BC HOCKEY 2007 – 2008 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS President & Executive Director’s Report ................................................................................................... 2 Divisional Directors’ Reports Junior A Hockey........................................................................................................................................ 7 Junior B Hockey........................................................................................................................................ 8 Senior Male Hockey ................................................................................................................................ 10 Senior Female Hockey ........................................................................................................................... 11 District Directors’ Reports Kootenay – East ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Kootenay – West .................................................................................................................................... 14 Lower Mainland ...................................................................................................................................... 14 North Central .......................................................................................................................................... 17 North East / Yukon ................................................................................................................................. 19 North West .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Okanagan Mainline ................................................................................................................................. 20 Vancouver Island .................................................................................................................................... 21 Committee Reports Coaching Committee .............................................................................................................................. 23 Coach Mentorship Committee ................................................................................................................ 24 High Performance Committee ................................................................................................................ 25 Female Hockey Development Committee .............................................................................................. 34 Minor Hockey Committee ....................................................................................................................... 35 Referee Committee ................................................................................................................................. 38 Safety & Risk Management Committee .................................................................................................. 41 APPENDICES BC Hockey Program Attendance Statistics .......................................................................... APPENDIX A Incomplete Suspensions....................................................................................................... APPENDIX B Registrations ......................................................................................................................... APPENDIX C Mutual Aid Report ................................................................................................................. APPENDIX D Championship Reports ......................................................................................................... APPENDIX E BC Hockey Awards ................................................................................................................ APPENDIX F Nominating Report to May 1, 2008 ....................................................................................... APPENDIX G 1 BC HOCKEY 2007 – 2008 ANNUAL REPORT PRESIDENT’S / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Al Berg, President Barry Petrachenko, Executive Director The 2007-2008 season will be remembered as another hectic year for our organization. We accomplished quite a bit and also set the course for meeting several future goals and initiatives. As a branch, BC Hockey continues to lead the Country in areas of registration and technology. Our branch should be extremely proud of the fact that other branches constantly to inquire about our methods, and are working toward the administrative standards we continue to set. We will strive to work with Hockey Canada on further improvements for the future, though; we would like to reflect on some administrative achievements from the past season: • 806 incoming Interbranch Transfers Processed on the HCR • 591 outgoing Interbranch Transfers Processed on the HCR • 2,672 Inter Association Transfers Processed via HCR • All registration reporting and billing was done through the HCR reports section. We have again succeeded in several other areas of technology to assist with communication to all of our Members: • A new BC Hockey website was launched with an improved look and expanded content • BC Hockey website development continues with a focus on improved communication and design • Continuation of online consoles and forms with new forms being added to allow members to complete much of their branch business "online" • All BC Hockey teams have been carding exclusively online this season with the HCR • Female online training diary is entering it’s third season • Remote access server has been added for the Executive Committee to allow for centralized data storage and to provide uniform application versions for data compatibility • The phone system at the BC Hockey office has been upgraded to a new VoIP system with a total of 23 phone lines, callers should now never receive a busy signal • The phone system and the email system have been integrated to allow voicemail to be accessed through email • The software on the office data server is in the process of being upgraded to a new web based interface to allow for better file handling, to assist with workflows, and make data retrieval easier and faster 2 BC HOCKEY 2007 – 2008 ANNUAL REPORT Interesting Stats Website • Total annual visitors: 454,279 • Monthly average: 37,856 Telephone Calls • Total annual phone calls: 49,800 • Average monthly calls: 4,150 Faxes Received • Total annual received: 8,484 • Average monthly faxes: 707 Insurance Our staff has worked hard this season with cooperation of Hockey Canada to provide efficient service for our members’ insurance needs. The following numbers demonstrate our efforts in specific areas of interest: • 1063 Special event sanctions processed by April 1. • 1031 Hockey Canada Injury Claims processed by April1. • 270 Certificates of Insurance processed by April 1. BC Hockey’s development programming and program personnel continue to provide excellent support for all participants within our Membership. SPECIAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS EVENTS BC remained a priority venue for national and international event this past season. BC Hockey provides promotional and programming support ensuring that members / host get the most from these opportunities. Following are the high profile events that were attracted to BC; • World Junior A Challenge – Trail / Nelson, BC • Women’s National team summer event – Prince George • Women’s National team World Championships preparation camp - Victoria Skills Challenge BC Hockey conducted Skills Challenges at all Pee Wee Branch Championships. As a result BC Hockey will have 3 players; Alexa Ranahan from Salmon Arm, Nicolas Petan from North Delta and Laticia Castillo from Surrey, represent our Branch at the IIHF Skills Challenge being held in conjunction with the World Championships in Quebec City. Canucks Centre for BC Hockey BC Hockey and the Canucks Centre for BC Hockey worked in partnership with the Vancouver Canucks to deliverer over 20 different program offerings to the minor hockey community. The highlights of the year included skills/coaches camp coverage on CBC’s Hockey Day in Canada, Major Midget League (North Island Silvertips) participation in the out Canucks Superskills Competition, and the High Performance staff visit to GM Place including a presentation from Canucks Coach Mike Kelly. 3 BC HOCKEY 2007 – 2008 ANNUAL REPORT SportsFunder The provincial SportsFunder lottery has generated funds for BC Hockey members. Directly, funds have been received for the Youth Sport Travel program. At the end of this fiscal year BC Hockey members have received benefit of $77,500.00 from SportsFunder of which approximately $30,000.00 has been distributed to our members to assist teams traveling to BC Hockey Championships in Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget. BC Sports Participation Program Support is provided through national and provincial governments for programming targeting aboriginals, children and youth in economically disadvantaged areas, girls and women, persons with a disability and seniors. BC hockey received grants assisting with the BC Hockey In Our Schools program. This funding allowed us to complete the on-ice portion of the program as well as write the new Gym-Based program. The Gym – Based program curriculum has been completed and is currently being piloted in 21 schools across the province. As a result of the feedback from these pilots BC Hockey will open the program for use by any school in BC