LAHOA - Los Angeles Hockey Officials Association

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.

Board of Directors Message

We are well into the second half of the season with SCAHA playoffs just around the corner. A new contract will hopefully be ratified by both boards during the month of February. Stay tuned.

A reminder about game reports:

There seems to be some confusion on submitting game reports. A game report needs to be submitted as soon as possible so the incident is still fresh in your mind. We need these submitted in a timely manner for league hearings.

Game Reports need to be filed for Game Misconducts, Match Penalties and Spectator Ejections.

Game Misconducts- Only the referee needs to submit.

Game Misconduct (Racial Slur) – the correct penalty is a game misconduct. For reporting purposes, please select the Match Penalty (This will distribute the report to the proper people) when you submit your report on the LAHOA webpage.

Match Penalties and Parent Ejections -- The entire crew needs to report on the incident. We need everyone’s view of the incident, even if you did not see or hear anything. This also needs to be reported by phone to the LAHOA Rink Supervisor as soon as you can.

Here is an article from ESPN.com about Max Battimo.

Norman Kitano
LAHOA President