What the Heck Is Up With The Referees?! Part I: Awareness...
Written by a former player, coach, official, administrator, but mostly…a fan of hockey.... This is a message to the entire hockey community, officials, fans, administrators, coaches and players. There has been much criticism with regards to the officials and the scheduling of the officials this season. Some certainly justified, some not.
Here are some facts which includes downstate Illinois: • Total number of officials eligible to officiate as of Dec 1, 2018: 1014
• Number of new Level 1 officials this season: 597 (175 of those are not eligible to officiate due to not being completely registered.)
• Number of top Level 4 officials: 75
• Total number of games played this season as of Dec 5, 2018: 18,200 (This number doesn’t include non-USA Hockey mites, men’s leagues and some non-sanctioned tournament games.)
• Total AHAI games expected to be played by the end of the 2018-19 season: 35,000
• Games have been cancelled due to lack of available officials. Read full article at www.ahaienews.com. #officials #shortage #assigner #IHOA #AHAI #referee #mustread
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