleville Blades | Assistant Coach |
Rikki Barfield | Belleville Blades | Assistant Coach | Staunton Palms | Defense |
Candy Friend | Yorkshire Harbor Lobsters | Left Wing | Fleetwood Lumberjacks | Medical Trainer |
Hailey Pyle | Fleetwood Lumberjacks | Medical Trainer | Yorkshire Harbor Lobsters | Left Wing |
Irene Drew | Fleetwood Lumberjacks | General Manager | Avon Mariners | Defense |
Tish Crist | Avon Mariners | Defense | Fleetwood Lumberjacks | General Manager |
Ariel Wheatley | Victoria Stingrays | Right Wing | Greentree Sharks | General Manager |
Joanne Stevenson | Greentree Sharks | General Manager | Victoria Stingrays | Right Wing |
Ashley Thomas | Portland Thunderbirds | Defense | Ocean Harbor Millionaires | Head Coach |
Jaden Farkas | Ocean Harbor Millionaires | Head Coach | Portland Thunderbirds | Defense |
This list is incomplete. More will be added soon.