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Meet Our Team

FUNDY FEMALE HOCKEY ASSOCISTION

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Matt Manderson

PRESIDENT

Mike Cormier

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

April Gleeton

TREASURER

Elizabeth Coleman

COORDINATOR REP/REC

Mary Champion

COMMUNICATIONS

Ocean Peters

REGISTRAR

Rob McNeil

DIRECTOR OF ELITE

Ashley Armstrong

AT LARGE MEMBER

Patricial Van der Lingen

DIRECTOR OF GOALTENDING

Kim Beaton

TREASURER ELITE

Angela Langille

DIRECTOR OF ICE

Tina Sewell

VICE PRESIDENT

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Manager

Roles & Responsibilities

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Work with the head coach and bench staff to carry out the season plan.
Conduct a parents meeting
Develop an operating budget for the team.
Submit team roster and facilitate bench staff getting qualifications.
Coordinate travel, tournaments, accommodations, meals and facility rentals for the team.
Coordinate timekeepers for home games Parent w/siblings
Team communication regarding events and schedule.
Obtain necessary permits and supplies for the team.
Coordinate team financial matters including a Budget for player fees, fundraising, sponsorship, advertising, grants etc.
Submit financial statement as per association policy
Coordinate all pre and post game paperwork and distribute to appropriate parties (i.e. game sheets, etc.).
Act as a liaison between parents/players and bench staff
Be sure to delegate!! When in doubt it's probably the manager's job!
Responsible for distributing, collecting and following jersey policy (Replacement cost is $100)

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Team Snap/Spordle:

All of our registrations are done through Spordle this year.
This season our league schedules will be available on the Spordle app. (log in with the same credentials used when registering)
Players are rostered to teams by FFHA in Spordle and will also be added to team snap for this season as we fully transition to Spordle.
It is VERY important that you DO NOT MANUALLY roster players because then they will look “UN-ROSTERED” from our side of things and the. A duplicate registration profile is created, one with incomplete information.
Sometimes we are waiting for payments before rostering players, for example, If you are missing a player on team snap or in Spordle you must reach out to the coordinator (Elizabeth Coleman ffhacoordinator@gmail.com)
You can add bench staff, but not until approved.

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Volunteer Requirements

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Deadline for all requirements is December 1st, 2025

– NO EXCEPTIONS. IF YOU ARE ON THE ICE OR ON THE BENCH AFTER THIS DATE AND PLAY A GAME, IT IS FORFEITED.

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All coaches, managers, and volunteers require Respect in Sport Activity Leader (online course) or

Speak Out!

All coaches, managers, and volunteers over the age of 18 require a criminal record check and vulnerable sector check.

– https://www.fundyfemalehockey.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2776/2021/10/CRC-request- updated-bilingue.pdf

Any new minor hockey player will need to have one (1) parent complete the online Respect in Sport Parent Program. (New for 2026 it will be called “The Shift Forward” if you want to seek that out now so you have it before next year feel free, but it is not mandatory this year!)

– The link to this course can be found at https://hnb.ca/en/clinics/respect-in-sport-parent-

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Each team must have a Hockey Canada Safety Person. This person also needs a criminal record check, vulnerable sector check and respect in sport activity leader.

The link to the online HCSP course can be accessed at https://register.hockeycanada.ca/clinics All volunteers under the age of 16, as of December 31st, 2023, who are currently registered on a

minor hockey or high school hockey team do not require any coach certifications. These volunteers must wear a helmet with full face shield when volunteering with minor hockey teams. Fundy Female asks that they take Respect in Sport Activity Leader.

Required Coaching Courses:

U7 and U9: (Head Coach and Assistant Coaches)

HU- Online Coach 1/2
Coach Level 1

U11, U13, U15, U18 (C, B, A, AA): (Head Coach and Assistant Coaches)

HU-Online Coach 1/2
Coach Level 2

For details and to register…

Go to HNB.ca and click on clinics.

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November 30: Competitive teams must have a minimum of 12 players rostered and approved by their District Director

December 1: Deadline for Parent Respect in Sport Certification

December1: Declare intent to attend Provincials

December 15: last date to withdraw from Provincials. If teams withdraw after this date they will be responsible to pay the Provincial registration fee.

December 15: Deadline for all persons requiring certification to obtain their certification

January 10: Last day for District Director to approve Team Rosters

January 15: Deadline to assign Special Affiliate Players to HCR Team Rosters Affiliate deadlines: January 15th

February 12: HNB Fundraiser Tickets (green tickets all players receive.). Kraken will collect by Jan 15^thas we need time to get them organized and mail them to hnb in time.

February 10: Final Date to roster a player for Minor recreational players

Final date for player transfers
Final date to add bench staff
Provincials: March 13-15, March 20-22
April 12 HNB Award Nomination Deadline (J. Charles Daigle Award, Vance Toner Development Award, Volunteer of the Year, Female Breakthrough Award) and Scholarship Application Deadline (BF Lorenzetti Inc., Delta/Fortis Properties and Ron Bradbury Memorial)

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GAMES

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Games and referees are scheduled for you for regular season games. Contact April Gleeton, our treasurer to schedule refs for exhibition games.

NEW THIS SEASON! Online game sheets are being used via the Spordle App.
Spordle allows for electronic game sheets (this can be on the phone or a tablet), however, for this season paper game sheets will also be distributed while teams adjust to the new process. (Delayed until rosters are complete in Spordle – stay tuned)

Clock – Home teams are responsible for the clock. This can be by a parent volunteer, or the team can hire someone to do this, but payment comes out of the team budget. I recommend creating a parent schedule at the beginning of the season and letting them switch amongst themselves if need be.

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GAMES CONT’D: Rescheduling Process

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NB FPL Game Rescheduling Process

Game Rescheduling & Cancellation Policy

1. Valid Reasons to Reschedule:

Pre-registered tournaments

Unsafe weather/road conditions

Lack of referees or emergencies

Not valid: practices, exhibition games, low volunteer numbers, “too many games,” or game importance

2. Request Process:

Email to Director of Scheduling ice@sefhahockey.ca before making alternate plans

Email subject: include Game Number

Email must include:

Date/time of original game

Reason for rescheduling

Age division & team names

Contacts for both teams

CC: both association presidents and Female ROC Rep

Home team must notify referee/ice scheduler

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3. Rescheduling Logistics:

Home team’s ice scheduler provides 1–2 alternate options

Refusing new dates not allowed if no conflict exists

If teams can’t agree after 2 tries, Director of Scheduling assigns the date

4. Weather Cancellations (Visiting Team Only):

Provide minimum 2 hours’ notice + travel time

Follow Request Process above in item 2

Late or early requests may not be accepted

5. Communication:

Verbal & written notice to opponent

Written notice must also go to ROC reps, association presidents, coach/manager and Director of Scheduling

6. Responsibility:

Teams must follow this full process

Non-compliance will lead to consequences – refer to NBPFHL Ops Manual (section 6.7.1)

Policy may be updated as required. Any updates will be communicated by Female ROC reps to Association Presidents.

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HOCKEY CANADA ACCOUNT

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All players must have a parent take the Respect In Sport – Parent. If parent has already taken it for a previous child under Minor Hockey then they can link their younger child to this on their Hockey Canada log in.

Everyone has a Hockey Canada account that contains all of their information. It will tell you qualifications, when your criminal record check is due and what association you are linked with.

Go to the Spordle website and create your account. Then once it is created click link a member and search for your name. If you can’t find yourself make sure you have the correct name etc.

https://myaccount.spordle.com/login

If you have trouble creating your account, please check this link

https://spordle.atlassian.net/wiki/s paces/HCR/pages/2077687853/Cre ating+Your+Account+Coaches+Offic ials+Trainers+Parents

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Official Rosters

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These are extremely important

Our registrar provides a link to a google Doc for you to add your roster.
They are due November 15^thand must be totally complete.

PLEASE DON'T SUBMIT UNTIL YOU ARE 100% SURE OF YOUR ROSTER !

Each roster needs every player and affiliate listed. Jersey numbers are needed.
Include all people who will be on the bench, the ice, manager, hockey safety

person.

PLEASE LIST ONLY ONE HEAD COACH AND 2 ASSISTANT COACHES. REMAINING COACHES SHOULD BE LISTED AS AT LARGE COACHES.
MANAGER (1 only) AND SAFETY PERSON MUST BE ON THERE AS WELL

We pay for every adult listed on the roster so please only list those that are

committed to attending team practices and activities. (Max of 5 – after that the team would need to pay to roster those additional adults.)

Please use the name that the team staff member uses for their Hockey Canada account. No nicknames or shortened names – William not Will or Bill. It takes a long time to find people who are not listed correctly. Dates of birth are also needed.

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Tournaments:

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Check out HNB website for tournaments (under female)
You need to send your tournament dates to the ice scheduler as soon as you have them to minimize game reschedules.
If you have registered but not heard if you are in

the tournament, please submit this to your co-ordinator anyway.

All Kraken teams must register for our tournament the

Kraken Cup, December 12-14^th, 2024!

There is a maximum of 3 tournaments including Kraken Kup!
Provincials will be in March, more details to follow but

all teams except u9 must budget up to $1000.

You must submit a travel permit if yout tournament is outside of NB.

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Provincial League:

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The league schedule will be available on Spordle. You can download the app to your phone or tablet.
This season they’re aiming to start having all A teams (excluding U18 playing in the “West” grouping. This will include teams from CFHA (Fredericton area), Oromocto and Western Valley (Woodstock)
All AA teams and U18 will continue to play teams from across all parts of the province (this is due to the lower number of teams in those divisions/categories)
All teams will be required to play a minimal number of “provincial qualification games” as well. This means you may have to travel for a game vs a team in the “East” grouping (SEFAH, West Kent, Miramichi), to help with rankings for Provincials. The East teams will also be required to travel to play some Wests teams. Travel will be kept to a minimum. These may be included in the schedule provided by the league (TBD)
League games take precedence over other team activities (see NBPFHL Game Rescheduling Policy)

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Affiliates are for U9 teams and up, for upward movement.
There are lots of rules ….please read them so you are informed.
All need to be approved by our President
You may only affiliate players from FFHA.

All affiliation is upward movement only. (Exceptions can be allowed for goaltenders)

- By division (ex. U11to U13)

- By category (ex. A to AA, AA to AAA)

Parents and Current coach must approve.
A players main team practices/games may not be missed to attend affiliate practices/games.
Email parents, team coach and cc Elizabeth Coleman, Coordinator, and get their approval.
Once all approvals are received Elizabeth will send the email chain to the association President for approval.
All approvals must be visible on the email chain.
Please be sure to include team names and division so we know who you are talking about.

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Respect in Sport PARENT:

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Deadline for Respect in Sport parent certification is November 30^thof the current season.
One parent of a new player born after 2005, must complete a one-time course online called “Respect in Sport Parent”.
The cost of this course is $12.00 plus HST. The course takes

approximately one hour to complete.

Already certified and want to add a child?:

The link is NOT made in E-Hockey. If a parent has completed this course for an older child already in the system, and now has a new player in hockey, the parent must log back into their existing RIS Parent account, click on “Profile”, then click on “Child Management” and add their child to their profile and click “save”.

If the parent forgot their username or password,

they click on the “recover username or reset Password” link on the page to retrieve it.
NOTE: Respect in Sport Leader and Respect in Sport parent are two separate certifications and are not transferable. Both links are clearly defined on the HNB website, under clinics.

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Fundraising: Maximum of two fundraisers per team.(Excluding 50/50, hnb fundraiser and Kraken Kup fundraising.)
Sponsorship: Sponsorship is allowed but nothing can be put

on anything owned by FFHA that is being returned to Kraken,

Travel Permits: are only required for travel outside of NB now and are done through Spordle.
Team Budgets: You must submit a team budget to April Gleeton & Tina Sewell at the beginning of the season (By Nov 15th.)
Booking Hotels: This can be the most time-consuming part of it all. Feel free to delegate to someone!
Team Fees: Max of $250. from parents but you can fundraise on

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Just a reminder that jerseys are $100 to replace. Track and make parents sign for them. Take note on contracts of any damage when they receive them. This is becoming an issue and the cost is a lot!
Provincials will be in March. Dates for each division will be confirmed mid December.
Emails for Board Members are listed on the website.

– https://www.fundyfemalehockey.ca/board-of-directors /

When sending emails please send team name and division, player first and last name etc.