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Online registration with USA Hockey is REQUIRED for all HYHA players, coaches and parent volunteers by September 1st, 2022. USA Hockey does not issue permanent member numbers. Each season, you are required to renew your annual membership and at that time, a new USA Hockey number is issued.

To Register:

• Go to https://membership.usahockey.com to register now.

• Choose member type "Player/Coach" and click next

• Continue to follow the prompts.

• Once you process your payment, you will receive a confirmation email with your USA Hockey number for this season.

• Once you receive your new number, you should be able to input (copy and paste) this number in your profile on the HYHA website under personal information where you load your cell number, and address. There is a box "USAH Confirm.# ____" for you to enter (paste) your 2022-2023 USA Hockey #.

Players and coaches cannot be added to active rosters until this is completed and will NOT be allowed on the ice without a current USA Hockey number.

Please upload your new numbers no later than Thursday, September 1st in order to be ready for the season to start the following week.

If you need assistance, please let me know.

The cost of the tournament is $1100, which equals $85 per player.

Safety Equipment Rule Change

Effective March 1, 2022, all players registered to a CHC member program are required to wear an unmodified, BNQ Certified, neck protector specifically designed for the purpose of preventing or lessening the severity of lacerations to the neck. This requirement applies to any participant in any sanctioned on-ice event, including but not limited to games, practices, tournaments, jamborees, etc.

CHC does not endorse any particular manufacturer or model, but joins with USA Hockey in its recommendation to choose the guard that provides the most neck coverage possible for each particular player. Substitution of non-conforming alternatives such as skate towels or socks worn around the neck will not constitute compliance.

USA Hockey officials in Connecticut will be charged with enforcement of this CHC rule. At the beginning of each game, all players will be surveyed, and any found to be without a neck guard will be instructed to leave the bench until such time as they are wearing an approved neck guard. Once the game has begun, the first instance of any player found without a neck guard during play will cause a warning to both benches. Subsequent occurrences will result in a misconduct penalty to the offending player.

In games involving non-CHC teams whose affiliates do not require neck guards, those teams will not be subject to this rule. CHC teams playing outside of Connecticut will be expected to follow this rule, regardless of official enforcement.

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• Register as a member of USA Hockey. (Cost is $46 plus any affiliate fees if applicable)

• Complete the background screening.

• Complete the USA Hockey Safe Sport Training. (Required every year and cannot be added to a roster until completed).

• Complete the online age-specific module(s) for the age level of play you are coaching. (Cost is $10 per module and only needs to be completed once per age level. Must be completed PRIOR to participating in any team activities and cannot be added to a roster until completed).

• Find, register and attend the required certification clinic. The Cost is $55. You can only attend one clinic per season and all coaches start at Level 1. You can take clinics from April 1-Dec. 31 each season.

All coaches are requred to register as members of USA Hockey. This process is the same as registering your child to play:

• Go to https://membership.usahockey.com to register now.

• Choose member type "Player/Coach" and click next

• Continue to follow the prompts.

• Once you process your payment, you will receive a confirmation email with your USA Hockey number for this season.

All coaches are required to complete a background screening. The process is:

• Go to https://www.usahockey.com/backgroundscreen

• Select the Click Here to Begin box and follow the prompts

• A note from USA Hockey: PLEASE READ: USA Hockey has already entered your self-registration ID number on the first page of the screen. You do not need to change this number.

From USA Hockey:

In compliance with requirements from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), USA Hockey has implemented a national level background screening policy, which can be found in full below. NCSI began the National Screening Program for USA Hockey in April 2020. While you may have a screening from before that, it was likely not with NCSI, please be sure to click that this is your first time screening with NCSI if your last screening was before then.

All coaches are required to to complete USA Hockey Safe Sport Training. The process is:

• Go to https://www.usahockey.com/safesporttraining

• Complete the courses as shown.

From USA Hockey:

One of the most exciting aspects of the USA Hockey Safe Sport Program is the online training/education that is available to help our members become aware of the information necessary to help prevent abuse from occurring in our sport. We are pleased to announce that all USA Hockey registered coaches, officials, players, employees and volunteers are entitled to take the training at no cost. The Safe Sport Training and Refresher Training are each valid for twelve (12) months.

As of January 1, 2018, all relevant individuals who need to be SafeSport trained or are seeking retraining will need to complete the new SafeSport training, which features updated content.

Once you have completed the Core SafeSport Course, there will be a Refresher Course available for individuals who have previously completed the core Safe Sport course and need to retrain. Users completing the SafeSport refresher course will be trained for an additional season. After completing Refresher 3, you will take the Core Training for the next season.

All coaches must have the required certification level by January 1 of the current season, unless earlier deadlines are established by the district and/or affiliate. Information is found here: https://www.usahockey.com/rules

From USA Hockey:

(1) Required Coaching Education Program Levels for Ice Hockey

All coaches must have the required certification level by January 1 of the current season, unless earlier deadlines are established by the district and/or affiliate.

All coaches must complete the online age-specific modules PRIOR to participating with their team.

(a) All coaches must enter USA Hockey's Coaching Education Program at Level 1, and must continue their education with a coaching clinic each year until, at a minimum, they achieve Level 4. Coaches of only 8 and Under players should remain at Level 1 until such time as they are coaching any older age level of play.

A coach may attend only one (1) certification clinic per year.

Once Level 4 is achieved, coaches will need to complete 5 credit hours of continuing education within each subsequent three-year period [as outlined in Paragraph (c) below].

(b) In addition to the training in paragraph (a) above, coaches must also complete online age-specific training modules specific to the level of play they are coaching, if they have not already taken that module. This requirement applies to all coaches at all levels, 1 through 5. Coaches may complete more than one age-specific module in any given season.

(c) Effective in the 2021-22 season, coaching certification at Levels 4 and 5 is valid for three (3) seasons, as indicated by the expiration date. Before the expiration of their level, coaches must accumulate 5 credit hours of continuing education by either taking Level 5, or by attending other USA Hockey continuing education clinics. The USA Hockey clinic listings will indicate all continuing education offerings and the credit value of each. The Coaching Education Program retains the responsibility for defining continuing education credit values, including clinic or online course work.

(d) Grandfather Clause

For those coaches who received Level 4 or Level 5 PRIOR TO January 1, 2021, only coaches of Tier I and Tier II teams are required to do continuing education as required in (c) above.

(e) Previous/Expired Certifications

Coaches with any expired certification will retain their previous certification levels provided the certification can be verified. Coaches may re-enter the certification system at that previous level and be subject to the certification guidelines in (a) through (c) above.

(2) Evidence of Level

It is the responsibility of the local association to identify those coaches who do not meet the certification requirements. All coaches have until December 31 of the current season, or earlier date as established by the district and/or affiliate, to attend a USA Hockey coaching clinic. All coaches must complete the online age-specific modules PRIOR to participating with their team. Prior to the start of all games throughout the season all coaches are required to indicate their current certification status on the scoresheet, regardless of their certification level. All coaches (except for juniors) must legibly print their USA Hockey Coaching Education Program (CEP) card number, their CEP level (levels 1-5), their online age-specific playing level module and the year their CEP level expires. Beginning January 1 of the current season, prior to the start of each game, all coaches present are required to sign the designated area of the scoresheet in order to verify the accuracy of the player roster, as it appears on the scoresheet, for that game.

(3) Penalty and Enforcement

Any coach not in possession of these certification requirements will be ineligible to coach for the remainder of the season. Districts and/or affiliates are required to uphold this penalty. It will be the responsibility of the local association registering the team to enforce the national policy.