LAHOA was formed to assist, support, and develop USA Hockey certified officials and help them in promoting the growth of ice hockey at all levels in the Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino, Kern, and Riverside Counties.



Member Profiles
Congratulations to LAHOA President Norm Kitano, winner of 2009-2010 Pete Anderson Award given by USA Hockey  to an outstanding referee in the Pacific District.

"Norm has been a public hockey figure along with his brother Art for many years. With Norm taking the reins as a referee administrator now, the District felt he has earned this prestigious award for his personal commitment and dedication to the sport of ice hockey," said CAHA President Steve Laing who nominated Norm for the honor.

Every year the Pacific District takes nominations from the affiliate presidents in CA, OR, WA, NV and AK for the following 3 awards:
  • Andy Anderson Award - given to an outstanding administrator
  • Dempsey Anderson Award - given to an outstanding coach
  • Pete Anderson Award - given to an outstanding referee
"Each of these awards go far beyond just being an administrator, coach or referee. It's that commitment one brings to the table during his or her many years of service and commitment. A passion and a desire for excellent in the area of being the best one can be. Giving back to a program in the areas of training, evaluations, volunteer time, mentoring, leadership on and off the ice and professionalism on a daily basis while never being bigger than the job you're doing.

"The Pete Anderson Award was created in 1998, when Pete, a referee from the Washington area gave and gave to the referee program for nearly 30 years," Laing explained.
 
Past recipients include: Pete Anderson, Mike Lashlee, George Benson, Steve Stevens, Steve Lubitz, Chris Leahy, Lee Karabelnikoff, Chris Miles, Casey Jorgensen and Joe Barth.
Association News
Announcing the USA Hockey officials certification seminar for 2010! Confirmed locations are Westminster, Riverside, Simi Valley, Valencia and a Level 4 seminar in Lakewood. We encourage you to sign up for a seminar so you won't miss out!

If you missed the Level 4 seminar in Lakewood, there is one more Level 4 seminar in Pacific District to be held Las Vegas on Sept. 26 For more details, go to pacificdistrictofficials.org and click the Seminar tab.

Board of Directors Message

LAHOA Members,

Jason Elliott, George Plesa and Vic Zuniga were elected as new LAHOA Directors. Thanks to everyone that participated in this year's election. We are excited as we move forward into the 2010-2011 season. Amazing how quickly time passes. It seems like yesterday we were facing the end of the world at Y2K. I would like to thank Brent Tubbs who was unable to rerun for as a LAHOA Director due to personal time constraints. Brent served as both President and Vice President over his tenure on the Board. Brent will remain the scheduler for both Toyota Center and Bay Harbor. I am sure Brent will remain involved in the development of officials in Southern California. I would also like to thank Dave Cohen. Dave is one of the Founding Fathers of LAHOA and he was the first President of the Association. He has served on the board in many capacities over the years, including Treasurer for the last 10 years. I have asked Dave to hang around in the capacity of an advisor.

Norman Kitano
LAHOA President
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