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Dear USA Hockey Registered Official:

USA Hockey is excited to announce registration is open for the 2025 Advanced Officiating Symposium taking place on August 22-24, 2025 in Washington, DC.

NOTE: If you have already registered for this event you may disregard this email. We look forward to seeing you this summer!

The Advanced Officiating Symposium is the USA Hockey Officiating Program’s premier education event, and the pathway to earning status as a Tenured Official. The Tenured Official category is designed to reward loyalty to USA Hockey, recognize those officials who are committed to serving the game, and incentivize officials to consider officiating with USA Hockey to be a long-term commitment.

Officials who have completely registered at Level 3 or Level 4 for the previous three consecutive seasons (2022-23, 2023-24 & 2024-25) are eligible to attend the upcoming symposium.

Over 800 officials have attended the previous symposiums and as a result have become our select group of officials earning our program’s highest honor. Once earned, Tenured status will remain as long as the official continues to register with USA Hockey.

The primary objectives of the Advanced Officiating Symposium will be:

• Provide an advanced and engaging level of education in areas presented by top American officials from the NHL, Minor-Pro, IIHF and NCAA levels.
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• Foster leadership in local officiating communities, and the sharing of resources and knowledge by our most dedicated group of grassroots officials. 
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• We will also use the opportunity to celebrate all the success and achievements USA Hockey and American officiating has to offer.

To learn more about the Tenured Official Program please CLICK HERE.

To register for the 2025 Advanced Officiating Symposium please click the link below. Space is limited to 200 officials, so be sure to secure your spot early.

We look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC in August 2025!

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Neck laceration protection requirements begin August 1st for players in all age classifications, other than adult, during both games and practices, as well as for on-ice officials under the age of 18. The requirement includes players in the youth, girls and junior age classifications.  Check out USA Hockey’s resources and frequently asked questions to make sure you’re prepared heading into the new season!

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LAHOA is happy to announce that registration for the 2024-25 season begins June 1st! For those officials who registered for the 2023-24 season, your registration will expire November 30th, 2024.

Once registration is open, officials will register with USA Hockey and complete the registration requirements. When an official has completed their USA Hockey registration, the official will then be able to register with LAHOA. To do so, the official will complete the LAHOA Registration Form and attach a picture of their USA Hockey card & crest.

NEW THIS SEASON FOR USA HOCKEY: For all levels, there will be no online rules test and no online modules to complete. Those will be completed during the online classroom session. Officials will still need to complete their SafeSport training and their background check (if applicable).

The LAHOA Board of Directors are pleased to announced the 2024 seminar dates! This season, ALL officials will attend virtual seminars via Zoom.

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Level 1 Seminars: (both days)

June 29 & 30, 2024, 9 am to 1 pm Zoom

July 13 & 14, 2024, 9 am to 1 pm Zoom

July 27 & 28, 2024, 9 am to 1 pm Zoom

August 17 & 18, 2024, 9 am to 1 pm Zoom

August 31 & September 1, 2024, 9 am to 1 pm Zoom

September 14, 2024, 9 am to 1 pm Zoom

Level 2 Seminars:

July 10, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

July 24, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

August 7, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

August 21, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

September 11, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

Level 3 & 4 Seminars:

July 17, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

July 31, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

August 14, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

August 28, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

September 4, 2024, 6 pm to 9 pm Zoom

Dear LAHOA Members

This is the first request from the Election Committee for LAHOA Board of Director Nominations. This year there are three (3) board seats up for election.

Ballot Nominations
“Members in good standing” who desire to compete for one of the three board seats must “Self-Nominate”. Members cannot nominate another member, in accordance with the LAHOA Bylaw change in 2018. All nominations must be made by email to the election committee at: election@lahoa.com. Nominations must be received by the Election Committee, no later than 11:59 PM PDT, on June 26, 2024.

Voting Ballots
Once again, we will be utilizing the Election Runner voting system. This application has proven to provide the association members with a sound, secure and confidential method to cast your important and meaningful vote for the candidates that are seeking a board seat. We hope all of you will be diligent and partake in this important member right. It is your association, please be involved.

Election ballots will be sent out no later than July 6, 2024. During the voting period, please be sure to check your email regularly for updates and your voter ballot.

We will also post information and updates on the LAHOA Facebook page. Please check there from time to time during the voting period.

Bylaw Changes
Each year at the annual board meeting, the newly elected board will review all submitted Bylaw change requests. Members can submit Bylaw change requests for the board’s review by submitting them to the election committee at election@lahoa.com. The link to the LAHOA By-Laws is: https://lahoa.com/bylaws/. Bylaw change requests must be received by the Election Committee, no later than 11:59 PM PDT, on June 26, 2024.

Annual Meeting
The meeting will be held at The Rinks in Lakewood in the upstairs community room between rink B and rink C. The Date & Time of the Annual Meeting is set for Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM.

REMEMBER: All board seat member Nominations and Bylaw Proposals must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM PDT, on June 26, 2024.

If you have any further questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at election@lahoa.com or at our personal phone/text numbers listed below.

Respectfully,

Andrew K. Martin
LAHOA 2024 Election Secretary
Phone/Text: 615-944-4524

Ira Derdiger
Election Secretary Co-Chair
Phone/Text: 310-497-5009

Saves The Date:
August 2-4 in El Segundo, California @ Toyota Sports Performance Center. The school is open to officials age 16 to 31 years old who are great skaters with an experience level of AAA to professional. Additionally, this years school will be limited to 30 officials.

Classroom sessions will include video sessions, psychology of the game, teamwork & communication. All classes will be held at the Toyota Sports Performance Center.

On-ice instruction will include: positioning, signals, skating drills, conducting face-offs, game situation participation.

Off-ice instructions includes how to prepare and warm up for a game, nutrition, as well as exercises specific to officiating ice hockey.

All ice sessions are supervised by staff from the NHL, AHL, Junior level and local USA Hockey supervisors.

The Sonesta Hotel is the official host hotel of the California Referee School and is walking distance to the Performance Center. Special rate for CA Ref School.

Please visit carefschool.com for registration information.

Michel Voyer
School Director

The LAHOA Board of Directors would like to congratulate Jacob Rozenberg who will be working his first United States Hockey League (USHL) game as a linesperson! Jake will get back from his winter break in Southern California, jump in the car and head to Des Moines. After a few games in Iowa, he will make his way up to Green Bay, WI then head back to Dallas, TX! Green Bay is one of the best cities to visit in the USHL. Congrats to Jake on his first few games and good luck!

LAHOA would like to congratulate Adam Bell on his retirement from professional hockey. Adam spent the last seven seasons working the AHL as a linesperson. Also leaving pro hockey, but moving to the NCHC (NCAA Division 1), is Andrew Wilk. Andrew spend the last 12 years working in the ECHL, AHL IIHF and the DEL in Germany. This year LAHOA returns 10 officials to pro hockey and four more officials join them full time. Those officials include: Ben Dubow (AHL), Tyler Hascall (ECHL), Phil Kasko (AHL) & John Lindner (ECHL). Good luck this season!

LAHOA would like to congratulate the following officials who will be working in USA Hockey’s Officiating Development Program! Good luck this season!

Each season, before the main training camps start in the NHL, groups of NHL teams will meet up and play a number of games against other teams. The players playing are typically the future players of that NHL club. LAHOA is proud to announce a number of officials who will be working those games! Congratulations to the following officials:

Prospects Tournament – Traverse City, MI – 9/15-9/19

• Tyler Hascall – Referee
• John Lindner – Referee

Rookie Face-off – San Jose, CA – 9/16-9/19

• Jordan Watt – Referee
• Benjamin Dubow – Linesperson
• Jarrett Townsend – Linesperson
• Eric Anderson – Linesman
• Jake Herzog (Arizona) – Linesperson
• Alex Ledovskiy (NORHOA) – Linesperson
• Tatu Kunto (SDHRA) – Referee
• Jackson Kozari (LVHOA) – Referee
• Michaela Ball (SDHRA) – Referee