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The LAHOA Board of Directors approved a motion to not collect LAHOA dues for the 2020-21 season in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is how it will work:

• If you were a registered LAHOA member for the 2019-20 season, your dues expiration date is being moved to August 31, 2021.
• If you have already paid your dues for the 2020-21 season, your dues expiration date will be moved to August 31, 2022.

Please note that USA Hockey is moving their expiration dates for officials, coaches and players to occur on August 31st of each year, instead of November 30th, starting in 2021.

To be current in our scheduling system, Time To Score, you will need to have completed your registration requirements for USA Hockey for the 2020-21 season. Once you have completed your USA Hockey requirements, you can use the link below to confirm your registration.

Confirm Your 2020-21 Registration

Lastly, to vote in the upcoming board member election, you must be a “member in good standing” to vote. Meaning you must be fully registered with LAHOA.

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!

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!!!

LAHOA would like to again congratulate Andrew Wilk on his 3rd IIHF assignment! Andrew was selected to referee the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championships Division II Group B that took place January 28th-February 3rd in Gangnueng/Pyeongchang, South Korea. The same venue that hosted the Olympics!

Andrew has previously officiated the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia and the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championships Division I Group A in Vienna, Austria.

The teams present for this years assignment are South Korea, Israel, Belgium, Croatia, Netherlands and China!

Andrew ultimately was selected to work the gold medal game between between South Korea and Croatia. South Korea won the game and was promoted to Division 2A while Israel was relegated to Division III. Also to note, former Los Angeles King, Jim Paek, is the head coach of South Korea!

A quote from Andrew, “[It is] always an extreme honor and privilege to be selected for a IIHF assignment.  I have a had a great time at every tournament meeting new friends, exploring different cultures and getting a break from the everyday grind of the long minor-pro season.”

Congratulations Wilky!

On Saturday, November 23rd at Great Park Ice & FIVEPoint Arena, LAHOA presented a donation to the American Cancer Society. Throughout the months of October and November, LAHOA officials donated game fees and wore custom referee and linesman sweaters while doing so. The games were primarily worked in the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League (ADHSHL). The LAHOA officials donated a total of $4,485 in game fees and the Anaheim Ducks decided to match it! The total donation to the American Cancer Society on behalf of LAHOA was $8,970!

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The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to announce its association wide support of Cancer Awareness during the months of October and November. LAHOA will be showings its support by wearing the universal color of lavender. During this time officials can wear lavender laces, tape, and any other lavender accessories to show their support of Cancer Awareness. LAHOA isn’t just flying colors, we are giving our officials the chance to donate their game fees in support of the cure to cancer. At the end of November, LAHOA will be taking those donated game fees and donating them all to The American Cancer Society.

The ADHSHL will be providing officials the chance to wear custom lavender stripped referee and linesman sweater during games in which the game fees are being donated. We are also going to be doing this with CAHA and SCAHA games. The first of which happened at Great Park Ice & FIVEPoint Arena on Wednesday, October 16th. Many more are planned and we ask that you call share your photos online as well as send them to the e-mail below so that they can be posted on the website as well as the LAHOA Facebook Group and Instagram page. After all, it is about creating awareness.

LAHOA Facebook Group | LAHOA Instagram

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PLEASE ask your scheduler how you can get on a crew and donate!

The Anaheim Ducks will host the six-team Rookie Face-off Tournament Sept. 7-10 at Great Park Ice & FIVEPoint Arena. The 2019 tournament will feature the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights.

LAHOA officials refereeing the event are Andrew Wilk and Tyler Hascall. On the lines are Neil Campbell, Alec Rounds, Steve Walsh, Eric MacDonald & Eric Anderson. Working along with our LAHOA officials are Matthew Audette, Carter Sandlak, Jack Young, Rake Recucki & Katie Guay. Read more about the 4 female officials selected to work NHL prospect tournaments this year.

Day passes for the tournament are SOLD OUT, but individual game tickets for all nine games in the tournament are currently available.Day Pass buyers will receive communication directly to fulfill the transaction. Individual game tickets are $10 per game and arking for the entire tournament will be complimentary.

Saturday, Sept. 7

• Colorado vs. Vegas – 1:00pm @ FivePoint Arena
• Arizona vs. San Jose – 3:00pm @ Rink 3
• LA vs. Anaheim – 5:00pm @ FivePoint Arena

Sunday, Sept. 8

• LA vs. Colorado – 1:00pm @ FivePoint Arena
• Vegas vs. Arizona – 3:00pm @ Rink 3
• San Jose vs. Anaheim – 5:00pm @ FivePoint Arena

Tuesday, Sept. 10

• Arizona vs. Colorado – 11:00am @ FivePoint Arena
• LA vs. San Jose – 1:00pm @ Rink 3
• Vegas vs. Anaheim – 3:00pm @ FivePoint Arena

**UPDATE** Cal Camp a HUGE success! Lot’s went on at the CA Ref School. There was a record amount of league supervisors in attendance. The camp director, Michel Voyer, celebrated his 31st year of running the school. The new Pacific District RIC, Dan Ellison, hosted the seminar held in conjunction with the school. We congratulated Steve Stevens on his retirement. AND… USA Hockey Officiating Director, Dave Labuda, was in town!

**From the initial post.***

Save the date! California Referee School 2019 will be held August 2-4 at The Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, CA. The official training facility of the two-time Stanley Cup champions, the Los Angeles Kings. This year California Referee School will be celebrating its 31st anniversary! As always, the California Referee School will have the top instructors and supervisors in attendance to help educate and scout officials. The school is open to all levels of officiating. From beginner to advanced, California Referee School is for everyone! Click the link below and to enroll and reserve your spot today! 

California Referee School

2017 Cal Camp Video

2018 Under 17 Four Nations Cup

The best hockey players under the age of 17 from Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States descended upon Plymouth, Michigan to compete in the 2018 Under-17 Four Nations Cup presented by Hines Park Lincoln at USA Hockey Arena from December 11-15.

LAHOA members Eric McDonald (Linesman-USH ODP) and Andrew Wilk (Referee-AHL) were both selected by USA Hockey for the week long tournament. When it came down to gold medal assignments, McDonald & Wilk were both got the call! The game finished with a 3-2 overtime thriller won by Russia over Team USA.

Congrats to Andrew Wilk and Eric McDonald on these assignments and way to go out there and represent LAHOA!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Every year LAHOA likes to show their support in every way that we can. We would like to remind you that, as a LAHOA member, you are allowed to wear pink laces and wear pink tape on your whistles and fingers from October 1st to October 31st.

For the whole month of October there will be random games throughout the association that the officials will be given pink referee and linesman sweaters to where during their games. If you are working any league other than SCAHA or CAHA, please reach out to your referee in chief for instructions on breast cancer awareness policies.

We hope to see many officials contribute this year by showing support for the Susan G. Koman foundation and representing LAHOA during breast cancer awareness month!