In summary, we have three fundamental changes that will take place for the coming season:
Skills Instruction:
We have contracted with Scoring Concepts (http://www.scoringconcepts.com/) owned by Andrew Trimble, to provide skill development sessions on Thursday nights, to replace the skills sessions previously provided on Monday Nights. The number of sessions will increase for Squirts and Mites as follows:
Division |
Prior (Mondays) |
New (Thursdays) |
U14 |
1 session a week |
1 session a week |
Pee Wee |
N/A |
1 session a week |
Squirts |
1 session every 2 weeks |
1 session a week |
Mites |
1 session a month |
1 session every 2 weeks |
More important than the schedule is that we are working with a new skill development organization, chosen by Board members and feedback from our own coaching staff whenever possible, whose feedback was solicited at every meeting with coaching candidates. Our discussions with Andrew Trimble indicated that he buys into our program and what we are trying to achieve with a progressive skill development program, skating, skill, and the hockey (game) experience. We are also starting this program at the beginning of the season and it will continue until the end of the season. The other notable item is that skills development night is Thursday night.
Team Night Practice:
Our next improvement is to offer a “team night” practice format that was suggested toward the end of the season last year. The principle behind this is to offer each travel team their own 20 minutes of full ice each week. As illustrated in the following example of a two-team practice night schedule, that will be followed for Squirts and the Pee-Wee/U14:
Ice Slot |
Team practice detail |
6:00pm – 6:20pm |
Team 1 Full Ice Practice |
6:20pm – 7:00pm |
Combined Team 1 and Team 2 Practice |
7:00pm – 7:20pm |
Team 2 Full Ice Practice |
This will allow the travel team coaches an opportunity to work on plays or other issues specific to their team each week on a full sheet of ice. At the same time, both teams will get an extra 10 minutes of ice time in excess of last year’s schedule. Ice times are tight for the Arena and RYH is but one customer. Extending our practices by 10 minutes per travel team (full 60 minute practices), we believe we’ve created a best of both worlds scenario. The format provides combined ice time management along with a full ice sheet for each travel team to use as they see fit.
Mites will be using Monday for their traditional team ice slot from 5:00pm to 5:50pm.
We also want to take a moment to thank the entire arena staff and commission for making adjustments to their own schedules to make this happen for RYH.
Codes of Conduct and Discipline
One of our most important inclusions this year is an updated Code of Conduct, for parents, players and coaches. The Board is committed to providing a Disciplinary Board this year to protect our coaches, players and parents. We are actively working on distributing information and education for the members of the organization. We are also planning on continued education of members throughout the year. This will be done through Coaches’ meetings, Level Rep meetings and education nights in a warm conference room at the arena. Our goal is to provide a fun and safe environment to help develop talent, good sportsmanship, and representation of RYH and self both home and away.
Level |
Level Rep |
Contact Info |
U14 – Girls Program |
Stephanie Nesbitt |
|
Pee Wee |
Eric Veno |
|
Squirt |
Steve Brennan |
|
Mite |
Jeremy Kean |
|
Intro |
Matthew Enman |
Website
Our website address is the same, however we have a new partnership with Sport Ngin. We are looking forward to providing some additional services via this website so please stay tuned for more information. Rochesterblackhawks.com (You may need to clear your cache or reboot your PC to see the new site). We will be sending an invitation to sign up for an account shortly.
Additional Board Contact
Position |
Contact |
Contact Info |
President |
Paul Ducharme |
|
Vice President |
Steve Brennan |
|
Treasurer |
Ed Rinehart |
|
Secretary |
Matthew Enman |
|
Scheduler |
Leslie Guay |
|
Board Member |
Jill Sanfacon-French |
|
Board Member |
Bianca Leonard |
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