Hello Everyone,

It is the start of another Minor Hockey Season. Over the next five or six months all players, parents, coaches and volunteers will be involved in many games, have many practices, and will make many memories.

The years spent in Minor Hockey are some of the best years you will ever have. Enjoy each moment spent with your child or children, because time will go by very quickly. Believe it or not, you will miss the weekend games, the weekday practices and yes - even the early morning games and practices. This can be the best time of your lives being involved with your child or children, and at the end of it all, the wins and losses become irrelevant and forgotten but the memories and friends you will make during these years will remain.

For the parents and players: Please respect your coaches. They are mostly all volunteers, and put in a huge amount of time for your team. By the time you get to the rink for a practice or a game, many hours have already been put in by your coaches to make your time enjoyable and beneficial. Please always remember to respect the officials. Berating officials will not change something that has already happened, and will not benefit anyone down the road.

For the coaches: Always respect your players, and keep your parents informed. The time you spend now will pay off as the season goes along.

For the volunteers and board members, thank you for jobs well done. Volunteer spot has been fantastic.

As we move forward with all teams starting to play games and being involved in league play at all levels, you will find situations that may upset you whether it be game time, practice time, officiating, out of town fans or any number of other situations. This is a time when patience is required from all of you, because there are some situations that just cannot be changed. Please remember that no one in Minor Hockey is involved to cause discomfort to any coach, player or parent, and we all want to make your experience as enjoyable and stress free as possible. Your positive reactions to negative situations can go a long way towards this goal.

Don’t forget to check out our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages for lots of important information and announcements throughout the season.

Please enjoy your 2016/17 Minor Hockey Season.

Thank you

Rob Critch

Are you interested in becoming a referee for the 2016/2017 hockey season?

If you are 12 years or older Please contact our referee in chief for more information and dates of upcoming ref clinics

Referee in Chief: James Sharun
ric@lmha.ab.ca
780-819-4987

LMHA is pleased to announce that Derrick Zimmer has agreed to take over the Peewee division along with Peewee AA

For any questions or concerns please contact him at

peewee@lmha.ab.ca


LMHA is also pleased to announce that Amanda Cuthbert has agreed to take over the Female Grassroots division for this season, to contact Amanda with any questions or concerns she can be reached at

female@lmha.ab.ca

LMHA has a storage room with lots of equipment to borrow if needed for this season.

If you would like to see if we have item(s) that you could use for this season please contact our equipment director Gene Sturk at:

equipment@lmha.ab.ca

Attention LMHA Members,

If you will be volunteering as a coach, assistant coach, manager or trainer for the 2016/2017 season with LMHA, you will need to have a Criminal record check and an Intervention Record Check completed.

These can be done prior to the start of the season and must be both completed no later than November 15th, 2016.

Both must be done every year.

For the Criminal Record Check, you will need a letter to take to the RCMP, Please email me at risk@lmha.ab.ca for a copy of your personalized letter.

For the Intervention Record Check, you will need to go to Family Services at 4901-50th Ave. Please bring two pieces of ID ( one must be photo ID).

If you have any questions, please send me an email.

Thank You,
Sharon Losing
Risk Management
risk@lmha.ab.ca