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2010 USA HOCKEY MUSTI DISTRICT GIRLS GOALTENDER CAMP  JUNE 13-17 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, KENT OHIO
Please make sure that you download each of the 6 seperate information letters and forms.
  1. IMPORTANT PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
  2. HOLD HARMLESS FORM          
  3.  WALL CLIMBING RELEASE -Please email me so I can send you this form as an attachment as it is a locked secure university form and I cannot load to the site. Sorry
  4. MEDICAL RELEASE-LETTER   
  5.   DAILY SCHEDULE
  6. DIRECTIONS/AIRPORT PICKUP 
  7. AREA HOTELS AND ATTRACTIONS
 
 
Hello Everyone...
I would like to take this opportunity to share with you our new monthly Mid Am Girls/Womens Newsletter.. I hope that you will find the information of value and will also take the opportuity to send me updates on girls/womens USA Hockey Sanctioned tournaments, exciting happenings in your girls/womens program and updates on players who have accomplished great things in their school, community or sports.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have regarding Female Hockey in our District or at the National Level.
Cheers,
Yevet Anderson
Mid Am District Girls/Womens Section Representative  USAH
eriehockey@earthlink.net   814-450-7008
 
USA HOCKEY VOTES ON LEGISLATION THAT IMPACTS FEMALE HOCKEY
At the Annual Congress of USA Hockey held in Colorado Springs, Colorado in June, THe Executive Board and District Directors voted on the following legislation that impacts girls/womens Hockey in USA Hockey:
  1. Girls/Womens Section request the elimination of 12U National Championships to adhere to the American Development Model of player skill growth and is supported by the section.
  2. There will be a proposal as follows:

    Proposed National Date changes

     New dates for Youth/ Girl’s Nationals?

    2011 Proposed change (Easter is 4/24; current Youth is 4/6-4/10; NCAA is 4/7-4/10)

    1.       High school – 3/23-3/27

    2        Adult Women - 3/25-3/27

    3.       Youth/ Girl’s – 3/30-4/3

  3. 4.       Showcase – 4/13-4/17

    Norm Spiegel noted that he has sent out e-mails to the 2011 hosts. He has had a 50% positive response that the new proposed dates would work. He is waiting to hear from the other hosts and will have this information at the June meeting.

     

    2012 Proposed change (Easter is 4/8; current Youth is 4/10-4/15; NCAA is TBD)

    1.      High School – 3/21-3/25

    2       Adult Women - 3/23-3/25

    3       Youth/ Girl’s – 3/28-4/1

    4.          Showcase – 4/11-4/15

    Applications for the 2012 Nationals have already come in. We will have to talk to the hosts that get awarded these and make sure the new dates work.

     

    2013 Proposed change (Easter is 3/31; Youth & NCAA TBD)

    1.       High School – 3/20 – 3/24 OR 3/27-3/31) Easter is 3/31

    2         Adult Women - 3/22-3/24

    3.       Youth/ Girl’s – 4/3-4/7

    4.       Showcase – 4/10-4/14

    Bob Mathson noted that a High School section conference call has been arranged for this evening and these dates will be discussed.  Norm noted that the reason for the date changes is because of the coaches black out dates. The 2010 Nationals occurred in the middle of the coaches black out and therefore they could not attend the Nationals to look at players.

     

    c.       Required Hotel stay (=over-rides) vs charging an entry fee

    Norm noted that one of the biggest complaints from the Tier II 2010 Nationals was that the hotels were more expensive and that cheaper hotels were available. Hosts noted that they needed this income to pay for ice time. The 2011 Hosts said they already have contracts in place with hotels and also need this income.

     

    d.       Merchandise – host permitted to  use local provider instead of USAH licensee…..is this an option going forward?

    It was noted by the Youth Council that this needs to happen. It is very hard for hosts to make money on merchandise if they do not use a local vendor.

     

    e.       Gate/ admission – fixed rates?

    The Youth Council agreed that we should try to make the gate fee admission consistent among the sites. There does need to be a standard set for admission.

     

    f.      Tier II bracket structure: 4 divisions (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A – each w/ 12 teams = 48) vs 3 divisions (Red, White & Blue – each w/ 16 teams = 48 teams)

    The Youth Council liked the idea of moving from 4 divisions to athree division structure Red, White and Blue format with 16 teams in each. Norm noted that he would not be replacing teams and this would avoid some of the problems that happened this years with teams from bigger states playing teams from smaller states. 

     

    IV.                      Affiliate definitions of Tier I & Tier II

    Dave Klasnick noted that the Tier II requirements document were attached to this agenda. Dave noted that we should look over this document and if there is currently not something in place we could use one of these requirements. Kaye Pinkowski noted that they are currently dealing with legal issues in Mid-AM regarding the tier requirements.

  4. IV.                      Girl’s Section definitions of Tier I & Tier II.

     Karen noted that this was an issue at the 2010 Girls Tier II national tournament. People took issue with the team from Massachusetts as they had competed against ther Mass Tier I teams in their district tournament  but dominated play in tier II Nationals.  Karen noted that it was discussed by the girls / women section that all tier II teams need to declare themselves as tier II teams by December 31st.

    Karen also recommended that we have  something in black and white, stating all Districts must have separate playdowns for tier I and tier II and that all teams must declare either tier I or tier II by December 31 or earlier if their Affiliate/Distrist mandates. She asked if anyone had any objections. If no one objects, the Youth Council would approve these policies for national tournament bound teams..

     

     

NAMING OUR GIRLS/WOMENS NEWSLETTER

Help name our newsletter. The referees had "STRIPES".  The Coaches use "ON THE TAPE".  Send me your suggestions.  eriehockey@earthlink.net

 

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