As a team manager, you will be responsible for:

• Organizing
  • out of town tournaments
  • team parties
  • team fundraising initiatives
• Record keeping
  • presenting the budget to the division convenor and team parents
  • obtaining travel permits for out of town tournaments
  • completing game sheets
• Communication
  • informing parents of events via email, phone and TeamSnap app
  • acts as a liaison between the parents, coaches and board of directors

Certifications required for managers:

• Respect in Sport - Activity Leader
• Gender Identity & Expression training for team officials (taken through e-hockey)
• Vulnerable Sector Police Check

As a team trainer, you will be responsible for:

• maintain a first aid kit
• tending to player injuries on and off ice
• holding a valid first aid certificate
• implement a risk management plan for the team
• conduct regular checks of player equipment
• maintain accurate medical information files on all players and team staff

Certifications required for team trainers:

• Respect in Sport - Activity Leader
• Gender Identity & Expression training for team officials (taken through e-hockey)
• Vulnerable Sector Police Check
• Certification according the levels found here

As a coach, you will be responsible for:

• preparing for and conducting practices
• managing ice time for the players during games
• mentoring, guiding and teaching the players using age appropriate means
• liaising with team staff
• preparing a coaching philosophy (head coach only)
• building a positive team environment

Certifications required for coaches:

• Respect in Sport - Activity Leader
• Gender Identity & Expression training for team officials (taken through e-hockey)
• Vulnerable Sector Police Check
• Community Coaching stream certification according to level found here

Parents

Coaches

Trainers

The NCMHA does not provide equipment to our players however, we do provide team jerseys.

If you are in need of assistance with registration fees or equipment purchases, there are a number of programs that help including the Dreamcatcher Fund,  Jumpstart and KidSport Ontario.

As a timekeeper, you will be a member of the Greater Sudbury Hockey Officials Association. In order to become a certified timekeeper, you must register in an online timekeeping seminar provided by Randy Pascal during the month of September. Dates and registration information can be found here.

Initiation does not play in a league. They have inter-squad games and practices in Garson.

Novice plays against teams in the Sudbury Minor Hockey Association.

Atom, Peewee, Bantam and Midget participate in the North Easter Hockey League (NEHL). League information can be found here.

As indicated in the NCMHA Code of Conduct, the steps that you can follow with respect to conflict resolution are listed below:

1. Adhere to the 24-hour rule.
2. Put your comment/concern/complaint in writing and deliver it to the team manager after 24 hours.
3. If the issue is not resolved, a meeting with the team manager and coaching staff will be conducted.
4. If the issue is not resolved, a meeting with the team manager, coaching staff and members from the NCMHA Board of Directors.

For more information, please read the NCMHA Code of Conduct found here.

Nickel City Rep Program (NCHA)

As the NCMHA does not have a rep team, the Nickel City Hockey Association (NCHA) has a blanket release authority.

Sudbury District Girls Hockey Association (SDGHA)

Your child does not require a release to play with in the SDGHA or with the Lady Wolves.

Other Minor Hockey Associations

Releases will not be entertained until the registration period for the NCMHA has been completed and the ice allocation meeting has been held in September. This is to ensure that the NCMHA will have enough players to form our teams. After the registration period is closed and ice allocation is done, releases may be issued upon request.

If your child was a minor aged player and played in a major division, they require a release from Nickel City.

If you child was a minor aged player and played in a minor division, they do not require a release from Nickel City.

If your child was a major aged player and played in a major division, they do not require a release from Nickel City.

a) Preside over all Executive meetings
b) Appoint all non-voting members for the Executive
c) Be an ex officio member of all NCMHA committees
d) Authorize all NCMHA financial transactions
e) Call all special meetings including Association Annual General Meeting (AGM)
f) Enforce all regulations and policies
g) Liaise with all external stakeholders (i.e.: NOHA, neighbouring Associations, etc.)

a) Assume all duties of the President in his or her absence
b) Assume the role of Vice Chair of the Risk Management Committee
c) Enforce all regulations and policies
d) Liaise with all external stakeholders (i.e.: NOHA, neighbouring Associations, etc.)
e) Oversee the player evaluation and development process
f) Chair the Coaching Staff Selection Committee
g) At the request of the President, attend external meetings to represent the NCMHA
h) Be, along with the President, and Treasurer, a financial signing authority for the
Association

a) Keep and maintain all of the records pertaining to the Executive Committee business
b) Schedule and issue all notices of meetings. This includes facility bookings, etc.
c) Circulate all communications on behalf of the Executive to external stakeholders
d) Collect the mail at least once per week
e) Inventory, maintain and replenish all office supplies including the Association’s
computer

a) Be, along with the President, and Vice President a financial signing authority for the
Association
b) Keep, maintain and update all financial records
c) Issue all cheques for payments and reimbursements in a timely manner
d) Present a financial report at each Executive Meeting
e) Prepare a forecasted budget for each season
f) Be responsible for all monies collected during Association fundraising
g) Be responsible for all gaming licensing with the City of Greater Sudbury for
fundraising activities
h) Serve as the chair of the NCMHA Benevolent Fund

a) Be appointed at the AGM having received the most votes amongst all Director
position candidates
b) Attend Executive meetings as scheduled
c) Accept appointments from the President to any required position
d) Act as the alternate Director when required
e) Support the Directors when required
f) Executive liaison to coaches, managers, players and parents
g) With the VP, participate and oversee evaluations and player development
h) Be members of the Coaching Staff Selection Committee

a) Attend Executive meetings as scheduled
b) Accept age group division assignments from the President at the onset of each season
c) Act as Executive liaison to coaches, managers, players and parents
d) Ensure all coaching staffs within their portfolio have the required credentials and
updated criminal record checks
e) Accept appointments from the President as required including Ice time/Officials
Convenor and Fundraising Lead
f) With the VP, participate and oversee evaluations and player development
g) Be sitting members of the Risk Management Committee
h) Be members of the Coaching Staff Selection Committee

a) Attend executive meetings as scheduled
b) Obtain Hockey Canada Registry training as required and receive “write” access
c) Lead the initial registration of all players and coaches
d) Maintain an updated list of teams, players and personnel to be distributed to the
Executive
e) Collect all registration documents and file accordingly
f) Ensure all player releases are obtained prior to registration as required
g) Liaise with the Treasurer relating to collecting all registration fees and issuing
receipts upon payment
h) Action in a timely manner all travel permits requests for NCMHA teams
participating in tournaments

a) Maintain and update the Association website including but not limited to:
a. Uploading policy documents, coaching applications, player registration
b. Board member contact information and positions
c. Tournament administration (registration and score updating)
d. News items
e. Liaise with the website host to ensure the smooth operation of the website
b) Update all social media accounts belonging to the Association (including but not
limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
c) Be the main point of contact for the distribution of communication to the Association
membership from the Board
d) Be responsible for Association advertising
e) Assigning roles and permission in accordance with higher governance