Coach Resources

USA Hockey and the Coaching Education Program require both certification and registration to be eligible to coach. Registration is done online on a yearly basis. Certification is also required. A few basic steps requirements are as follows:

USA Hockey Requirements (Must be completed before participating in any team activities)

• Register as a member of USA Hockey
• Complete the background screening
• Complete the USA Hockey Safe Sport Training. (Required every year and cannot be added to a roster until completed). 
• Complete the online age-specific module(s) for the age level of play you are coaching. (All modules only need to be completed once per age level. Must be completed PRIOR to participating in any team activities and cannot be added to a roster until completed).
• Coaching Education Program Certification Clinic Requirements (Must be completed before Dec. 31 each season)
• Find, register and attend the required certification clinic. You can only attend one clinic per season and all coaches must enter USA Hockey's Coaching Education Program at the 6U/8U clinic if coaching at the Learn To Play/Learn To Skate/6U/8U classification or Level 1 if they are coaching 10U classification and above. You can take clinics from June 15th-Dec. 15th each season.

All of the above requirements can be completed from your Coaching Profile Page at USA Hockey Learning Center, click here for the login page.

This is the official MA Hockey template for game sheet stickers.

• This template is designed to work with Avery Labels 5263 (or any 2”x4” blank label).
• Enter player and coach information in the YELLOW box only. All other boxes will autofill with the information.
• Each printed sheet will contain 10 labels.
• Required Information:
• MAH Code including roster number (It looks like this: MAHXXXX-XXX). This number can be found on the official USA Hockey roster that your program registrar submits.
• Team Name: This is how your team is referred to in your league (Example: Belmont 10u AAA or Amherst 14u Red)
• All rostered players listed either ALPHABETICALLY or NUMERICALLY (There is space on the template for 20 players and four coaches, the maximum allowed by USA Hockey)
• All rostered coaches entered in the following format: First Name Last Name (CEP#) Level, Exp. Date (Example: John Smith (123456) L3, 2022). This information is also available on the official USA Hockey roster submitted by your program registrar.
• You are not required to use this template, but you are required to use some form of printed label that includes this information on ALL COPIES of the official gamesheet.

Please complete the injury/incident report and notify the Comets Director of Safesport & Player Safety via email at bklane@asmarterwindow.com.

USA HOCKEY SAFESPORT TRAINING AND REFRESHER

Go here  https://www.usahockey.com/safesporttraining

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