Bozeman Amateur Hockey Association

Team Managers play a vital role in the success of individual teams and BAHA itself. The Team Manager is the team’s representative at Board Meetings and acts as a liaison between the Board, Youth Director and Youth Coordinator, and players, parents and coaches. The many responsibilities of team managers are:

• The following information is required for the registrar to roster your team...
  
  1. Head Coaches USA Hockey #
  
  2. Assistant Coaches USA Hockey #
  
  3. All Coaches, Assistant coaches and team managers are required to complete online coaches screening at USA Hockey by October 10, 2011. 
  
  4. All (NEW) youth players need to submit a sealed birth certificate. Those who have played during the 2010-2011 season should be all set.
  
  5. All Coaches are also required to complete the online Concussion Proof    
  Certification which can be completed here. 
  
  6. Roster information
  
  These Items NEED to be submitted 2 weeks prior to your first game. If you do not get this information into me with ample time I cannot guarantee that your roster will be verified by MAHA which will result in the game not being counted.
  
• Contact the Registrar at kimzaniboni@gmail.com to obtain/establish a team roster from USA Hockey. Review the roster to make sure all the items are reported correctly, including player’s name, jersey number, address, telephone number, and parent’s names.
   
• Organize a parent meeting at the beginning of the season to discuss the number of tournaments (and games for Mite and Termite teams) that the team would like to attend during the season. Compute an estimate of the cost to attend all tournaments the parents would like to attend and collect funds from parents. The funds should be retained by the Team Manager and distributed as needed with a full accounting provided to parents upon request.
   
• Help schedule games and tournaments. It is required that all coaches, and strongly encouraged that team managers, attend the MAHA scheduling meeting in October to assist in the scheduling process. All home games need to be scheduled as much in advance as possible to ensure referees are available. Scheduling home games with less than seven days notice will result in a late scheduling fee assessed by the Hockey Officials Association. The Youth Director will manage the ice schedule and assign priority.
   
• Arrange lodging for all away games and tournaments requiring an overnight stay.
   
• Schedule parent/team meetings as necessary and ensure that all parents understand the BAHA “Chain of Command”.
   
• Review the coach’s manual to ensure all information is included in the manual with respect to the players’ information.
   
• Report weekly game results to the club for printing in the newsletter.
   
• Administer the delegation of all player and team club responsibilities
   
• Assign individual duties to each family for home game and tournament obligations
  • Clock
  • Scorekeeper
  • Penalty boxes
  • Concessions
  • Goal judges (PeeWee and above?)
  • After-game clean-up
     
• Schedule team slot to work a minimum of two Icedogs game and assign individual family duties for the game (three volunteers per game) - Contact the Concessions coordinator at kimzaniboni@gmail.com for questions.
   
• Delegate parents from the team to be present in the locker rooms with the players. The team is responsible for locker room conduct and cleaning. It is NOT the job of the coach.
   
• Compile a copy of the game sheets. MAHA/TSL (Squirt and up) games need to be turned in weekly and the coach and team manager each get a copy of every game sheet.
   
• Coaches and team managers each need a binder with copies of rosters, waivers of liabilities, and medical consents. Team managers will need to request this information from players at thier first practice. This ensures that if the Coach is unable to attend a game, these documents are available.
      * Please note: some documents may be turned into the registrar during          
        registration. Please contact the registrar (kimzaniboni@gmail.com) to obtain
        such documents.
   
• Team managers and coaches are responsible for posting any information or updates on their team webpage.
  
  For information and assistance with your team page please visit here before contacting Program Administrar kzaniboni@bozemanhockey.org. or Kim Zaniboni (906) 630-1466
   
• Notify players and parents of games, schedule and any changes. Prepare an effective phone tree throughout the team (and/or email distribution list if agreed to by Coach and parents).
   
• OPTIONAL: provide team game/tournament results to the Chronicle for publishing in the Wednesday Sports section in the Local Sports area.

• Please remind volunteers working the Icedogs games that they should arrive at least one hour prior to game time.
   
• Please remind volunteers working officials positions (clock, score sheet, penalty box, goal judge) at team games that they are to be impartial/neutral. Vocal cheering or other displays of support for either team and/or talking with players in the penalty box is not permitted. Also, you must be at least eighteen to staff an officials position. Minors are not allowed to work as an official OR be in the penalty box or clock/score keeper area during the game. Additionally, no one under the age of 13 is allowed in the concessions room, per Health Department regulations. These are mandatory rules, no exceptions!
   
• Squirts and Older - Make sure you check out a key (for the season) from Julie for the concessions room, in order to have concessions open for your home games. There is a black binder inside the concession room that explains the operation of everything, including the money box (if money box is lockable please do not lock it!). If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kim Zaniboni (906) 630-1466.
   
• Please remind your coach and players that Treasure State League rules state that, any player that does not play in a minimum of 75% of a team's league games will NOT be eligible to participate in the respective team's state tournament. This means that any Squirt or older player that is a member of a BAHA travel team can only miss a maximum of 25% of that team's TSL games to remain eligible to play in that team's state tournament at the end of the season. Tournaments are not part of league play and therefore do not count toward the TSL standings, nor for or against a player's eligibility for the TSL State Tournament.
   
• Please ensure that the locker room has at least 2 adults present when any players are in the locker room.
   
• Pease ensure that ALL players have paid in full prior to participating in any on ice team functions. BAHA Registrar will inform you of any non paid players prior to first practice. If the player fails to pay prior to practice start they CAN NOT participate unless you have recieved authorization from the registrar.
   
• Please ensure that all players and parents are notified of all:
  • Game and practice schedules
  • Individual home game and tournament responsibilities
  • Individual Icedogs games responsibilities
  • Hotel accommodations for away games and tournaments
  • Any other relevant information or changes.
     
• Team Managers and Coaches are responsible for their team webpages. Team Manager and Coaches can post contact information, team roster, photos and team stats. For information or help please contact Kim Zaniboni (906) 630-1466.
     * Please Note: The registrar will inform you when these pages are available and
       how to access them via email.
   
• To submit your team game scores and stats for inclusion in the Community Sports section of the Wednesday Bozeman Daily Chronicle, email sports@dailychronicle.com, call 587-4491 (after hours: 582-2625), fax to 406-587-7995, or mail to Sports, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, P.O. Box 1190, 59771.

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