Coaches,

There will be a coaches clinic for level 2 and 3 at The MAC in Rio Rancho this weekend June 24. It will start at 8am on Saturday. This was just approved by USA Hockey and registration is online and open on the USA Hockey website.

http://www.usahockey.com/coachingclinics

Thank you all for a great hockey season. Without many hard working volunteers LAHA would not be successful. If you see these folks around town, please thank them!! Also, think about next year and how you can help make LAHA even better. We are in need of several volunteers to fill key positions, so please let us know how you would like to help! 

LAHA Volunteers:

Susan Oldham-President

Jeff Goettee-VP

Kathi Fisher-Treasurer

Renee Dunwoody-Secretary

Kevin Brake-Head Coach

Dann Alison-Head Ref

Donna Pimentel-Registrar

Chrislynne Bingham-Equipment Manger

Jill Lang-Scheduler

David Pimentel-Web Administrator

Lori Hinojosa-Safe Sport Coordinator

Sonya Ortiz-LOE Risk Manager

Coaches: Mike Meneakis, Dave Moulton, Eric Dors, John Dunwoody, Dave Smith, Gary Medrick, Tyler Bingham, Chis Arnold, Greg Casados, Ondrej Certik, Tyler Frank, Chris Fryer, Jeff Goettee, Andrew Harnden, Aimee Hungerford, David Jablonski, Chris Jeffery, Cory Johnson, Jeff Kelley, Brett Lincoln, Adam Martinez, Seth Martinez, Mick Matuszak, Blake Nolen, Warren Oldham, Bob Poole, Filip Ronning, Thane Sisson, Charlie Strauss, Richard Van de Water, Heather Ward, Craig Wehner, Joseph Wermer

Managers: Renee Dunwoody, Connie Goettee, Debi Guffee, Jane Mitchell, Colleen Swavely, Edie Ramsdell, Jill Lang

Lori Hinojosa is LAHA's new SafeSport Coordinator. Please read the following and complete the necessary steps before Sept 1, 2016 or interaction with children. 

Volunteer Requirements

LAHA Adult Volunteer registration is open and ready for the 2016-17 season- volunteers must register- it's free.

USAH requires volunteers to have a background screening as well as SafeSport Training (takes about 2 hrs.) prior to any volunteer activity.

These are mandatory, and are good for two years. If you completed a SafeSport training two years ago, then you only need to complete the refresher course this year (not as long as initial training).

If you are someone who falls with in the listed positions below, please complete these items ASAP.

PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST- there are links and instructions you must follow.

Per the USA Hockey Safe Sport Program Handbook those who need to be screened include:

1. Members of the LAHA Board of Directors

2. Local program administrators

3. Coaches

4. Team managers

5. Officials (over 18)

6. Locker room monitors

7. Team drivers (unless professional transportation companies are used)

8. Travel chaperones

9. Anyone with regular, routine or frequent access to youth participants

We may require that additional persons be screened.

BACKGROUND SCREENING:

Please check to see if your name appears onhttp://www.newmexicohockey.org/page/show/829216-good-to-go the "Good To Go" list first.

Screenings are good for 2 years, and you may have been cleared for this season already from a previous screening. Only proceed if your name doesn't appear on the list or if it is in RED.

If your name doesn't appear, please proceed to the link below, this part is very quick.

The website is: https://loeaha.volunteerportal.net/    password: hockeyiscool

Please remember, the background screenings can take 2 - 4 business days, and then have to be manually entered on the LOEAHA site. Therefore, should you not see your name on the list after 4 days, please email me directly before running another unnecessary screening.

SAFESPORT TRAINING:

This part takes a couple of hours, but is required. Remember, you do the initial training with a subsequent 'refresher' course every two years.

First, you must register as coach, referee, or volunteer on the USAH website, a membership number is required for the training. https://www.usahockeyregistration.com/login_input.action

Once registration has been completed, then please proceed to the SafeSport training page.

http://www.usahockey.com/safesporttraining

Please keep a copy of your training certificate for your records.