LABELS:

Prior to your District Games and Tournament Games you'll want to make some labels for your team.  There are two types of labels:

• Player Labels:  Has the entire roster and Jersey numbers.
• Coaches Labels:  Has your coaching staff and their CEP numbers necessary.

In a given game the official scorer will need between 3 to 4 player labels and 3-4 Coaches labels depending on the score-sheet and rink setup.

The attached labels give you an idea/template for printing.  The labels attached are designed for a 2" x 4" label sheet. -- You might need to customize the template if you change the label sizes.  the 2" x 4" is preferred since it will fit on the score sheet easily.  Any larger, you might have to trim the label to fit and some tournaments are specific and ask for 2" x 4" labels, so this would be your best bet. (Avery labels that are 2" x 4" are the best choices.  Some product numbers that cover theses would be 18163, 15514)

On the coaches labels, the labels are simply the coach's name and CEP number.  See the attached label guide as an example.

DISTRICT GAMES

For district games that are home, you are responsible for making sure that you have:

• Referees:  Assuming you haven't change game dates/time, you should be OK.  The referee scheduler is on the Board/Contact page and if you had moved games, be sure they know about the move.  They book off the District 8 scheduling system (called "Arbiter")  Our ice schedule only schedules refs for scrimmages and our referee coordinator takes care of paying the refs.  Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you pay the referees directly
• Book:  You are required to keep the score for the game on the official score-pad.  The Score-pad at Schmitz-Maki is either at the scorer's table or behind the desk at the arena.  If you can't find it, ask the arena staff and they can help you find it.
• Clock:  For home games you control the clock.  Our game-clock is not hard to figure out, but you might want to get there a few minutes before your game to learn how to use it.  There is a pad next to the clock that has the key-functions described like how to create a penalty and clear it.
• Penalty Box:  For home games, you are required to open doors for the penalty boxes.  Some crews do this with a single person and have the person who is running the book be a second door opener.  But there will be times where you have coincidental minor penalties which will require two doors to open at the same time.  Factor this in to your scheduling.  If you want to make it easier on yourself have 2 people in the scorer's table to work the doors so you can focus on the book and clock.

For each of the items above, be sure you know who is doing what.  At the beginning of the season, doing this can be challenging.  In addition to the above you'll want to either have a third hand in the penalty box/scorer's table or a spare set of hands.  If you have a coincidental minor penalty and the refs skate 4 on 4, you have to open both penalty box doors simultaneously while running the clock. -- It can get hectic.  If you tell your parents that if there is a double-penalty, send someone over, you'll be thankful later.  

At the end of the game, distribute the score sheets as it says on the book.  You will get a copy, the visitor team gets a copy, one will be the referees copy and the last one stays at the rink.  The winning team is responsible to report the score to District 8 via the StickStats website.  In the event of a tie the home team will report the score.  

To report the score, go to minnesotahockeydistrict8.com and choose "Register: Game Results Form" located on the upper right side of the home page.  There will be prompts for you to complete your score entry and submit to the district.  This MUST be done within 48 hours of your game.

FAIR PLAY POINTS

At the start of each game, each team earns a "Fair Play" point and will lose that point if you accumulate too many penalty minutes or have other misconduct.  To keep your fair play point you must Not exceed the penalty minute threshold for you age/team.

If a parent/fan is ejected, you will lose your fair-play point.  In all other conduct cases, the referee will inform the scorers if the point has been take away.  

Click here to learn more about Fair Play points from MN Hockey

JERSEYS

Effective 2013, Minnesota hockey is aligned with USA Hockey.  Home team will now wear dark jerseys and away will wear light jerseys.

Credit:  Farmington Youth Hockey Association for pulling together such a great compressive list w/ descriptions