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IMPORTANT CEP CARD EXPIRATION NOTIFICATION FOR ALL COACHES!!

NEW INFORMATION FROM USA HOCKEY

If your CEP card expires 12/31/2011 you will need to take the next level clinic before the end of the year to continue coaching.

If your CEP card expires 12/31/20112 you will NOT need to take the next level clinic until the 2012-2013 season.

Currently each year you will need to take the age specific module training regardless of when your CEP card expires.  This must be done by 12/31/2011 to continue coaching.

SLPYHA requires all coaches to take the concussion training and have completed and passed that training before the coach can take the ice.  If you plan on coaching please complete the concussion training right away.

If you have any questions:
Mite coaches - contact mite director
Traveling ocaches - contact traveling director

 

CEP CERTIFICATION - COACHING CLINICS

All new and returning head and assistant coaches, at every youth hockey level (Mite through Traveling), must maintain a current (non-expired) USA Hockey CEP certification. 

All coaches must attend a clinic to attain their appropriate certification before Jan. 1, 2012. 
(see the following link for details: http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=CO_01&ID=19440)

Clinics will be hosted by District 10 associations at the following venues:

Clinic- Level 1, September 24th, hosted by Blaine at Fogerty Arena
Clinic- Level 1, September 25th, hosted by Spring Lake Park at Forgerty Arena


Clinic- Level 2. October 1st, hosted by Blaine at Fogerty Arena
Clinic- Level 2, October 8th, hosted by Princeton at Princeton

ALL DISTRICT 10 CLINICS WILL GO ON-LINE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH BY 4:00 PM.  Please register at one of these clinics as early as possible so as to guarantee your seat!  Seats go quickly!

AGE-SPECIFIC COACHING MODULES

New for the 2011 season, in addition to maintaining a current CEP certification, USA Hockey requires that all new and returning coaches complete the age-specific coaching module FOR EACH level that they will coach.  These training modules are on-line and hosted on the USA Hockey website.

Age-specific modules are available as follows:

  • 8 & Under (Mites) (Register)
  • 10 & Under (Squirts)
  • 12 & Under (Peewees)
  • 14 & Under (Bantams)

Modules must be completed before Dec. 31 of the current playing season.  Once you register, you have 30 days in which to complete the module.  All modules started after Dec. 1 must be completed by Dec. 31.

You will need your USA Hockey membership confirmation number to register for the modules.

See the following link for further information and registration details:
http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=CO_02_05&ID=306262

 

ATTENTION ALL COACHES!! CONCUSSION TRAINING IS NOW REQUIRED

The State of Minnesota Legislature passed a state law in 2011 (MN Statute 121A.37 and 121A.38) requiring all coaches, officials, and commissioners of sports leagues must be trained in recognizing concussions.  This applies to any nonprofit organization that organizes a youth athletic activity for which a fee is charged. To comply, all affected SLPYHA participants must complete the online course.  See the link below to begin:

REQUIRED DOCMENTATION FOR SLPYHA COACHES

Coaches are required to provide a copy of their CEP card (front and back),  USA Hockey Registration Number, and the forms listed below.

Completed documentation can either be placed in the secure drop box in the South Rink at Fogerty or mailed to the following address:

Traveling Coaches:

SLPYHA
Attn: Traveling Directors
PO Box 49802
Blaine, MN 55440

Mite Coaches:

SLPYHA
Attn: Mite Directors
PO Box 49802
Blaine, MN 55440

 

Background Screening Form

Starting this year Coaches and Referees must register online for the background check.

Coaches Application

Complete online application to be considered for Head or Assistant Coaching.

CEP Cards

USA Hockey has made modifications to the Coaching Education Program.  Click here to find out more.

Coaches News

Minnesota Hockey Announces Rule Changes

01/24/2012, 8:57am (CST)
By Board Member

Penalty for Boarding and Checking-From-Behind Increases

Minnesota Hockey Members,

 

In light of recent injuries in high school hockey and with continuing efforts to reduce the risks involved in hockey, the Minnesota Hockey Board of Directors adopted the following rule changes.  Effective Wednesday, January 25, 2012, the minimum penalty for boarding and checking from behind infractions will be increased.  The first level of penalty for Boarding, Rule 603, will become a major and a Checking from Behind, Rule 608, will become a major plus a misconduct.  These changes apply to all Minnesota Hockey sanctioned league, tournament and exhibition (scrimmage) games and will be in effect until the end of the 2011-12 season (July 31, 2012).  The effectiveness of these changes will be evaluated going forward.

 

These rule changes are being adopted on a pilot basis and all rules and definitions in the USA Hockey  2011-13 Official Rules of Ice Hockey book remain in effect.  Only the first levels of penalties for the two infractions stated above are increased.  Officials need to make these calls and must have the support of the coaches and parents if increasing the consequences for boarding and checking from behind is to have a positive effect.

 

These revised rules are only part of what is needed to make hockey as safe as possible.  A culture change is required that will no longer encourage dangerous and intimidation play.  Parents, coaches, officials, players and administrators, need to work together, to make that change.  Education, skill development and respect (Fair Play) are key in making the culture change and Minnesota Hockey is committed to continuing to provide leadership in these areas.

 

During this pilot, HEP Fair Point calculations are not changing. When tabulating total Fair Play penalty minutes, the "equivalency" penalty minute for the first level boarding and checking from behind remain the same;  Boarding, 2 minute minor and checking from behind, 2 minute minor and 10 minute misconduct.

 

The announcement below provides additional background.  

 

Hockey is a great game and wouldn't be possible without all of the efforts of coaches, officials, administrator and parents.  For all your work we say thank you and ask for your cooperation in implementing these changes.

 

Thank you,

 

Dave Margenau

President, Minnesota Hockey

Sink the Stink: Hockey odor

09/14/2011, 4:05pm (CST)
By Chris Peters

It’s Time That Hockey Cleaned Up Its Aromatic Act

Nobody wants to be the smelly kid, but in hockey, who doesn’t stink?

The smell of a hockey bag or locker room is as much a part of the game as sticks and pucks. Even though the odor is synonymous with the game, it’s pretty tough to describe to those unfamiliar with its aromatic nuances.
“It’s just its own smell. It’s worse than wet-dog smell, but it’s different from a standard body odor smell. It’s just different,” said Carolyn Christians, a North Carolina hockey mom of two. “There is somewhat of a positive association with it, because it’s hockey season so it smells good. It’s a terrible smell, but it smells good.”
It might be a fond smell for hockey players and parents alike, but it’s highly unlikely that Yankee Candle will be adding the scent to its fall line.

Secrets from the Equipment Room
Nick Meldrum, University of Denver men’s hockey equipment manager and a former equipment manager with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, shares some of his tricks of the trade to keep equipment clean and dry.
“There’s really no excuse for not [taking equipment out of the bag to dry],” Meldrum says. “After each use, find a place you can safely lay out or hang your equipment. Opening the bag isn’t enough.”
Drapery hangers are an effective way to dry equipment after use or a washing. They are also good to take on the road for tournaments to hang gear in hotel rooms.
Place a fan in the room where equipment is drying to create air movement that will speed up the drying process.
Skates can be an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. Remove skates from the hockey bag and remove the inserts, which will cut the drying time in half.
After you don’t have access to a SaniSport machine, wash equipment in a washing machine or wash tub. Never put protective gear in a dryer or use bleach. Drying equipment in a dryer or treating it with bleach can damage the foams and plastics that make protective equipment effective.
Wash anything worn under the equipment after each use. “There’s no reason to leave that stuff in your bag to accumulate stench and bacteria,” Meldrum says.
Between washes, it wouldn’t hurt to hit the equipment with a non-alcohol based, antimicrobial spray. The spray is safe for skates, helmets and gloves. It will minimize the smell, and help sanitize.

While that hockey equipment smell is hard to describe for most, even more have no idea what causes the unique odor. It may surprise you.
“Most people don’t realize that the odor is caused by dangerous bacteria,” said Steve Silver, founder of SaniSport, a company that specializes in the cleaning and sanitation of protective equipment. “In the average set of hockey equipment there’s over a million living organisms, any one of which can cause you serious harm.”
SaniSport’s revolutionary machine, which Silver says can reduce bacteria and viruses somewhere between 98 and 100 percent in a 60-minute cycle, can be found in 27 NHL locker rooms and is also used by USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program.
“It’s an injury prevention device more so than it is getting rid of the odor,” Silver said.
Wait, did he say an injury prevention device?
Hockey has no shortage of pests on the ice, but most of them can’t do as much harm as those pesky bacteria in a hockey bag.
“Hockey being a body contact sport, you get a cut or an abrasion in your skin, then the bacteria that’s been incubating in your shoulder pad can go onto your arm or your shoulder and go into that wound,” Silver said. “You can get one of these deadly bacteria, the most famous of which is MRSA (a serious strain of staph that is resistant to some antibiotics), entering the bloodstream through that cut and then, unfortunately that can hospitalize you. It can even kill you.”
Nick Meldrum, who serves as the head equipment manager for the University of Denver men’s hockey team and oversees equipment operations for the school’s entire athletic department, is responsible for protecting the Pioneers from these dangerous bacteria.
“From personal experience, anything that has direct contact to the skin: elbow pads, shin pads, shoulder pads and skates needs to be cleaned. You can easily get a blister or rub a spot raw and all that bacteria has an open fresh wound to get into right then and there,” he said.
Meldrum says he washes every player’s gear at least once a month in the equipment room washing machine with a hospital grade detergent.
In between washes, Meldrum will occasionally use a non-alcohol based, antimicrobial spray to beat back the stench, but also to help disinfect.
Any hockey player or parent can run most equipment through the washing machine at home. Not everything can be cleaned that way, though, so another good option is to get the equipment in a SaniSport machine, which can be found in many hockey shops or sporting goods stores throughout the U.S., according to Silver.
“The idea behind it is not to fear monger or make people panicky about this,” Silver said. “It’s to recognize that while you may not have thought about getting your equipment cleaned or think this was a big deal, this is in fact a big deal. You have to take precautions.”
In addition to regular cleaning, it is very important to make sure equipment is properly dried out after each use. That fact is not lost on Christians, who has a first-year Peewee and a second-year Bantam to keep track of.
“The biggest thing for me, it has to dry out. Don’t let it stay wet. It is a pain in the neck bringing the gear into the house and spreading it all out, but it’s worth it,” she said.
Most parents aren’t too keen on the idea of their living room looking more like a pro shop, but it is important to find a place in which the equipment can properly dry between uses.
Bacteria loves a warm, wet environment, so keeping equipment in the trunk of a car, or closed up in the bag with no airflow creates the ideal breeding ground.
As nostalgic as some hockey people may get about the game’s aromatic tradition, it may be time to leave it behind with the two-line pass and maskless goalies.
Hockey stink may have enjoyed a good run, but it’s time for a fresh start.

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