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O-townClown wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:24 pm Please provide any summary you can for the officiating shortage and parent conduct comments.

SCBlueLiner wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:11 am Starts at the Association & Team level. When I have my parent meetings at the beginning of the season I have a conversation about how we are expected to represent ourselves at the rink, in the stands, and on the road. I was also a former referee so understand what the referees go through. Guess what? At the youth level, "working" the official for a call will get you nowhere. In fact, it hurts your team. Treat the official with respect and your team will get the benefit of the doubt. I won't tolerate team parents berating officials or arguing with opposing teams fans in the stands. It's embarrassing and a poor reflection on our town and our association.

If everybody took care of their own then we would all have less problems.

Eagles93 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:17 pm The problem these days are some parents are crazy and there's nothing the association can do about it. If a parent is yelling at the refs, the association can tell that parent they are not allowed to be in the arena for x games or x days. That parent says "F you, I'm watching my kid play." Then what? Call the police? Suspend the kid?

In District 16 associations are directed to call the police if a parent will not leave. Charge them with trespass and possibly disorderly conduct.

In regards to referees... what is USA or MN Hockey doing to attract new referees? I get seemingly 10 emails a week from MN Hockey, I don't think I've seen one mentioning recruitment of referees. Why are there no posters at rinks recruiting referees? There is a huge referee shortage and there are no upcoming referee certification seminars.

Good point - I will bring that up on Friday night and Saturday morning.

elliott70 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:21 am

SCBlueLiner wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:11 am Starts at the Association & Team level. When I have my parent meetings at the beginning of the season I have a conversation about how we are expected to represent ourselves at the rink, in the stands, and on the road. I was also a former referee so understand what the referees go through. Guess what? At the youth level, "working" the official for a call will get you nowhere. In fact, it hurts your team. Treat the official with respect and your team will get the benefit of the doubt. I won't tolerate team parents berating officials or arguing with opposing teams fans in the stands. It's embarrassing and a poor reflection on our town and our association.

If everybody took care of their own then we would all have less problems.

Perhaps MN Hockey should hire you to talk to every team before the season starts.
You are right, that's where it needs to start - in each association - with each team.
The problem people may not listen but maybe others will step up and remind them to behave themselves.

In the 1990's while running Bemidji hockey I had a talk with each team, mites through Jr Gold, at the beginning of the year.

SCBlueLiner wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:56 am So we are both unpaid professional volunteers.

goldy313 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 12:41 am Meh!

National, State, and Local, mandates are killing officials. After 20+ years as an MSHSL official I am done. The whole thing has become a political battleground. We are short officials but yet are charged ~ 20% by the MSHSL and our local associations to officiate. Jason Nickelby should be held accountable for this crap!


The official shortage is going to grow exponentially. The MSHSL is directly responsible for this. Schools need to hold the MSHSL accountable.

Stop being politically correct and start doing your job MN Hockey, the MSHSL, USA Hockey.

Equity is the next MSHSL buzz word .

O-townClown wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 1:24 pm Please provide any summary you can for the officiating shortage and parent conduct comments.

OldManRiver wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:54 pm I would be interested to know if there are any comments for feedback related to the new checking rules for Bantams and how they are being enforced.

Eagles93 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:17 pm
In regards to referees... what is USA or MN Hockey doing to attract new referees? I get seemingly 10 emails a week from MN Hockey, I don't think I've seen one mentioning recruitment of referees. Why are there no posters at rinks recruiting referees? There is a huge referee shortage and there are no upcoming referee certification seminars.

jg2112 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:06 am I think the first "endgame" of the referee shortage will be that non-varsity sports will not have officials. Games will be officiated by coaches. It's already happening in soccer.

I wonder how parents, coaches, and participants will feel about that.

elliott70 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 7:31 am

OldManRiver wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:54 pm I would be interested to know if there are any comments for feedback related to the new checking rules for Bantams and how they are being enforced.

Not discussed.
No 'big' problems arising from it, apparetnly.

goldy313 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 11:50 pm You better figure out a better Region system that doesn’t produce 21-0 games. That is asinine and no kid deserves that.

Putting Edina and Worthington in the same Region is beyond myopic. Fix this! Is Minnesota Hockey so ignorant as to not know the difference between Worthington and Edina? Clearly they are.

If you want to grow Hockey this isn’t the way. This was awful and avoidable to anyone but Minnesota Hockey.

If you are for kids and promoting hockey than do it. Worthington is a fine program but should have been eliminated before playing Edina in Bantam A hockey.

Everyone in Minnesota Hockey who thought this was okay should resign.