Ice TImes Magazine Sep2010 Issue

“Keep your kids out of hot water, put them on ice” SEPTEMBER 2010

The Official Hockey Magazine of the Texas Amateur Hockey Association

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SanAntonio Team USA awards ceremony.

Brady Amox skates up ice.

Please mark Sat. Oct. 30th as Texas Hockey Day when kids ages 4-9 can come to a local participating rink to “Try Hockey for Free!” Go to www.

ComePlayYouthHockey.com for more information about this great

“fun, free” event. All hockey families are encouraged to visit USA Hockey’s new website at www.usahockey.com/

adm to learn more about the American Development Model.2010 Planned Events

Sept 10-12 Level 4 Coaching clinic (Dallas)Oct 30 Texas Hockey Day (Tx & Ok)Jan 29 TAHA Winter Meeting (Dallas)Feb 18-20 Hockey Weekend Across AmericaFeb 25-27 States: Tier I & II (Dallas)Mar 3-6 Districts: Tier 1 Youth (Dallas)Mar 4-6 Districts: Tier Girls (AZ)Mar 18-20 TAC Boys/Girls (Dallas)Mar 25-27 Texas Cup HS States (TBD)Mar 23-27 Nationals: High School (Chic.)Mar30-Apr3 Nationals: Tier II Girls (CA)Mar30-Apr3 Nationals: Tier I/II Youth (varies)Apr 1-3 Nationals: Women A/B/C (Varies)Apr 6-10 Nationals Tier I Girls (MI)Apr 13-17 Americas HS Showcase (PA)May 5-8 RMD Player Dev. Camp (SLC)

Meeting minutes and handouts of TAHA’s Annual Meeting held June 19th are posted on our website. 2010-11 TAHA Board members include:

• President - Ted Skinner• Vice Pres. - Jamie Appell• Treasurer - Mark Shepheard• Secretary - Christine Burns• Adult Sect. - Jeff Stone• Disabled Sect. - Taylor Lipsett• High School - Keith Andresen• House Sect. - Cesar Cepeda• Travel Sect. - Mark Servaes• Women’s Sect. - Tracy Servaes• ACE Director - Angie Vaught• Coach-in-Chief - Jouni Lehtola• Ref-in-Chief - Garry Pariseau• Registrars - Debra Lewis (DFW) Bettepat Graves (TX) Anne Hetrick (OK)

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Arlington Wild hoisted the Championship trophy for JV Gold.

Niko Gray (age 5) during his pre-hockey skating lessons.

Dustin Parman celebrates goal with team mates.

Two Texas hockey mom’s (Sue Caldwell and Cheryl Rodo of the Dallas Ice Jets) vacationing in Toronto Canada and visiting the Montreal Canadiens

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For the Good of the GameBy Keith Andresen

A new season is here and many teams are beginning to get back on the ice.

Participants, including players, coaches and parents, are excited about getting back on the ice and seeing old friends and making some new ones. Most of you know that my love for the game has very little to do with winning or losing and everything to do with fun, passion, participation and respect. That being said, I want to win every game in which I participate. I believe that winning IS important but not at the expense of the philosophy that hockey is a way to learn life’s lessons about fun, teamwork, positive attitude and most of all respect. So following is my annual plea for sanity in the hockey community. Relax and take time to realize that hockey is a game played mostly by and for kids. No matter the stakes we all need to sit back enjoy watching the kids grow by learning life’s lessons through hockey. Respect is often lost in today’s amateur hockey world. Youth and adult players, coaches, referees, parents and team officials all too often put winning,

Respect the Gameemotions and personal goals before respect. If I could wish for one single change in the game today it would be for all involved to take a step back, check egos and realize that we are playing a game. If given the opportunity the game will build character but only if we allow the game to be played with respect. Respect comes f rom understanding. Understanding that the folks involved in the game, including players, officials and coaches are giving their best effort. More importantly they are learning the game as they play. Everyone involved in the game today must have tolerance. We must have tolerance of an opponent who trips us as we speed toward the net. We must have tolerance of players who miss a pass. We must have tolerance of coaches who make the wrong decisions. We must have tolerance of a referee who misses a call. We must be tolerant of a timekeeper who forgets to turn on the clock. Why must we tolerate? Out of respect for the game. This tolerance will make participating in the game more enjoyable and satisfying.

I’m not willing to accept a second-rate effort. I believe every participant, whether coach, player or official owe it to the game to give their best each time they step inside the glass. However sometimes even a great effort is not enough to overcome a mistake by a coach, official or teammate. It’s in cases such as these, where best effort isn’t enough, that respect for the game makes us realize that the outcome is not as important as the participation itself. As frustrating and disappointing as mistakes and losing may be, they must be kept in perspective. Hockey is a game, and has been since native North Americans used tree branches to knock a rock around a frozen pond in Canada over 150 years ago. Let’s respect the participants and most of all the game. When you come to the rink to officiate, play, coach or watch be prepared and take it seriously. However, have tolerance and most of all respect for the game. If you show respect you will get respect and you will enjoy the game more than ever.

Just a thought: When you volunteer to be a team manager, board member or coach for your association, do it without “strings attached”. Too many times folks “sign-up” for a job to try and assure their son or daughter will benefit. When you volunteer please do it to help make your association strong and viable for the long-term not for short-term personal gain. ■

“Might as well jump, jump...” Chase Tawater, Plano Mite Sabres.

On the CoverSeptember 2010Now In Our Fifth Season!On The Cover:Kai Bonsukan and Chase LaPinta enjoy their last game for the DSYHL spring session.Photo by David LaPinta

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Monthly ColumnsFor The Good of The Game . . . . . . . . . . 5Life Lessons on Ice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Pro Shop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Metroplex Hockey Officials Assn. . . . . . 16Grow The Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Strong Hockey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Behind the Bench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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98 AA Texas Junior Brahmas stop for a team picture following their semi-final win at the “King of the Rings” tournament in Toronto, ON.

Jackson Creamer of Amarillo, Texas.

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Life Lessons On Ice by Kim Tinkham, Editor

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Kyle Hood coaching Dallas Oilers Mites.

Andrew Houser celebrates after scoring.

State Wars roller hockey tournament Gold Medal Winners.93 Texas team: Coach Sparlin, Michael Tucker, Payton Baldillez, Cooper Sparlin, Ethan Torres, Coach Torres, Austin Murray, Brady Ferguson, Cody Gardner, Conner Jung, and Zach Zinna.

Well, it’s the beginning of another season (Ice Times Magazine’s fifth

season to be exact) and I really don’t have much to say except to remind all of you; parents, coaches, players, officials, etc. that hockey is considered a sport and a game. Sports are meant to bring out the competitive best in an athlete and games are meant to be fun. Do your best with the tools you have. Follow the rules and have fun. Game On! ■

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NHL Veteran and coach of the Thief River Falls MN High School Hockey team, Tim Bergland, spent a week with the Marcus Marauders in July at Polar Ice. This fast paced, high intensity camp exceeded all expectations.

Mad Dog Madison loves the game.

Plano West JV wins Metroplex Championship !!

By Leonard Ratley

Coming off a successful AT&T Metroplex High School Hockey League season, Plano West Hockey Club was wondering what they could do “raise the bar” during the summer of 2010. During registration for the summer session, interest in PWHC was at an all time high resulting in the fielding of two JV teams through the AT&T League. Varsity Gold assistant coach Alex Paine signed on to lead a team, and Jaz Hayden, returning to PWHC, was selected to coach the second team. Both teams had a lot of success during the regular season with each team qualifying for the playoffs. Congratulations to Cory Chavez, Riley David, Alex Dorado, Ryan Doucette, David Farver, Ronnie Jewell, Rishi Kshatriya, Zach Lochabay, Raymond Martinez, Michael Moore, Josh Pippin, Adam Pudlowski, Calvin Stewart, Reed Tarter, Alex Thompson, Phillip Traxler, Richard Turner, and Troy York, as well as coach Alex Paine on a successful season. Congratulations to Corbin Barrios, Jeffrey Bissinger, Ethan Chun, Connor Colombe, Blake Delisle, Corey Delisle, Tanner Delisle, Mark Frawley, Mason Hesse, Trevor Ivy, Adam Learmont, Josh Mehr, Noah Mehr, Lane Miller, Carter Ratley, Michael Ritter, Bryson Smiley, and Kyle Taylor, as well as coaches Jaz Hayden and Bret Delisle on its perfect season. ■

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Dallas Stars vs Texas Stars - Exhibition Game. Santiago Diaz- Sends a puck to the net.

The other day I had a customer walk into the store complaining

of an inability to turn, accelerate and stop properly. He had just purchased a pair of top of the line skates from a local hockey shop. As I quickly looked over the skates for any possible defects, I realized his sharpening job was very shallow. I informed him that his skates were “cut” too shallow for his weight. His puzzled reaction summed up one of the most common occurrences in my shop. One of the biggest myths about skates is that the top tier skates will make you skate faster and score more goals. However, the biggest factor which helps every hockey player, at every level is skate maintenance. This brings us to our first topic: Skate Sharpening. Every hockey player should take the time to learn their preferred skate sharpening radius. The radius or “hollow” is measured in fractions of an inch. BEWARE: technical jargon coming up! The radius is the depth of the circle in which skate sharpeners grind into the steel of our skates. Now, what does that mean? The radius of a circle is half the distance from either extreme pole on a circles’ circumference. This radius is the common measurement we use to gauge the sharpness of the cut. If that was hard to understand I refer you to diagram 1 in

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which I explain this graphically. The gist of the paragraph above is that the radius can be measured on two ends; shallow and deep.

My first day working at a shop in Texas I was confronted with the dreaded task of deciphering a “defensive” cut and an “offensive” cut. Now I always thought the style of game you played was determined by the decisions you make on the ice but I was thrown through a loop with this quandary. The major differences between the two styles of cuts are the depth of the radius. The next statement is the most important sentence in my article this month! The deeper the cut, the more turning and stopping ability you have, the shallower the cut the more glide and speed you can retain. Similar to

most things involving speed, you simply cannot have both speed and grip at the same time. A deeper cut allows more grip, as it cuts into the ice at a greater depth creating drag. A shallow cut allows more glide and speed because the drag is not nearly as much because, you are not cutting into the ice as deep. Also, it is important to note, the heavier or lighter a player is the more these principles will affect your skating style. The house cut at most pro shops is 7/16th. This represents the most popular cut at that particular rink. I encourage everyone to experiment with different styles of cuts. Talk to your local hockey skate sharpener and see what he or she thinks would be a good cut for you. Next month I will de-mystify the new

Pond hockey at its finest. Carson enjoys the solitude.

flat bottom V cut and different skating profiles used by some of our favorite Dallas Stars. ■

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Trevor Carmoney waiting for the face off.Patrick Obney of the Wichita Falls Wildcats PeeWee team.

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Daniel Mignault with Rockwall Summer High School Varsity Hockey.

Griffin Eatchel takes the shot.

Watercolor picture of goalie, Clair Gannon during a Texas A&M vs. University of Texas game.

Ethan Trexler of the Brazos Valley Bucks, Arctic Wolf Ice Center, College Station, Texas.

The Austin Pee Wee team went down to McAllen, Texas to play in an International Hockey Tournament this summer. Ian Tharp #9, Carter Gallo #14, Connor Wiggers #7 and Grant Gallo #15 are getting ready for their game against Mexico.

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Team Lunsford - Dallas Stars Selects - Presidents Day Tournament in Littleton, Colorado.

Brady Amox and Ryan Hooks discuss their game strategy.

Ty Walls from the Dallas Stars Elite Hockey U16 AAA team checking a player from Russell

Stovers into the boards.

Goalie Colton Carson ready for another season.

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The Grapevine Wolves Squirt AA Team getting instructions in between periods from Coach Schneider, Coach Muller and Coach Walsh during the recent Beat the Heat Tournament.

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Metroplex Hockey Officials AssociationBy Ralph Hunter

As outgoing MHOA President Ken Reinhard informed you in his

final Ice Times Magazine column last month, I was recently elected as MHOA President. Having served in various capacities in MHOA leadership over the past several years—most recently as Ken’s Vice President—I am very mindful of the significant responsibilities and time commitment the position entails. Ken’s depth of experience and significant knowledge of the personnel and dynamics in the Metroplex hockey community and across the country have been a source of real value to all of us who love the game. Each of us in the DFW hockey community owe Ken our gratitude for his steady leadership that has established MHOA as the clear standard for other hockey officials’ organizations. Ken has left some extremely big skates to fill at MHOA. I’m humbled to have been asked to try, and pledge to do my best to serve the hockey community in my new role. Happily, Ken will continue as the USA Hockey Local Area Supervisor of Officials for North Texas so he will still be around and very involved. If you see him at the rink or otherwise have a moment, I hope you will join me by thanking him for all he has done for MHOA and the hockey community in Dallas/Fort Worth. By the middle of September the vast majority of our local officials will have completed one of four local USA

Hockey officiating seminars conducted by our uncompensated instruction and evaluation staff. I want to publicly thank each of the many volunteers who make our seminars possible. Steve Henderson, Tudor Floru, Nate Farkas, Bob Williams, Tim Zemens, Randy Sappo, Bill Nebe, Sue Halpern, Ken Reinhard, Bob Watkins, Chris Lee, Scott Hauth, Top Pepsis, Brett Johnston, Ken Prince, David DuBois, Paul Wilkinson, Fred Hudy and State Supervisor of Officials, Gary Pariseau all gave generously of their time and energy. NHL referee Gord Dwyer and linesman Darren Gibbs also deserve special recognition for their time and talent to once again make our advanced seminar just that much better. These folks devote considerable time and energy to conduct six long days of classroom education and on-ice sessions. Without their willingness to give their time, energy and talent to our officials, we would not be able to officiate games here in the Metroplex. We are also grateful to the Stars organization for the use of their facilities at both Farmers Branch and Euless. While seminars are individually tailored to fit the widely varying experience and officiating aspirations of our local officials, many items are common to all levels of officials and emphasized at all four seminars. The balance of my column will be devoted to a short discussion of just one of the

issues we highlighted for each of our seminar participants. Although ours is often an emotional game, certain social behaviors, whether exhibited by a coach, official, player, or spectator have properly been ruled out-of-bounds by USA Hockey. An obvious example is “using obscene gestures or racial/ethnic slurs on the ice or anywhere in the rink before, during or after the game” [USA Hockey Rule Book 601(f )(2), (i)(1)]. Whether committed by a player or team official, the rules are clear. The offender is assessed a game misconduct penalty, which results in their expulsion from both the balance of the current game as well as the team’s next scheduled game. In addition, the “proper authorities” are free to impose additional supplementary discipline including further suspensions [USA Hockey Rule Book 404(c) note]. Few would dispute that racial or ethnic slurs have no place in our game. In addition to an emotional game, ours is also often a testosterone-driven one. To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with testosterone! Although sometimes a little more subtle however, there’s another form of derogatory slur beyond one based on race or ethnicity that’s equally out of line. Accordingly, together with TAHA, MHOA has taken a leadership role in eliminating gender based slurs from our game. It has been emphasized to each of our officials during this season’s annual

seminars that derogatory slurs based on a participant’s gender, whether from a team official or a player, should be penalized in a manner identical to those based on race or ethnicity. Without listing specific examples, obvious gender-based slurs uttered on the ice or from the bench will result in the assessment of a game misconduct followed by a written report of the incident to the proper authorities for possible supplementary discipline. Like their racial or ethnic counterparts, derogatory verbal comments based on gender simply have no place in DFW hockey. See you at the rink. ■

Ralph is the father of four boys, all of whom have played and three of whom have also officiated hockey in North Texas during the past 11 years. An airline pilot by trade and a past president of the Allied Pilots Association, Ralph has also served in various capacities with the Metropex Hockey Officials Assoriation over the past several years. He is currently the President of MHOA.

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Courtney Welch is the USA Hockey Program Services Manager for Texas. Courtney has worked as an administrator in hockey for 12 years.

GROW THE GAME By Courtney Welch

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Houston Hurricane travel team playing in Dallas.

Peewee Goalie Jake Ange of the San Antonio Thunder is ready in the net.

September marks not only the start of hockey season, it’s also the beginning

of many youth hockey players’ journeys on the ice. This adventure isn’t one traveled alone. The entire household becomes enriched by becoming members of the hockey family. Do you remember your child’s first youth hockey season? Remember the first time you came to the rink and weren’t quite sure where to go, how to put on your child’s equipment, or what your child would get out of the sport?

Building Your Hockey Family

There will be many parents in this same predicament this season. Youth hockey can be an intimidating sport for parents to sign their child up for, especially with the unique equipment and facility, as well as all the myths about cost and commitment. Youth hockey also has a unique culture of creating relationships that are formed for life. Being on the outside can be daunting. What can you do to help ease new families in and welcome them to your hockey community? The first and most simple thing can be to befriend a new family. Having a f riendly, familiar face

assist with the transition new families have from the unknown to being comfortable is a huge asset for an

association/rink. It’s the youth hockey players that create the team on the ice, but it’s your parents that form the off-ice team and become your

association volunteers

and your biggest advertisement. USA Hockey is encouraging youth hockey families to visit the Come Play Youth Hockey Facebook page to share their stories, advice and love of the sport. I encourage you to participate. When you find the page, be sure to “Like” the page, then you can post comments, share photos of your family’s experience, and share your tips. If you are new, be sure to use the forum to tell us what information you need or think would be helpful as a new family joining the hockey community. Hockey is the best sport in the world. When a new player or family is “hooked,” they are hooked for life. So don’t miss out on a chance to help grow the game by reaching out and connecting with new players and new families to help them have a great first season and to ensure their return next year. ■

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Austin Eisan in the net at the AAC… big skates to fill.

State Wars roller hockey tournament Gold Medal Winners. 94 team Texas team: Coach Foley, Coach Goldenberg and Coach Fogart,

Jason Goldenberg, Brady Ferguson, Matt Fogarty, Trent Williams, Ryan Foley, Matthew Normyle, and Colin Edwards, Austin Murray

and Marissa Jensen

2 & 2 CHALLENGE Are You On Board Yet?Associations across the country are signing up to participate in USA Hockey’s 2 & 2 Challenge. It is an attainable goal for growth at the 4 to 8 age group, regardless of the size of the local association. Don’t miss out on being a part of USA Hockey’s national initiative!

The 2 & 2 Challenge is supported by the Membership Development department, which has designated a staff to assist local associations in reaching the 2 & 2 Challenge. Here is the breakdown: Courtney Welch (719) 538-1118

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Kasie Strong is a hockey player, hockey coach and hockey enthusiast. A native of Groton, Massachusetts, Kasie coaches for the Alliance Girls Hockey Program and promotes girls hockey in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area.

Strong HockeyBy Kasie Strong

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It took patience, persistence and a love for the game but on August 12th

women’s hockey made history once again. Hosted by the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL), the first ever women’s hockey draft was held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for the 2010-2011 season. Although the draft was successful in creating much needed parity amongst the league’s five teams, it was even more successful in re-energizing women’s hockey fans all around the world. Women’s hockey is going pro! Going into its 4th season, the CWHL is serious about making changes to professionalize the league and create a more competitive environment for national and elite level players to play. Although players will not be paid this year, the days of paying to play are long

Breaking new ground- the first ever women’s hockey draft

gone and it is a goal of the CWHL to eventually pay their players for their hard work and commitment. For now, players cannot be asked to relocate and therefore the draft was only open to players desiring to play for one of the greater- Toronto area teams: Toronto, Brampton and Burlington. Boston and Montreal were each able to protect five experienced CWHL players and tryouts for the remaining spots will be held in mid-September. Of all the teams, the newly emerging Boston team seems to be getting the most publicity. “We’re hoping to stimulate the growth of women’s hockey in the New England area,” said Boston’s general manager Paul Hendrickson. “This has been a strong area for high school and college programs, but there’s never been anything beyond that. We hope this will

grow women’s hockey exposure in our area…” (BostonHerald.com) Amongst the 28 players who will be trying out for the Boston team, six Olympians were protected and/or placed on the roster: Kacey Bellamy, Caitlin Cahow, Molly Engstrom, Erica Lawler, Angela Ruggeiro, and Karen Thatcher. With names like this, all eyes will be on Boston to impress come CWHL pre-season on October 9th. Time will tell if the CWHL has laid a strong enough foundation to one day provide a truly professional league where players earn legitimate salaries. One thing’s for sure- these ladies can play, and hopefully the excitement and skill they bring to the rink will be enough to draw fans and sponsorship towards the league and keep women’s hockey trending in the right direction.

More information regarding the CWHL check out their website: www/cwhl.ca. ■

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BEHIND THE BENCH By Mark Dyslin

Mark Dyslin has been coaching youth sports for over 15 years and coaching youth hockey since 1999. He is currently one of the coaches for St. Mark’s Junior Varsity Hockey Team.

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Grapevine Wolves “Kid’s First Program” The Grapevine Wolves Travel program hosted a Kid’s First Program to promote the great game of Hockey! We had over 30 “first time” hockey players come! We provided full gear for each and every player that did not have his/her own equipment! ALL of the Grapevine Wolves Selects Head and Assistant coaches participated on the ice.

Referees are everywhere. It doesn’t matter the sport: hockey, baseball, or

cricket they are there. Refs are watching, always watching. They just shiver with anticipation for the first opportunity to bust a ne’er-do-well. Since the “other team” always misbehaves, the referee’s presence is reassuring. Ironically, that is what the coach on other side is thinking too. So in essence we, the human race, have ordained when two or more of us are gathered in a competitive environment, a steward is needed to make sure we don’t color outside the lines. Even though we understand the value game officials bring, we still get bent when things don’t go our way. We heap verbal abuse on them for the slightest injustice. We threaten if they don’t get control of the game, something cataclysmic will happen. We’re not sure what, but we know it will be bad...really bad. We accuse refs of showing favoritism, and we will even call into question their

Who needs refs?mother’s breeding practices. Most referees in youth hockey are human (except for this one dude whom I suspect to be one of them human-alien hybrids). As such, refs are just as susceptible to losing their temper. So should we be surprised when dog bites man? Anyone who signs up to officiate athletic events has got to know what they are getting themselves into. So while the attitudes that assault us may not be surprising, it is disconcerting. While I never condone abusive behavior of officials, I can’t accept refs getting all up in a coach’s face either. Sadly I have witnessed a rise in “coach baiting” incidents over the last couple of years. It is still a small number, especially given the target rich environment. So it’s reassuring to know a majority of referees still demonstrate restraint. Yet I fret for the future. How do we help? It is incumbent on every coach to help referees officiate the game. Wait.

You are not needed for making calls, although I know you could. What I’m talking about is all coaches need to help the refs by conducting themselves appropriately during games. Take ownership for keeping things calm and professional on your bench. Don’t nag or yell at the refs. That may just twist them all up. If you need to ask clarifying questions, wait until between periods and do it calmly. Will we still see calls we won’t agree with? As sure as bears use the forest as their personal Porta-Potty, yes. There will be “curious” decisions. So what? Let those among us without goof cast the first puck (metaphorically speaking). What we will discover is both of us, coach and referee, concentrating on the task at hand: doing what is best for the kids. ■

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