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 Randy Zaritsky, the CT Supervisor of Officials, has issued the following time grid for application of penalty times for CHC games:

It's the end of August, which can only mean one thing: officiating seminars are right around the corner.  Do you know when the IHONC meetings are?  Do you know when the required USA Hockey officiating seminars are?  Remember that you must pre-register to attend USA Hockey officiating seminars.  Check out the IHONC Events page for all the details.

The Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced officiating manuals are online at the USA Hockey web site.  Hardcopies will not be handed out at USA Hockey officiating seminar, so bookmark them and keep the link handy.

Basic Manual

Intermediate Manual

Advanced Manual

IHONC is now accepting applications for officials for the 2011-2012 season.  The minimum age for new officials is 15 years old.  The minimum age requirement does not apply to current IHONC officials who wish to renew their registration.  The registration forms are in the Downloads section of the web site.

The new 2011-2013 rulebook is out and there are some major changes (pun intended, look it up).  Check out the USA Hockey web site for the listing of rule changes.  Don't wait until the last minute to get your nose in the book and get comfortable with the changes. 

Be sure to check out the IHONC Discussion Boards to see what your fellow officials are thinking

The latest issue of USA Hockey has some articles on the new rules as well.

If an AHYL game is going to run over it's alloted time slot, the curfew policy should only be implemented if the rink has an issue with the game exceeding it's time slot.  Please check with the rink before the start of the game.

CT Referee-in-Chief Randy Zaritsky is requiring all officials to record their USA Hockey # on the game scoresheet to the right of where you sign your name.  If you don't remember it, put your card in your ref pants.

The "Penalty Review - Terminations and On-ice Strength" presentation from the Sept 21, 2010 IHONC general membership meeting has been uploaded to the Training area of the web site.

After a multi-year hiatus from the IHONC web site, the discussion boards are back. 

We're starting fresh.  The discussion boards have a new look and feel and have multiple forums/categories in which to make your postings.  There are a few starter topics in each category.  Feel free to add your comments to those topics or start new topic threads.  While you are not required to register with the new discussion board to get a userid and password, we certainly do encourage you to do so.  Please be courteous with your postings.  This means including a name, nickname, initials or some other moniker with your posts; keeping the language clean; and sticking to the topic at hand.  Spam and abuse will not be tolerated and will be removed without warning.

If you have a question about the forum you can either send an email to the webmaster or post a message to the IHONC Forum category.

As part of rebuilding the web site, the presentation material from previous training sessions is now available on the training page.  As you prepare for a new season, now is a good time to review some of that material.

The Springfield Republican has a nice article on the rise of Springfield area official Jim Briggs to the AHL and his thoughts on the NHL.

Congratulations to IHONC official Derek Wahl for working the gold medal game between Russia and Canada in the 2009 World University Games in Harbin, China.  Derek is keeping a journal of his experience at the Games on the ihonc.org web site.

The CT Clippers will play Atlantic Hockey League games.  Those games are designated in the Arbiter as such.  All Atlantic League Hockey games for the Clippers are assigned by IHONC, however, the Atlantic Hockey League will pay the officials.

In order to provide clarification to situations that may develop where the on-ice officials determines the need to reduce the 3rd period time, the following directives are taken directly from CHC Rules and Policies, Article VI, Section A.

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The specification of a neckguard as a required piece of protective equipment for all CHC players can be found on the CHC web site in document #11259 entitled CHC Rules and Polices.  The text pertaining to neckguards is in Article V Section B.