USA Hockey America's High School Showcase: Premier National High School Event
Formerly known as Chicago Showcase
Current High School Juniors and Seniors Tournament in Pittsburgh from April 10 to 15
Team New Jersey
Eligibility: High School Players with 2 exceptions for students whose schools do not have high school hockey
Tryouts: $50 if paid up to one day prior to first tryout, $75 thereafter
Team New Jersey: consists of NJSIAA Schools that participate in the NJ State Playoffs Two teams selected
It is mandatory for players to attend either March 12 or 14 prior to March 19 - team selection date.
March 12 – Ice Vault, Wayne – 7:00-8:00 (first 50 attendees) 8:15-9:15 PM (remaining attendees)
March 14 – Ice World, Howell- 7:30-9:00 PM
March 19 – Ice Vault, Wayne - 6:15-7:45 PM (Team Selections)
Team Fee: If selected, the team fee is expected to be $675 and it includes:
* Transportation to and from Pittsburgh, plus to all games and team activities
* Practices
* Hotel Rooms in Pittsburgh
* Entrance Fee into Showcase
* Team Jersey and Socks
* Team Jacket
* Breakfast every day plus some team meals
(Only extra money you will need is your spending money for additional food and essentials)
For additional info or questions, please contact:
Team New Jersey –Dustin DePalma, Head Coach 732-547-4898 ddp@usa.com
Coordinator – Nancy Hughes, 973-632-9492, nhues@msn.com
Team Philadelphia – Jerry Domish, Head Coach 610-389-9076
Atlantic’s local
associations did an outstanding job on Try Hockey for Free Day—November 5th
and we have another Try Hockey For Free event coming up on February 18th
during Hockey Weekend Across America.
We still have 60 spots
available for interested host locations. We would really appreciate any help
you can provide in getting the word out to interested host locations. Click
here for an overview of the program, but we will provide
locations with 40 jerseys, 40 goodie bags, education, sanctioning, marketing
tools and national awareness. On average, host locations are able to attract 32
new players to their event.
Interested host
locations can register by clicking the link below:
At the USA Hockey
Winter meeting held last week in Florida, a presentation was made on the topic
of raising the membership fee by $10 for each player and coach starting with the
2012-13 season. A vote was taken approving this increase. For
rationale as to why this step was necessary, please
click here!
New
Tampering Policy for the 2011-12 Season
A committee was formed by Tom Koester, President of the Atlantic
District, to look into our existing Rules and Regulations on tampering.
This committee, after receiving alot of input from members of our district, has
determined that a change needed to be made.
Attached is the new policy that is currently in effect.
A formal vote will be taken on this policy to make it a rule in
our Rules and Regulations section at our annual meeting in June. However,
according to the Atlantic District rules, the President has the authority to
make this a policy until the vote can be taken. This new policy will
replace paragraph 107 of AAHA Rules and Regulations.
2012 ECAC Hockey Men's
Championship All-Session Tickets on Sale Now!
On March 16 & 17, 2012, ECAC Hockey
returns for a weekend of college hockey championship action. The event
marks the second year of a three year commitment by Atlantic City to host the
conference championship and will bring four teams from the elite ECAC Hockey
conference to Boardwall Hall.
Boardwalk Hall has a longstanding
relationship with the exciting sport of ice hockey. We are pleased to help
promote the championship games by giving you all of the info that we have
received so far. Please
click here!
Coaching Credentials and Screening
All USA Hockey coaching accreditation was
required to be received by December 31 with modules being completed by
January 31. Screening on all coaches was required by December 31.
All coaches, both head and assistants, will be checked at our District
tournaments. If you do not meet the proper requirements, you will not
be permitted on the bench!
December 31 Deadline For New Coaching Education Requirements
All coaches, both head and assistants, are reminded that December 31 is the
deadline for you to achieve your coaching education accreditation as well as
completion of your required modules. Remember - you can be asked to leave
the bench on January 1 as well as not be permitted to coach at Districts or
Nationals if you are not accredited. USA Hockey has changed their coaching education accreditation requirements to
become effective for the upcoming 2011-12 season. Coaches clinics and a
"Frequently Asked Questions" page has now been posted in our coaching section.
Please go there to review all of the new information!
Per the Atlantic District bylaw listed
below, any club who has a player who owes you money can place this player on
the outstanding financial list. All names and date of births must be
submitted to us at
info@atlantic-district.org by March 15, 2012. Plans are to
distribute the list to all clubs via their registrar on March 31, 2012 so that
you have it in time for tryouts. This list is not meant to be a
collection agency for you. It is simply to help you receive your payment
due while you are pursuing collection thru the legal channel.
AAHA
Rules and Regulations - RELEASES AND APPEALS
17. No
player from any USA Hockey Affiliate or District may register or participate on
a team within the Atlantic District if such player owes any financial
obligation, including, unreturned equipment, to any previous team or
organization registered within any USA Hockey Affiliate or District.
At the
end of each season, the Atlantic District will compile a list of all registered
District players who are claimed to owe an outstanding financial obligation by
their previous Atlantic District team or organization. No player whose name
appears on the outstanding financial list shall be rostered with another
Atlantic District team (regardless of youth or adult) until the outstanding
financial obligation has been discharged or satisfied and a release issued by
the District or the team or club that placed the player on the outstanding
financial list.
Any
player who is denied a release after having been notified has the right to the
review and appeal of such denial in accordance with the provisions of this rule
and Article V; Section C. of the District’s Rules and Regulations.
We Need To
Acquire and Retain Hockey Players!
At the annual meeting in June, USA
Hockey representatives came in from Colorado and presented to our members an
outline on how to acquire and retain youth hockey players within the Atlantic
District. Our membership growth, acquisition and retention in the district
was a surprise to all when the actual figures were given to us.
Suggestions have been made by USA Hockey to help us and we are glad to give all
of our clubs and rinks this information. Please read over it and help us
to keep the sport of ice hockey growing in the Atlantic District!
> Download
file to help grow the sport
Dates for the Atlantic District 2012-2013 tryouts/evaluations have been set!
Tier I - 10&U, 12&U, 14&U, 16&U, 18&U: April
3, 2012 after 5:00 PM
Tier II- 8&U, 10&U, 12&U, 14&U, 16&U, 18&U:
April 10, 2012 after 5:00 PM
Girls - Tier I and Tier II, All levels:
April 3, 2012 after 5:00 PM (Revised 12/1/11 due to error in date)
All USA Hockey non-tournament bound clubs:
April 17, 2012 after 5:00 PM
