Vermont High School Girls Hockey Coaches Meeting
November 5, 2008
Montpelier High School Room #105, Montpelier, VT 6:00pm
Minutes
Present: Luke Cioffi(BFA), Jason Reed (BHS), Neal Hayes (BHS), Chip Edson (BBA),
Jim Hand (BBA), Ken Palmer (BBA),
Tom Ryan (CVU), Tom Rocheleau (CHS), Nelson Fogg (HHS), Matt Laroche (MVU), Wynn
Paradee (MVU), Rob Banfield (MHS),
Chris Turley (MHS), Bob Smith (MMU), Tracy Muzerall (NCU), Scott Matthews (RHS),
Mickey Toof (SBHS), Brad Bessette (SHS),
Dave Lamarre (SHS), Melanie Fountain (Stowe)
Many drills were shared. Luke will get the drills in a digital format to post
to the
association webpage. If you have any drills in a digital format please forward
them to
Luke for inclusion on the webpage.
Hartford may not have ice! Nelson was looking for alternative practice rinks.
Please let
him know if you can help. He is looking for ice on 12/21 before his 12/22
scrimmage
with MVU. As of Friday Nelson stated that they were making ice in Hartford.
Current Selection of VGIHCA Executive Council Members
o Current Executive Council: President Luke Cioffi, VP
Brad Bessette,
Treasurer Chris Turley, Secretary Nelson Fogg, Past
President Dave Lamarre
o Anybody willing to take a new role? No activity in this
area. Need to get more
people involved. You never know when Luke wont be able to do
this
Collection of dues: $20 per member. Please send checks to Chris Turley made
out to
VGIHCA. Send to Chris Turley, 48 Town Hill Road, Montpelier 05602
Essex Rotary Senior All-Star Section Process. Lisa McClellan provided
information
regarding the Senior game set for March 7, 2009 at 4:30 in Essex. She will be
sending
more information at the start of the season. The coaches would like to see the
rankings of
the individuals among their own team. (i.e. Crystal Ice is the best player on
BFA and
Beth Line is the 5th best player on BFA, etc). Not all seniors need to be
nominated. They
must be deserving of the award.
Association All Star Nominations
o Please email Luke with your 5 best players on your team.
Include their number
and position. Rank the players as 1 being your top player.
You must do this by
November 22. Luke will put out a preliminary list of kids to
watch during the
season. When it is time for final nominations you may change
the top five players
and ranks. Individual statistics will also be gathered to
make an informed decision.
Coaches Association Webpage
o Listing of College Players
o Coaches contact information
o League Results
o Player Stats? NO
o Please see Jeff Rouleaus emails regarding the webpage.
Send him updated
information regarding VHL Alumni playing college hockey,
schedules and results.
o We should include the drills gathered tonight on the
webpage.
League News
o Rule Modifications. Some discussion regarding length of
warm-up and when to
make ice. The league is looking to eliminate at least one ice
make. The overall
opinion was that it is ok for a shorter warm-up and one less
ice make. It was
discussed whether to have the ice make before or after the
warm-up.
o Scrimmages Northfield is looking for scrimmages
o MAW Donations. Please continue to collect money for this
great organization.
Put a donation bucket at the gates.
VSAHA All-Star Tryouts at Norwich
The 2009 New England District Girls Yankee Conference All Star Festival for
girls born in 1992 thru
1995 will take place November 8th and 9th, 2008 at Norwich University. Players
selected from these
tryouts will continue on to the All Star festival hosted by Maine in March 2009.
Tryout times are as follows:
Girls Born in 1994 and 1995 Girls Born in 1992 and 1993
November 8th 1:00pm-2:45pm November 8th 3:00pm-5:00pm
November 9th 11:00am-12:10pm November 9th 12:20pm-1:30pm
contact Nate Isham Nate.Isham@gmcr.com to help
Next Meeting
o Friday Feb ?, 2009 No date was determined
Chip Edson suggested that we have our first meeting of the next season in
Middlebury
with the Middlebury college coaches.