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Falcons Team Managers Meeting

September 9, 2014 Falcons Travel Team Managers Meeting

September 9th, 2014

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Matt Bock

[email protected]

(773) 401-7002

Matthew Gagerman ga

[email protected]

(312) 343-0955

Jim Arends

[email protected]

(773) 320-2238

mailto:[email protected]















• What we are going to cover– Falcons Fundraising & Events– Your Role– Team Meeting & Team Structure– Jerseys and Warm Ups– Scheduling– Documents & Forms– Tournaments– Dryland Opportunities– Impact Baseline Testing – CSDHL & NIHL Season Outline– Falcons Website


For Mites – PeeWees: $aveAround™ Mega Coupon BookHundreds of coupons for only $20, National & Local Retail, Restaurants, Services

3-week sales drive -- Deadline for Travel Players is October 5 PLAYERS: Each player gets 1 showcase book and order envelope. Collect money at signup, books will be delivered later. They MUST return the showcase book or buy it

MANAGERS: Hand out at 1st team parent meeting. Collect the order form & all unused books on or before October 5. Return to CIA on October 6 and 7 from 6-8 pm. YOU are accountable for unused books.


For Bantams – Midgets: ReachingOurGoal.com

4-week fundraising drive -- Deadline for Travel Players is Oct. 13

Takes only 10 minutes to create, online digital fundraiser, tailored to HS level athletes

PLAYERS/PARENTS: Each player goes to www.ReachingOurGoal.com/OFOGFW to create a customized player support page (upload a pic). Send a message or link through Facebook page to family, friends, etc., and donations can be made easily (takes credit cards)

MANAGERS: Campaign! Share the instruction memo at your parent meeting and provide weekly reminders.


Falcons Fall Family Festival at Fatman Sport Lounge & Lanes


• Adults $15 • Kids (under 12) $9 Food • Bowling • Games • Bar• High Roller Room Available •• Falcons Pilsner Glasses • $20 Bottomless beer or soda with purchase •Pre-pay on falconshockey.org beginning September 22 •

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

13860 Rt. 176, Libertyville, Illinois

PLEASE DO NOT SCHEDULE GAMES OR PRACTICES DURING THIS TIME

• Falcons Fundraising & Events (cont.)– Falcons Pictures

• Monday Sept 29th– Your time will be posted on the website

– Don’t be late, Hot Shots will be a ZOO!• Online ordering

September 9 , 2014 Falcons Travel Team Managers Meeting

• Falcons Fundraising & Events (cont.)– Falcons Wear at Online Store

• http://www.falconshockey.org/page/show/10733-falcon-wear

• 5% of purchases go back to FHA• Please encourage your teams to support our online store• Fred’s Warehouse, in Vernon Hills, will carry custom

Falcon hockey bags and replacement socks• The pro shops at CIA & HSIA are working to stock FHA

apparel. Details to follow.


http://www.falconshockey.org/page/show/10733-falcon-wear


























• CSDHL & NIHL Season Outline– Falcons Managers Meeting– Team/Parent Meeting– Organize Team Documents– Organize Team Structure– NIHL Scheduling Meeting – Seeding Round– Earlybird Tournament– NIHL (Seeding Round) and CSDHL Games Start– Have a parent meeting– NIHL Scheduling Meeting – Regular Season– Turkey Time Tournaments – NOW A HOUSE TOURNAMENT– Falcons Winter Break – Spring Program Rollout STARTS– Spring Hockey Program gets Announced– MLK Tournament– NIHL and CSDHL Playoffs– AHAI Blackhawk Cup– Season End – Team Party– Spring Hockey Starts!


• The Manager’s Role– You are the liaison between your team’s parents and coaches.

• It’s better to over communicate. People complain when they do not know what is going on

– You are the business manager, coordinator & administrator– You are not a coach and are not involved in player coaching decisions– Any managerial questions please contact Matt Gagerman– If a problem arises that can not be resolved quickly, please contact Jim Arends, VP of

Travel Hockey. – First Time Managers need to be screened. You can do this by coordinating with Jim

Arends as he is getting the coaches screened thru AHAI.– All team managers will have to register with USAH this year as a volunteer and forward

your confirmation to Carol Jagadeesh ([email protected]). Registration is FREE. Please do this ASAP. One your USAH # is input into the program under each specific team, then it is uploaded to AHAI. Within 24 hours each team manager will receive an email from AHAI. Please check your SPAM folder to make sure it does not go there. AHAI will issue a username and password – you can then go into the AHAI website folder and download directly the team’s certified roster (once it is certified). If you have questions, Carol will help you.

– AHAI is how you schedule refs as well as Blackhawk Cup– Rosters are electronic this year so no need to get signatures – yea!




















• First Team Meeting– Have this meeting as soon as possible– You will want to cover

• Coaches Goals and Objectives• Coaches Attendance Policy• Coaches Team Rules and Expected Player and Parent Conduct

– Institute a 24 Hour rule – cooler heads always prevail• Slush Fund – Recommend $400.00 to $900.00 depending on your

team – NIHL vs CSDHL• Forms-Make sure you collect the birth certificate and consent to

treat for each player on the team• Fundraising and Falcons Events• Tournaments- Make sure you get a check to “FHA” before first

tournament as well as booking hotel rooms


• Team Structure & Volunteers

– Enlist help from your team’s parents


• It is recommended that you get volunteers for:– Team Treasurer – Give team monthly statements

» Set up a bank account for the team– Event Planner– Tournament and Hotel Planner– Score Sheet and Time Keeper– Photographer– Have someone be in charge of bringing a first aid kit

toeach game

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Jerseys & Warm Ups• Jerseys

– We collected sizing and numbers at the pre conditioning skates, the team roster will go directly to our supplier after the try outs are concluded. They will receive their jerseys and their wicking shirt as soon as they are done

» All teams should have received or will recieve their order forms from Dave Bradley. Double check the sizes and and whether warm-ups were ordered. This needs to be submitted back to him asap. I will send out patch placement information this weekend

– Standard Jerseys are the White & Black– Standard uniform consists of uniform with BLACK HELMET, BLACK GLOVES, and

BLACK PANTS. Gloves could have red or white designs in them– Your Team needs to decide if you will purchase the Alternate (3rd) Red Jersey (this is the

team’s decision)» JERSEYS:-» Youth = $81» Adult Small through 2XL = $83» 3XL = $87» 4XLG = $97» SOCKS:

Mite and Youth socks = $9.50» Intermediate and Adult socks = $10

• Care for your jersey– The FHA are encouraging teams to use jersey bags (or at least hangers) and to not

throw them in the bottom of a smelly hockey bag.– Please wash jersey as needed. We are seeing color damage on jerseys due to lack of

care.Please wash in cold water, gentle cycle & hang dry

• Jerseys and Warm Ups– Warm Ups

• Warm Ups are $100.00/set (Jackets $60, Pants $40 sizing was completed during pre conditioning and try out skates)

– Include top and bottom, with embroidered last name and logoon the jacket and embroidered number on the pants

• Warm Ups are mandatory for CSDHL teams for the 2014-15 seasons

• NIHL Travel Teams have the option to:– Purchase new set– Wear last years set– Opt for an alternative “team” look

» FHA recommends warm ups• Please collect money via slush fund and submit one

check payable to– Falcons Hockey Association


• Practice Jersey & Socks• Practice Jerseys, socks, hats and bags are in the refs room. • Take them before you leave. Some have been sorted already

some have not. • If not please put jersey, socks and hats in the bags and pass it

out to your team at the first practice. • Coaches will assign practice jersey colors and kids can adjust

in the locker room• We want our game jerseys and socks to be just that “Game

Jerseys & Socks”. This will help keep them in the best shape and that will represent the FHA in a positive & professional manner

– We want to positively & professionally represent the FHA any time a Falcon team takes the ice


• CSDHL Scheduling– Your league schedules are complete – great job!!

• Don’t forget to book your hotels for out of town stays and cover your coach’s rooms.


• NIHL SchedulingScheduling Day is Saturday, September 13th 8am-2pm

Chicago Marriott, Schaumburg: 50 Martingale Rd., Schaumburg, IL • I will e-mail each of you the specific time for your level or you can always go to the

website: www.nihl.info it is a great back up that will have the times• NIHL Scheduling forms can be found on their website• There will be a meeting preceding the scheduling session

– At this meeting you will be told:» How to complete your NIHL scheduling forms» How to log onto the NIHL Managers website» How to enter your new games onto the NIHL

website

» How to enter the scores of your home games into the NIHL website» You wil l not be told in detail of the Peoria Rule» Bloomington, Pekin, Peoria, South Bend, Rockford, Midwest Blackbirds,

Champaign, Kenosha (B/PK/P/R/SB/MB/CH/KEN) » NIHL Events (ie; NIHL night at the Wolves)


http://www.nihl.info/

• NIHL Scheduling• Scheduling Session

– Have your NIHL Scheduling form filled out with your available ice. You will be scheduling 6 to 8 home games.

» List only available ice between Sept. 15th thru October 25th

– Find the table that has been assigned to your level– You will be given a packet that will tell you who you will be playing home and away.– Schedule you furthest away game first and work back from there.

» Seeding round starts Sept. 15th and ends Oct. 25th

» Try to avoid scheduling two games in one day, especially against two different teams.» Do not schedule games for during your Earlybird Tournament which is on a

later slide» Do not schedule games for Sept 29th, this is Falcons

picture day» Do not schedule games for the evening of 10/11, this

is Wolves NIHL Night» Do not schedule games on Hot Shot or when your

team has shared ice» If you get into a jam, don’t panic, each organization has their ice scheduler

there to try to resolve conflicts (our Ice Scheduler is Rick Shutter). If you need extra ice, see Rick

– When complete, fill out the Falcons Ice Scheduler form and turn into Rick Shutter (IMPORTANT). Check out with NIHL desk and get your Score Sheets.

– Rick Shutter, Ice Scheduler, 847-922-0620, [email protected]


















• NIHL Scheduling– Pre-Scheduling for regular season tiers come out 10/28

• A great way to do this is set up a google doc or another type tool to share amongst all the managers- for the most part it works great and everyone can see everything real time

• If contact information is not provided, go to the teams web and look for managers e-mail address. If manager is not listed, get the coaches.

• If this is not the preferred way amongst managers in your league go old school.

• Send out e-mails to your away games first.

• Start with the farthest away.• Finish with your home games• Regular season play is Nov 3rd-Feb 7th


• Documents & Forms• Register yourself with USA hockey www.usahockey.com go to registration and

register under volunteer or manager• Manager Forms are located under the tab ‘Managers Info’ on the website

• http://www.falconshockey.org/page/show/49016-team-manager-s-forms– Roster – Carol Jagadeesh [email protected]

• You will be receiving your AHAI roster for your team from Carol Jagadeesh,FHA Registrar.

• Make sure that each coach’s CEP number is listed– Make sure that your coach’s have their USAH Coaching Membership

renewed for this year• Get this back to Carol as soon as possible, as you will need the certified

copy for your Earlybird Tournament– Travel Permits

• Each of you need to contact Carol Jagadeesh anytime you leave the state to play. She will then send you an electronic copy and you need to keep that with you and turn it in if asked.

– CSDHL teams have been covered for the league play– This has been covered for your Earlybird Tournament


http://www.usahockey.com/

http://www.falconshockey.org/page/show/49016-team-manager-s-forms






































• Documents & Forms (Cont.)

– Contact Sheet for your team and coaches

• Pull together contact information for your entire team andcoaches

• Wallet cards are recommended template is found under managers tab on website

• Make sure everyone on your team has signed up for RecClix

• These are strongly recommended, the situation will come upwhere communication will be needed

– Birth Certificates

• Get a copy of each player’s birth certificate and keep it with you at all team events


• Documents & Forms (Cont.)– Practice Scoresheet– Sample Team Accounting Form– Game Volunteers Worksheet

• You need to make sure the clock and score sheet are taken care of for all your home games

• Penalty Box for LFA & College– NIHL Bantam Check Form (?)– Consent to Treat Form– Injury Claim Form– FHA Zero Tolerance Policy


• Documents & Forms (Cont.)

– Scheduling Refs• This is where you need your username and password for AHAI• You’ll put in date, time and home rink for all home games. • Do this after your scheduling meeting and after you completed regular season

scheduling• You will also have to to this for the Blackhawk Cup• Check weekly to make sure refs have been assigned for your games

– Main ref contact is Mike Wagner:» 847-344-0067 or [email protected]

– Secondary ref contact is Glenn Agrest» 847-217-7586 or [email protected]» You will be receiving your log in shortly









• Tournaments– Always bring

• Certified Roster• Travel Permit• Score Sheet Stickers – 8663 Clear• Birth Certificates• Consent to Treat

– Pay for your coaches’ travel expenses and book and pay for their hotel room. If the assistant coach is a parent, it is not required to pay for their room

– No Falcons team (or individual player) can participate in any non-USAH sanctioned event this season. They will not be permitted to participate in the Blackhawk Cup tournament if AHAI learns of it. All Falcons teams could be banned if the Organization knows or permits it.

– Earlybird Tournaments– Each team has been registered and a block of hotel rooms has been reserved.

» E-mail has been sent to you that directs your team to reserve their rooms

– Payment» Payment amounts and details will be sent to you via e-mail» Make a single payment from the slush fund to the Falcons Hockey Assoc.» Each Family should pay for their hotel


Team Level Head Coach Entry Level

Midget CS U18 CS Bob Heelan Warrior AAA Invitational (Oct 17-19) Detroit, MI U18

Midget CS U16 CS Bryce Anderson Warrior AAA Invitational (Oct 17-19) Detroit, MI U16

Midget CS U16 CS Bryce Anderson World Hockey Invite (Nov 7-9) Chicago, IL U16

Midget CS U16 CS Bryce Anderson OneHockey Minnesota Gone Wild (Jan 16-19) Blaine, MN U16

Midget CS U15 CS Ross Agrest Playmaker (Sept 19-21) Fraser, MI U16

Bantam CS Major CS Bob Heelan Warrior AAA Invitational (Oct 17-19) Detroit, MI 2000

Bantam CS Major CS Bob Heelan World Hockey Invite (Nov 7-9) Chicago, IL 2000

Bantam CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor CSDHL-LCAHL Fall Showdown (Sept 19-21) Grand Rapids 2001

Bantam CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor Warrior AAA Invitational (Oct 17-19) Detroit, MI 2001

Bantam CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor World Hockey Invite (Nov 7-9) Chicago, IL 2001

Bantam CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor OneHockey Minnesota Gone Wild (Jan 16-19) Blaine, MN 2001

Bantam CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor Tampa Bay AAA Invitational (Feb 14-16) Tampa, FL 2001

Bantam NIHL AA Gold Chris Affinati MyHockey (Sept 26-28) Holland, MI Bantam AA

Bantam NIHL A Silver Wags BigBear "Fall Colours" (Oct 24-26) Ann Arbor, MI Bantam A

Peewee CS Major CS Tony Gill SuperSeries (Oct 11-13) Green Bay, WI 2002

Peewee CS Major CS Tony Gill Warrior AAA Invitational (Oct 17-19) Detroit, MI 2002

Peewee CS Major CS Tony Gill World Hockey Invite (Nov 7-9) Chicago, IL 2002

Peewee CS Major CS Tony Gill SuperSeries (Dec 19-21) South Bend, IN 2002

Peewee CS Major CS Tony Gill SuperSeries (Jan 23-25) South Bend, IN 2002

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Peewee CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor Belle Tire "Back to School" (Sept 26-28) Detroit, MI 2003

Peewee CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor Warrior AAA Invitational (Oct 17-19) Detroit, MI 2003

Peewee CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor World Hockey Invite (Nov 7-9) Chicago, IL 2003

Peewee CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor SuperSeries (Dec 19-21) South Bend, IN 2003

Peewee CS Minor CS Ryan Taylor OneHockey Minnesota Gone Wild (Jan 16-19) Blaine, MN 2003

Peewee NIHL AA Gold Pete Johnson Playmaker (Sept 19-21) Fraser, MI Peewee AA

Peewee NIHL AA/A Gold Chris Affinati MyHockey (Sept 26-28) Holland, MI Peewee A

Peewee NIHL A/B Silver Efren Heredia MyHockey (Oct 10-12) Holland, MI Peewee A

Squirt CS Major CS Jan Masopust Playmaker (Sept 19-21) Fraser, MI 2004

Squirt CS Major CS Jan Masopust Warrior AAA Invitational (Oct 17-19) Detroit, MI 2004

Squirt CS Major CS Jan Masopust World Hockey Invite (Nov 7-9) Chicago, IL 2004

Squirt AA Gold Tom Miller MyHockey (Oct 17-19) Madison, WI Squirt AA

Squirt A Silver Sam Baron KOHA: Kalamazoo Early Bird (Sept 26-28) Squirt A

Squirt B Bronze Efren Heredia MyHockey (Oct 10-12) Holland, MI Squirt A

• Tournaments (cont.)


– Turkey Time Tournament (Nov. 26th – Dec 1st)

This is a house tournament now• If your team would like to play in a

Thanksgiving Tournament there are plenty

of local ones

• Tournaments (cont.)– Martin Luther King Weekend (Jan 18th to 20th)

• Your Coaches should decide on a tournament toattend over this weekend.

– FHA recommends tournaments run by hockey organizations vs. the big tournament companies.

– Michigan tournaments can run Major/Minor vs.AA & A. Be careful.

– Don’t forget to get a Travel Permit from CarolJagadeesh for any out of state games.


• Tournaments (cont.)– Blackhawk Cup

• In mid-January you will receive instructions to rank each of the teams you have played to date. Get this information from your coaches and submit the information on the AHAI website

– This is for AHAI to rank the team in their respective divisions

• Organizations top team at each level play AA, second team plays A & third team play B

• In mid February you will be told how you need to play for your ‘Play In Game’.

• If you win your ‘Play In Game(s)’, you will move onto the Round Robin (Final Eight in State). This starts at the beginning of March


• Website– Webmaster, Simon Leibovich, [email protected]

rg– Check your team calendar often and have your team do the

same.– The website is continually being updated with news

of upcoming events so look at the new content– Team Pages

• Do not post pictures with first and last names attached

• Adding content and pictures














• Misc Items– Player Evaluations

• Standard format will be updated and distributed tothe coaches

• Two evaluations will be done– 1st around Thanksgiving– 2nd at the end of the season

– Game Limits (AHAI hand out)– Score sheet stickers (8663 Clear)


• RecCLIX-Jen• Easy new way to communicate with your team

• Make sure every parent on the team has responded to the email and creates an account

• Will send out daily reminders to your team about the schedule

• Will allow you and or your coach to communicate with your team via email and text

Falcons Hockey Association (FHA) and the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) partnered in 2007 to establish the GLASA Falcons Sled Hockey Team.

GLASA serves youth, teen and adults including wounded military personnel who have a primary physical or visual disability. Sled hockey is one of 35 adaptive sports offered at GLASA.

GLASA Falcons provide competitive and recreational sled hockey to GLASA athletes. Disabilities include amputee, cerebral palsy, paralysis, spina bifida, stroke, visual impairment and more.


GLASA Falcons serve over 50 GLASA athletes each year: Youth Team, Adult Team and Tournament Team. The Tournament Team is comprised of youth and adult players – our 2013 National Champions, Adult Division, USA Hockey’s Disabled Festival in West Chester, Philadelphia. Congratulations GLASA Falcons!!!

GLASA athletes depend on community support to compete. GLASA athletes pay nominal fees – a small portion of the actual cost to compete - and most GLASA athletes are on scholarship because their daily medical expenses leave little or no discretionary income for sports and recreation.

FHA endorses GLASA’s motto: “Let No One Sit on the Sidelines” and encourages all FHA coaches, players and families to get involved.

FHA manages all aspects of the GLASA Falcons, its program and teams: rosters, schedules, uniforms, marketing, fundraising, etc.Julie Davis, Team Manager and FHA’s VP of League Affairs, GLASA Falcons, [email protected] or 847.828.9793












GLASA 2014-2015 GOAL• Introduce all able body Falcon hockey teams and players to our

Falcon sled hockey team

• Ways to accomplish our goal1. Participate in sleds2. Adapt a GLASA Player3. Create a Fundraiser

Thank you in advance for your generous support! To schedule a game or learn more, please contact Julie Davis at [email protected] or 847.828.9793.

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