Locker room attendants are required per USA Hockey, Minnesota Hockey and District 8 policy. As the manager, you are responsible for having an attendant in the locker room for all practices, scrimmages and games. The following items must be considered per Minnesota Hockey:
- The locker room attendant must be of the same gender as the team, so make sure you are covered.
- “Responsible adults” should be of sufficient maturity (an early twenty- something is not mature enough to supervise a bantam locker room).
- All locker room monitors must be screened in accordance with the MN Hockey Screening Policy. Screening involves no cost to the affiliate.
- The locker room monitors should be carefully chosen, and understand that their role is strictly supervision of the locker room. The non-coach locker room monitors are not coaches and should not attempt to be such.
- “All team events” means both games and practices, and monitoring is required whenever players are in the locker room. The staff must come early and stay late.
- The locker room monitors must be near the locker room within earshot when players are in the locker room. This applies even if other parents are in the locker room to assist a player with his or her equipment.
- All recording devices should be banned from the locker room, including cell phones and cameras.
- Coaches make the ultimate decision if near vs in needed.