MOHA Now Accepting Applications for 2013-2014 House League Coaches and Bench Staff

The MOHA is now recruiting Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Trainers, Team Managers, and Convenors for the 2013-2014 House League season!

Interested applicants are asked to read the below information and apply online at www.moha.on.ca.  The volunteer application form can be found under the "Administration" tab under "Forms and Documents".  Deadline to apply is Tuesday July 2, 2013.

Necessary Qualifications (applicable to new and existing coaches):

In addition to a Vulnerable Sector Police Screening (renewable every four years)

1.Head Coach and Assistant Coach:

Below Novice (Initiation/Tyke): Intro Coach (CHIP) and Speak Out or  Respect in Sport (online version of Speak Out)

Novice-Atom:  Intro Coach (CHIP) or Coach Stream and Speak Out or Respect in Sport (online version of Speak Out)

Minor Peewee-Juvenile:  Coach Stream and Speak Out or Respect in Sport (online version of Speak Out)

2. Trainer: HTCP Level 1 and Speak Out or Respect in Sport (online version of Speak Out)

3. Manager: Speak Out or Respect in Sport (online version of Speak Out)

4. On-Ice Volunteer: Speak Out or Respect in Sport (online version of Speak Out)

5. Convenor: Speak Out or Respect in Sport (online version of Speak Out)

Good to know information:

-     The trainer certification can be done online, more information is available at this link: http://www.hdcoelearning.com/Store/CourseDetails.aspx?CourseId=2   

-     Trainer certifications must be renewed every 3 years.  A trainer refresher course can be done online prior to August 31^st of the last year of certification.  Past August 31^st your certification will officially expire and you will have to re-take the whole level.

-     MOHA will cover the cost for volunteers to obtain their Intro Coach, Coach Stream, HTCP Trainer 1 certifications, and trainer refresher course.

-    Intro Coach (CHIP) and Speak Out/Respect In Sport do not expire, so if you have already taken these certifications, you are good to go!

-    Coach Stream must be renewed every 3 years

How do I get my certifications?

-    Trainer, trainer refresher and Respect in Sport can be done online through the OMHA-  www.omha.net/clinics

-     Intro Coach and Coach Stream are generally held at the MOHA office from 8am to 4pm.  Below is a listing of the clinics coming up:

-     CHIP:  Sunday May 5^th;Saturday, September 7^th; Sunday, September 29^th; Saturday, October 19^th

-     COACH STREAM: Saturday, May 4^th;  Sunday, August 18^th;Saturday, September 14^th; Sunday, October 13^th

-     May clinics fill up fast as people try to get them done while they’re still in “hockey mode”

-     For more information check out the MOHA website under “Clinics” www.moha.on.ca/clinics

         More clinic time and dates are available on the OMHA website.

Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament

Thank you to all our volunteers and sponsors at the Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament. We had another great year and could not have done it without you!

Oakville Chargers big win!

The Oakville Chargers MD Minor Peewee team won the St. Catherines Hurricanes John MacDonald MD Tournament last weekend (Dec 14-16).   The Chargers played up to their competition of MD & AE teams with strong checking  and solid defensive play, allowing only 1 goal against per game.  The Chargers defeated North London, Oakridge, and Woolwich before advancing to the semi-finals against Brantford with a 2-1 overtime victory.  They then faced the home team St. Catherine’s Hurricanes which the Chargers defeated 5-1 in the final.The Oakville Chargers are Grayden Stauffer, Samuel Moro, Hunter MacKinnon, Linden Tiels, Keelan Froats, Noah Westwater, Nolan Feddema, Angus Samson, Thomas Clare, Aaron Bis, Matthew Rouse, Michael Fabiano, Ethan Bis, Nicolas Dessureault , Justin Beaulne and Dylan Muscat.  They are coached by Ken Feddema, Jeff Stauffer, JP. Muscat, and trainer Chris Rouse                                                                                                                                                                                            

AMP #10 PROGRAM

In this spirit of community service, the AMP #10 program has been created to assist underprivileged hockey players in Oakville and beyond.

Program Details

• Teams purchase patches for all players on their team at a cost of $10 per patch (roughly the cost of 30 minutes of ice-time, of many your team may use over a whole season).
• The MOHA President’s Fund covers the cost of hockey registration for underprivileged players.  To complement this, the funds raised from AMP #10 pay for the cost of hockey equipment for these players.  In 2011-12, 8 children used the fund to pay for nearly $5,500 worth of equipment.
• Any proceeds in excess of the needs of the President’s Fund will be directed to an alternative charity, in support of its hockey programs.  The funds will be directed towards appropriately identified underprivileged players, teams, or organizations.
• If you know of other individuals, teams, groups or associations outside of MOHA who would be interested in purchasing patches, please let us know (email below) or forward to them.

For more information on the AMP#10 program and to order patches, please click on the below link.

 AMP #10