posted 08/06/2010
LAHA Coaches and Managers -
The 2010-11 hockey season is just around the corner despite the current hot and humid monsoon conditions. One of my major duties as the LAHA Head Coach is to identify to the Executive Board the team head coaches at the various age levels. These coaches can then identify the team managers.
At the most recent Board meeting in July we determined that due to the ever growing number of players at all ages we will strive to set up and schedule two select/travel teams for the Mites, Squirts, Pee Wees and Bantams. In addition, an all-girls team will be rostered at the Mite and Squirt levels. We plan on continuing with a single Junior Varsity team and a single Varsity team for the high school aged players. These changes make it even more important to get the team coaches identified soon.
For the Varsity team, Joel Kress has agreed to take over the head coach duties and a formal tryout has been set for the first weekend in October at the GCCC in Santa Fe. All other positions are still open so if you are interested in filling one of the other team head coach positions or would like to help out with any particular age group, please respond back to me so that I can get an official head count. Also, if you know anyone who is interested in becoming a coach, clinics are being established at various times over the next few months and at various locations around the state so they can get their USA Hockey credentials. We do plan on establishing some regular ice times during the season for skills and drills development for the novice coaches.
Finally, Mike Penovich, who served as both the Atoms coach/coordinator as well as the LAHA ACE coordinator for the past several years, has recently taken a job back east, so both of these important positions are also open. He did leave with me a disk containing all of the Atoms drills developed and contact information at his new home in Lynchburg, VA.
Thank you in advance for your time and support.
- Steve
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LAHA Head Coach
Steve Schreiber
