The information below is largely directed at our house/recreation team managers. More to come for our rep team managers!
Communication
Once the season begins, you will be the first point of contact for parents for any questions, concerns etc. If you require assistance, you can contact your teams head coach or your division head.
All teams use the TeamSnap app as the main form of communication
-Our registrar will upload all the players information, and give the manager ‘administrative’ allowances so you can make additions and do scheduling etc.
-Your job will be to upload the schedule for the ice times as they are provided to you by your division head.
Manager Duties
-Make contact with the parents and ensure they know how to reach you.
-In cooperation with the coaches, arrange a team meeting for the start of the season to meet the parents and provide necessary information
-In cooperation with the division head, obtain jerseys/socks and other team equipment from CMHA and hand them out to the team. At the end of the season, you'll need to help gather and return them.
*There should be a record of who has what equipment to assist with retrieving it at the end of the season. Socks do not have to be returned
*New this for 2021, a $500 team equipment deposit needs to be collected by the end of October. Atom house teams are only required to pay $100 per team as they get to keep their jerseys at the end of the season
-Ensure there are volunteers in place as needed for ice times (ie check in person, clock and score keeping)
-Hand out and collect forms for team pictures and assist with organizing your team on picture night. When available, hand out the photos.
-Have fun with it! You can organize team shirts or gifts, Christmas/year end parties, year end gifts for the coaches etc. Of course, this all depends on any restrictions that may be in place due to Covid at the time.
**Team shirts and other swag- as with our partnership with the Cranbrook Bucks, all swag needs to be Bucks branded.
Click Here for the list of available items and the order form.
Practice/Games
-With the exception of U7 Minor, most house teams have two ice times per week. Until Dec 1st, both of those ice times will be practices only. After Dec 1st, teams can participate in games, either against the other Cranbrook teams (especially for the U7 Major) or out of town teams. **The Dec 1st requirement may be changing, more information to come**
-They can also participate in around 2 out of town tournaments per season, also only permitted after Dec 1st. Some divisions also host a home tournament.
-In cooperation with the coaches at the start of the season, discuss and decided which tournaments your team will participate in. The sooner the better for planning purposes and ensuring your spot in desired tournaments.
-To search for tournament options, follow the steps below:
*Go to BC Hockey’s homepage Click Here
*Click on “Tournaments” and in the drop-down menu, “Tournaments Home”
*Scroll to the bottom and you’ll see an area to search for tournaments
Search your division (U7, U9 etc)
Category is Recreational
Region is East Kootenay
Enter your date range
-Collect the fee from each player for tournaments (the total tournament fee divided by the # of players attending)
-It would be best to have at least 10 players available for the tournament.
-Contact your divisioin head for a cheque to pay the tournament fee. Once all the fees are collected from each player, you'll need to reimburse CMHA.
-It is recommended you collect cash from parents to avoid the use of your personal account, or speak to your division head about having EMT to their minor hockey email addresses linked to the bank acccounts.
Ipads/Score Keeping
-For U7 and U9, there is no official score kept for their games
-Starting at U11, information around pentalities and scores need to be recorded for every game played on the ipads via HiSports
-Each manager is given in Ipad that needs to be returned, undamaged, at the end of the season.
-For detailed information about logging in and scorekeeping etc, click the links below
HiSports Game Notes Scratch Pad
Links and Forms
Hockey Canada Minor Hockey Managers Guide
Travel Request Form Needs to be completed and submitted 2 weeks in advance for any game played outside of our region (East Kootenay)
CMHA Fundraising & Gaming Policy