Archives 2020

The LAHOA Executive Board and the Board of Directors would like to congratulate Andrew Wilk and Trevor Wohlford who will be working in the ECHL and Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) for the 2020-21 season!

With the season finally getting under way for these two leagues, strict COVID procedures will be in place. In the ECHL, each official will be tested before they enter the building for all games and they must have had a negative test to be allowed in to work. Coaches, bench personnel and back up goaltenders will also be required to wear masks on the bench at all times during games. Officials will have masks to wear in between stoppages when communicating with officials, players and coaches. Similar protocols are in place in the SPHL. No one is allowed in the locker room with the exception of the officials. Masks must be worn at all times in the building. Communication with the coaches while on the ice should be kept to a minimum! How about that? Coach, “Hey, can we talk about that call?” Official, “I’m sorry coach but I am not supposed to!”

Trevor started his season in the SPHL Saturday, December 26th in Birmingham. Andrew will be officiating in Orlando December 29th and 30th.

Last season, Trevor worked full time in the USHL. This season he is getting the call up to work full time in the SPHL while working games in the ECHL too! He will continue to work USHL games throughout this season as well.

Andrew Wilk starts his 9th year as a referee in the ECHL. He worked the Kelly Cup Finals in 2019 and Conference Finals in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019. Andrew will work the AHL as well once that season starts. It is tentatively scheduled to start February 5th.

Congratulations to our LAHOA officials working pro hockey!

The LAHOA Executive Board and Board of Directors would like to congratulate our four LAHOA officials who will be working in the USA Hockey Officiating Development Program (ODP). Most of these officials will be heading out to cities in the Midwest to work full-time schedules in the NAHL and USHL!

Caleb Andrade, 28, originally from Ontario, CA, lived in Amarillo, TX last season working a full-time schedule as a referee in the NAHL. Caleb got to work his first USHL game too! This season, Caleb will be living in Des Moines, IA and working full-time as a referee in the USHL. Caleb looks to work his first pro game as a referee this season!

Tyler Hascall, 24, originally from Corona, CA, lived in Chicago, IL last season and worked full-time as a referee in the NAHL. This season, Tyler will be living in Des Moines, IA and working full-time as a referee in the USHL! Tyler hopes to work his first pro game this season!

Philip Kasko, 22, originally from Irvine, CA will be living in St. Paul, MN this season working games in multiple Jr and College leagues with his primary focus on refereeing in the NAHL. Last season, Phil made two trips to the Midwest with one being a month long stent in MN. This will be his first full time season in the ODP.

John Lindner, 26, originally from Bonsall, CA, lived in Des Moines, IA last season working full-time as a referee in the USHL. This year, John is heading back to Des Moines to work full-time in the USHL and hopes to get his first pro game!

Dylan Freed, 19, originally from Simi Valley, CA and currently attending Cal State Fullerton to attain a Major in Business with a Minor in Entrepreneurship, will be working part-time while he finishes up his degree. Dylan will be making monthly trips throughout the season to work the NAPHL.

LAHOA would like to congratulate the newly appointed California Referee-In-Chief, Thi Tran! Thi takes over for Alex Morrison who joined the CAHA Board of Directors this summer. Congratulates from all of us at LAHOA, Thi!

From LAHOA President, Louis Magnifico:

LAHOA hosted it’s annual board meeting Saturday, June 27th. First I want to tip my hat to all of you who took the time to have their voice heard in our election! We had 5 officials trying to secure one of the 4 board positions open. The results are: Andrew Wilk @ 24%, Michael Pecolar @ 23%, Art Kitano @ 22%, Sara Paras @ 21% and Zack Davis @ 10%.

I want to thank Skip Crovo for serving on the board for several terms! He was a very valuable board member and always put LAHOA first. I would also like to thank Zack Davis for stepping up to run for the board.

After the new board was seated the following board members were elected to the Executive Board:

President – Louis Magnifico

Vice President  – Brett Martin

Treasurer – Sara Paras

Registrar – Scott Workman

Secretary – Michael Pecolar

I would like to take a moment to thank Steve Appley for all his contributions as Vice President this past season, I can tell you without him I would have not had any chance of success. He was at every seminar including Cal Camp and Arthur Kitano’s High School/ACHA/Junior camp. He supervised at one rink for every CAHA weekend and ran the High School State Finals to highlight a few of the assignments and tireless hours he put in to our association for you the members. 

We are still in a time of flux and many things are still not stable but we must continue on and prepare for next season. What is in our control is how we each prepare for the season when it does start. We have the power to make this our best season ever regardless of when we start. 

The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following officials on their selection to work the championship game in the Los Angeles Kings High School Hockey League. The JV and Varsity Championships will be heath March 8th at the Toyota Sports Performance Center.

JV – 10:15am – Alex Kaganovich, Garo Simitian, Sara Parras, Kenny Brzezinski

Varsity – 12:15pm – Jason Zech, Neil Liberotti, Ryan Spear, Dylan Freed

Congratulations on a great season!

The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to congratulate Matthew Norman And Jake Rozenberg on their selection to work the 2020 Pacific District Tier 1 Championships in Tacoma, WA! The tournament will take place March 5th – 8th at the Tacoma Twin Rinks and is hosted by the Tacoma Jr. Rockets. The age groups that are competing at the championships are 14u AAA, 15u AAA, 16u AAA & 18u AAA with the winner of each group moving on to the National Championships! LAHOA wishes Matt the best this weekend. If you see Matt or Jake around the rinks, make sure to congratulate them!

The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to congratulate Keely Peters, Rebecca McFarland, Nicole Godwin and LAHOA’s very hard working Treasurer, Sara Parras on their selections to officiate the Pacific District Girls Tier I & Tier II Championships in Seattle, WA. The event took place over the weekend from February 27th to March 1st. Proudly hosting the event was Seattle Junior Hockey and the Lady Admirals. The age groups present were, 14u, 16u & 19u. The winners of each age group advance to USA Hockey’s National Championships! Next time you see these ladies at the rink, give them a big congratulatory high five!!!

The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following officials on their selection to work the ADHSHL JV Finals! The Harbor and the Lincoln Conference championship games will be held February 29th at the FIVEPoint Arena!

Harbor Conference – 4:30pm – Matthew Zucker, Darius Newhall, Jake Herzog, Alexander Kitano

Lincoln Conference – 6:15pm – Dylan Freed, Darius Newhall, Jake Herzog, Benjamin DuBow

Congratulations on your assignments!

The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following officials on their selection to work the 2020 CAHA Tier II Play Downs. There will be two locations. The 12u & 14u divisions will be played in Simi Valley at the Ice-o-Plex while the 16u & 18u divisions will be played in Valencia at the Ice Station. The events will be held the weekend of February 28th-March 1st.

Kosta Karvelas, Alison Ellner, Matt McClelland, Dave Grifman, Alex Kaganovich, Ryan Spear, Austin Sebesta, Ken Nichols, Ira Derdiger, Toyota’s Own, Ian Arougheti, Adam Bell, Jason Lhamon, Greg Tukalski, Ilya Gorelic, Neil Liberotti, Christopher Hahn, James Huff, Matthew Epstein, Kyle Waters, Louis Magnifico, Jason Zeck, Evan Freedman, Matthew Zucker, John Mattila & Christopher Arvizu

Congratulations on your assignments!

The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following officials on their selection to work the 2020 CAHA High School National Bound State Championships and the 2020 CAHA Tier I 11u AAA, 12u AAA & 13u AAA State Championships. Both events are being held simultaneously in Riverside at the the LA Kings Ice-Town February 28th-March 1st.

Armand DeForest, Ryan Flores, Alec Rounds, Jake Herzog, Tyler Carreon, Franco Khnanisho, Matthew Brodeur, Dylan Freed, Alexander Kitano, Steve Appley, Preston Fox, Brandon Barnette, Andrew Martin, Benjamin DuBow, Michael Pecolar, Jacob Rozenberg & Jordan Watt

Congratulations on your assignments!