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USA HOCKEY CANCELS NATIONAL


	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Wednesday, March 11, 2020

	USA Hockey Cancels National Championships, Disabled Festival

	COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Hockey announced tonight it has canceled its series of upcoming National Championships, including high school, youth, girls, adult and sled, that were set to begin in various locations across the country on March 26. In addition, the organization also announced it has canceled its Disabled Hockey Festival, which was set to take place over two weekends (March 26-29 and April 2-5) in Pittsburgh, Penn. “Safety of our participants has always been our top priority and with the current coronavirus situation, our executive committee unanimously decided to cancel these national events,” said Jim Smith, president of USA Hockey. “We felt it was important to get the news of the cancellation out immediately,” said Pat Kelleher, executive director of USA Hockey. “We’re sure there will be many questions and we appreciate everyone’s patience as we together work through this unprecedented situation. “While we're disappointed that we had to make this decision, we celebrate the success of USA Hockey teams across the country this year, as well as the time and effort so many people invested into these signature events. We’re thankful to our national sponsors, tournament directors, volunteers and so many others for their support in making hockey an enjoyable experience for all.” USA Hockey will continue to provides updates regularly on the coronavirus situation at USAHockey.com. NOTE: There are games/tournaments played throughout the U.S. at the local level that include USA Hockey members that are not national-level events and are operated by districts, affiliates, local associations or even private operators. The decisions relative to those events are made at the local level. We continue to encourage all involved to engage with local health and medical professionals, and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization, in making educated decisions.

USA Hockey Cancels National Championships

USAH NATIONALS CANCELLED

PLAYOFF INFORMATION 2020

TRAVEL PLAYOFF MASTER SCHEDULE - Updated 2/17/20 12:48PM

Seeding of teams are based on division record and applying the WNYAHL tiebreakers as outlined in the Guide Book. The Sport-Ngin platform isn't capable of performing the tie-breakers as per our guidebook, so the order of tied teams in the standings is often incorrect. We discuss this every year at the scheduling meeting, but it is not often remembered.

Playoff scores will be updated on the division pages and tweeted out on social media. All other information will be posted on the Playoff 2020 page under the travel tab and on the home page of the WNYAHL website

KEN MURCHISON

TRAVEL PLAYOFF COORDINATOR

MOHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE UPDATED 3/8 9:30 PM

BOB LEWEK

MOHL PLAYOFF COORDNATOR

USA HOCKEY ANNUAL GUIDE 19-20

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Gene Harrington Tournaments

MITE JAMBOREE FUN

Cheektowaga Warriors Blue Jamboree - Saturday, November 17, 2018

Harrington Tournaments

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It's Hockey Time

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Cazenovia Chiefs & Wheatfield Blades Blue & Red Jamborees - October, 2018

RULE REFERENCES

Official Rules of Ice Hockey 2017 - 21

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New Rule book available for 2017 - 2021 seasons

NYSAHA Guide Book

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Click for the 1819 NY District Guide Book

USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE

USA Hockey Magazine August

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ULTIMATE PARENT HOCKEY GUIDE

Game Results

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UPDATING THE WEBSITE PRESENTATION

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USAH Sanctioned Events in NY

Sanctioned Tournaments and Events in NY

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USA HOCKEY'S DECLARATION OF SAFETY, FAIR PLAY AND RESPECT

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NEWS AND NOTES

Girls Tier 1 Hockey

Associations that would like to host Girls Tier I NTB teams for the following season must publish and advertise tryout dates prior to the start of the current USA Hockey National Championship; provided, however, that no tryouts or activities that could be construed as such may occur until 48 hours after the last game of the Tier I Girls’ and Tier II Girls’ National Championships.

Associations holding tryouts, and players trying out, are not necessarily guaranteed that the teams selected/rostered through tryouts will be granted Girls Tier I NTB status. All rostered teams seeking this designation must carry a minimum of 15 players, including goaltenders, and the greatest percentage of the players on the roster must be residents of the State of New York as determined under USA Hockey Rule III.C (Registration).

SAFE SPORT TRAINING

We are passing along another update related to the transition of the SafeSport Training. In addition, we will post updates online at www.usahockey.com/safesport to keep the USA Hockey membership up to date on any impact of this transition. We have now been notified that the new estimated launch date is Monday, November 6, 2017.

Please note anyone wishing to complete the existing SafeSport course offerings, including the Refresher course, must now do so NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 AT 11:59pm EASTERN TIME.

NO COURSES will be available from Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 11:59pm Eastern time until Monday, November 6, 2017.

Following November 1, all relevant individuals who need to be SafeSport certified or are seeking recertification will need to complete the new full SafeSport training course, which will be available Monday, November 6, and will feature updated content. Upon completion of the online SafeSport training, individuals will be certified for two seasons. A new SafeSport refresher course will be added to the platform in 2018. This will be an abbreviated version intended for individuals who have previously completed the three core SafeSport courses and need to recertify. Users completing the SafeSport refresher course will be certified for an additional two seasons.

Too Many Kids Leave Sports Because Of The Car Ride Home

Brad Frost is the Head Coach for the University of Minnesota Women's Ice Hockey team.

Frost believes it is in the best interest of youth athletes if their parents support their athletic experiences no matter the level of competition they play in. If a youth athlete is not playing for a top-tier team, that is not a good reason to be less supportive because the ultimate goal should be for a kid to have fun in any youth sports league. Essentially, it is more important to enjoy time with your kid than critiquing everything they did wrong in a game. Frost believes parents who put too much pressure on their kids, especially during that 'car ride home,' will chase them away from sports. If a kid is afraid to get into the car ride home after a bad game, it is unlikely he will want to continue to play.