A Manager's Guide to Hockey Life (Updated October 2024)
Managers make the hockey fun happen, often in the background, without the players even knowing it. Team Managers help ensure that coaches are able to best spend their time coaching and they are crucial to the success of a team's hockey season! This page contains lots of information and lots of links to information. Team Managers are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the documents and links found below to help guide them through their hockey season. The mentorship committee encourages all EMHA teams to use the various forms located in the Appendices below, our goal is to have all EMHA teams using the same forms which will create consistency and help avoid confusion. It's a lot so, when you're stuck, don't be shy to reach out to the Mentorship Team for help finding the answers to your questions.
Quick Links
- IMPORTANT: For specific, up-to-date information related to Gloucester Hockey Association League play and structure, please consult the GHA Rules and Regulations.
- IMPORTANT: For specific, up-to-date information related to the structure of and tasks associated with OMHA teams, please consult the EMHA Policies and Procedures.
- Find contact info for GHA Coaches & Managers HERE.
- For Hockey Eastern Ontario resources, including links to policies and required courses, visit HEO's Website.
- For the most up-to-date Risk & Safety Policies, click HERE.
- To find tournaments within HEO, visit their Tournament Search Engine.
- To find tournaments outside of HEO, visit the Ontario Minor Hockey Association website's Tournament Listings Page.
- To book Referees for exhibition games, visit the District 9 Referee Association website.
Team Manager Cheat-Sheet, U9 Cheat-Sheet, Links & What's App Group
Our Team Manager Cheat-Sheet has lots of helpful tips for Managers heading into the season and is a great complement to the links found below. For U9, there are some special considerations. Our U9 Cheat-Sheet helps Managers AND Coaches navigate this very special season. Our seasonal Manager What's App Group has also proved to be a great resource for Managers at all divisions. On there, you can get a super quick answer to your questions from other Managers and get to know others in the association. To be added to the group once the season starts, email Leah (Team Manager Mentor) to be added: U11.Director@eastendstorm.ca
- HTCP Medical Information Form
- Fair Play Codes
- Game Sheet Label Template
- Instructions on Completing a Game Sheet
- Manley Clock Instructions
- Senecal Clock Instructions
- Club Roster Affiliation FAQs- GHA 2022
- Team Fees
- Team Parent Meeting Agenda (Sample)
- House League Budget (Sample)
- Parent Budget Ratification Form
- Assigned Sweater List
- Police Record Check for Service with the Vulnerable Sector
- Volunteer Letter for the Police Record Check for Service with the Vulnerable Sector
- Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders
- Gender Identity & Expression Training
- HEO Social Media Policy
- Rowan's Law
- HEO Dressing Room Policy
- Outdoor Rink Usage Policy
- Team Travel Permit (HEO)
- Officiating Complaint and Compliment Form