2009 – 2010 Annual Report
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BC HOCKEY 2009 – 2010 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS President................................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Director..................................................................................................................................... 4 Divisional Directors’ Reports Junior A Hockey........................................................................................................................................ 5 Junior B Hockey........................................................................................................................................ 5 Senior Male Hockey .................................................................................................................................. 7 Senior Female Hockey ............................................................................................................................. 8 District Directors’ Reports Kootenay – East ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Kootenay – West ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Lower Mainland ........................................................................................................................................ 9 North Central .......................................................................................................................................... 11 North East / Yukon ................................................................................................................................. 12 North West .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Okanagan Mainline ................................................................................................................................. 13 Vancouver Island .................................................................................................................................... 14 Committee Reports Coaching Committee .............................................................................................................................. 16 High Performance Committee ................................................................................................................ 18 Female Hockey Development/ Female Midget AAA League Committee ............................................... 21 Minor Hockey Committee ....................................................................................................................... 24 Referee Committee ................................................................................................................................. 27 Safety & Risk Management Committee .................................................................................................. 33 Midget AAA League ................................................................................................................................ 34 APPENDICES BC Hockey Program Attendance Statistics .......................................................................... APPENDIX A Incomplete Suspensions....................................................................................................... APPENDIX B Registrations ......................................................................................................................... APPENDIX C Championship Reports ......................................................................................................... APPENDIX D BC Hockey Awards ............................................................................................................... APPENDIX E Nominating Report to May 1, 2010 ........................................................................................ APPENDIX F 1 BC HOCKEY 2009 – 2010 ANNUAL REPORT PRESIDENT’S REPORT Rick Boekestyn, President BC Hockey Presidents Report This year BC Hockey continues to work with our membership to offer the best in program delivery, as well as develop sound strategies that will help us to grow positively in the future. With the advent of the Olympic Games in Vancouver, pressure was applied to all facets of hockey administration, but I am proud to say we got through it while continuing to meet the needs of our membership. My thanks to all those MHA’s that had to bend a little, but did not break. We were fortunate to hold some National events besides the big show in Feb. which included the Allan Cup, in Fort St. John, the U18 Women’s Nationals in Surrey, as well as the Western Bantam Championships in Burnaby, and the Western Jr. B Championship Keystone Cup in Kamloops. My thanks to the Host Committee’s of these events, as all proved to be very successful. On the home front we continue to work on our Strategic Plan in order to help set direction, and stay true to our Mission statement. We have added a marketing initiative this year, and hired a firm to explore marketing opportunities’ within BC Hockey We hope to report many sponsorship partnerships in the future. In that regard we are pleased to report the renewal of a sponsorship agreement with the Western Hockey League, which increases the monetary support of not only the MML but also shows a substantial increase, financially in our High Performance Program. We also are pleased to report that we have renewed a commitment to the BCHL to help promote and support the league, and look to new initiatives in the future. We have worked hard to deliver programming in a simpler, smoother form. The bumps that we experienced last year with on-line registration, Criminal Record Checks, and the move to Respect in Sport were corrected, and allowed us to deliver most clinics in a timely fashion. We still however had to deal with coaches that missed deadlines for post task submission, as well as some officials not completing CRC, but these numbers are decreasing. Nationally, we successfully lobbied Hockey Canada to increase financial support for the HCR in this year’s Hockey Canada Budget. This will insure that this technology continues to move forward. BC Hockey continues to be a Major influence at the National table, and will continue in the future. Hockey Canada passed a motion at the Semi Annual in November, that will effect Junior A in Canada. We along with the other Western Branches, as well as our respective Jr A Leagues, are working together to re-adjust this motion, as we feel the outcome would be detrimental to Junior A Hockey in Canada. I will update you on results at the AGM in Prince George, as the Hockey Canada AGM is to be held in Montreal in May. My thanks to those Executive members who sit on Hockey Canada Councils for your hard work this year. As you may know Randy Henderson had to step down in November as Officer at Large for personal reasons. His portfolio was distributed amongst the other Officers, particularly Al Berg, and I thank them for doing double duty. Your Executive has had to make some tough decisions this past year, some popular, some not. We are bound by our regulations and as we strive to make the game better we must not loose site of the fact that rules are in place for a reason. Some need to be changed for the betterment of the game, some don’t. But as we meet here in Prince George to deliberate changes to the game, I would ask that you do so as hockey people. Making hockey decisions that will affect hockey players, coaches, and officials. There has been an overwhelming trend over the last few years, that in our haste to 2 BC HOCKEY 2009 – 2010 ANNUAL REPORT recruit volunteers for the game, we do so at the risk of filling positions, instead of looking for hockey volunteers with a hockey background. As a result, we find it difficult to focus on what’s good for the game. As I said last year, passion is a good thing, as long as it is directed in the positive. Let’s stay positive and make good decisions. As you all know I have decided to let my name stand this year for President. My decision is based solely on the fact that at this time I believe that BC Hockey needs strong, experienced leadership. We are faced with the possibility of having our President, Vice President, and all our officer positions, filled by new people. This coupled with the fact that a couple of candidates have decided to bypass our normal process for gaining experience through an important path, that allows an individual the ability to grow as they move through the various Executive Committee positions. That puts BC Hockey at an extreme disadvantage. For these reasons I would encourage you all to attend this years AGM in Prince George. Take the time to educate yourselves on what each candidate for the various positions brings to that position, and then make an informative choice, based on fact, not fiction. In summary, I would like to thank all those volunteers within our organization that not only volunteer for BC Hockey, but managed to do double duty during the Olympic Winter Games to showcase our Province, and the game that we hold in such great esteem. Your commitment and overwhelming support of not only our game, but the gambit of sports that make up the Olympic Games, made the rest of us proud to be from British Columbia. You truly had a part in making Vancouver 2010 the best