Volunteer Committees and Workgroups

Assist Minor Hockey Associations with registration processes (team, player, affiliation), complete team and player approvals, and approve player transfers in HCR, including:

• Hockey Canada Registry (HCR)
• Parent Declarations & New Player Registration Requirements 
• Team Orders, Registration and Approvals
• Respect in Sport Certification
• Affiliation

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Approval of permits and sanctions in an online system, administration of discipline for exhibition games, tournaments and provincials, and investigations of indefinite suspensions, including:

• Exhibition, Tournament & Travel Permit Sanctions
• Discipline & Suspensions
• Suspension Deferrals
• Maltreatment Tracking Requirements

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Minor Leagues Committee oversees:

• Alberta One Regional League Declarations, Standards, Regulations, Policies & Procedures
• Hockey Alberta Provincial Championships

League Representatives

Staff Leads

Bryden Burrell, Manager, Minor Leagues
Morgen Kidney, Coordinator, Minor Leagues

• Provide mentorship and guidance to MHA Executive Members.
• Guide the MHA to ensure compliance with the requirements of being a Hockey Alberta member MHA and a registered non-profit organization.
• Guide MHAs on Bylaw, Regulation and Policy development and amendment.
• Guide MHAs with respect to meeting structure and effective / efficient meeting etiquette.
• Provide the MHAs with access to tools and resources designed to share best practices and provide information.

Elite Male (AAA/ AA) 

Alberta Elite Hockey League >

Elite Female (AAA/ AA)

Alberta Female Hockey League >

U11 AA 

Alberta U11AA Hockey League >

Hockey Alberta Officials Committee >

Enhance player safety within amateur hockey through the following annual duties:

• Promote a culture of player safety while balancing the spirit of the game.
  
• Review current health, wellness, and safety trends and their possible relationship to amateur hockey.
  
• Establish protocols to ensure the experience around hockey is safe and fun (player, parent, coaches).
  
• Review screening processes related to safety, health and wellness.
  
• Establish, promote, and support best practices in injury prevention and return to play protocols.
  
• Establish, promote, and support an implementation plan to educate and inform associations, teams, coaches and parents.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chair

Anton Joseph

Committee Members

• Sanjeev Bhagrath
• Devin Buffalo
• Angela Epp
• Chanel Hykaway
• Sameena Siddiqui
• Kerri Woods

Staff Lead: Carlia Schwab

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Committee Members

• Al Coates
• Bob Bartlett
• Mel Davidson
• Peter Maher
• Gregg Pilling
• Scott Robinson
• Mike Rogers
• Mark Spector

Staff Lead: Tim Leer

Developing change for the advancement of Para hockey:

• Provide service to members, clients and stakeholders through interpretations of Regulations
• Review and recommend changes to improve and grow Para Hockey
• Establish regular communication with Clubs, Teams and Players
• Encourage development opportunities for Teams, Players, Coaches, and Officials
• Set and operate a Regular Season League Schedule
• Implement rules with regards to how the League operates day to day (i.e. game times, tie-breaking procedures)
• Establish criteria and processes to administer player development and selection camps
• Establish criteria and processes to administer competition opportunities for Team, Players, Coaches and Officials
• Host meetings for member Clubs and their Programs to discuss the game and make recommendations for change

CHAIR: Janice Coulter

Meet with Member Associations who host girls’ minor hockey to discuss growth opportunities for leaders, coaches, and athletes, and review the regulations, guidelines and procedures pertaining to girls’ minor hockey and recommend changes:

• Identify best practices within Associations to share and replicate within other Associations hosting girls’ minor hockey;
• Liaise with MHAs, identify operational standards for MHAs that host girls’ minor hockey, and recommend the additional of them into Hockey Alberta’s Member Standards model;
• Establish a process to work with MHAs to review and understand the experiences of girls within minor hockey;
• Identify ways to promote girls’ minor hockey to players, officials, coaches and leaders, educating customers about the benefits of girls playing girls hockey;
• Continually review environmental and societal trends, and their possible relationship to girls’ minor hockey, and advise on potential solutions and regulation changes to help mitigate or support the trends.