District 6 Hockey Presidents Meeting July 22nd Gold Nugget 1
Introductions District Director Brad Hewitt Asst Director League Operations Rob Shuman Asst Director District Operations/ Girls Chris Evans President Mike Jones Supervisor of Officials - Dave Kemp District Coach in Chief - Pat Westrum Metro League Rep - Don Strom District Tournament Director - Joel Klute ² Past Girls Director Kyle Crowe ² Past President Todd Hallett ² President Elect & Safesport Coordinator TBD ² USA Hockey Assoc Registrar Monica Strout ² Invitational Tournament Director - Kurt Hyster 2
Awards/Thanks Dave Kemp MN Hockey Award Welcome to Joel Klute: Tournament Director Thanks: Jerry Kaehler Prior Lake Joel Klute/Andy Hill Minnetonka Judy Goodman/Krista Gresham Edina 3
MN Hockey Sponsor Steve Hentges shentges@lifetouch.com 4
District 6 Business Review of Handouts Operating budget approval Financial Statement 6/30/14 YE is 10/31. First billing due 11/10 Communication of major issues with District. Communication Protocol Through the board President Elect Name Region Host Packets PWAA East New Prague 12UAA/BN Burnsville 5
District 6 Meetings EPCC 7PM August 25 th September 29th October 27 th Sept 27 th : USA Hockey Referee Seminar Rosemount Girls Directors - TBD December 15 th January 26 th February 23 rd Attendance Requirements 6
Invitational Tournaments/Playoffs Mandatory Invitational Tournament Director Meeting Tuesday 7pm Sept 17 Burnsville Arena New Rest Rule Adopted Invitational Tournament List on MN Hockey 7
Handbook/Rules Data Privacy Statement Conflict of Interest Policy Adoption of Handbook 8
Data Privacy Databases created as part of the USA/MN Hockey registration are private to USA/MN Hockey its districts and affiliates. These databases cannot be sold to or shared with outside parties. All mailings, emails, texts, etc using the database must be generated by the Association directly. Associations will be held responsible for any use of their affiliate database in and out of season. 9
MN Hockey Rules Completing the grades offered in the school - Change The head coach of a team that knowingly plays an ineligible player shall, as a minimum, be suspended from coaching for the remainder of the season At the Mite (8 and Under) level games during the first half of the season (before December 31st.) should be played cross or half- ice. Up to 10 full-ice games may be played during the second half of the season as monitored by the District Director. The Director's decision is final. {DISTRICT 6 = 15 GAMES} Rest Rule decreased to 2 hours 10
USA Hockey Rules Progressive Penalites Tracking Consequence to Player Consequence to Coach Communication 11
Disciplinary Committee Chair Tim Mayasich tjcmm@msn.com Supervisor of Officials Dave Kemp supervisor@d6ref.com Coaches Self Reporting When you have to appear Purpose: Not to dispute the call, but to discuss the offense. Braemar Arena EHA Room Wed 7pm December 3 December 17 December 30 January 14 January 28 February 11 February 25 March 11 12
SafeSport USA Hockey The comprehensive program is focused on creating an environment that will deter abusers and assist those in the hockey community in recognizing, reducing and responding to allegations or suspected abuse. Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Importance of Board representation/role of Association Training Module every 2 years Locker room monitors Co-ed locker Room policy D6 Group Training Availablity 13 Scott Gray sgray@metrolegal.com
NEW Registration Online rostering Database will not reflect team assignments SafeSport compliance no certificate/no roster Check them now. 2 databases were used in 2013-14 CEP/Module Compliance Late/Early Rostering fines - $100 per roster Playdown Process Substitute Goalie Procedure 14
Registration Dates D6 Registrar Meeting August 5-6:30p BIG Team Declarations Sept 9/26 Last Day for Roster Changes Dec 29 Roster Dates: Ban/PW/12U Oct 25 SQ/10U* - Nov 15 JG/19U/14U Dec 3 Mites Dec 20 15
Coaches Education Saturdays Level 1,2,3 Eden Prairie HS 8am-4pm Need sticks, skates,helmet October 11 November 22 December 6 Modules Due prior to 12/31 Level 4 Clinic September 13-14 Bloomington 16
Hockey for Everyone 19U Girls League Junior Gold Disabled Hockey Recreation Hockey 17
NEW BUSINESS AA League Add D3 to BAA/PWAA league Junior Gold B will now include D8 Region seeds for youth A/B is 2 in 2014-15. AA force ranked. Girls TBD Squirts/10U A/B format: # games, start/end dates, playoff structure, unbalanced schedule Minnesota Magicians Tier I pre and post season high school league. Redistricting: Waconia, Richfield, New Prague, Burnsville by 8/25 Bloomington Girls - Affiliate 18
Regions 19
District League Dates Ice Coordinator 9/9 6:30pm Davannis Eden Prairie o Girls State Mtg: 10/4 o Game Draw: 10//7,9,11,14; 11/13 o Schedule Release: 10/20 o League Start: 11/1 o League Start SQ/10U/14U & 19U: 12/1 o League Start JG: 12/7 o HP Tryouts: 3/17-19 Squirts/10U League Start - 12/1 Tournament of Champions - 3/6-8 District Tournament - 3/7-11 20
Junior Gold Dates FINAL team declarations due 11/19 All interested players should be placed on a team League End Date: 2/20 Playdowns: Date 3/1 Coaches appreciation meeting Mar 3 Scheduling Meeting: 11/24 CEP 12/6 and 12/7 Blaine League Start date: 12/7 State Banquet: March 12 State Tournament: March 13-15 All Star Game: March 18 21
Available Training Safe Sport Scott Gray Mite Referee Dave Kemp Open Forum rules/refereeing Dave Kemp Skills/Development & PEP Pat Westrum patwestrum@msn.com 22
Concussion Presentation 23