June/July 20 RAHA Updates Thank You past Members More Ice Closer to Home pages 2

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1 June/July 2018 RAHA Updates Thank You past Members More Ice Closer to Home pages 2 Budget Summary Goalie Reimbursement pages 3 Meet two new Members pages 4 RAHA Boosters Leprechaun Days Handyman Wanted page 5 Future Events BINGO page 6 From The Ice Scholarship Winners page 7 From The Stands Tripping page 8 Page 1

2 RAHA Updates Thank You Past Board Members The Rosemount Area Hockey Association wants to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to former Board of Director members Dan Nicklay, Chris Kalata, Chris Noonkesser, Tim Rozak, Freddie Berberena, Bryce Barry and Jason Edger. In April they completed their terms. The contributions they made to RAHA and our community impacted all of our members. We wish all of you the best with your next endeavors. And we thank you for making RAHA one of the best youth athletic associations in Minnesota. -Andy Proshek, President More Ice Closer to Home On May 15, Rosemount City Council gave the final approvals on the proposed 10-year partnership between the City of Rosemount and the City of Inver Grove Heights to guarantee RAHA with 550 peak hours of ice time at Veterans Memorial Community Center-West Rink in Inver Grove Heights. This partnership will significantly reduce, possibly eliminate, our need to travel long distances to places like Minneapolis, Cottage Grove and Faribault in search of open ice time. This agreement is a result of the work done by the RAHA Board of Directors and the City of Rosemount as a stopgap solution after the 2016 referendum, which included an ice rink, failed to pass. In 2016, the City of Inver Grove Heights (IGH) contacted the City of Rosemount regarding the West Rink at Veterans Memorial Community Center. The proposal made by IGH asked Rosemount to share in the costs of repair, otherwise, IGH had planned to remove the ice sheet and permanently install turf to support their need for an indoor field. Earlier this year, Rosemount City Council reviewed the repair estimates gathered by IGH and at the May 15 meeting approved the joint powers agreement with IGH, which will allow them to move forward with repairs. In parallel, The City of Rosemount and RAHA had been working on an agreement to split evenly Rosemount s portion of the cost. That agreement too passed during the May 15 session thus finalizing RAHAs efforts to secure ice closer to home. Budget Summary While RAHA remains in a strong financial position with money in savings, we overspent our budget by $75,000. There were many areas that contributed to this including lower than normal pull tab sales, increased costs for tryout evaluators, increased costs to subsidize a growing IP program and numerous hours of unused ice time at the traveling levels. The Board of Directors have reviewed these and other expenditures as part of the budget planning cycle and may be making a few changes to help booster RAHA financially. Some of the changes you may see Page 2

3 next year could include things like removing the $75 pull tab credit and increasing registration and/or tryout fees. We are also evaluating a new ice scheduling tool which should reduce ice time that RA- HA pays for but goes unused by our traveling teams, thus never paid back to RAHA via monthly ice bills. New Goalie Reimbursement Policy Bantams/15U Girls shall be allowed to submit a goalie equipment reimbursement; RAHA shall reimburse up to 75% of the purchase price, capped at $700. Peewees/12U Girls shall be allowed to submit a goalie equipment reimbursement; RAHA shall reimburse up to 75% of the purchase price, capped at $600. Squirts/10U Girls shall be allowed to submit a goalie equipment reimbursement; RAHA shall reimburse up to 50% of the purchase price, capped at $100. Mites/8U Girls shall be allowed to submit up a goalie equipment reimbursement; RAHA shall reimburse up to 50% of the purchase price, capped at $50. Page 3

4 RAHA Director Ivan Clements The Board welcomes Ivan Clements, pictured with his wife Kari, sons Sam (a goalie) and Aiden (not a goalie). Ivan will serve as the Volunteer Coordinator this season and sit on the Coaches, Goalie, Communications, Equipment and Tournament committees, when he s not on the ice RAHA Director Jason Latzke The Board welcomes Jason Latzke, pictured with his wife Carrie, daughter Peyton who is a member of the RHS Marching Band and son Sam who will be a second year Squirt. Jason will serve as the Web/Communications/Registration coordinator and sits on the Player Development and Tryout committees. Jason played youth hockey in RAHA and played for the JV/Varsity teams at Rosemount High School RAHA Board of Directors President Andy Proshek Vice President Lisa Toll Secretary/Treasurer Jen Heusinkveld Operations/Fundraising Cara Marx Communications & Registrations Jason Latzke Player Development Jim Priebe Coaches Coordinator Marc Tobias Girls Traveling Coordinator /Equipment Traveling Boys Coordinator/Equipment Volunteer Coordinator Goalie Coordinator IP Coordinator Tournament Coordinator/Registrar Kevin Bigalke Juno Nayagam Ivan Clements Kyle Finn Jeff Olund Bill Kegley Page 4

5 Rosemount Youth Hockey Boosters Get Involved with the Boosters If you are interested in getting involved with the Rosemount Youth Hockey Boosters, please contact any member to learn more or join us at our next meeting. Our next Meeting is Tuesday, August 14 at 7:00 PM in Room 212 at RCC. Leprechaun Days Parade Once again we have partnered with the Swag Shop to create an Irish Hockey shirt to wear in this year s parade. Click here order your shirt. Ordering deadline is July 15th so don't wait, order your shirt today! The parade is scheduled for Saturday, July 28, drop-off and pick-up information is forthcoming. Handyman Wanted The boosters are looking to make some updates to the Player Development Room at RCC. We are looking for someone with basic to advanced carpentry skills to help with the improvements. This would be a great way to earn some DiBS hours! If you are interested or have questions contact Michelle Rodine or Becky Pasch. More information Like us on Facebook: RAHA Booster Officers President Vice President Treasurer Michelle Rodine Becky Pasch Bethany Bertsch Secretary - Communications Secretary - Recording Sherri Bryan Debbie Jacobson Booster Members Julie Salak Lisa Cline Heather Tobias Karla Kraus Meghan Hoover Brian Bergstrom Jon Balvance Annette Cliff Page 5 Karla Blume Teresa Joseph Patty Calhoun

6 Designer Bag Bingo Carbone s Pizza and Pub Bingo at Carbone s Every Monday 7pm to 11pm Carbone s Pizza and Pub Meat Raffle Saturdays Every Saturday, 5pm to 7pm Carbone s Pizza and Pub Stop into Carbone s every Saturday evening for our Von Hanson s Meat Raffle. Page 6

7 Introducing - From the Ice From the Ice From the Ice is the part of the newsletter that will be providing you, the players, with helpful advice. We will provide information to help you be better hockey players, better teammates and better people. We will share articles that will help with that goal. We will also spotlight players and teams during the season that are driven to be better hockey players, better teammates and better people. Congratulations to our 2018 Scholarship Winners Each year RAHA offers four post-secondary education scholarships. Awards are made to one senior, male Rosemount Varsity Hockey Player and one senior, female Rosemount Varsity Hockey Player, provided they meet requirements. Two additional scholarships are awarded to either a male or female who has participated in at least four seasons of Rosemount Youth Hockey (Mini Mites through Jr. Gold). Each scholarship will be a onetime award in the amount of $1000. On May 25th, Cara Marx and Lisa Toll attended the Rosemount High School Scholarship Tea to award four RAHA Scholarships to the following seniors: Jimmy Luzum, Kjell Anderson, Abby Sweetman and Wyatt Ebner. These seniors were chosen for their academic achievements, leadership in the community and school involvement. Cara Marx, Jimmy Luzum, Kjell Anderson, Abby Sweetman and Lisa Toll Wyatt Ebner Page 7

8 Introducing - From the Stands From the Stands From the Stands is an area of the newsletter that will be dedicated to our RAHA families. We will provide information to you, the spectator, to help you better understand the game of hockey. We will provide you with articles to introduce new families to the game and tips that may be helpful to families no matter how long your family has been a hockey family. Rule 639 Tripping/Clipping/Leg Checking/Slew Footing (Note 1) Tripping is the act of placing a stick, knee, foot, arm, hand or elbow in such a manner that causes his opponent to lose balance or fall. (Note 2) Clipping is the act of deliberately leaving the feet or lowering the body for the purpose of making contact with the opponent at or below the knees. (Note 3) Leg check is the act of extending the leg from the front or from behind for the purpose of tripping the opponent. (Note 4) Slew Footing is the act of a player using his leg or foot to knock or kick an opponent's feet from under him. This is done by pushing an opponent's upper body backwards with an arm or elbow at the same time using a forward motion of his leg causing the opponent to fall to the ice. (a) A minor or major penalty shall be assessed under this rule for any of the actions described above. (Note) However, no penalty shall be assessed under this rule if, in the opinion of the Referee, the player was clearly hook-checking or poke-checking the puck for the purpose of gaining possession. (b) A major penalty plus a game misconduct penalty shall be assessed to any player who injures an opponent as a result of tripping, clipping, leg checking or slew footing. Referee Signal: Strike the side of the knee and follow through once, keeping the head up and both skates on the ice. Video examples of the above can be found on the USA Hockey Rulebook website - here. The USA Hockey Mobile Rulebook is available on ios, Android and Windows 10 devices. Page 8