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These Instructions will help you learn how to submit a report. If you have any questions, please contact your district supervisor.

You are only required to submit a game report for Major Penalties, Game Misconducts and Match Penalties.

Be careful in submitting reports. Punctuation, spelling, completing all requested information, and “just the facts” count. These reports will go to the affiliate and will be attached to your Official number. You may get phone calls or e-mail correspondence from the affiliate. Be professional, courteous, respond to the request, and advise the board if you are ever contacted.

Order of Officials. The person submitting the report is always listed first on the incident report.

Searching for Officials. If you can’t find someone in the database, just put in their last name and search for them. Some of our officials are known by nicknames while their legal names are listed with USA Hockey. They will not show up if you are searching by their nickname.

Be sure to complete the Incident Location diagram correctly.

Select the Correct Penalty Assessed: Be sure to review your rule book and select the correct rule reference from the drop down menu.

When you get done with your report, there are 2 buttons at the bottom. One is SAVE (blue) and the other is SUBMIT REPORT (Green). You will hit the SAVE button this will save and close the report. This will take you back to your summary Incident Report screen. It is from this screen that you can review and send your report.

Once you are satisfied with your report and are ready to submit, go back to your report, click on the edit button and go to the bottom of your report and click the SUBMIT REPORT button.

****ALL GAME REPORTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE GAME****

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On behalf of USA Hockey and the Officiating Program, we would like to thank you for your involvement in officiating and for your patience.  As you are aware, USA Hockey’s Officiating Program has undertaken a significant initiative with the development of an online seminar curriculum designed to further enhance the education of our member officials.  These types of projects are seldom completed without glitches and in our case, the primary glitch was the delay in the final video production of many of the modules.  We certainly apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience and understanding through this process.  We are confident that your patience will be rewarded with a quality product that enhances your officiating experience.

On the positive side, the required portion of the online seminar curriculum was launched on August 22nd and to date we have had over 4000 officials (including 1000 the first weekend) successfully log-in and complete these required modules.  We realize there are still many of you who will start the process shortly and are confident you will have the same level of success in navigating through the system.

The “Elective” portion of the online seminar curriculum will be launched at 2:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, September 12th.  At that time, when you log-in to your specific curriculum, you will see a new listing of course material under four categories.  Within each category, you will be asked to complete a certain number of modules (depending on your level of registration) from a list of presentations that you choose because they are of most interest to you.  Once you have completed the required number of modules in a specific category, the menu bar will reflect that completion and you are free to move on to the next category.  When all four category requirements have been completed, you have successfully completed the online seminar curriculum and will be sent a confirmation email that you should hold onto as verification.  At the same time, information will be shared with the USA Hockey database (please allow 24 hours for the various websites to be able to communicate this information) and your profile will reflect completion of the online seminar requirement.

In addition, for those of you who have logged into the system and completed the required portion of the modules, your time restraint to complete the modules within a certain period will be waived as a result of the delay in making the elective portion available.  Everyone will have plenty of opportunity to complete the online curriculum in a reasonable time frame.

Once again, thank you for your continued commitment to USA Hockey and for your involvement in officiating

 

From: http://www.usahockey.com/officials

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No-check doesn’t mean no-contact hockey. This video demonstrates allowable and illegal body contact at age 12 and under.

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For the first Clip Of The Week for the 2014-15 season we take a look at a late, avoidable hit example

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To transfer from one seminar to another within your state of residence, please sign into your online USAHockey.com Profile and access your Referee Status page. The seminar you are currently registered for is listed at your Referee Status page with a “Request Transfer” link next to it. Click the transfer link and follow the steps to move to a different seminar.

To transfer to a seminar outside of your state. Please sign into your USAHockey.com Profile and access the Seminar Catalog to find your seminar listing. Contact the Coordinator (using the link) and ask to be removed from the seminar roster. Once removed you may re-register for a seminar.

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SafeSport Training Requirements for Officials for 2014-15 season

As you know, the USA Hockey SafeSport Program was implemented in full last season and included training of officials. The USA Hockey SafeSport Program is designed to prevent abuse and maximize the safety of our participants in the off-ice environment. The SafeSport Training is part of the program and is intended to heighten awareness of those that are in supervisory positions over youth participants; officials over 18 are included in that group of persons supervising youth participants. In the 2013-14 season, all officials over 18 were strongly encouraged to complete the SafeSport training, and the training was required for officials to be eligible to officiate in State, District and National Tournaments.

For the 2014-15 season, all officials over the age of 18 will be required to complete the SafeSport Training as a condition of completing their referee registration. This means that, like completion of your seminar and test requirements, you must complete the SafeSport Training prior to receiving your card and crest. The SafeSport Training is valid for 2 seasons. Thus if you took the training for 2013-14, you will not need to take the training again until the 2015-16 season (at which time a shorter “refresher” course will be available).

The SafeSport Training is available for you to take right now so you can get a head start on your certification requirements. The training is available at no cost. The training was produced by the United States Olympic Committee and is comprised of short video segments that take approximately 90 minutes to complete, however, not all training needs to be completed in one session. You will need your USA Hockey Referee Number, or if you are also registered as a player, coach or manager you can use your USA Hockey Member Number, which can be obtained at www.usahockeyregistration.com (under Member Options, click on ‘Request Duplicate Registration Confirmation’).

Information on how to register and access the SafeSport training can be found on our website at http://www.usahockey.com/page/show/909009-safesport-program-training-. Also, please be sure to select the USA Hockey SafeSport course as there are multiple courses available. The website also has links if you have questions about the training or on registering for the training.

We strongly encourage you to get a head start on your 2014-15 referee registration requirements, and complete the SafeSport Training this summer. Thank you for your support in helping make our sport as safe as possible!

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Starting with the upcoming season, USA Hockey is launching a new online curriculum in our Officiating Education Program. In addition to the standard registration requirements, including application, open and closed book testing and attendance at a USA Hockey Officiating Seminar, every official must complete the online material prior to receiving their card and crest for 2014-15.

The online curriculum is designed to enhance educational experience with accurate and consistent officiating information. The online modules will be broken down into three categories. The first two requirements will include general and level-specific presentations. The third category will have elective courses from a variety of topics such as positioning, procedures, penalty criteria and the mental game. These electives will be level-specific and allow you to hone your officiating skills in areas you select.

The length of each presentation will vary depending on content and focus. The majority of the presentations will fall in the 5- to 10-minute range, followed by a short quiz reviewing the content. The entire online curriculum will take 3-5 hours to complete, depending on the level of the official. The in-person seminar each official will be required to attend will be abbreviated and designed to supplement the material presented in the online curriculum.

Instructions on accessing the online seminar will be sent to you upon receiving your USA Hockey application. The curriculum will be accessed through your USAHockey.com profile and can be completed at your leisure, meaning you can log out and log back in to pick up where you left off. Some presentations are designed to be viewed before attending the seminar as a means to improve the overall seminar experience. These will be highlighted for your consideration.

Officials will find this new system to be beneficial and it will make your overall USA Hockey experience a more valuable one.  Let’s get the season off to a great start!

USAHockey.com

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If you have to reschedule your seminar you must first be released from the one you are currently enrolled. Contact your RIC to be removed so you can reschedule.

All Seminars are posted at USA Hockey. You must sign up at USA Hockey after August 1 to reserve a space at the seminar

SEMINARS – OFFICIALS MUST REGISTER ON-LINE AT USAHOCKEY.COM TO RESERVE A SPACE.

NOTE: The time listed is the official start time of the seminar. Please plan to arrive at the seminar location at least 30 minutes prior to the seminar start time for registration.

Do not be late!

Things To Know and Bring To the Seminar
Bring Your USA Hockey Officiating Registration Card/Number (if available)
Paper and Pencil.

Rulebook (if available)

New officials – if you are new to officiating, you can only attend a Level 1 seminar
The following equipment is required to participate in the ice session:
Helmet – with or without 1/2 shield
Skates
Whistle

Returning officials:
Full equipment
Rulebook (if available)

The seminar requires that you are in attendance for the entire event!
No late arrivals.
No early dismissal.
A few seminars are part of a series of sessions in which attendance to all sessions is mandatory. Be aware of this before selecting the seminar you choose to attend.

Unless otherwise specified, there will be NO meals provided. Each participant is responsible to meet their own needs for food and drink.

Levels 2, 3, and 4 – THERE IS A CLOSED BOOK EXAM – BE PREPARED!!!

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In order to comply with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 54 – 105, all officials must reach the age of 14 prior to being allowed to officiate USA Hockey games within the Massachusetts District.  In addition, all officials age 14 to 17 must submit the proper documentation to the league(s) they work for prior to being assigned any games. M.G.L. Chapter 149 also restricts officials age 14 to 17 on the number of hours they can work in a day and the times of day they are allowed to officiate.

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