Mandatory Team Meeting - Spring 2008

This years mandatory team meeting will be held March 16th at the Berkley Community Center located next to the Berkley Ice Arena, just west of Coolidge. 

There are always teams that would like to play in this Spring Shoot Out who for one reason or another cannot attend the mandatory team meeting at the time scheduled for their division. Although, the division meetings are slightly different, we would recommend attending any meeting you can get to so we can go over the general league information which is common to all divisions and provide you with the necessary paperwork.

The times by division are listed below:
12:30 P Mite House Select, Mite A - 01, & Mite AA - 00 
1:00 P Squirt House Select, Squirt A - 99, & Squirt AA - 98
1:30 P Peewee House Select, Peewee A - 97  & Peewee AA - 96
2:00 P Bantam House Select, Bantam A - 95 & Bantam AA - 94
2:30 P Midget B House Select & Midget BB House Select
3:00 P High School J.V. & Midget A - 93 & 92 
3:30 P High School (all tiers), Midget AA - 91 & 90, & Junior C
4:00 P Girls U10, U12, U14, U16, U19, and Girls H.S.

Items to consider prior to the team meeting.
Please come prepared for the team meeting.  The following checklist should help in that regard.  If you've already sent any of these items prior to the meeting you do not need to bring them, however, you will still need to attend.  All of the items on the list will be explained in detail below.
Application Staff Information Form Scheduling Calendar
$500.00 Dep. (non- refundable)* & Credit Card Jersey & Sock Orders

At this meetings we will decide your opponents and playoff format, pass out team books containing information crucial to rostering your team properly, decide the jersey colors of the teams within your conference, provide you with score sheets, as well as discuss other pertinent issues that will help the spring season run smoothly

Applications are available on this web site or in Hockey Weekly.  Each team wishing to play in the league must have one on file with the league to be considered for a spot. This document provides initial contact information as well as designating your teams 2 home arenas.  Your application must be accompanied by a $500.00 non-refundable deposit.  *This deposit will be refunded in the event that a division does not form. The Staff Information form, also available on line, provides us with the information necessary to effectively communicate with the member teams.  Because this largely takes place via e-mail, if you or your staff do not check your e-mail regularly, please assign the job of receiving league news and scheduling updates to a parent who does.  The Scheduling Calendar also provides us critical information.  This form will allow you to pick 20 possible dates for your home games.  This is also the place to note scheduling exception like tournaments, vacations, and other dates your team will be unavailable to compete.  Please remember that this is only a guideline, as the games can only be scheduled on available ice.  If your choice of arenas is more important than the date let us know.  If the date is more critical, we will schedule your game(s) at the closest available arena with one exception.  As has become our custom, teams competing from opposite sides of the city  will be scheduled in one of the following ways:  at an arena that approximates a geographic mid- point, or on a weekend at one of the designated arenas of the home team unless the game is late enough to avoid traffic during the week. If you plan on ordering Jersey for the spring, we ask that you order them through the league.  They are available in a wide range of colors and provide the league with the discretion of limiting 2 or more similar colors within a division.  Teams wearing the same or similar colors are often asked to wear pullovers which almost always causes the game to end by curfew.  If you have 2 sets of jerseys at each game this can also be avoided.  

All of the forms listed above are available on this web site. 

League Fees -- This season we will be accepting payment for your division at the March 16th meeting.  This can be done with a check, money order, cash or credit card.  However, we are usually unsure of the number of teams that may eventually either be added or dropped between this meeting and the season's start, so we  ask that you pay for ten games at that time.  This year you will be required to have a credit card on file with us so that any remaining balance, if any, can be charge at the start of the season.  We will notify you by e-mail of the balance due and that we intend to put it on your card.

Jerseys -- Will you need jerseys and if so what sizes?  What numbers do the kids want and are you going to order them through the league? Some fall programs keep their jerseys year to year and others do not. At the team meeting we establish who already has jerseys and who does not.  We will determine which colors are already being used based on which teams are going to use their fall jerseys and then choose from the remaining available colors. 

Length of games -- most divisions have the opportunity to decide this factor each year at our annual team meeting for coaches and managers. Some divisions that historically have played 1.5 hour games will play 1 hour games this spring  in an effort to make our program more affordable.  If you feel that this issue needs to be addressed, please bring it to the floor at the team meeting and requests a vote of the teams.  Due to the impact this has on cost, we feel that this should be decided by a vote of the participating teams and not the league.  

Collect the data necessary for rostering your team -- This information will not be needed at the meeting(s) but the earlier you can get this very important task completed, the less stress you will experience at the end of March.  As part of your league packet provided at the team meeting, you will receive the necessary USA Hockey and MAHA documentation required to properly roster a team.