TEAM MANAGER DUTIES and OFF-ICE OFFICIATING TEAM --  Volunteer Positions

One of the most important responsibilities that you’ll have as team manager is  finding off-ice officials for each home and WCFO tournament game. For each home game you are responsible for finding a scorer, a timekeeper, two shot counters and two penalty box attendants.  Finding an announcer is strictly optional.

 A few comments about these positions, and the roles and responsibilities of the off-ice officials and the announcer:

• The most important aspect of the off-ice officials is that they are extensions of the on-ice officiating crew.  As such, it is imperative that the off-ice officials remain impartial at all times.  It is very important that off-ice officials remain impartial in order to dispel any notion of favoritism and to set a positive playing environment.  Impartiality of all officials is what we’d expect when we visit other arenas, so please extend that same courtesy to our guests at Snoopy’s. Remember that our scorer’s box is right next to the opposing bench so all our actions are visible to the visiting players and coaches.
• Our game announcers must also honor the same impartiality observed by our off-ice officials.  In addition, announcers must be sensitive to the volume of the music played during intermissions and breaks in play. 
• In the past we have not consistently asked for volunteers to help manage penalty boxes.  Given that we do not have enclosed penalty boxes, it is often too difficult for the timekeeper and/or scorer to keep track of players serving penalties, in particular during Pee Wee and older games. This year, with the new enforcement of hooking and interference, it will be that much more difficult to manage the penalty boxes.  We must have volunteers assigned to manage the penalty boxes this year.

Also note that without off-ice officials, the game cannot be played and we would forfeit, so it is important to train several parents on your team how to keep score and manage the clock.  In addition, some games become difficult to manage because of the sheer numbers of penalties called which often result in complicated penalty situations.  Having back-ups to assist the scorer and timekeeper during these games is often needed.  Go Flyers!

All manager's email addresses have been sent to Chuck Collins, the NORCAL scheduler, so he can verify who is authorized to enter scores.  All you need to do is look up the game number (see the NORCAL website), enter the score, enter your name and email address at the top, and hit done at the bottom of the page. This applies to HOME games only.

CLICK HERE FOR A DETAILED/PRINTABLE LIST OF ALL THE SCOREKEEPER'S DUTIES: Off-Ice Officials -Scorekeeper

Set up the scoreboard according to directions which are taped to the counter of the officiating booth. (Click here for a printable hard-copy of these directions: Clock Set-up & Process).  For upper levels be sure to choose “YES” when asked if you want to use the penalty timeout feature.

• Post 5 minute warm-up time on clock (Start clock immediately upon teams entering ice.)

• Length of periods is 15 minutes

• 1 minute run clock between periods

At the beginning of each period, the referee will signal to both goalies and then the time keeper to be sure that you are ready to begin.  Nod or give a thumbs up to signal to the referee that you are ready to go.   Start the clock as soon as the puck hits the ice upon execution of each face off, and stop the clock at each whistle. 

If the clock is not stopped or started at the appropriate time:

• First, start or stop the clock immediately as soon as you realize there is a problem.

• Second, estimate how much time has elapsed and notify the on-ice official at the next stoppage in play.  The referee will instruct you as to what adjustment should be made on the clock.

 You must give your full attention to the game by:

• Watching the on-ice officials,

• Double checking that the clock started or stopped as you expected it to

• Checking that penalties went up on the scoreboard or were taken off as you thought

All penalties that cause a team to play shorthanded are placed on the penalty clock.

If a goal is scored that results in the termination of that penalty, the penalty is removed from the clock.  This excludes coincidental penalties and misconducts.  Please familiarize yourself with the rules pertaining to coincidental, misconduct and delayed penalties as well as penalty termination.

If any penalties carry over from one period to the next, you need to:

• Press the PENALTY TIME-OUT FEATURE WHICH WILL TURN IT OFF, then set the clock for 1 minute and let it run down, and then turn the PENALTY TIME-OUT FEATURE BACK ON.  You can then post the next 15 minute period and continue with all remaining penalty times preserved. This feature prevents remaining penalty times from ticking down during the 1 minute break.

Penalty Box Attendants are part of the Off-Ice Officiating team.  They will work closely with the official scorekeeper and timekeeper to ensure that penalty expiration situations are handled smoothly in order to create a fair playing environment.  As part of the off-ice officiating team, it is important that you remain impartial to prevent any feelings of favoritism and to create a positive playing environment.

 Basic duties include:

• Making sure players that are assessed penalties serve the correct amount of time and that upon expiration of a penalty that the “correct player” returns to the ice.

• As a courtesy,  (approx. 10 seconds prior)  you should notify a player who’s penalty is about to expire, that they should get ready to return to the ice.

• Make sure that no player leaves the penalty box area before their penalty has expired.

• Be somewhat familiar with how to handle coincidental penalties.  When coincidental penalties are assessed, both teams remain at equal strength and therefore both players must serve their penalty minutes AND wait for the next stoppage in play before they return to the ice.   Coincidental penalties are not posted on the game clock so you will need to keep a mental note of what the players “return to ice time is "  AND make sure they wait for the next stoppage in play.  The timekeeper and scorekeeper will try to help you with this.

Misconduct penalties also do not get posted on the time clock.  An example of this would be a 10 minute misconduct.  Again, you would notify the player of the time his penalty expires but remind him/her that they must also wait for the next whistle before they can return.  Because the penalty is not posted, coaches will often ask the penalty box attendant “what time does the penalty expire?”.   A major penalty can never be terminated because a goal is scored.

The official timekeeper and scorekeeper will help by notifying you of any early minor penalty termination due a goal being scored.

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