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.