STATE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

 DECEMBER 3, 2011

A meeting of the State Tournament Committee was held on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Southgate Holiday Inn.  Chairman, Roger Mauritho, called the meeting to order at 8:06 a.m.  Attending the meeting was:  Roger Mauritho, George Atkinson, Jim Cosgrove, Kerin Wear, Grant Helms, Mickey Jesue, Larry Johnson, Ron Brasseur, Ray Kraemer, Jean Laxton, Sean Jacques, Doug Diroff, Kim Durka, Rick Rogow, Mike Cruickshank, Tobin Boyd, MikeCorso,Perry Wooden, Jim Boloven, John Kay and Bob Yohe.  Guests included:  Judy Niemi, Cathy Starrett and Chris Tucker.

Minutes of the previous meeting were approved with a motion by Perry Wooden and seconded by Mickey Jesue.  Motion passed unanimously.

In the absence of John Castine Roger Mauritho and Ray Kraemer went over the information for the State playoffs. If any hosts have any questions, please contact John Castine.    Packets were distributed to all districts holding state tournaments.  Ray made mentioned he needs the winners of the district tournaments as soon as your districts are completed.  Also when the State Playoffs are finished you must contact Ray Kraemer with the winner and runner up as soon as the games are over.

unner up tournament for Squirt A will be held February 18, 2012 at the Great Lake Sports City, Fraser, Michigan. It will be under the direction of Jim Cosgrove. The games are a one game knockout.  Seating is as follows:   D4 vs. D6, D5 vs. D3. Top team is home team. The initial cost will be $155.00 per team and is payable to MAHA and is to be paid by each respective district prior to the games and mailed to Jim Cosgrove or bring to the January, 2012 meeting.   

Runner up tournament for Pee Wee A will be held February 18, 2012 at the Great Lake Sports City, Fraser, Michigan.  Game is a one game knockout.  Seating is as follows: D2 vs. D6. D4 vs. D5 Top team is home team.  The initial cost is190.00 per team and is payable to MAHA and is to be paid by each respective district prior to the games and mailed to Jim Cosgrove or bring to the January, 2012 meeting. First round winners are responsible for fees of $190.00 for each game thereafter, payable to MAHA prior to the start of the next game.  

Runner up tournament for Bantam A will be held February 17, 18, 2012 at the Great Lake Sports City, Fraser, Michigan.  Game is a one game knockout. Seating is as follows: D6 vs. D2. D4 vs.D7; D3 has the bye. Top team is home team.  The initial cost is $205.00 per team and is payable to MAHA and is to be paid by each respective district prior to the games and mailed to Jim Cosgrove or bring to the January, 2012 meeting.   First round winners are responsible for fees of $205.00 for each game thereafter, payable to MAHA prior to the start of the next game.

Runner up tournament for Midget B will be held February 18, 2012 at the Great Lake Sports City, Fraser, Michigan.  Game is a one game knockout.  Seating is as follows: D2 vs. D4. D3 vs. D6 Top team is home team.  The initial cost is $272.50 per team and is payable to MAHA and is to be paid by each respective district prior to the games and mailed to Jim Cosgrove or bring to the January, 2012 meeting.  

Runner up tournament for Midget A will be held February 20, 2012 at the Great Lake Sports City, Fraser, Michigan.  Round Robin Competitions; One game knockout.   The total cost is $545.00 per team and is payable to MAHA and is to be paid by each respective district prior to the games and mailed to Jim Cosgrove or bring to the January, 2012 meeting.

Midget AA Runner up Tournament was decided by a random draw.  D3 will fill the MAHA District # 6 spot.  D2 will fill the MAHA District # 7 spot and D4 will fill the MAHA D 8 spot in the MAHA State Playoffs.

A motion was made by Tobin Boyd not to allow the Midget AA Lansing Capitals into the State Playoffs.  Motion seconded by Ray Kraemer, discussion followed and the vote was unanimous.

Committee reviewed and updated information regarding the State Tournament sites, locations and dates.  Schedule revisions have to be made in the Squirt AA Division.

Random drawing for seating for the G/W Divisions is a follows. 

Girl's 19 & U 1 Non National Bound:  Eight Teams.  1. MGH Sports; 2. Manistique Wildcats; 3. Mackinaw City; 4. Marquette; 5. Warriors; 6. G Force; 7. Alpena; 8. Suburban Panthers. 

Tier 1 Girl's 16 U, 14 U, 12U:  No draws needed

It was mentioned the entry fee for Girl's was too high.  Perry Wooden will look into this.

JV 1 & 2 will remain the same pending on the number of teams.

Random Drawing Results for seating in the State Playoff for AAA Teams:

Midget AAA Tier 1 Majors U 18 teams

Will be determined by standings as of February 16, 2012 at noon on myhockeyrankings web site,  spots with bye's will determined once the number of teams in this age group commit to State Play offs by November 15, 2011. Once that has been determined, teams that have to play in Play Down will play in a two out of three playoff hosted by the higher seed. Teams will share the cost of all games played. This will be played by March 4.  Teams winning a place will then are ranked and place in the State Play Offs according to standing from the February 16 rankings. Seating for the State Finals will be American Conference 1,3,5,6, National Conference 2, 4, 7, and 8.   These games will be played March 7 thru 11, 2012. Finals being Two out of Three

Midget AAA Tier 1 Minors U 16 Teams

Will be determined by standings as of February 16, 2012 at noon on Myhockeyrankings web site. Top spots with bye's will determined once the number of teams in this age group commit to State Play offs by November 15, 2011. Once that has been determined, teams that have to play in Play Down will play in a two out of three playoff hosted by the higher seed. Teams will share the cost of all games played. This will be played by March 4. Teams winning a place will then are ranked and place in the State Play Offs according to standing from the February 16 rankings. Seating for the State Finals will be American Conference 1,3,5,6. National Conference 2, 4, 7, 8. These games will be played March 5 thru 11, 2012. Finals will be two out of three.   

Bantam AAA Tier 1 Major U 14 Teams

Will be determined by standings as of February 16, 2012 at noon on Myhockeyrankings web site. Top spots with bye's will determined once the number of teams in this age group commit to State Play offs by November 15, 2011. Once that has been determined, teams that have to play in Play Down will play in a two out of three playoff hosted by the higher seed. Teams will share the cost of all games played. This will be played by March 4. Teams winning a place will then are ranked and place in the State Play Offs according to standing from the February 16 rankings. Seating for the State Finals will be American Conference 1,3,5,6. National Conference 2, 4, 7, 8. These games will be played March 5 thru 11, 2012. Finals will be two out of three.   

 Bantam Tier l - Minor 13 and Under:  Seven Teams.  American Conference: 1.West Michigan  2. Belle Tire 3.Honey Baked 4. Michigan Nationals.   National Conference: 1. Compuware 2. Little Caesar's 3. Victory Honda.

  Pee Wee Tier 1 - Major 12 and Under:  Five Teams. Round Robin.  Little Caesar's, Belle Tire, Honey Baked, Victory Honda, Compuware.

Pee Wee Tier 1 - Minor 11 and Under:  Seven Teams. American Conference: 1.Michigan United  2. Compuware 3.Honey Baked 4. Bell Tire.  National Conference: 1. Victory Honda 2. Michigan Nationals 3. Little Caesar's.

  Squirt Tier 1 - Major 10 and Under:   Seven Teams. American Conference: 1.Caesar's North  2. Michigan United 3.Compuware 4. Belle Tire.  National Conference: 1. Caesar's South  2. Victory Honda 3. Honey Baked.

  The referee rates are as follows:

The rates will remain as above through the 2012 season.

A motion was made by Ray Kraemer to allow Sean Jacques to decide on which referees will be used  for the state playoff games and may not necessarily be the level indicated in the book and also allow Sean to do all the scheduling. Motion was seconded by Jim Cosgrove and was unanimously approved by the State Playoff Committee.

JV States.  No 8^th graders can be on teams in States per our rules.  Right now we have Division 1 - 5 teams and Division 2 -6 teams.  It is up to the district chairs to check and see exactly how many JV teams they will have and report to Tobin Boyd.       

All credentials must be checked at Districts and well as States.             

A MAHA director and contact person must be present at all games.  If you have a problem and need help contact any district that does not have any state playoffs.

A discussion was held regarding 4 Man System during States.  It was decided to table this until the January, 2012 meeting.

Discussion was held as to coaches who do not complete their appropriate modules.  We have to put the onus back on the coaches who do not have proper credentials and their will be no exceptions.  Everyone should hound their associations to make sure they coaches are certified.

             A copy of all sites for State Tournaments was completed and has been posted on the web site.

It was unanimously agreed by everyone at the State Playoff Committee that NO TEAM exceptions will be heard at the January meeting.

Ray Kraemer reiterated that you must go over all score sheets to make sure all game misconducts have been satisfied, if not refer back to the appropriate district for a hearing.           

Information packets were districted to each district for inclusion in the state informational packages distributed to all teams entering states plus one for each tournament chairperson and district director in charge. Also Ray Kraemer reminded everyone to bring their large envelopes back to the January meeting.

Ray Kraemer reiterated to the District Chairs to please get him the State winners AS SOON AS THE TOURNAMENT IS COMPLETED.

Ray Kraemer stated all credential forms can be handed out to the teams.

John Castine has to let everyone know if he or his representative cannot be present at State Playoffs Sites at least one month ahead of time.

This is the last year for the agreement with John Castine, will have to work out a new agreement for next year.

There was no further business to come before the meeting; the meeting was adjourned at 11.20 a.m.                                                           

                                                                                                                        Kerin R. Wear

Cc: Executive Committee, State Playoff Committee                               MAHA Secretary