Los Alamos Hockey Association

The Los Alamos Elks Holiday Hockey 2019 Ice Hockey Festival

December 27-30, 2019 at the Los Alamos Ice Rink
Mites - Dec 27 and 28
Peewee - Dec 27 and 28
Atoms/Mini-Mites (X-Ice) - Dec 29 and 30
Squirt - Dec 29 and 30
 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE – Dec 10, 2019

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Hello all.  The county has been hard at work and expects that they should have the ice repaired so that we can have practices tomorrow night (sorry varsity--no 6am practice).  Wanted to give you a heads up as earlier reports indicated that practices for tomorrow would be canceled.

Thanks,
Renee

LAHA MEMBERS,

The weather Friday and Friday night, caused a lot of trouble with the ice rink ice.  Two or more inches of snow, then the rain on top of it, then it froze quickly.  That caused air pockets in the ice.  The staff has worked all day yesterday trying to cut the ice and level it with 8 people working on it all day.  I went down this afternoon and spoke with Mike Lipiatt, manager.  He showed me the problem.  The management has decided until they can get the ice cut way down and rebuilt it is too big of a risk to skate on.  So, they are hoping they will have more information on this tomorrow to report but for the next few days, it looks very iffy.  Check with their website, call the rink, and look on their Facebook page.  We will let you know updates on this too.

Try Hockey for Free has also been cancelled, was scheduled 4-6 PM tonight. We may reschedule this event if we can find time to do it.

The pictures will still go on with Don Taylor (Renee Dunwoody just sent out the final schedule for tomorrow and Tuesday).  They will keep the front open for us and can get on the ice to take a picture just not skate.

HULL HOCKEY CAMP 2019

LAHA MEMBERS,

The Elks Hull Hockey Camp was a huge success with 33 players with 8 hours of ice time.  The parents present were overheard by another parent that passed onto me how much they thought this camp was super.  Some had never seen such a thing at this rink (some of the younger & newer parents).

Kyle Hull and his assistant Gary TenEyck thought the rink was a super environment to host such a camp.  They were impressed how fast our players excelled during the camp.

Also, we just may break even financially on the camp due to 3 great sponsors.

1. Our Title Sponsor - The Elks Service Club

2. Elite Sponsor - New Mexico Bank & Trust

3. Elite Sponsor - Century Bank & Trust

The Elks put on a pasta dinner back in September and raised $858 they gave us.  They plan on holding another dinner in January during the 2nd Nuclear Shootout, January 10, 11, 12, 2020.  Grant Harvey, Coach of the UNM Lobos, has said he will get all the teams to eat that pasta meal!  We ask that you all do the same thing.  We could bring in a lot more money this time as without all these sponsors we would be losing about $2500.  We wanted to bring this camp to you at a reasonable price.  

I just received a long text message from Kyle and Gary.  I will share that with you soon as I determine the best way to do that.  They were so impressed that at the last session today they called all the players together and they told them they were the absolute best behaved group they have worked with!!  Wow, that is quite a compliment and there is more which you will see when I send you the text.

Right now we plan on having this camp again next year.  We had two conflicts this year, the HS Varsity and JVs were playing in Albququerque this weekend and this weekend is the start of a big holiday week which took more players away.  It was about the only time we could get from the rink and our other planned games and Kyle's schedule.  Next year we are planning on December 3, 4, 5, 2020.  

I want to thank the two New Mexico Lobos that came up and skated with the kids and helped Kyle and Gary with the camp.  They are Isaac and Jacob Dunwoody.  It is great to see two successful hockey players come back and payback to the kids behind them.  There are some pictures that were taken and attached here

LAHA MEMBERS,

We are again offering USA Hockey's Try Hockey Free day Sunday, December 1, 2019, 4-6 PM.  We are asking you to send this email to your friends and anyone else you can help us get the information out to.  Here is the link to our web site.

https://www.leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=170360&org=lahockey.org

LAHA Members,

This is your reminder that the deadline for purchasing LAHA logo clothing is near, December 8!!  So get your orders in now!

Thanks goes to Darren Meadows again.  This will be the last chance to get items from LA Hockey Store before Christmas! These items make great gifts and show your support for LA Hockey!  Store open now through December 8 in time for Christmas.  See link below to access store.

https://lahockey2019.itemorder.com/

Sorry for the flyer does not go out but it is on the website to the left of this message.

LAHA Members,

Below is a flyer for the subject.  Most of you won't need this but some may have a child coming of age 5, 6, or 7.  If not please pass onto youir friends or neighbors that might have children who might be interested.

Volunteer Requirements

LAHA Adult Volunteer registration is open and ready for the 2019-2020 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 within 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. Travel chaperones

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

9.  NEW THIS YEAR--the requirement that players born in 2002 will be required to complete Safesport

We may require that additional persons be screened.

BACKGROUND SCREENING:

Please check to see if your name appears on http://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. 

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.