USA HOCKEY WEBSITE PLATFORM

The long awaited migration to the new USA Hockey website platform occurred last season.  This launch as evidenced by the new look and feel of the PNAHA website proved to be a bit of a challenge to most volunteer organizations.  The previous platform did not require users to have an HTML background, where the new platform is very robust and does require more than a basic understanding of HTML.  To complicate this migration a number of bugs existed in the program that had to be worked through.

This new platform and the tools that come with it is a wonderful addition to our communication arsenal.  With anything new and as robust as this new system is...well, a few bumps can be expected and time for volunteers to acquire user skills is needed.  Your patience is appreciated as the PNAHA webmasters and local association webmasters are coming up to speed learning how to utilize this new platform and tools.

PNAHA had goals to make a number of changes to the website last season but held off implementing some of these changes while the underlaying issues were being worked and the other contributors to this website were working through the learning curve.  We are pleased that the majority of the previous issues have been resolved.  PNAHA users are now learning how to utilize this new platform and we expect to see improvement this season in our ability to add communications utilizing this medium.

During the summer months and early fall we will be working to incorporate the changes we have desired to implement.  Member associations and member teams within PNAHA are gearing up for the 2008-09 season and are just now starting to finalize their plans.  They are also just starting to communicate those changes that have occured in leadership within their organizations to PNAHA.  As we are provided information we will update this site to reflect those changes.

We are looking forward to an exciting 2008-2009 season and the opportunity to renew friendships and create new friendships in this sport that we all love.

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2008-09 HOCKEY REGISTRATION ONLINE

All players within PNAHA are required to register online with USA Hockey starting the 2008-09 season.  USA Hockey started offering online registration three years ago.  Online registration has proved to be very successful across the country and streamlines the registration process for associations within the affiliate.  Some associations within PNAHA started utilizing the online registration process over the last two years.  These associations found the process to be easy to use, and found that the system reduced data entry errors.

Once players have registered online they can print out a confirmation form.  They need to take this confirmation form to the association that they decided to join and present them to the registrar so that he/she may "claim" that player for the 2008-09 season.  Note that if you should happen to loose your confimation form that the local association registrar will be able to locate you in the system manually. 

HOCKEY WEEKEND ACROSS AMERICA 2009

Watch It. Play It. Live It.

Join us February 13-15, 2009 to celebrate Hockey Weekend Across America 2009.  The objective of this event is to celebrate our game and all involved in the sport throughout the nation using all means possible.  It is our desire to provide opportunities for those who haven't played hockey to try it, resulting ultimately in more people playing our game at all levels.

Suggested Activities

Friday - Wear Your Jersey To School Day

  • Wear your favorite hockey jersey at any level to school (youth, high school, junior, college or professional.
  • Other hockey programming in schools might include (floor hockey tournaments in the gym, guest speakers at school assemblies or in the classroom, local hockey celebrity reading spots.

Saturday - Bring A Friend To The Rink Day

  • Host open house to expose hockey to those who haven't played hockey before (learn to skate).
  • Players are encouraged to bring a friend(s) to your game.
  • Bring a friend(s) to a high school, junior, college or professional game who hasn't had a chance to attend one before.

Sunday - Celebrate Local Hockey Heroes Day

  • Honor your favorite coach, time keeper, official, player, etc.  through a special recognition event, by way of a media story or through a feature on your local association website (or all of the above).
  • Conduct a fund raising event for your association in which your local hockey heroes are honored.
  • Host an open house at which some of your local hockey heroes address attendees and talk of the values of participating in hockey.

USA Hockey Sponsored Competition

More information with be forthcoming from USA Hockey on sponsored competion.  Associations are encouraged to submit photos, video and writte description of overall Hockey Weekend Across American program(s) to USA Hockey.  Watch for more information on this nationwide event at HockeyWeekendAcrossAmerica.com.

Teamwork Will Make This Happen - Together We Can, Together We Will
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2008 PNAHA OFFICER ELECTIONS
The PNAHA Spring/summer meeting was held on June 21, 2008 in Wenatchee, Washington at the Red Lion Hotel.  Two positions were up for election, the 1st Vice President (West Side) and Secretary/Treasurer.  Both positions are two year terms.  Dave Bittenbender was reelected as the 1st Vice President and Katie Kusske is the new PNAHA Secretary/Treasurer.  Join us in congratulating these two individuals.
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