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Coaches: For requirements to volunteer as a coach, please follow this link to our Coaching Development page.
On-Ice Support/Station Leaders: Register with USA Hockey, Submit MN Hockey Background Screening.
Managers: Register with USA Hockey, Submit MN Hockey Background Screening, & SafeSport Training completed.
Locker Room Monitors: Register with USA Hockey, Submit MN Hockey Background Screening, & SafeSport Training completed.
All Other Volunteers: Register with USA Hockey, Submit MN Hockey Background Screening,
Annual Registration
ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST register with USAHOCKEY
(required every 2 years)
ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST BE SCREENED
(required every year)
ALL COACHES, TEAM MANAGERS, ON-ICE HELP & LOCKERRM MONITORS MUST BE SAFESPORT CERTIFIED
(This is not required for volunteering for penalty box, player check-in, etc.)
The USAHockey SafeSport Training is an online training/education that is available to help our members become aware of the information necessary to help prevent abuse from occurring in our sport.
a. SafeSport Training is required for all adults that have regular contact with minors which, as explained more fully below, includes adult-aged players on the same team with minor athletes.
b. SafeSport is required every year.
c. A person must first take the course known as “Core Center for SafeSport Training,” which is taken online and takes approximately 90 – 120 minutes to complete. After that a “Refresher Course” is available each subsequent year for a person that has completed the Core Center for SafeSport Training. The Refresher Course takes 30 minutes or less to complete. There is no cost to members of USA Hockey to complete either training course.
d. Training must be completed before a person begins having regular contact with minor athletes, or if they do not have regular contact with minors, no more than 45 days after beginning the role that requires them to complete training.
Please go to our SafeSport page on our website by Clicking Here for more information and links to the USAHockey SafeSport policy & training.
To register and begin the training NOW click the dark blue link below.
We utlize the DIBS system to run our volunteer opportunities. Please CLICK HERE to access the DIBS system. You will be asked to login in order to view and claim available volunteer opportunities. Login using the account and password used at registration. PLEASE DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT. PLEASE USE THE USERNAME AND PASSWORD CREATED AT REGISTRATION AND DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT this will ensure your volunteer hours will be credited to your family account. If you have forgotten your username or password, you can click on the links on the login pages to have that information emailed to you. Please use only one account per family so that you can more readily track your volunteer for your player account. You can assign tasks to any person in your family when signing up for volunteer sessions.
Once you have logged in, available DIBS sessions will appear. Click on the DIBS sessions to view available shifts. Click on each shift for further details and instructions and then click "Claim this dib item" to sign-up for the shift. Please note that you can search each DIB session using the list view or calendar view. If shifts are posted more than one month from the current view, they will not appear under the list view unless the search dates are extended. If no shifts appear after changing the search parameters, all of the shifts for that session have already been filled.
If you need to cancel a claimed shift, access your claimed DIB item through by clicking on the Dibs tab on the right hand side of the page and then "My Dibs". Select the claimed item you would like to cancel and then select "Cancel this dib item". Your DIB item will be automatically cancelled or your request will be sent to the volunteer coordinator administering the DIB session.
ATTENTION:
If you wish to CANCEL your claimed dib and you are outside of the preset cancelation window, you must find a REPLACEMENT for your DIB/shift and email administration@woodburyhockey.com to request cancelation. Include in your email the following:
Upon receipt of your emailed cancellation request, WAHC Administrator, will cancel your DIB and claim it for your replacement / substitute. A reply confirming the same will be sent.
Volunteers are needed throughout the season!
WAHC will host Tournaments that will staff volunteers, look for communications when shifts are ready to be claimed.
Please click on the dark blue link below to see available DIBs!
Please do not bring small children with you to the arena while working your shifts - especially working tournament shifts. They are not allowed in the penalty box or scorekeeper/announcers box. In addition, it is too difficult to check-in players, assist coaches, direct guests, etc. while trying to watch your children. We want our volunteers to be professional while dealing with visiting teams and spectators. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Following is information regarding our policy and practices for supervising and monitoring locker rooms, permission for parents to be in the locker rooms and our expectations for player behavior at our rink(s) and in the locker rooms.
Our policy and standard of practice is designed to maintain personal privacy as well as to reduce the risk of misconduct in locker rooms.
Locker Room Monitoring:
Generally WAHC is assigned 2 locker rooms for each hour of scheduled ice. We will have limited use of the locker rooms – generally 30 minutes before and following an on-ice session for in-season team practices/games.
We will have 2 Volunteer Locker Room Monitors (LRM) assigned per scheduled pre-season or tryout ice time. LRMs will be stationed in each locker room to monitor behavior. Supervised locker rooms will be available to players 30 minutes prior to the on-ice session. LRMs will remain in the locker rooms at all times. Lockerrooms will be cleared 15 minutes after the scheduled ice session – or until all players have left the team room if sooner.
Our LRMs are required to have completed the USAHockey background screening and Safesport training.
Cell Phones and Other Mobile Recording Devices:
Cell phones and other mobile devices with recording capabilities, including cameras/video are not permitted to be used in the locker rooms. If phones must be used, we ask the players to take them outside of the locker to use. Players not abiding by this policy, will be asked to bring their cell phone to the Player Check-In table and parents will be notified.
Inappropriate Behavior, language and horse-play:
We expect our players to be respectful teammates and exhibit the same good behavior you as parents expect from your children. We cannot tolerate inappropriate language, gestures, and other rough-housing behavior in our locker rooms. Players not abiding by this policy will be asked to leave the team room and parents will be notified.
Parents In The Locker Rooms:
Except at the 8 & Under age groups (e.g. Girls 6U/8U), we discourage parents from entering locker rooms unless it is truly necessary. If a player needs assistance with his/her skates or gear, we ask that our parents let the LRMs know beforehand that they will be helping the player – and our LRMS will assist to make sure appropriate arrangements are made. In PreSeason and Regular Season instances, we would ask that the player meet the parent right outside the locker room doors to tie skates, snap helmets. It is very important, in these instances where assistance is needed that the parent(s) remain near the entrance to the locker room, so that the player does not wander far searching for the parent(s) – creating an unsafe environment. During TRYOUTS, we will ask our players to come to the Lobby area to have their skates tied.
Males In The Girls Locker Rooms:
For 10U and above, there will NOT be ANY males in the locker rooms. During the regular season, for a player still needing assistance from her dad to tie skates, fit gear or make helmet adjustments, she will take her skates, gear, helmet just outside the locker room door for her dad to assist. As previously noted, It is very important , in these instances where dad is needed, that dad remain by the entrance to locker room, so that the player does not wander far searching for dad – creating an unsafe environment. During TRYOUTS, we will ask our players to come to the Lobby area for assistance with their gear and to have their skates tied.
Male coaches will only enter a dressing room, IF ALL the girls are fully dressed, AND if there is a female LRM present. The female LRM will remain in the locker room during this time. For this reason, it is very important that the girls arrive in enough time - prior to the scheduled ice time to allow them to get dressed and have skates tied 15 minutes prior to the ice time – should the coach/on-ice instructor want to talk before the session.
Attending to Injuries:
The volunteer LRM will be present in the locker room while the coach and/or EMT is assisting the player.
This policy will be strictly enforced; it is in place to help our players feel more comfortable in THEIR locker room. We understand that these arrangements may not be the most convenient and may require a little extra time, but we believe that this is the most reasonable way to accommodate and respect all of our players. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation. If you have any questions or concerns, please email administration@woodburyhockey.com.
Respectfully,
The WAHC BOARD