Coaches and Managers,

The ‘Pack is back! After several years in dormancy, the Alberta Wolfpack will field 2 Pee Wee teams in 2013/14 season (2001, and 2002).

The Wolfpack was one of the elite spring AAA teams, which collectively had 20 teams in Northern and Southern Alberta at its peak.

We are holding a prep-camp/tryout in Edmonton, Dec 21st/22nd, 2013 to try to round up the best players in Edmonton and surrounding area.

Please forward this e-mail to your team or to anyone who you might think be of this caliber

These are spring tournament traveling teams, based out of Edmonton.

We are also very interested in creating new Novice, Atom, and all girls spring teams as well.

Please contact me for more information.



Thanks,
Ryan Hetherington
PRESIDENT, ALBERTA WOLFPACK
780-908-4547

CBC Music and Hockey Night in Canada are looking for Canada's next great hockey song!  Vote for your favourite to make sure they advance to the top 50.

First period vote: All entries to top 50, Nov 23 - Dec 11 at 11:59pm ET

The winner will record a studio version of your song with Canadian rocker Joel Plaskett.  Then, their track will air in a prime-time montage at the beginning of a Hockey Night in Canada Broadcast. 


Dave Hickson has two boys playing hockey in the Fort Saskatchewan Minor Hockey this year. One in Initiation and the other in Peewee in 1660 Hockey League. 

Dave has written a song and has entered it into a CBC music contest. The song is called Plight of the Hockey Dad and it is a fun song that hits home to us at the rink all winter.

http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Dave-Hickson/Plight-of-the-Hockey-Dad

He would like to share with everyone his fun approach to being a hockey dad. Please feel free to vote for Dave.  You can vote every day if you choose, the more people that know, the more votes he can get.

Let's support one of our hockey dads!

Lisa Francioli - June 8, 1967 - March 23, 2011

In the early hours of Wednesday March 23, 2011, Lisa Francioli passed away. Lisa was an amazing person, Mother, Wife, Friend, Volunteer, Governor and President who will be sorely missed.  Lisa was our Peewee Senior Governor for the 2010-2011 hockey season and continued to help and support us with the new 1660 Hockey League right up until her passing.  On February 2^nd, 2011 she informed us that she had to step down as her illness had returned.  In true Lisa form, she was more concerned with letting us down and the other people around her, than she was about herself.  A true inspiration to those she came into contact with!  In one of her final emails to the league executive she stated to us:

“please take a lesson from me - there are more important things than hockey and as long as you have your priorities right you'll have no regrets” Lisa Franciolli

Today, we are sure that there are no regrets, and maybe we all could learn from this great "life" advice.  Her contributions to this league and keeping this league together years ago will have an impact on us forever and never be forgotten!

Our thoughts and prayers remain with her family today and always!

At the 2011 annual general meeting the 1660 hockey league passed a motion to create the Lisa Francioli Sportsmanship scholarship.

Sportsmanship Scholarship Criteria

• Played a minimum of 3 years of hockey in the 1660 Hockey League.
• "Scholarships" will be available to one graduating Midget hockey player per year who is planning to attend university or college.
• Submissions should include:
  • Letter of reference from Former Hockey Coach
  • Letter of reference from Academic Teacher
  • Penalty Minutes from previous 2 seasons.  Goals and assists will not be considered.
• The Selection Committee will be made up of the following:
  • 1660: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary & Midget Senior Governor.
• The Scholarship must be used within two summers of winning the award and it is not transferable.
• The 1660 Hockey League will pay $250.00 when verification of registration and submission of the official receipts from the chosen school/camp are received by the 1660 Hockey League.
• Applications are to be emailed to president@1660.ab.ca.  Deadline April 15^th.

The following was posted on CISN Country 103.9 facebook:

Hello 1660 Hockey Teams,

PLEASE READ and UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY!

Due to several emails lately regarding game sheet input and upload issues we wish to remind everyone of the following:

• Game sheets MUST be input into the website within 48 hours of the game being completed.
• Game sheets/incident reports MUST be UPLOADED on the website within the 48 hours as well.
• All gamesheet uploads MUST be legible.  PLEASE check the uploads/images/pdf files prior to uploading to ensure that the governor can read the information clearly.
• ALL game stats MUST be input in its entirety, including goalie stats.
• All MANAGERS should now be very familiar with their responsibilities with the league as per the REGULATIONS!  If you have not already done so…PLEASE READ!
• REMEMBER that NO CHANGES can be made to a gamesheet other than what is written on the game sheet.   The only thing we VERIFY is that the input of the gamesheet is “EXACTLY” how it appears on the original game sheet.
• Once you are satisfied that the game sheet has been fully entered, then click the "COMPLETE" box on the first tab of the game sheet entry.
• NEVER use any of the following characters when naming your game sheet file to be uploaded.  These characters will result in a successful upload, however, when you click on the gamesheet to view it then it will not open and an error message will result.  The characters to be avoided are:

                Tilde (~)
                Number sign (#)
                Percent (%)
                Ampersand (&)
                Asterisk (*)
                Braces ({ })
                Backslash (\)
                Colon (:)
                Angle brackets (< >)
                Question mark (?)
                Slash (/)
                Plus sign (+)
                Pipe (|)
                Quotation mark (")

• ALL Governors MUSY be treated with the utmost respect for ALL their time and effort! Inappropriate or disrespectful communications will NOT be tolerated.

As indicated at the beginning of the year, the Gamesheet Handling Process was changed to be more efficient for all.  Please CLICK HERE to remind yourself of the process.  There has been a learning curve and overall there is some great success here.  However, it is now time that we move toward 100% efficiency for the ultimate goal of reducing volunteer time in chasing down information and data, or updating inputs.  Each time we “Verify with Errors” creates another step for the governor to take time to make unnecessary changes.  This is fine at the beginning while we learn, however, now there should be no excuse for a properly filled out game sheet with a legible upload.

Each year the goalie stats are ones that always have the largest number of errors, complaints and misunderstandings of how the inputs work.   Please become familiar with how these stats are input and advise your time keepers as well of our expectations.
 
Game sheets should be properly completed as per our EXAMPLE GAMESHEET on our website under the forms section.  Please ensure that your time keepers are familiar with how this is/should be done.

Remember that, as per our regulations, the Governor has the right to:

“The governor, after consulting with the division senior governor will issue one written warning for those teams that do not FAX or EMAIL or input their game sheets within the times indicated. The second offence will result in a 1 game suspension of the Head Coach. The offending team’s association could also have their bond forfeited and a resultant suspension, if the non-compliance persists. This applies to all 1660 scheduled games.”

Once again, we WASTE a huge amount of time on chasing a few.  PLEASE do your part in reducing the amount of VOLUNTEER TIME WASTED.  PLEASE do not force the league to have to take these steps to get compliance. 

THANK YOU for your cooperation.  Lets ALL make it our goal to input ALL gamesheets to the best of our ability and minimize the unnecessary wasted time.  Lets be proud to become part of the SOLUTION and NOT continue as part of the PROBLEM.  Remember to contact your Governor should you have any questions or concerns!

Have a great season!

1660 Hockey League

P.S.  We have included a few  FAQ’s below, that are posted on the website under FAQ’s, as they pertain to gamesheet and stats entry.  Please review:

QUESTON:  I noticed teams were inputting 2 minute penalties on the website game sheets so I did some snooping around and noticed that there is only 2, 4, 5, and 10 minute selections. It is stated in the 1660 rules (Rule 7- Hockey Rules (H) to assess 3 minute penalties when playing run time and 2 minute penalties when playing stop time. If at all possible could you add a 3 minute penalty to the website as I have had a few questions about it.
ANSWER:  We record any minor penalty as 2 minutes in the website. The reason being that we do not distort the penalty severity or the statistics for the players being assessed the minor penalties. Therefore, we ask that a 3 minute served penalty should still be recorded as a 2 minute minor on the website. It will have nothing to do with the time keepers or the game sheets as the actual game sheet will remain the official record of the offences with the 1660 league and with Hockey Alberta. The website will not be used for the review or assessment of penalties.

QUESTON:  As a governor I have been asked to make some game stat corrections however it does not match the game sheet that was sent to me. I would think that I am not allowed to change the game stats once it has been signed by the referees?
ANSWER:   You are right. No one is able to add or change a game sheet except the Referee that called the game. The stats are only what the referee put down on the game sheet. Even the time keepers are not allowed to add an assist if the referee does not tell them when they provide a number. Stats always can only be what is on the game sheet.

QUESTON:  What do MP GA SA SAV SAV% GAA SO mean?
ANSWER:  MP – Minutes Played GA – Goals Allowed SA – Shots Against SAV – Saves SAV% - Save Percentage GAA – Goals Against Average SO – Shutouts

QUESTON:  Which Goaltender is credited with a win or loss if more than one goaltender plays in a game?
ANSWER:   A goalie win is always credited to the goaltender in net when his team scores the game winning goal. A goalie loss is always applied to the goaltender in net when his team has the game winning goal scored against. Here are some examples : i. His team scores the only goal of the game after only 30 seconds into the 1st period but the goalie gets an injury one minute later and has to leave the game. He gets replaced and the second goalie plays the rest of the game (58 min. 30 sec.). The win is still credited to first goalie despite the fact that he only played 90 seconds of the game. The only thing that matters is who was in the net when the game winning goal was scored. ii. A goalie enters the game with his team leading 2-0 and it eventually wins 3-2, he gets credited with the win. iii. The game winning goal is scored when the winning team has an empty net - the pulled goalie gets the win.

QUESTON:   A lot of teams are not counting the # of shots on goal on gamesheets (Atom level). Our goalie would like this stat tracked. Is it appropriate for an away team to ask the home team to record this?
ANSWER:  Goalie Stats should be tracked in the same manner as the Player stats. It is not at all inappropriate to politely remind the Home team to PLEASE track these stats!

QUESTON:   What do the Acronyms mean when entering a game sheet on the website?
ANSWER:  EV – Even Strength PP – Power Play SH – Short Handed PS – Penalty Shot EN – Empty Net GWG – Game Winning Goal

QUESTON:   Could some guidelines be used on how to count shots?
ANSWER:  A shot on goal is any shot that enters the net or any shot that would normally have entered the net if not stopped by the goalie. Shots that deflect off the posts or crossbar and stay out of the net are not counted as shots on goal. The number of shots and whether a shot puck counts as a shot is determined by the person running the clock.