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2019 LAKHSHL Playoff Officials

LAHOA would like to congratulate the following officials on their selection to work the Los Angeles Kings High School Hockey League playoffs! The LAKHSHL playoffs will be held March 15th-17th at Ice Station Valencia and Toyota Sports Center.

Scott Kline, Dave Grifman, Austin Sebesta, Andrew Sanders, Chris Hahn, Alison Ellner, Ken Nicols, Ryan Spear, Kenny Brzezinski, Greg Tukalski, Ben Nicols & Jacob Rozenberg

Congratulation on your assignments!

2019 ADHSHL Finals Officials

Congratulations to the officials selected to work the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League Finals! The games will take place at Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena with the JV’s being played on Friday, March 8th and the Varsity divisions on Saturday, March 9th.

JV A & B, 4:30 & 6:30pm – Shane Peters, Armand DeForest, Brittany Trani, Louis Magnifico

Varsity 3, 4:00pm- Louis Magnifico, Quentin Cronk, Jordan Watt, Shane Peters

Varsity 1, 6:00pm- Ryan Flores, Andrew Hodge, Andrew Martin, Ian Miller

Varsity 2, 8:00pm- Norm Kitano, Bryan Vest, Darius Newhall, Brittany Trani

Thank you for your hard work and dedication this season!

2019 CAHA Tier 1 & High School State Championship Officials

The LAHOA Executive board and the Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following officials on their selection to work the 2019 CAHA Tier 1 State Championships & the CAHA High School State Championship Tournament!

Alec Rounds, Brandon Freed, Andrew Sanders, Alexander Kitano, Louis Magnifico, Dylan Freed, Brandon Taylor, Richard Ozaki, Shane Peters, Jake Herzog, Jacob Rozenberg, Blake Kaganovich, Chris Hahn, Matthew Putman, Michael Pecolar, Nichole Godwin, Franco Khnanisho, Darius Newhall, Dave Grifman, Ben Nichols, Matthew Norman, Quentin Cronk, Alison Ellner, Ryan Spear, TSC’s own Ian Arougheti, Michael Carrier (SDHRA), Bryan Vest, Phillip Kasko, Matthew Zucker, Brett Martin, Sotaro Yamaguchi, Norman Kitano, Andrew Hodge, Chris Arvisu, Robert Jakob, Ian Miller, Brittany Trani & Ryan Flores

The Tier 1 championships will feature 11u AAA, 12u AAA & 13u AAA. The high school championships will feature both Varsity 1 & 2 divisions. Both events are being held simultaneously March 1st-3rd at Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena. Congratulations to those officials selected to work this event!

2019 WCHC Playoff Officials

The LAHOA board would like to congratulate the following officials on their selection to work the 2019 Western Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs. California State Fullerton will be hosting this years playoffs at East West Ice Palace in Artesia, CA February 8-10.

Ian Miller, Franco Khnanisho, Michael Pecolar, Mike McBain, Ryan Flores, Brittany Trani, Alec Rounds, Andrew Martin, Art Kitano, Louis Magnifico, Chris Hahn, Andrew Hodge & Brett Martin.

2019 CAHA Tier 1 14U, 15U, 16U, 18U State Playoff Officials

The LAHOA board would like to congratulate the following officials who will work this year’s Tier 1 State Championship Tournament at FivePoint Arena at Great Park Ice in Irvine, CA Feb 8-10. 

Matthew Zucker, Richard Ozaki, Louis Magnifico, Tyler Carreon, Steve Appley, Michael Pecolar & Andrew Martin.

2019 ADHSHL All-Star Game Officials

Congratulations to the officials selected to work the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League 8th Annual All-Star Game at FicePoint Arena on Thursday, January 31st!

JV Game: Alexander Kitano*, Shane Peters, Darius Newhall, Louis Magnifico

Varsity Game: Brittany Trani, Darren Castro, Matthew Norman, Mike Carrier (SDHRA)

Senior Game: Ian Miller, Michael Pecolar, Alec Rounds, Brett Martin

*Will be the first LAHOA official to referee the JV game, having played in it last year!

2018 Under 17 Four Nations Cup


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!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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!

2018 Vegas Rookie Face-off

The LAHOA Executive Board and the Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following officials on being selected to work the 2018 Vegas Rookie Face-off!

  • Tyler Hascall (Corona)
  • Andrew Wilk (Newport Beach)
  • Tanner Nua (Las Vegas)
  • Steve Walsh (Temecula)
  • Steve Berry (Huntington Beach)
  • Neil Campbell (Aliso Viejo)
  • Alex Rounds (Laguna Beach)

Here is what you need to know:

Taking place at City National Arena, six teams, including the Golden Knights, will take part in the inaugural event. Rookies from the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks will travel to Las Vegas for the showcase.

The four-day event will feature three games on Saturday, September 8, three games on Sunday, September 9 and three games on Tuesday, September 11. Monday, September 10 will be a practice day for teams. Games 1 and 3 will take place on the Summerlin Hospital Rink, while Game 2 will be played on Star Nursery Rink.

Congratulations to our officials!

Brian Blumberg – Celebration of Life

As you may have heard by now, longtime LAHOA member, Brian Blumberg, passed away last weekend. Brian’s family has extended the invitation to all that knew Brian to join the Celebration of Brian’s Life.

Thursday, September 6th from 6-9pm

Business Expo Center

1960 S. Anaheim Way

Anaheim, CA. 92805