STATE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
JANUARY 25, 2008
A meeting of the State Tournament Committee was held on Friday, January 25, 2008 at the Southgate Holiday Inn. Chairman, Roger Mauritho, called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. Attending the meeting was: Mickey Jesue, Kerin Wear, Grant Helms, Carol Schwanger, Ron Brasseur, Bill Peterson, Ray Kraemer, Patty Madden, Rick Frescura, Sal Giacalone, Jim Boloven, Mike Cruickshank, Dave Stankewicz, Mike Corso, Judy Niemi, John Kay and Ralph Bammert. Guests included: Jean, Jean Laxton, Perry Wooden, Bob Smith, and April DeWitt.
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved with a motion by Judy Niemi and seconded by Bill Peterson. Motion passed unanimously.
Updated all tournament sites, schedules and entries by Districts.
Mickey Jesue reported for John Castine who is unable to be present and she stated everything is on schedule. Mickey has also seen the trophies and medallions and they look great and will be in everyone's hands 2-3 weeks prior to State Playoffs. John would like to have the email addresses of the tournament directors. Please email him at john@hockeyweekly.com
Runner-up tournament for Bantam A will be under the auspices of George Atkinson, District 6. Cost is $250.00 per game and includes referees fees and second games will be $150.00. Games will be played at Summit Ice Arena, Lansing on February 16th & 17th, 2008. Seating was determined at the November meeting. Districts will pay for the entry fee for the first game and checks are to be made payable to MAHA and sent to George Atkinson, 17809 Lost Pond Lane, Spring Lake, MI 49456.
Patty Madden stated the entry fees for the Girl's/'Women's Non National Bound Teams which are actual costs of the ice and are as follows: 12U $525.00, 14U $665.00, 16U - 4 Team Division $680.00, 3 Team Division $515.00, 19U $665.00.
Discussion was held regarding the JV State Tournament. JV States must be held prior to H.S. finals or the players will not be eligible for High School Spring Sports. Each district stated how many teams they would have in either Tier 1 & Tier 2. The results were Tier 1 - 6 Teams. Tier 2 was 5 Teams. Please contact Rick Frescura with names of teams, email and contact person by January 29, 2008. Tournament will be held March 13-16 at the Ice Box Arena. Rick will get the schedules out.
Bill Gatesy called Mickey Jesue and stated he would do the scheduling for the G/W.
John Kay distributed the AAA and AA schedules. He noted a correction on the Bantam Major schedule. Saturday, March 8th, the 5:00 p.m. game will be at 10:30 a.m. at the News Herald Rink
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 and Ray Kraemer as soon as the tournament is completed.
All exceptions and denials for the 2007/08 season are posted on the web site.
Discussion was held on the AAA proposal to be presented to the Board of Directors tomorrow. It was unanimously decided to present as written. District 2 stated that they had a team Monroe Midget BB that wants to drop out of Districts. This carries a penalty of one year. It was the consensus to leave it up to District 2.
It was suggested for next year the fees for States should be raised. Roger stated to put it into a proposal and present to this body at the July, 2008 meeting.
Substitute or backup goalies must come from a lower classification team.
No further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
Kerin R. Wear
M.A.H.A Secretary