STATE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

 JANUARY 22, 2010

          A meeting of the State Tournament Committee was held on Friday, January 22, 2010 at the Southgate Holiday Inn.  Chairman, Roger Mauritho, called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.  Attending the meeting was: George Atkinson, Kerin Wear, Grant Helms, Larry Johnson, Ron Brasseur, Bill Peterson, Ray Kraemer, Patty Madden, Jim Cosgrove, Jim Boloven, Mike Cruickshank, Tobin Boyd, Mike Corso, Perry Wooden, John Kay and Bob Yohe.  Guests included: Rick Frescura, Marshall Boyd, Larry Carey, Bob Mancini, Ralph Bammert, Jean Laxton, and Paul Harris.

          Minutes of the previous meeting were approved with a motion by Patty Madden and seconded by Ron Brasseur.  Motion passed unanimously.

          George Atkinson and Bob Mancini went into details of the ADM Program and were discussed at length.  Grant Helms made a motion for we adopt the Michigan ADM Criteria Development at the Mite Level as a pilot program.  Seconded by Patty Madden.  Motion passed unanimously.

          High School Split Season:  George Atkinson stated they are looking at going with a pilot program this year.  First season will start in August all levels, B, BB, A, AA and will be over the end of October.  State Playoffs will be held in A and AA and the winners would go to Nationals. Still have details to work out.  High School Teams start in November.

           Roger went over State Tournament schedules and fees and all have been approved.  A change in the Pee Wee AA State Tournament was noted and will be distributed at tomorrow's Board of Directors meeting.  Also Midget BB has a change for the contact person.  It is Laura Vosejpka, phone # 989 495 0607. 

          JV Tournament will be held at two arenas, Farmington Hills, Division 1 and Redford will host Division 2.  Division 1 has 6 Teams committed and Division 2 has eight teams committed.  The contact person for Redford is Rich Hayward, phone # 734 458 4582.

         Roger Mauritho reported for John Castine who is unable to be present.  Roger stated everything is on schedule. 

          Runner-up tournaments were discussed and schedules have been distributed.  A change in the Midget B lineup was noted.  The tournaments are under the auspices of George Atkinson and Sal Giacalone.  The tournaments have a uniform set of rules.  Checks are to be made payable to MAHA and sent to Grant Helms prior to the start of the tournament.

          John Kay distributed the AAA and AA schedules.         

          All districts are to submit the winners as soon as the districts are completed.   Districts are to use the form provided and email to Roger Mauritho at rmauritho@comcast.net and Ray Kraemer at raymond_f_kraemer@yahoo.com and John Castine at john@hockeyweekly.com

       Results of State winners must be reported to Roger Mauritho, Ray Kraemer and George Atkinson as soon as the tournament is completed. Included in your pack is a flyer detailing what information is needed for the winner to be posted on the MAHA web site.  Ray will have the team letters for the banners sent immediately.  Banners are to be hung in the team's home ice.  Also MAHA furnished welcome banners to be posted in each rink that are hosting state tournaments.  It is the responsibility of the District Chairpersons to make sure they collect these banners immediately following the final game of the State Tournament.  District Chairs are to see that Ray Kraemer gets them all back.  Reroll the banners and mail to Ray if necessary, do not fold the banners.

           Districts holding states are to email state tournament schedules to Sean Jacques.

          All exceptions and denials for the 2009/10 season are posted on the web site and are sent via email under separate cover and are posted on the MAHA web site at MAHA.org

          Roger Mauritho will schedule all USA Directors to the National Bound State tournaments.

          Clarification of game counts was discussed.  When a player is released from a team and has games in with that team and then is resigned to the same team; the games he had with the team before his release count towards his or her game count.                            

          No further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

                                                      Kerin R. Wear

                                                           MAHA Secretary

cc:  Executive Committee

       State Playoff Committee

File: January State PO Minutes