Arlington Hockey Club 2015 Coaches and Managers Preseason Meeting August 24 th, 2015

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Introductions o Mission/Goals/Values o TCR/Skate-a-thon o Try-outs Schedule Player evaluation forms o 2015/2016 Season Valley League, MYCGL, practice schedule, powerskating/skills, equipment and rink o Coaches Certification and requirements o Safety Safe Sport CORI Code of Conduct o Open Forum

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Mission To offer a high quality, affordable opportunity for kids to play hockey. AHC strives to provide age-appropriate and skill-appropriate player development and coaching. We strive to build solid foundational skills as part of our travel, in-house and developmental programs, which will enable us to have a strong, sustainable program year-after-year o Values Sportsmanship Teamwork Player Development Fiscally Conscious Community Dedication Pride Integrity Communication HAVE FUN

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Continuously improve player development o Provide high quality coaching o Strengthen fund-raising o Increase family and community involvement

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Kim Cayer and Tricia Seery o Relationship with the Children’s room for over five years o AHC has raised over $40, Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA childrensroom.org Thank you for your support.

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Confidential player evaluation forms for each player from past years head coach o Important for us to have all the tools necessary to make team selections o Independent evaluators at each level o On-ice instructors

o Three teams at each level o Midgets TBD based on registration numbers o Mites- 37 o Squirts- 50 o Peewee- 52 o Bantam- 44

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Practice schedule is available through September o We will publish through Thanksgiving after we receive VL schedule o Coaches tab on the AHC website o Password – ahc_coach_15 o A full sheet will rotate through the levels o Goal: consistency with hours and practice partners

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Valley League o Season is set to begin for Arlington weekend of 9/18 o Game cancellations On-line form Important to know AHC is charged 2x game fee for not making up games* o Don’t contact the VL about schedule issues please contact Matt Mansfield or o MYCGL o First three weeks are posted on the schedule o Contact Robert Kelley or * See appendix

Property of Arlington Hockey Club Teams should not have a need to cancel games since the VHL allows teams the opportunity to blackout special tournament/event dates. However, in the event of last minute conflicts, there is an online game cancellation form that all coaches should utilize whenever cancelling a game. This form will generate an to the opposing coach, program director and the VHL office, notifying all parties of the cancellation. It will also prompt the opponent to respond electronically as to whether they intend to utilize the ice and officials. This streamlines the process and eliminates the possibly of miscommunication. If your team cancels a game, the opponent has the right of first refusal to the ice and officials for the originally scheduled game. If the team that is cancelled upon (and/or another team in that program) does not wish to use the ice and/or officials, the cancelling team's program then has the right to utilize the ice and officials. If neither team wishes to utilize the ice, provided there is sufficient advance notice, the VHL will attempt to fill that game slot with another game that may have been previously cancelled due to weather or other reason. If the VHL is successful in filling the original game slot neither team will be penalized/charged for the cancelled game. The team that cancels the original game is responsible to makeup the game at their expenses (ice, officials and timer). If the cancelling team does not makeup the original game, they will be charged 2 game fees and the opponent that was cancelled upon will be credited the game fee.

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Game and practice shirts will be available for pick-up at Sports Etc. o Matt will let coaches know the dates when available o Each team will also receive o First aid kit o Case of ice packs o Water bottles and carriers (if needed) o Pucks and on-ice and safety items will be kept in a secured storage area o All coaches will need to take responsibility for securing pucks and equipment in the storage area o Excess equipment can be stored at an off-site storage location o Date to be set

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Will be run by John Messuri and Jeff Russell with on-ice assistants o Curriculum will rotate and in 2/3 week intervals o Focus will be on skating to begin and transition through the season o Coaches to reinforce to parents and players that attendance is critical to development o Preseason sessions will be available 9/8 and 9/10 o instructional video night which coaches are being asked to attend o Sessions will be held on Monday nights starting 9/21 for 10 weeks

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o All coaches need to be registered and certified for 2015/16 season o AHC has the list of certification levels o All coaches must enter USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program at Level 1, and must continue their education with a coaching clinic each year until, at a minimum, they achieve Level 3 o Visit the USA site for USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program times and locations

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o SafeSport o Required for all coaches o Valid for two years o CORI o Returning CORI’d coaches need to allowing permission to use the information that is currently on file or inform a change of address o New coaches will need to fill out a CORI form and Heather Bowen

Property of Arlington Hockey Club o Coaches Code of Conduct o Player Code or Conduct o Parent Code of Conduct o All will need to sign and return to managers to retain copies