Hello JAHA,

Juneau Hockey Officials (JHO) is looking for more referees to help officiate our games. They have an upcoming seminar this weekend (October 24th).

Please see the attached flier if you are interested in signing up and feel free to reach out via email to jhoinc17@gmail.com with any questions.

-Andrew Dimond, JAHA President

Hello JAHA,

The 10-day comment period for the proposed rule change has expired and the rule received mostly positive feedback. Given that, the board has decided not to repeal or modify the rule in any way and will be going forward with it in place. It ill be enforced starting tonight (Sunday October 17th) with the 4pm game.

See the new rule text below if you missed it in the previous announcement.

Best Regards,

-Andrew Dimond, JAHA president

6. Equipment

In addition to all equipment required by USA hockey rules, JAHA will also require masks be correctly worn in any circumstances where city or rink policy dictates. On-ice violations of this requirement will be subject to the same penalties that USA hockey equipment violations receive; which includes one warning first to each team before issuing misconduct penalties to individual players. Players may be found in violation of this rule by an official at any time while they are on the ice, however warnings/penalties will only be issued during stoppages in play. Off-ice violations of this policy (benches, locker rooms, and common areas) will be addressed by the board on a case-by-case basis and players found repeatedly in violation of this policy will be subject to discipline by the JAHA board as outlined in rules B1 (Sportsmanship) and B4 (Facility Rules). Penalties for off ice violations may range from warnings up to suspensions or bans.

Hello JAHA,

After last night’s board meeting, the board has voted unanimously to make a modification to JAHA’s rules to allow us to better enforce the mask mandate required by the rink. The text of the rule change is listed below. There will be a 10 day period where comments can be submitted regarding the rule change, after which the rule will go into effect if no changes are adopted. If changes are adopted, there will be another 10 day comment period. If you have any comments regarding this rule change, please submit them to juneauadulthockey@gmail.com

6. Equipment

In addition to all equipment required by USA hockey rules, JAHA will also require masks be correctly worn in any circumstances where city or rink policy dictates. On-ice violations of this requirement will be subject to the same penalties that USA hockey equipment violations receive; which includes one warning first to each team before issuing misconduct penalties to individual players. Players may be found in violation of this rule by an official at any time while they are on the ice, however warnings/penalties will only be issued during stoppages in play. Off-ice violations of this policy (benches, locker rooms, and common areas) will be addressed by the board on a case-by-case basis and players found repeatedly in violation of this policy will be subject to discipline by the JAHA board as outlined in rules B1 (Sportsmanship) and B4 (Facility Rules). Penalties for off ice violations may range from warnings up to suspensions or bans.

Thank you to all of you have made the effort to appropriately mask while on the ice! They haven’t gone unnoticed in all of this.

We look forward to your feedback and will see you on the ice!

-Andrew Dimond, JAHA president

Hello JAHA players,

With our first week of games behind us I wanted to send out a reminder about facility policies as we’ve received a few comments about it from both players and rink staff:

1) Masks are required 100% of the time while in the Treadwell Arena. This includes the main lobby, locker rooms, and on the ice! We all need to ensure we are following this policy if we want JAHA to have continued access to the facility. As an additional reminder, if you have friends or family come to spectate the game, please ensure they are following this policy as well, as you are responsible for their actions when inside the facility, per JAHA rules (B.1 – Sportsmanship).

2) Locker rooms are only available for 15-20 minutes before/after the game. The intent is that players come partially dressed as locker rooms are intended to be co-ed for this season. Again, no shower or toilet/sink access will be available.

3) We haven’t run into this issue yet, but if you were exposed to a Covid-19 positive skate, the current recommendations as provided by the rink/Alaska Division of Public Health are to get tested 3-5 days after exposure. To schedule a free test, please call 586-6000, register online, or call your primary health care provider. Testing is recommended, but not required. You do not need to quarantine. If you have developed signs/symptoms of COVID-19 in the past few days, please get tested immediately. You may return to your regular scheduled ice sessions if you have received a negative COVID-19 test or not developed any symptoms. Please be sure the skater/s who tested positive for COVID, do not come to rink until cleared by public health.

As a final reminder, I’d just like to stress again how important it is to follow the masking policy if we want to continue using the rink facility. It’s a group effort and I know masking on the ice has been very lax as it makes it very difficult to play. However it is rink policy and we need to follow it. We (the board) are working on developing a way to properly enforce this but, in the mean time we ask that you as the JAHA players please do your part and mask up.

See you on the ice!

-Andrew Dimond, JAHA President

Hello all,

One quick follow up announcement. Several people have emailed saying they are unable to see rosters. As of right now this is a privacy setting linked with creating new teams and new tiers specifically for this season. I’m working on mirroring the settings of past tiers to correct this. For now, if you navigate to your inbox and accept your team invitation you will be able to see your team and roster. If you’re normally a person who just navigates to your tier and looks at the teams, it may take me until the end of the day to identify and mirror all of the privacy settings.

Thank you all for your patience!

-Andrew