Saginaw Valley Hockey Officials Association

Tuesday 10/6/2009

SVHOA Board Members in Attendance

· M. Recob, P. Raymond, M. Dana, E. Nowosatka. N. Horn, M. Sobczak, J. Nowosatka

· Terry Emery is having knee replacement surgery, and we wish him a quick recovery.

· Current SVHOA Board Members (2009)

Term expires

Matt Dana - R.I.C. (1/2/2006) excluded

Mike Sobczak - President (5/2010)

Phil Raymond - V-President (4/2011)

Terry Emery - Treasurer (5/2010)

Michael Recob – Secretary (4/2011)

Nick Horn – Member (5/2010)

Eric Nowosatka - Member (5/2010)

John Nowosatka - H.S. Assignor

· Topics to be discussed in tonight's meeting:

o Assignbyweb training for new members

o Dues & administrative fees

o Men's C league – slap shots

o New rules regarding removal of helmet during play

o Major penalties

o Q&A

SVHOA Membership Meeting (27 in attendance)

Phil kicked-off the meeting with introductions. All members present introduced themselves.
High School officials are to logon to MSHAA.com for on-line rules meeting Oct 17^th
Matt Dana (RIC) was going to do some training on the operation of our scheduling system ("Assignbyweb") with the group, but we had some technical difficulties. He invited new members to stay after the meeting for one-on-one training.

When using "self assign", do NOT put your name in the 3^rd spot for the game being displayed. If (3) officials show up to work the game, the 1^st (2) names gets the assignment.

SVHOA Dues are waived for new members; $5 for Level 1, and $10 for level 2-4
SVHOA administrative fee is 6% of each check per month to cover the annual stipend for the RIC and Treasurer at year end.
Men's C league games will have the option of playing "slap shots", but it must be mutually agreed upon by both team coaches prior to the start of the game. (Tim Langschwager – Chairman for the Saginaw Bay Ice Arena Men's League)
Helmet Removal situations:

If a player removes his/her helmet during an altercation, he will be assessed a game misconduct in addition to any other penalties he incurs.
Note - in the example above, an "Altercation" means that a penalty has already occurred.
If a player removes the helmet of an opposing player, he will be assessed a game misconduct in addition to any other penalties he incurs.
If a player in the Youth leagues loses his/her helmet, or it becomes dislodged during play, an IMMEDIATE whistle should stop play. That player can retrieve their helmet, but must leave the ice, and can not re-enter the game until play resumes.

The new rule this year is that the coach does not have to immediately put a replacement player in the penalty box to serve another player's major penalty. However, the replacement player must be in the penalty box before the 5-minutes expire in order to legally return to the ice during play to bring his team to full strength.

If you forget the offending player's # that you had a delayed penalty signaled, check with your partner 1^st; if he can not help you, go to the captain or coach and explain the infraction you were calling but do not remember player's #. If they do not help you, take the captain or your best pick from the ice.
If a goal is scored on a delayed penalty, you must report the penalty to the scorekeeper.

In the Men's leagues, (4) penalties assessed to a player in the same game will be automatic game misconduct from that game.
"Checking" in the Men's league is a 5 minute major plus game misconduct.

Secretary – SVHOA

793-1279 home

213-7417 cell

cc: T. Emery M. Dana N. Horn

M. Sobczak P. Raymond E. Nowosatka J. Nowosatka