LCAHL Volunteer Summary

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• 2008/2009
• Scheduling Meeting
• September 28, 2008
• 1000 AM Travel Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee
• 1200 PM Travel Bantam, Midget, Girls
• 200 PM House All Divisions

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Todays Meeting

• Check In
• Verify Roster
• Payments
• Meeting
• Information Sharing
• Questions and Answers
• Scheduling
• Review Schedules at each table
• Confirm and Sign Master Sheet
• Check Out
• Turn In Signed Master Sheet
• Receive League Book and Scoresheets

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Meeting Presentation Agenda

• LCAHL Volunteer Team
• LCAHL 2007/2008 Survey Highlights
• Important Dates
• Operating Rules Review
• PointStreak and Scoring
• 2008/2009 Division Alignment Process
• Travel
• House Scheduling Games
• Questions/Closing
• Schedule Finalization

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LCAHL Volunteers

• All LCAHL positions are on a volunteer basis
• LCAHL requested volunteers from across the league
  in August and received more than 65 responses.
• Skill sets were matched with open positions as
  Board Members, Division Directors, Committee
  Chairs and Committee Members
• No volunteer was turned away, but sometimes
  volunteers did not get the position they wanted
  and were offered an alternative
• LCAHL Volunteers represent all MAHA districts
  across the league and out of state teams
• Division Directors are the first line of contact
  for all teams
• Committees will be used for special functions and
  have open positions
• The Operations Board oversees all decisions with
  the understanding that the final decision will
  always be one that is aligned with the Operating
  Rules and in the best interest of the majority of
  the teams

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LCAHL Operations Board

• Joe Emery
• League Commissioner
• Lisa Zarzycki
• Director of Competition and Communication
• Brian Vella
• League Scheduler and Treasurer
• Carrie Gamrat
• League Secretary and Committee Chair
• Gordon Lietz
• Director of League Membership and Association
  Liaison
• Bob Beguelin
• LCAHL Webmaster

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LCAHL Travel Division Directors

• 2001 Mite A
• Tod Hartje (D4)
• 2000 Mite AA
• Mark Tagg (D5)
• 1999 Squirt A
• Doug Corey (D5)
• 1998 Squirt AA
• Dennis Granowicz (D3)
• 1997 Pee Wee A
• Joe Jones (D4)
• 1996 Pee Wee AA
• Kevin Thoman (Ohio)

• 1995 Bantam A
• Tony Kuster (D6)
• 1994 Bantam AA
• John Kucharczyk (D2)
• 1993/1992 Midget A
• Bob Peters (D2)
• 1991/1990 Midget AA
• Josh Prentice (D4)
• Girls Travel
• Joe Monendo (D4)

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LCAHL House Division Directors

• 2003/2002 Mini Mite
• Amanda Greco (D2)
• Cristina Greco (D2)
• 2001/2000 Mite
• Sam Greco (D2)
• 1999/1998 Squirt
• Laurie Golden Birchler (D4)
• 1997/1996 Pee Wee
• Don Bolton (D5)

• 1995/1994 Bantam
• Kathy Kaminski (D2)
• (Senior House Director)
• 1993/1992 Midget B
• Vince Nelson (D2)
• 1991/1990 Midget BB
• Todd Lynn (D2)

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Protest and Discipline Committee

• Carrie Gamrat
• Protest and Discipline Committee Chairperson
• Tom Cebalt
• Protest
• Chance Bowlen
• Discipline

Operations Board Sponsor Joe Emery
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Operating Rules Committee

• Dale Stauffer
• Operating Rules Committee Chair
• Operating Rules Committee Members
• Jim Sheridan
• OPEN POSITIONS HERE

Operations Board Sponsor Brian Vella
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Events Committee

• Marie Sherry
• Events Committee Chair
• Debbie Schuster
• Events Committee Assistant Chair
• Events Committee Members
• Shaun Sullivan
• Michelle Jakrzewski
• Carol Kulish
• Fred Korte
• Karen Rogers
• OPEN POSITIONS HERE PLAYOFFS

Operations Board Sponsor Lisa Zarzycki
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And The Survey Says.

• 503 Respondents
• 388 Travel
• 115 House
• Coaches, Assistants, Managers
• Success Ratings
• 98 Overall League Satisfaction Rate
  Excellent/Good
• 91 All or Most Expectations were met by the
  league
• 98 Approved Automated registration, scheduling,
  payments and scoring
• 89 Level of Play was Excellent/Good
• 90 Communication and LCAHL Web site
  Excellent/Good

• 2008/2009 Preferences
• 18-20 Games
• Continue to use PointStreak
• Roster Information should be submitted for all
  teams
• PointStreak Complete for Travel
• PointStreak Lite for House/Girls
• Deliver Division Trophies During Playoff
  Quarter/Semi Finals
• League Priorities
• Limitation of Travel
• Competitive Play
• League boundaries
• Timing of playoffs

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LCAHL Important Dates

• 9/21/08 Travel Play Begins
• 9/29/08 House Play Begins
• 1/8/09 End of League Play for House and Travel
• 1/9/09 1/11/09 Reserved for Make-up Games!
• 1/12/09 1/13/09 No Games Playoff Alignment
• 1/14/09 Playoff Pools Posted
• 1/14/09 1/17/09 Playoffs Round Robin Scheduling
• 1/18/09 Playoff Round Robin Play Begins
• 2/13/09 Playoff Round Robin Play Ends
• 2/14/09 2/15/09 Playoff Round Robin Make Up
  Days
• 2/21/09 3/1/09 Playoff Quarter Semi Final
  Games
• 3/2/09 3/16/09 LCAHL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

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NEW Operating Rule

• League Boundaries
• Toledo (South)
• Port Huron (East)
• Bay City (North)
• Grand Rapids (West)
• If a teams home arena is outside of the
  boundaries
• Contract ice within the league boundaries to host
  home games
• Exemption from LCAHL
• 21 teams outside of boundaries were required to
  purchase ice within boundaries

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Operating Rule Reminders

• Game Changes Division Directors must be notified
  of any game date and time changes and both teams
  must agree in writing (email). Once all parties
  agree, the Division Director will make the change
  in Pointstreak. NO GAMES MAY BE SCHEDULED AFTER
  1/8/09 WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE LEAGUE
  SCHEDULER.
• Neck Guards are recommended but not required.
• Double Jeopardy Rule is no longer in affect for
  league play but stands for playoffs

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Operating Rules Reminder

• Weather Conditions LCAHL reserves the right to
  cancel any/or all league games due to bad weather
  conditions. The league uses as its guide, the
  National Weather Service and the state police.
  Every reasonable attempt should be made to play
  scheduled games, however the league will not
  mandate that a team must compete when there is
  inclement weather that could threaten the safety
  of players, coaches and family members.
• Section 9 LCAHL Operating Rules

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Operating Rules Reminder

• Protest and Discipline Committee
• Three individuals will make up the committee in
  addition to the Division Director and at least
  one LCAHL Operations Board member
• Protests must be noted on the score sheet at the
  time of play
• Protests must be submitted within the timelines
  noted in the operating rules with the appropriate
  payment
• In any protest, two basic questions must be
  answered
• Was the protest filed in accordance with league
  rules? 
• Was a league rule violated in a such a way that
  it had an impact on the outcome of the game?
• The league will not review on ice calls by the
  referee.

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Operating Rules Reminder

• Period Lengths
• Minimum 10 Minutes
• Maximum
• 12 Minutes Mini Mites/Mites
• 15 Minutes All Others
• Each team should confirm at scheduling and prior
  to the start of the game in writing on the score
  sheet the period length
• The league will not mandate the amount of ice
  time that a team must have, but teams should use
  consideration of drive time and common game times
  when scheduling
• Questions should be referred to the Division
  Director

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Pointstreak

• Passwords for all administrators have been sent
  and game data has been loaded
• Teams have been scheduling games all week and
  entering this data into PointStreak
• Todays meeting is to complete scheduling and
  load the final data into the system
• Once all schedules are finalized a master list
  will be printed and the game data will no longer
  be editable by Team Administrators
• After the final game data has been entered,
  record changes will only be able to be made by
  the teams Division Director or Operations Board
  Members

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Pointstreak

• Home teams must enter a complete roster into
  Pointstreak before the first scheduled league
  game. This includes every player and coach
• Name (first/last or first initial/last)
• Number
• Position
• Home Teams must also enter all of the staff for
  their team
• League Tools gt Edit Team Roster gtAdd New
  Players.  
• Drop down box to the far left
• Choose between Player, Goalie and Staff.  
• Select Staff and a second drop down box will
  appear
• Select H. Coach, A. Coach, Mgr or
  Trainer.
• Staff will appear on the roster  and can be
  assessed penalties exactly the same way as
  players. 
• Individual player data is available for public
  viewing at the Pee Wee Level and above

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Pointstreak Scoring

• The following score sheet data must be entered
  into PointStreak
• Goals
• Assists
• Major Penalties
• Please try to enter
• Accurate goalie information
• Goals at the times they occurred
• It is the option of each team if they would like
  to enter additional information such as minor
  penalties
• Edit capabilities will now be given to both teams
  to allow complete data entry

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Pointstreak

• It is the home teams responsibility to enter all
  game data into Pointstreak, within 48 hours, but
  no later than 7 days after completion of a game.
• It is the visiting teams responsibility to
  validate the accuracy of the data.
• If data is not entered in the allotted time, the
  head coach of the home team could be suspended
  from league play until data entry is complete.
  This includes accurate roster entry.
• If the home team does not enter the game data
  within the allotted time, the away team will now
  be able to enter the game data into PointStreak
• Home teams that continually do not enter game
  data could be subject to league sanctions

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Playoffs

• Information about playoff formats will be
  provided closer to that time.
• Playoff alignments will be similar to 2008 with
  levels of competitive play
• Teams that win their divisions may request or
  may be required at the discretion of LCAHL to be
  moved up to the next level of competitive play
  for playoffs
• Teams that have had a very difficult season may
  be moved down a level for playoffs
• Teams will be seeded for playoffs based on their
  standings as of January 8, 2oo9

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MINI MITES and MITES

• Blue Pucks must be used at all times
• 40 Game season limit per MAHA
• Keep enough games available for playoffs in
  consideration of your game limit requirements
• There will not be competitive alignment options
  for mites. All alignments will be done by
  location
• Mini Mite Rotation House (Brian Vella)
• Rotation Sheets
• Double Shifting
• Exceptions
• Fair Play

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Divisional Alignments

• 713 Teams
• 485 Travel
• 228 House
• Alignment Process Travel
• Travel
• Competitive Levels Yzerman, Howe, Lidstrom
• Geographic within Competitive Levels
• Criteria
• Yzerman Must have played in LCAHL prior year
• Alignment Spreadsheets
• Exception Divisions Midgets
• Past Season History was the Primary Determiner of
  Current Season Placement
• Coach Requests were the Secondary Determiner of
  placement

• Alignment Process House
• Strictly Geographical
• Surprises
• District 5 House Teams
• District 3 Midget BB Teams
• Lessons Learned
• TIMING!
• Travel Appeal
• House Drafts
• Follow the 90/10 Rule
• Loud does not mean right
• Someone will always be unhappy.
• We will never be perfect, but we know that we did
  the best that we could with the information that
  we had and we were consistent

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LCAHL Records Book

• Score sheets for all home league games and
  playoff games are included in the binder
• There will not be a separate meeting for playoffs
  so it is important to save these score sheets for
  playoffs and not use them for your scrimmage
  games
• Copy of Operating Rules Updates are in process
• All game sheets should be stored in the book and
  submitted to the Division Director only as
  requested

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Scheduling Process

• Each table is grouped by division
• Choose one leader at each table to keep the
  Master Schedule and record all changes
• Reschedule any game that occurs after January 8,
  2009 or get written approval from the league
  scheduler
• Schedule or reschedule any games that need it
• EACH TEAM MUST SIGN OFF ON THE MASTER SCHEDULE
  BEFORE LEAVING THE MEETING
• Once the master schedule is signed, the division
  should proceed to the check out table to turn in
  the schedule and receive their league book.

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THANKS FOR CHOOSING LCAHL

• QUESTIONS?
• COMMENTS?
• NEXT YEARS HOT TOPICS?
• THANK YOU!

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