Charlotte High School Hockey Association

Board Meeting Minutes

January 17, 2006

Max & Erma’s, University

Present: Si Davis, Glen Dearing, Mike McFadden, Marc Pecorella, Shawn Perry, Becky Hubbell

Coaches: Si has checked with all head coaches from last year & all agree to remain with the same teams for this season with the exception of Myers Park. Mitch Hodgkiss has agreed to move from Providence to take Peter’s place at Myers Park. Other coaches: Charlotte Catholic – John Knier, North Meck – Marc Pecorella, Providence – Shawn Perry, South Meck – Brian Schley, Weddington – Mike Herberg. All head coaches have selected assistant coaches except for Providence. Shawn will contact Tyler Bonine who completed the level 1 & 2 coaching clinic earlier this month. Becky will check with Tyler’s reference. Glen will check with the coaching director for the district & find out if Tyler can be granted a waiver for his level 3 & coach this season. Any new coaches will need to complete the USA Hockey background check form.

Evaluation: Si has reserved ice on Feb. 19 from 10:45am to 1:45pm. Teams will share ice & have 50 minutes slots. The breakdown of slots will be as follows:

10:45 Myers Park, Cabarrus Co, Lake Norman, Mooresville/South Meck, Independence, East Meck

11:45 Providence/ North Meck, Vance, Hopewell

12:45 Weddington, Union Co, Gaston Co/ Charlotte Catholic, South Carolina

This will not necessarily be how the final teams will be divided, as that will depend on numbers from various geographic locations. Becky will enter this info onto the web site ASAP. Becky will email the info to Jeff Bentley at CYH & have them put it on their web site as well. Glen said that the CYH travel teams would not be in town during this weekend, but that he would distribute the registration forms to those players and alert them to check the web site. Glen will put a sign up at the Pineville rink with the evaluation information.

Ice Times: Si has been working with the rink to finalize a schedule for ice time. At this point he has secured Thursday nights for games, Tuesday nights, & alternating Wednesday nights & Saturday afternoons from March through May. He will try to have the schedule finalized before the evaluation so that we can hand out schedules to the players. The first practice time is March 2 & the first games will be March 16. Game times will begin at 5:15pm on Thursdays.

Report Cards: Coaches will be asked to emphasize the need for players to bring report cards to the evaluation or to the first practice. Marc said CMS report cards will be out Jan. 30 & there should be progress reports out before the evaluation. Becky will be sure to put on the web site that report cards need to be brought to evaluation.

Coaches’ Meeting: There will be a coaches’ meeting February 7 at 7pm in Pineville. Location has not been finalized. Mike will work on locating a meeting place. Becky will email the coaches to get their jersey selections to Glen who has volunteered to order the jerseys.

Sponsorship: Shawn is going to check with his dentist friend who has asked about sponsorship. If he is willing to purchase the jerseys the association will have his name printed on each jersey.

Fees: Mike will figure out what the fees will be for this season. There will be no registration fee. The fees will be at least $400 (last year’s fee). Ice time has increased & the schedule is not finalized & sponsorship is undetermined, all will effect what we charge. Glen will tell the players that fees will be between $400 & $475. Players will need to register for USA Hockey online.

Meeting ended 7:30pm

Submitted by Becky Hubbell

Minutes for CSHL Meeting- January 6, 2005

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary (01/09/05)

Location: Hilton Gardens, Pineville Time: 7:00pm

Present: Board Members: Si Davis, Pres.; Shawn Perry, VP; Mike McFadden, Treas.; Becky Hubbell, Sec.; Glen Dearing, Member at Large; Coaches: Mike Herberg, Ron Dove, Peter DeGorter, Brian Schley, Chris Plano, John Knier, Mitch Hodgkiss

Not Present: Marc Pecorella, scheduler

Expectations of the coaches: Si Davis: Need to have good team manager who can keep track of grades for the players & can communicate with players, parents, & coaches. Grade policy was reviewed. Grades will be checked at report card time & progress report time. The policy is in the association by-laws which can be forwarded to each coach &/or manager if requested.

Association Forms: Becky Hubbell: Forms for USA Hockey (consent to treat, waiver of liability, code of conduct), 2005 CSHL Registration, weekly progress reports have been sent to each coach (as of 1/9/05). Coaches/managers are responsible for making sure these forms are completed as needed. Managers should keep the USA Hockey forms for the team. Becky needs to get all registration forms.

Fees: Mike McFadden: A $25 registration/deposit fee will be due on Jan 19 at evaluation night. The remainder of fees will be $375 (total of $400). This is the same as house league. This is an increase which is necessary considering the increase in hourly ice costs. There will be $30 additional fee for any player not already registered with USA Hockey. Goalies will pay a total of $250, an increase from last year also.

Jerseys: There was discussion regarding reuse of jerseys. Seniors or departing players would be allowed to take their jerseys with them, otherwise players would be asked to use their jerseys from last year. New socks would be purchased for each team. This will work only if the teams remain the same. New players would get new jerseys. The cost of new jerseys is over $5,000. No definite decision was made regarding this issue.

Coaches will be responsible for getting numbers & logos printed on the jerseys.

Evaluation: There was clarification as to what players may be cut from the teams. Players who will be a risk to themselves due to lack of ability to compete at high school level. There will be no house league for poorer players to move to. CSHL could ask CYH to allow these players to participate in house bantam league. There was discussion of allowing cut players to be on the roster (since a max of between 25 & 30 players can be rostered for high school, although only 20 can dress for a game) for practice. Coaches felt this would result in too much confusion on the ice if practices are likely to be ½ ice. The decision was made to restrict the teams to 20 players again this year (18 skaters & 2 goalies).

Meeting ended at 8:30; Next meeting will be Jan 19 at evaluation night

I know I missed a bunch of stuff we talked about, but I think this was most of it.

Minutes for CSHL Meeting- May 11, 2004

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary (5/12/04)

Location: Max & Erma’s, Huntersville Time: 7:00pm

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld, Pres.; Shawn Perry, VP; Mike McFadden, Treas.; Becky Hubbell, Sec.; Si Davis, Stats

Future Sponsor: Shawn said that Dr B Pappert, DDS has offered to purchase jerseys for Providence next season & possibly for the entire league.

Coaches’ comments: Shawn said some of the coaches were discussing the possibility of condensing the season into 8 weeks. They think it would make for better hockey & increased interest for the players. It was brought up that with the current ice situation, limited ice availability, this could not happen. We can discuss with the rink the possibility. This might also eliminate players who have other spring sports commitments.

New Board Members: Jeff said according to by-laws we need to elect some new board members. He suggested that we replace the positions of President & VP for next year. This was agreed upon by the group. Mike McFadden agreed to continue as treasurer & Becky Hubbell agreed to continue as secretary/registrar. The group felt that Marc Pecorella should remain as scheduler if he is willing. Si Davis was recommended to take over as President & he said he would consider it. It was suggested that someone who has not been involved with the board previously fill VP. Mike Mulhall, Doug White, & Steve Clough have agreed to act as a nominating committee for new board members. There are also opportunities for members-at-large positions. The group felt that coaches should not be on the board. Jeff suggested that we bring a new person in to be the web site manager & the board agreed.

General Membership Meeting: Schedule for June 3 at 7pm, before championship game at Pineville rink. Will elect new board members & present budget.

Championship Trophy: Jeff & Shawn will make sure the trophy is updated & ready for presentation for this season.

Championship Banner: Doug McBride will get this updated. It has not been updated for 2 years & needs 2002 & 2003 Champs.

League Trophies: There will be trophies for the first place team only. Steve Clough will get these.

Individual Awards: The coaches will be asked to nominate players (seniors only) who they feel would be qualified to receive awards for: Outstanding Student Athlete, Sportsmanship, Leadership. Each of these players will receive plaques before the Championship game.

Grades: There has been an issue with grades this season. A few players got special permission to play at the start of the season even though they did not have a 2.0GPA. This has caused problems because some of them still do not have 2.0 & some have dropped even lower. The board decided that these players need to show proof of 2.0 before they can return to the team. Next season players who do not have 2.0GPA to start the season can be rostered, but will not be allowed to play until their GPA is at least 2.0. They will pay the $25 registration fee to hold their place on the roster. It will be up to the coaches if they want to keep a roster space open for these players.

Freezing Rosters: Mike suggested that next year we freeze rosters at the 1st game. There have been some issues this season with players either being added late or joining, not paying, leaving & coming back. Mike will contact the player who did this & has not paid. Also, it seems that Myers Park has just added a new player without contacting any board member & has played 2 games, but has not paid anything. Becky will contact the coach about this situation. Neither player will be allowed to play or practice until they are paid in full.

Treasurer’s Report: Mike said that the league is in good shape financially. At this point we have $5,000 in the account. There are still some outstanding bills to be paid. Mike suggested giving each team $250 to go towards a team banquet instead

Minutes for CSHL Meeting- Feb. 17, 2004

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary (2/18/04)

Location: Eastland Mall Rink Time: 7:00pm

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld, Pres.; Shawn Perry, VP; Mike McFadden, Treas.; Becky Hubbell, Sec.; Si Davis, Stats; John Knier, coach

Jerseys: Jerseys arrived today (there was a delay due to problems being shipped from Canada). Each coach will be responsible for getting printing completed (numbers & logo). The person we used last year was Bernard – 704-399-7867. He has a good turn around time. The league will pay for the printing costs. Teams can pick up the jerseys at the games on 2/18 at Cricket. It has been decided that pennies will be used for the first games.

Treasurer’s Report: Please tell parents NOT to pay for high school hockey at the rink, they don’t know how to handle it. All credit card info MUST go through Mike McFadden. The rink will process our credit card payments & this will be used to go against our ice time at the rink. CSHL currently has $7800 after payment for jerseys.

Mike spoke with Glenn Dearing who has run the clock at Cricket for Jr Checkers games & he is willing to do so for high school. CSHL needs to find out who to contact so the clock will be available. Steve Clough called me on my way home to say that Jimmy Davis, who was working the Checkers game, had spoken to the clock operator about doing our games tonight & he agreed to do them. We will pay him for his services.

Player Situations: So Meck has a player who has paid in full & now does not want to play. The family would like a refund. The board has a strict policy of no refunds. This policy was discussed at length. In other leagues even players who are injured at the beginning of the season don’t get refunds. Refund requests will be taken on an individual basis & be evaluated by the board, but the no refund policy remains in effect.

There are players from Providence & North Meck who have grade issues. 2 players have submitted progress reports from teachers as proof of improvement. If these are satisfactory, these players will be allowed to play. The other player has just been diagnosed with learning disabilities. Parents have medical proof from testing, this players will also be allowed to play.

Becky received a call from a Lake Norman parent who has 2 players who want to play. This family was contacted in the fall & given information regarding the league. There is one roster opening on North Meck (the team they would be assigned to) which can be offered to this family. The other player can go onto a waiting list in the event a player on North doesn’t pay or drops due to grades. The league situation will be reevaluated after the games on 2/18/04 & how to place new players or if they should be placed at all.

High School Hockey Tournament: John Biederman again has discussed a tournament with Raleigh, Charlotte & Charleston. Charlotte would be the logical location since it is centrally located. The weekend of May 22 & 23 has been discussed for this event. Jeff will check into availability of ice. Discussion took place regarding which teams would participate in the tournament if it can be organized.

Game Conflict: April 10 is a game day for 2 teams. This is the Saturday before Easter & most schools are on Spring break at this time. We will attempt to reschedule this game.

Liability Issue: Providence has a parent who wants to attempt to approach the school & make hockey an official club. Shawn & Becky spoke with Ken Rosenbaum (CAHA Pres) about this & he said that we can add the high schools onto our insurance policy as a rider. This & the USA Hockey insurance coverage should assure the schools that they would not be liable for injuries.

Registrar’s Report: Becky spoke with Jessica Westphal (district registrar) about our being accepted into CAHA & thus being eligible to register our players under our own organization. We are waiting for Ken Rosenbaum to

Charlotte High School Hockey Association (CSHL)

General meeting January 8, 2003 Pineville Rink 7:00PM

Minutes compiled by Becky Hubbell, secretary

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld, Shawn Perry, Si Davis, Steve Clough, Becky Hubbell, Mike McFadden, Marc Pecorella, Mike Mulhall Brian Schley, Mike Herberg, Ron Dove, Mitch

Missing: Peter DeGorter, John Knier, Bob MacDonald

Scheduler’s Report: Marc Pecorella – Ice time for registration & evaluation Jan 20 at Cricket Arena from 7-10pm. All players will be expected to attend. Ice that was scheduled previous to Jan 20 has been cancelled. Providence will need to have an additional hour so that coach can make final cuts to his team. Those players who are cut will be able to attend Jan 20 night & be placed on another team if possible.

Negotiations are ongoing for practice time for the end of Jan & Feb. Marc hopes to have a schedule together to give out Jan 20. At this time games will be Thursday nights starting the middle of March. The only practice times we have locked in are Fri 10:15-11:15pm and Sun. 4:15-5:15pm. Marc is negotiating for practice times at all 3 rinks. T

reasurer’s Report: Mike McFadden – Has not received billing from Cricket for Dec ice. At this point we have about $2300 in our account. We only collected $505 for the 6 hours of Cricket ice in Dec, so the remainder of the $1200 will have to come from the account.

At registration we need to collect $25 registration fee, which will be non-refundable. The remaining $350 will have to be paid by 2/19, which is the next ice time that we have all teams at Cricket (Marc is awaiting final confirmation for this date). If anyone has a problem with finances, they need to speak with Mike personally. Board members will attend the 2/19 ice time to collect fees. We plan to be more strict this season about players not playing until they have paid or made arrangements with Mike. This is in line with house fees, which are $375 not including jersey & socks.

Mike Mulhall suggested allowing players to register on-line. He will check into how this can be done & get back to us. Mike will have his computer available to CSHL for registration night. CSHL will be able to take credit cards – visa & master card.

Secretary’s Report: Becky Hubbell – Based on pre-registration forms that were completed, CSHL will be comprised of the following teams:

Charlotte Catholic (roster to be completed by players-at-large) – coached by John Knier & Steve Clough

Myers Park (includes Cabarrus Co schools) – coached by Peter DeGorter

North Meck (includes Hopewell, Vance, Lake Norman High Schools) – Coached by Marc Pecorella

Providence – coached by Shawn Perry

South Meck (includes Butler High School) – coached by Brian Schley

Weddington (includes Gaston Co & Union Co schools) – Coached by Mike Herberg & Ron Dove

Each team has at least one goalie; Weddington & Providence have 2. There are 5 other goalies that have either completed pre-registration forms or contacted a board member about playing. There will be a goalie evaluation Jan. 20 to place the other goalies.

The team names were decided by consensus of board members and coaches based on pre-registration numbers. Also, team make-up was done as much as possible by region. Once teams fill up their roster, players can be cut & put on other teams who are in need of additional players. Once all teams have 20 players, a waiting list will be created. Players registering after Jan 20 have no guarantee that they will be on their school team even if one exists.

Becky will compile roster lists for coaches so that they can call all players to notify them of the Jan. 20 ice & registration. (these were emailed to coaches on 1/10/04)

Next meeting: Thurs. Jan. 15 at 7:30pm Max & Erma’s, Huntersville

Charlotte High School Hockey Association (CSHL)

Monthly meeting November 18, 2003 Eastland Mall Rink 7:00PM

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld, Shawn Perry, Si Davis, Steve Clough, Peter DeGorter, Becky Hubbell

President’s Report: Jeff – Changes suggested to bylaws included name change to Charlotte High School Hockey Association. This is to satisfy the CAHA requirement that their members must be associations & not leagues. We have not officially applied for membership to CAHA yet. Steve suggested getting our bylaws to Ken Rosenbaum, Pres. CAHA for review & application for membership. Becky will take care of emailing him our bylaws. We will be able to register players with USA Hockey through the Ice House again this year if we need to.

Registrar’s Report: Becky – Numbers from last

Thursday’s ice time:

South Meck 10 1 goalie

Char. Cath 9 1 goalie

Myers Park 4 1 goalie

Mooresville 3 1 goalie

Vance 2

Jay M Robinson 2

Cent. Cabarrus 2 (have since learned that one is too old to play)

Gastonia 1 1 goalie

Lincoln Co. 1 1 goalie

Sun Valley 1

East Meck 1

Total 36

We are also having an open pickup time at 9pm at Cricket Arena for high school players. Becky has called players from last year’s registration forms & has gotten several more commitments. Also, most travel players were not able to attend these ice times, so our numbers will be higher than is reflected above.

League contact info: Any board member or coach or advisor who has new contact information (phone numbers or email addresses) please get this to Becky so she can update the contact list & get a new one out to the group.

ATTENTION COACHES: Coaching applications are available through either Becky or Jeff. Becky will try to get them as a link on the web site, but doesn’t think the site is designed to accommodate this type of link. Current & new coaches must complete an application. All coaches will need to complete a background check; CAHA & USA Hockey requires this.

Steve reminded the group that referees WILL be checking to make sure that All coaches who will be on the bench during games MUST be a level 3. Jeff will contact coaches & get copies of coaching cards from them to verify that all are at the proper level.

COACHES: there will be a level 4 coaching clinic in Raleigh in May 2004. Info about this will be put on the web site it becomes available.

Treasurer’s Report: Mike McFadden sent his report via Jeff: current cash balance - $2,358.11 includes a deposit of $360 that was collected during 11/13/03 ice times. He suggests leaving the fees as last year ($325, $25 registration, $30 USA Hockey registration). Offer $100 discount for goalies. Although ice costs have increased we should be able to stay at the same rates. Last year’s fees along with team sponsorships allowed us to end the season on the plus side. Any sponsor money raised by the teams will be available for use by those teams at their discretion. We need to set a deadline for payments, payment arrangements, and rosters. Refunds should be handled on a case-by-case basis, final decision made by the board.

Practice Times: Keep checking the web site for addition “evaluation” ice in December. Shawn suggested that practice times be arranged so that each team will get 30 minutes of full ice time then 30 minutes of shared ice along with the next team who would then get 30 minutes full ice after the first team left. This would maximize our ice usage. Two teams could practice in 1.5hr ice slot. Becky will check into getting 1.5 hr blocks of ice.

Currently CSHL has ice time at Pineville for Friday nights from 10:15 to 11:15pm beginning in December & continue through May. We also have slotted Sundays from 4:15 to 5:15pm starting in January. Becky is trying to get additional ice in Pineville for team practice times beginning in January.

Game Times: After mid-March we have Thursd

Minutes for CSHL Meeting- October 21, 2003

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary (10/22/03)

Location: Eastland Mall Rink Time: 7:00pm

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld, Pres.; Shawn Perry, VP; Mike McFadden, Treas.; Becky Hubbell, Sec.; Marc Pecorella, Scheduler; Si Davis, Stats; Steve Clough, advisor; Mike Herberg, coach

Ice Time:

Cricket arena: dates given to Becky by Eric Scott as open dates – Nov. 5,6,9,13,20,26,30? Dec. 3,4,7,9,10,11?,16,17. Marc is going to book Nov. 13 & 20 to start getting players on the ice for evaluation. Other dates will be considered depending on player numbers.

Ice House & Eastland: Becky will be meeting with Moe Mulhall Wed. night to get available ice for these rinks.

Discussion: Between Nov & Dec have 2 general league times for evaluation of at-large players. Have 2 evaluation times for each “identified” team or combination of teams. These will not be for practice; they will be to evaluate players. Each player will be charged $10 to help cover the cost. If coaches want to take a deposit from players who they know will make their team that will be on a team-by-team basis. Shawn thought this would help assure a commitment from players so we don’t have the dropout problem we had last season, he suggested a $100 deposit.

School Meetings: School contacts & dates have been posted to the web site. Coaches, please let Becky know when you have meeting dates & times so that she can get those onto the web site. The only scheduled meetings are North Meck on 10/22 at 2:30 and Hopewell on 10/28 at 2:30. Providence has already had theirs & they have about 16-17 players. Other number estimates: Char. Catholic: 11; So. Meck 3 –4; Vance 2-3; Meyers Park 4-5; Weddington 10-13. It was mentioned that if there are enough players for a So. Meck team to ask Don Krutzig if he would be interested in coaching. We need to start gathering contact info for players so we can begin to see what teams we are looking at for the coming season.

Players on Multiple Teams: For those players on a Team Carolina roster, Mike Mulhall has assured CSHL that they will be OK to play high school hockey. The issue for Team Carolina players not rostering on another team has to do with district bound teams, not high school teams. Steve brought up the issue of player suspensions. If a player is suspended the suspension must be served in the league in which it was issued. Therefore, if a high school player is suspended in a CSHL game, the suspension will have to be served in a CSHL game. Likewise, travel players suspended in their travel league cannot use CSHL games to serve their suspensions.

Coaches: Steve brought up that ALL high school level coaches MUST be Level 3 – no exceptions. Anyone on the bench during a high school level game must have a level 3 coaching certificate. This will be strictly enforced this year. Coaches will be required to sign the score sheet & indicate coaching cert. number & level.

There was some discussion regarding the use of non-level 3 coaches for practice sessions. Marc & Shawn said they have alumni players who would like to help coach during practices. The issue would be insurance coverage & liability. Becky will ask Jessica Westphal what the USA Hockey policy is for non-rostered assistance on the ice during practices.

Steve said that Mark Tripp has decided not to coach this coming season. Bob MacDonald, Jeff Jaeggi, & Tino have not said if he will coach this season. Jeff will check with them this week.

All persons interested in coaching a CSHL team will be required to complete a coaching application. The board will review these. All coaches who are selected to coach are required by USA Hockey to complete a background check from. This must be done each season.

8th Graders Playing: The subject of 8th graders came up again. The board has decided that 8th graders will be considered only if there are not enough 9-12 graders to complete t

Minutes for CSHL Board Meeting – Sept 23, 2003

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary (9/28/03)

Location: Eastland Mall Time: 7:00pm

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Si Davis- member-at-large, Marc Pecorella-member-at-large/Coach, Shawn Perry-VP/Coach

Missing: Mike McFadden-Treas., Steve Clough-Advisor, Mike Mulhall – Advisor

Schedulers Report: Marc Pecorella has agreed to act as scheduler again this year. He has spoken to Maureen Mulhall about ice at Pineville, but not times have been given. Maureen had planned to attend the meeting, but was unable to make it. Becky Hubbell has contacted Eric Scott at Cricket arena who is now in charge of scheduling ice at Cricket. He said the price remains at $175/hr. He will contact Becky when ice is available there.

Marc proposed the following “time line”: October: have school meetings to get lists of players gathered. Marc will put together a preregistration form for this & a flyer. This entails getting a contact person in the school, finding a room for the meeting, setting a date for meeting, having announcements made about the meeting.

Butler: Brian Schley Meyers Park: Peter DeGorter (contact there is Vickie Brittan) Providence: Shawn Perry North Meck, Hopewell, Vance: Marc Pecorella Weddington: Mike Herberg South: Marc Pecorella Lake Norman: Shawn Perry Cabarrus Co. Schools: Becky Hubbell Charlotte Catholic: Jeff Quedenfeld

Also the assigned person needs to find out how to go about buying a page for the school yearbook. CSHL hopes get into the yearbooks in this manner.

November: have first ice times; practices/player evaluations; 5 hrs of ice for eval.

December, January, February: start team practices. May start games in February

Coaches: Anyone interested in coaching will need to complete a coach’s application form that Steve Clough is putting together. They will also need to complete USA Hockey coaching forms that include background checks (this is required by CAHA). Coaches must be a minimum level 2.

Advertising: Jeff Q. is going to have a banner made to be placed at the rink referencing our website for further information. Registration Fee: There was a long discussion regarding registration fees. This needs more thought & discussion.

Committee Volunteers: Jeff Q. was given several names of people to contact for running committees. He will contact these people. Any other names that people think of should be forwarded to Jeff.

Media Coverage: Si contacted the Charlotte Observer to see about getting high school hockey scores listed in the paper. They said that this is under discussion & they will be reevaluating the policy in February. Right now they do not list “club” sports in the paper. The reporter said that he would like to do a story on high school hockey. Marc P. is going to contact Chuck Howard at Channel 6 also to see about coverage or a story.

Clinics: Becky spoke with a Checkers player this summer (Bellotti?) who said that he would like to run a clinic for high school hockey with some of his fellow players. Becky will pursue this.

Jeff Q. will contact Charlie Dow about announcing & doing score keeping again this season.

Grades: Si checked school schedules for grades. The coaches are going to be made aware of when grades will be coming out. Each board member will then be assigned to a team to check the grades. If the report cards are not made available those players will not be allowed to practice or play until the board member sees report cards/progress reports.

Next meeting: Oct. 21, Eastland Mall, 7pm

Minutes for CSHL Board Meeting – Aug 26, 2003

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary (9/3/03)

Location: Max & Erma’s, Huntersville

Time: 7:00pm

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Si Davis- member-at-large

Missing: Mike McFadden-Treas, Marc Pecorella-member-at-large/Coach, Shawn Perry-VP, Steve Clough-Advisor, Mike Mulhall – Advisor

Registrar’s Report: Becky Hubbell – Spoke with Ken Rosenbaum, Pres CAHA about CSHL becoming a member. This can only happen if CSHL is an association & Ken would require a name change. Due to the structure of CAHA, they only admit associations for membership (leagues are considered nothing more than a scheduling body). CAHA would need to approve association by-laws. Also spoke with Jessica Westphal about CAHA membership & she agreed to look over our by-laws & assist in letting us know what we need. Becky forwarded CSHL by-laws to Jessica on 9/3/03. Jessica & Ken both stated they do not see any problems with membership. Once members of CAHA, CSHL could register players & teams through USA Hockey.

Schedule: Ideally we would like to begin to get players on the ice for a few hours each month beginning in October. A request for ice at Pineville was submitted via Marc P. & Becky in July, but nothing has been scheduled at this point. Becky emailed Maureen in Aug. to remind her about scheduling CSHL ice. Mike McFadden said that CYH should be releasing ice at Eastland on Monday nights & would make it available to CSHL. Becky has emailed George Hite about ice time at Cricket when it becomes available. There may be a possibility of getting ice during stick & puck and pickup hockey at Pineville. These pre-season ice times would be run by the coaches (whoever is available) & focus on skills, power skating & conditioning. These would be open to all high school age players & not for specific teams. Jeff Q. will check with Marc P. to see if he wants to continue as scheduler.

Advertising: Jeff will look into having a poster made & displayed at the rinks informing people about high school hockey. The web site (www.esportsdesk.com) will be our main format for communication. Becky has agreed to keep this up again. We should begin advertising in the schools in Oct/Nov. We need to figure out how to approach the school athletic directors & have organizational meetings at the schools. There is a need to learn how hockey can gain club status at the high schools.

Si Davis is going to contact the Observer to find out how we can get CSHL game scores included in the high school section of the sports pages.

Meetings: There will be a general CSHL meeting in October to include coaches & board members. We will attempt to make CSHL meetings the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Next meeting for the board will be Sept. 16. General meeting will be Oct. 21. There will be a meeting of the entire association (parents, coaches, board) sometime in Jan or Feb.

Teams: Coaches can begin gathering names from schools that appear to have enough for a core team. Coaches can have team building activities & dry land training at their discretion before the season officially starts.

Additional teams: interest has been expressed about having teams from Charlotte Catholic High School & Myers Park. Staff members from both of these schools have contacted Jeff during the summer. Other teams from last year may need to be eliminated, depending on player representation from the different schools.

Player Pre-Registration: The web site will ask players who are interested to contact a board member & complete a pre-registration form as early as Sept. This way we can start to get some idea of numbers at the different schools.

GPA Monitoring: There was discussion of how to better monitor GPA of players this season. One idea was to have a board member assigned to each team (not one their child is on) & they would be responsible for monitoring GPA’s & reporting back to

Minutes for CSHL General Meeting for June 11, 2003 Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Max & Erma’s Restaurant, Huntersville Time: 7:00pm

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Shawn Perry-VP, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Si Davis- member-at-large, Steve Clough-Advisor, Marc Pecorella-member-at-large

Absent: Mike McFadden-Treas, all coaches except Pecorella & Perry

Scheduler Reports: Marc Pecorella – Spoke with Moe this week & Thursday nights have been reserved for CYH through the beginning to middle of March. CSHL requested 2 nights of 2 hours slots for Nov., Dec, & Jan. These times would be used for evaluation of players & would be assigned to specific teams. In mid to late Jan team rosters would be set & official practices would begin. Before asking people to register, it is hoped that the season schedule will be set in writing. There is money in the budget to pay for the early ice time so that coaches & players will not have to pay for these times. Cricket Arena will be used for extra practice time in Oct. & Nov. as needed or available. Becky has contacted George Hite regarding ice time for CSHL when available.

Treasurer Report: Becky – Mike McFadden submitted a financial review & detailed year-end balance sheet & profit/loss statement. At present CSHL bank account balance is $2,465.20. This does not include additional profits from t-shirt sales ($225) or cost of CSHL logo pucks & Providence logo pucks (approximately $300 combined). Fees were collected from all players. Some concessions were made for financial hardship. Total sponsor income was $2,990.00. Total ice expense was $20,945.00. Referee cost $3,680.00. These are just some of the highlights. If you want a copy of the league financials contact Mike or Becky. Mike had several suggestions of how to do a better job next season of collecting dues in a more timely fashion. The board will utilize coaches to restrict non-paying players from participating in practices &/or games until dues are paid. Board members will be present at early practice times to collect dues so managers & coaches do not have to be responsible for this.

Registrar Report: Becky – Bylaws will be submitted over the summer so that CSHL can become a member of CAHA. This will allow CSHL to perform its own registration of players & teams with USA Hockey.

New Business:

Coaches Interview Process: Steve & Jeff have compiled interview forms to use in order to put together a CSHL interview sheet. Becky will contact current coaches to assess level of interest for next season. Several additional people have spoken to board members regarding the desire to coach next year. Also, several current assistant coaches could be moved to head coach positions if needed. The coach selection process will be more formal that last season & will require applications & interviews. Hopefully this process will begin in September.

CSHL Pucks: Shawn brought CSHL logo pucks. There were not completed in time to distribute to participants this season. They will be given out next season to each player. Also, it was discussed that the league arrange for team sweatshirts to be printed & ready for early in the season. For the teams that got them this season, it was fairly easy & affordable. This would bring more awareness of the league.

Championship Trophy Display: Handling of the trophy was discussed. There should be a time limit that the winning team can keep the trophy, 2 months was suggested. By August it should be turned in to the board. The board will discuss with the rink the possibility of a display case where the trophy will remain during the year.

Carolinas Tournament: A high school hockey tournament for the Carolinas was discussed. This would need to be put in the schedule from the beginning. It would best fit into the schedule at the end of April. We will discuss with Raleigh & Charleston who to best organize such a tournament. It might not be practical to

Minutes for CSHL (Charlotte Scholastic Hockey League) for March 26, 2003

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Coach’s Restaurant, Pineville

Time: 7:00pm (began 7:30 – due to late arrivals – me for one)

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Mike McFadden-Treas, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Si Davis- member-at-large, Shawn Perry-VP, Steve Clough-Advisor, Mike Mulhall – Advisor, Mike Herberg-Coach, Mark Tripp-Coach, Bob MacDonald-Coach, Tino Cristina-Coach

Missing: Marc Pecorella-member-at-large/Coach, , Ron Dove-Coach, Peter DeGorter-Coach, Doug McBride-Coach, Tom Jaeggi-Coach, Brian Schley-Coach, Don Krutzig-Advisor, Dennis Sabo-Advisor

Registrar’s Report: Becky – Received list of registration of all players from Ice House today. Will check on her status. Need to know what coaches are not USA Hockey registered, all coaches need to be registered in order to be on the bench or on the ice. Coaches present will check on the following: Henry DeBoer-NE, Dave Middleton-Wedd, Dave Trozzi-NM, Doug McBride-NM, Brian Schley-Butler

Treasurer’s Report: Mike – Balance sheet & Profit & Loss YTD comparison handed out (if anyone would like a copy, please contact Mike McFadden). The league has sufficient funds to cover future ice & referee expenses. Cricket has not submitted the bill for March ice.

Old Business:

League Logo Contest: Jeff – Several logos were submitted for review by the group. One logo was selected by unanimous vote. This will be logo for league shirts & stationary.

Wait List: At this time there are no players on the waiting list.

1st Aid Kits: Mike Herberg questioned if there would be 1st aid kits for each team. Becky had said she would purchase these, but has not done so. The issue of liability of coaches treating players on the bench was discussed. Also the availability of 1st aid supplies & ice at the rink seems to make the necessity of team 1st aid kits questionable. Coaches said that they would still like essentials available on the bench. Becky will attempt to put together kits before the next games.

New Business:

New Player Fees: There will be a prorated fee schedule for players entering the league at this time. Mike McFadden will figure the fee as new players request to register. At this time the prorated fee will be approximately $280 (this may not include registration & USA Hockey fees).

Players who quit: Should players who quit the league get their money refunded? Mike Mulhall said that this does not happen in other leagues. League/team expenses are determined according to a fixed number of players at the beginning of the season & it is typically not possible to refund player’s money once teams have been selected, ice & uniforms purchased, & the budget finalized. The group voted to not allow refunds, regardless of reason. At the end of the season refund request will be evaluated on an individual basis depending on the league’s financial picture.

Short-handed Teams: Tino expressed concern that Northeast team does not have enough players to be competitive through the season. There was a discussion regarding taking players from other teams or splitting up the NE team & making the league 5 teams. It was decided that it is too far into the season for either of these solutions. The group felt this would not be the best solution for the players since games have already been played. Other ideas included: getting players from Greensboro (Steve Pettit is working on this), allowing 8th graders to play (they must have coach’s approval & be a skilled enough player & have the size to be safe; Tom J is speaking with players from his bantam team; Shawn will talk to Wicklum from Team Carolina), speaking with travel players who are not yet registered for high school hockey. Becky is in touch with Matt Persanti, who attends JM Robinson HS in Concord, he got the OK last week to begin skating after ACL surgery & will get on the ice this weekend & let us know

Minutes for CSHL (Charlotte Scholastic Hockey League) for January 28, 2003

Board meeting

Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Cricket Arena

Time: 8:30pm

Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Mike McFadden-Treas, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Si Davis- member-at-large

Missing: Shawn Perry-VP/Coach, Marc Pecorella-member-at-large/Coach, Steve Clough-Advisor, Mike Mulhall – Advisor

Welcome: Jeff - first scrimmages at Cricket took place tonight. Appeared to be very successful.

Registrar’s Report: Becky – The Ice House is taking care of registering those players who need USA Hockey registration. The registration forms were left at the rink last week. Have not gotten word that registration is completed. When we do we will need to know how to go about paying USA Hockey for these players.

Treasurer’s Report: Mike – currently over $8,000 in account. Wrote a check for jerseys to give to Moe this week. Several players still need to pay. Team coaches & managers are handling this. Those who have not paid by next week will be contacted by a board member. Those requesting a payment plan need to pay at least $125 immediately to remain in good standing with the league. Treasurer will handle individual cases of financial concern.

Old Business:

Jerseys/Socks update: Jeff - Jerseys & socks are expected to be delivered to the Ice House next week. They will then need to be sent for printing. It was decided that until Jersey printing is completed, the jerseys will not be used. Games for next week will utilize pennies with numbers so that player stats can be determined. There are several sets of pennies at the Ice House that belong to Team Carolina & Mike Mulhall has said that CSHL is welcome to use these.

Gate fee at games: It was decided that a gate fee would be charged at all games. Parents of players & children under 6 would get in for free, students with ID $2, adults $3. Team managers are going to be asked to be responsible for assigning someone (an adult) to man the door & collect the gate money. There will be a roster for each team at the gate & player parents will be checked off. The gate money will go to the league general fund. All money will need to be turned in to a board member following each game.

Cricket rules: Becky – A memo will be sent to all coaches & team managers about monitoring people & trash at Cricket. The arena requests that we only use the seats behind the benches & only the lower section. All locker rooms must be thoroughly cleaned at the end of the night. Young children need to be supervised & should at no time be wandering around the arena.

New Business:

League Logo Contest: Jeff – We would like to pursuit the effort to have a contest to create a logo for the association. Sally Quedenfeld has volunteered to head this up. We will make t-shirts & sell them. Jeff can get shirts for a good price. The winner of the contest will get a cash prize.

Wait List: Guidelines need to be made for the wait list of players. It was decided that wait listed players must pay the $25 registration fee in order to be on the list. Once they are placed on a team, the board will decide if they will pay the full amount or a prorated amount, depending on the date of placement. Reasons players have been placed on wait list: academic risk, injury, full teams. Placement of wait list player on teams was discussed. Should players be placed onto teams on a first come first team requesting basis or should skills balance on teams be considered? No firm decision was made regarding this issue.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00pm. No date made for next meeting.

Minutes for CSHL (Charlotte Scholastic Hockey League) for January 9, 2003 Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Coaches, Pineville, NC Time: 6:30pm Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Shawn Perry-VP/Coach (arrived late), Mike McFadden-Treas, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Marc Pecorella-member-at-larg

Minutes for CSHL (Charlotte Scholastic Hockey League) for Jan. 02. 2003 Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Max & Erma’s Restaurant, Huntersville, NC Time: 7:00pm Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Shawn Perry-VP/Coach, Mike McFadden-Treas, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Steve Clough-Advisor, Mike Mulhall-Advisor, Marc Pecorella-Coach, Doug McBride-Coach, Mike Herberg-Coach, Mark Tripp-Coach, Ron Dove-Coach

Missing: Si Davis-Advisor, Peter DeGorter-Coach, Bob MacDonald-Coach, Tino Cristina-Coach, Tom Jaeggi-Coach, Brian Schley-Coach, Don Krutzig-Advisor, Dennis Sabo-Advisor

Opening: Jeff Quedenfeld opened the meeting.

Registrar’s Report: Becky Hubbell – Registration forms have not been reviewed for submission to USA Hockey. This will be done when all teams have completed their parent meetings & all forms are submitted. CSHL does not have it’s own registration capabilities, but the Ice House has agreed to allow CSHL to utilize their registration for this season. Once the organization has approved by-laws, then we can apply for our own USA Hockey status.

Jeff will contact Ken Rosenbaum regarding membership in CAHA. Becky or Jeff will contact Jessica Westphal regarding USA Hockey registration membership.

Treasure’s Report: Mike McFadden – CSHL has $3,035 deposited in its bank account and a $2,410.00 credit with the Ice House. Rosters were handed out to each coach indicating how much each player owes in dues & fees. There was discussion regarding a cut off date for registration & it was decided that until all teams are full, there would not be a cut off date. Once all rosters are complete, then a waiting list would be started in the event that a rostered player leaves. Dues should be paid in full before the first practice, unless the family has spoken with a board member and gets approval regarding late payment.

Scheduler’s Report: Marc Pecorella – No ice time has been secured at this point. Marc has had several conversations with the Ice House (Moe Mulhall), but she could not commit to any time until Monday, Jan 6. She did say that there is a possibility of ice on Mon & Wed afternoons/evenings. Eastland rink has no available ice at this time. Cricket Arena will not make any commitments until another week or 2. Mike Mulhall is checking on the Cricket ice.

At this point Marc thinks we can get at least 6 hours of ice per week for January & maybe looking at a little more for February. He would like to each team to get in 2 – 3 practices & possibly a controlled scrimmage by the end of Jan. or beginning of Feb. He sees games starting mid-Feb.

It was asked if there could be dry land training at the schools. This is not likely due to insurance & other school events, but if coaches want to attempt to contact the school for practice space they can do so on an individual basis.

Team Rosters: In an attempt to keep kids from regions together, some changes were made in the rosters. The Gastonia kids (Comeau, Senter, & Palmer) were put onto the Weddington team. Brett Hartley was placed on the Northeast team. **change made after our meeting: Kurby & Teetee Sitterly would like to play. They were placed on Northeast team, as they are from Iredell Co. Frank Ix was moved to Butler. This completes all teams. Jeff Quedenfeld is starting a waiting list, any new inquiries should be directed to him.

COACHES PLEASE TAKE SPECIAL NOTE

Advisor-at Large Report: Steve Clough – Coaching clinic Feb 1 & 2. This will be for level 2 & 3 only. Any coach who is not a level 4 must be at this clinic. Any coach who cannot make this clinic MUST ask for a waiver by Jan 15. Cost of the waiver is $50.

Any coaches currently at level 3 who have not recertified in 3 years, need to attend the clinic in February, your registration will be good until then (you will be covered from Jan 1 until after the clinic).

Old Business:

General Rules: These have been completed & are in the process o

Minutes for CSHL Board Meeting: Dec. 10. 2002 Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Max & Erma’s Restaurant, Huntersville, NC Time: 7:00pm Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Shawn Perry-VP, Mike McFadden-Treas, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Marc Pecorella-Member-at-large, Si Davis-Member-at-large, Steve Clough-Advisor

Absent: none

Team Budgets: Review of budget estimate compiled by Becky (see attached). $850 allocated for jerseys & socks questioned because some teams already have jerseys (North & Providence). This money can be used as the team sees fit if not needed for jerseys. There was a concern expressed that if it is used for additional ice time, the newer teams who need to buy jerseys would be at an unfair disadvantage. This will be discussed further.

CSHL Insurance: How is this league/board covered for liability? Jeff will contact Mark Sellers from CAHA about independent coverage vs. being covered under CYH. What are our options & how much will they cost. There was concern expressed about getting too dependent on CYH.

Personal Liability Insurance: Since CSHL is a non-profit organization each individual should be covered under his or her homeowners insurance. Each member should check with his or her insurance company to verify this.

Tax ID Number: It was suggested that CSHL apply for it’s own tax ID number. Mike McFadden agreed to check with Doug White on this as he thought that Doug had already started this process.

Scheduling: Steve has talked with Maureen Mulhall about ice at Pineville & Eastland. She is not ready yet with available ice times for Jan or Feb, but will contact Steve as soon as she is. Doug White was contacted about Cricket ice & he said that we need to let him know what times we want & he will check with the arena about what is available. Ice is not scheduled at Cricket for Jan & Feb until the middle of Dec. The board decided to ask for Tuesday nights as a first choice, then Thursday (to be completed by 7:30pm), then Wednesday (to be completed by 7:30pm). Travel practice schedules will be taken into consideration when possible, but high school times will not be totally dependent on the travel or house schedules.

Goalies: It was asked if goalies will get a financial break on fees. The board decided not to give goalies a break. There are plenty of goalies & they will get as much playing time as any other player.

Flyers: The Ice House will be mailing the CSHL flyers out on Wed. 12/11. They should be in mailboxes by Friday. This is much later than anticipated. There was discussion about having another evaluation for those who cannot make 12/18. This will be considered, depending on numbers that show up on 12/18 & how many call ahead to say they cannot make that date.

Registration Form: the board Oked the registration form. Becky has sent it out to the coaches. The coaches are asked to make copies of it & have their players who will not be attending 12/18 evaluation complete & return with fees.

Evaluation Night: There will be a registration table to collect forms & money. Players will then report to skate counter to be assigned a penny number. Steve said that Mike Mulhall has this all in his laptop & it should not be any trouble to organize. On-ice coach adults will be Marc, Shawn, & one of Shawn’s assistant coaches. All other coaches will evaluate.

Rosters: Marc will require coaches to bring finalized numbers to 12/18 night so that we can assess how many additional players each team needs from the at-large pool. Rosters will be finalized (hopefully) at the 12/19-board meeting. Coaches will not be involved in the final selection of the teams. There will be an attempt to “build programs” as much as possible. Keep players on teams they’ve played on before or keep players from same schools grouped together as much as possible. The team who may have a problem with rosters is Hopewell since they have only had one evaluation & it was not

Minutes for CSHL (Charlotte Scholastic Hockey League) for Dec. 2, 2002 Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Eastland Mall, Charlotte, NC Time: 5:30pm Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres/parent, Shawn Perry-VP/Coach, Mike McFadden-Treas/CYH Rep, Becky Hubbell-Sec/parent, Si Davis-board member/parent, Marc Pecorella-board member/coach/teacher-Vance, Steve Clough-Advisor/CAHA, Mike Mulhall-Advisor/USAHockey, Peter DeGorter-Coach, Doug McBride-Coach/parent, Mike Herberg-Coach/parent, Brian Schley-coach/parent, Bob MacDonald-coach, Ron Dove-coach, Dennis Sabo-Advisor/teacher-Hopewell

Missing: Mark Tripp-Coach, Tino Cristina-Coach, Tom Jaeggi-Coach, Don Krutzig-Advisor/Ice House

Pre-season ice: Evaluation ice will be pay as you go. Cost will be $200 for one hour of ice time at Pineville or Eastland. Coaches must pay the rink at the time of practice & are responsible for collecting money from players ($10 per player). If there are not enough players to pay for the ice, the coach will need to pay the balance with the understanding that CSHL will reimburse the coach when there is money in the account (after registration of players).

Registrar’s Report: Becky Hubbell & Si Davis All players must be registered with USA Hockey to play high school hockey. Becky has spoken with Jessica Westphal, Regional Registrar. Jessica outlined what the league needs to do in order to be able to register players. This process involves several weeks & submitting by-laws. Jessica suggested CSHL register through The Ice House this season. Maureen Mulhall of the Ice House was contacted & has agreed to allow CSHL to use their registration this season. Most of the players will already be in that system from last year.

It was brought up that until all players are registered & rosters submitted to Jessica, there is an insurance issue. Coaches are not covered for injuries to players. It was brought up that as long as there is the intent to register & it is evaluation, this would not be a problem. This occurs during tryouts every year, before teams are chosen & is not a problem.

Treasurer’s Report: Mike McFadden A bank account has been opened under CSHL. It has a zero balance at this time.

Scheduler’s Report: Marc Pecorella Marc, Mike Mulhall, Steve Clough & Shawn are working on collecting ice slots. It is expected that official practices will begin around early-mid January with games beginning in early February. There was discussion as to how to accommodate travel player schedules. It was determined that games should be played Monday thru Thursday with the possibility of Fridays as long as travel teams are not out of town.

Old Business

General Rules: Jeff Quedenfeld Rules are being modified & updated as we go along. Jeff is pulling rules from several different associations to fit into our situation. This is a work in progress. As sections are completed the board will review & revise.

Registration Flyer: Mike McFadden Mike presented the flyer he has put together. It was approved with slight revisions & corrections. Maureen Mulhall from the Ice House has agreed to handle mailing the flyer to all eligible players that have been registered at the rink. Mike expects to get the flyer to the rink on Tuesday.

Player Evaluation: Becky Hubbell Evaluation date remains 12/18/02 at Pineville. Ice is from 8:30-9:45pm, but we would like players there around 7pm to complete paperwork & get numbers. Any player not placed officially on a team by that date must be at the evaluation (it is up to coaches to notify players who are on your roster). Coaches will be responsible for getting registration paperwork & fees from players on their roster. If a player misses the 12/18 evaluation, they can still participate, but must contact a board member in order to be evaluated at a later date. A cutoff date was discussed, but rejected due to the lack of time between getting the flyer out & the evaluation.

Minutes for CSHL Board Meeting: Nov. 21. 2002 Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Max & Erma’s Restaurant, Huntersville, NC Time: 7:00pm Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Shawn Perry-VP, Mike McFadden-Treas, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Marc Pecorella-Member-at-large, Si Davis-Member-at-large, Steve Clough-Advisor

Absent: none

1. Open positions: Registrar: Becky Hubbell agreed to act as league registrar with assistance from Si Davis. Becky will contact Jessica Westphal, CAHA registrar, to get software necessary to get the players, coaches & team managers registered with USA Hockey.

Schedulers: Marc Pecorella, Shawn Perry, & Steve Clough agreed to act as league schedulers. They will negotiation with the 3 rinks for practice and game ice. Mike Mulhall & Doug White have agreed to assist with scheduling ice at Cricket Arena.

2. Current Ice Time: Steve Clough provided a list of current ice times & what schools have been assigned to these times. See below for this list.

3. Web Site: Mike McFadden will check again with CYH to see if CSHL can have a page on the CYH web site.

4. Insurance: Mike McFadden will check with CYH to make sure that CSHL can be protected under the CYH coverage for Officials & Directors. CSHL agreed to cover any extra cost CYH may incur by adding CSHL to their coverage.

5. Flyers & registration: Mike McFadden is working on putting together flyers to “advertise” high school hockey. He expects to have this completed next week. These will be made available at the rinks & be mailed out using the Ice House hockey mailing list. It will also be provided to Bantam & Midget travel & house team managers/coaches. Evaluation & registration date remains 12/18 in Pineville. The registration needs to include $25 CSHL registration fee & $25 fee for those not already registered with USA Hockey.

6. CYH Meeting: The next CYH board meeting is Tuesday 12/3 at 7pm at the Hilton Gardens hotel across from the rink in Pineville. Several CSHL board members agreed to attend this meeting to “publicize” our program, request assistance & cooperation & answer any questions this group may have. Those who committed to attend: Jeff, Becky, Mike, maybe Shawn.

7. Coach issue – Butler Program: The board unanimously agreed that Ed Owen sould not participate in CSHL as a coach. Ed’s past off-ice behavior as coach was brought into question. Several parents have stated concern & would not allow their children to be on a team coached by Ed. The board feels this decision is necessary at this point in time in order to retain the integrity of CSHL.

Marc agreed to notify Ed by phone ASAP. The board agreed that Ed could contact Jeff if he has questions. Also, the board would make themselves available for Ed to discuss the decision on 11/25 from 5 - 5:30pm at Eastland Mall rink where Ed has a game that night.

Becky has spoken to Brian Schley and Brian is agreeable to taking control of the Butler program. It will be up to Brian to negotiate with Peter DeGorter to see if Peter is going to remain with the Butler program. Brian said that he has other possibilities for assistant coaches if Peter chooses not to participate

It was decided that in the future coaches will be required to apply for coaching positions, head & assistant, with CSHL. Coaches will be selected by the board or coach selection sub-committee. Coaching eligibility/selection will be included in the CSHL rules or by laws.

8. Home-schooled players: It was noted that home schooling does not require report cards or grades. The participation of home-schooled students will have to be on a case-by-case basis. (note: Becky will check with Dawn Sobiech – it might be good to ask her to be an advisor to the board regarding home schooled players. She home schooled her boys for several years)

9. Program Sponsor Funds: It was suggested that there be a limit to the amount of sponsor money any single program can rai

Minutes for CSHL (Charlotte Scholastic Hockey League) for Nov. 13. 2002 Compiled by Becky Hubbell, CSHL Secretary

Location: Max & Erma’s Restaurant, Huntersville, NC Time: 7:00pm Present: Jeff Quedenfeld-Pres, Shawn Perry-VP/Coach, Mike McFadden-Treas, Becky Hubbell-Sec, Steve Clough-Advisor, Mike Mulhall-Advisor, Peter DeGorter-Coach, Marc Pecorella-Coach, Doug McBride-Coach, Mike Herberg-Coach, Ed Owen-Coach

Missing: Si Davis-Advisor, Mark Tripp-Coach, Bob MacDonald-Coach, Tino Cristina-Coach, Tom Jaeggi-Coach, Brian Schley-Coach, Don Krutzig-Advisor, Dennis Sabo-Advisor

Opening: Jeff Quedenfeld opened the meeting with a welcome & general intro regarding what CSHL is about & what we are attempting to accomplish. He handed out an info sheet entitled :Information for coaches, players & parents about the: CSHL. Contact Jeff for copies.

Team Construction/Rosters: The following schools have enough players to be designated a “school” team & have established coaches: North Mecklenburg – Marc Pecorella & Doug McBride Providence – Shawn Perry, Vince Webster Weddington – Mike Herberg & Ron Dove Butler – Peter DeGorter, Brian Schley, Ed Owen (may include Independence) Hopewell – coaches assigned by group: Bob MacDonald & Mark Tripp (Hopewell will include Vance & possibly Lake Norman) Team #6 will be named according to where the majority of the “at large” players are from.

At large players are those who either do not attend one of the above schools or who were cut by one of these programs, but are capable of playing high school hockey. Schools with minimal numbers that have shown interest: Myers Park, Lake Norman (in Mooresville), Union County

At large players will be assigned either to Team #6 or to open spots on the established teams. This assignment will be done using the “team template” presented by Marc Pecorella. This was used in the past and coaches agreed that it is the best way to handle this situation. This template assigns players according to regions & ability (travel or house). Regions were not established; this will be discussed at the next meeting. Last year the regions were: north, south, east, & west.

Team rosters will consist of 15 skaters & 2 goalies.

Player criterion: Players must maintain a 2.0 GPA in order to play. Report cards will be checked by coaches & a board member. Players must be enrolled in high school (student ID# or current ID card will be required) or show certification of home schooling AND must fall within the USA Hockey guidelines for Midget or Bantam age division.

League Registration: Registration deadline & evaluation of at large players: Dec. 18, Pineville; begin at 7:00pm. (thanks for North Meck for giving up this ice time) A flyer will be created by members of the board to be posted at ice rinks & roller hockey rinks in the region (Ice House, Charlotte Sports Center, Hang Loose) and to be mailed to past ice hockey players (as determined by mailing list provided by Ice House). Flyers & registration forms will be distributed by coaches, travel team managers, and at the ice rinks. All players will be required to register & pay a $25 registration fee (this will go towards operating costs of CSHL & evaluation ice cost). Players will need to included their school ID# or show/send copy of their ID card. Players may pre-register or come to registration/evaluation in Pineville on Dec. 18 at 7:30pm (on ice at 8:30pm). Players already rostered do not have to skate at this evaluation.

Fees: This will be determined when ice time & number of teams has been finalized. It was discussed that there be 10 games (play each team twice) & 10 practices. Last year’s fee was $350, so this year would be at least that amount. Schools that need jerseys & socks would be charged an extra $30 to $50. These items would be purchased through the board & not by individual programs. Cost of ice was discussed. Pineville charged $200 last yea