NEW this year: LAKE PLACID FORMS will be COLLECTED AT TRYOUTS

Once again as a program we will be sending most of our travel teams to the Can-Am Tournament in Lake Placid this year.  The tournament takes place over the November 4 to 7^th weekend.  We will be staying again at the Hilton High Peaks Resort.  Despite the fact we may once again end up playing against other CHC teams while there, the Hockey Policy Committee feels the benefits of going as a whole program, as opposed to splitting up and going different weekends, outweighs who some of our competitors may be.  Each year this trip has been a highlight for our players and parents.  All boys’ teams EXCEPT for Mite B and Squirt C will be attending the tournament.

Please find instructions below for tournament paperwork to be turned in during tryouts.

Step 1: How to Find & Print pages:

1.      On NCWC homepage, click on ‘Documents’ tab in left column.

2.      Next, click on ‘+Travel Hockey’ and drop down menu of documents will appear.

3.      Click on ‘2010 Lake Placid Family Forms.’ 

·         Print 1 copy ‘Family Reservation & Payment Form’ per family.

·         Print ‘PLAYER INFO & WAIVER FORM’ for EACH PLAYER trying out for a travel hockey.

4.      For Lake Placid Guidelines, Rates, & Essay Contest, click on ‘2010 Lake Placid Rates.’  These pages are for your information, please read… printing is optional, nothing to return.

Step 2: Fill Out Forms:

1.      ‘FAMILY RESERVATION & PAYMENT FORM’ needs to be filled out (1 per family), including a credit card # and 3 digit security code.  This card will charge the balance of the room cost 30 days prior to the tournament date. 

·         IMPORTANT: If you need two or more rooms, please indicate on the line ‘ROOM REQUESTS’ that you need two rooms.  Also write out which team you prefer to stay with.*

2.      With ‘Family Reservation & Payment Form,’ please include a $200 check (per room reservation) payable to NCWC to reimburse the club for the deposit of your room. (Room deposits were already made by the NCWC to hold the rooms.)  The $200 deposit will be applied to total room costs.

·         IMPORTANT: Please write a separate $200 deposit check for EACH room reserved.**

3.      ‘PLAYER INFORMATION & WAIVER FORM’ needs to be filled out for EACH travel hockey player trying out for a team.

·         *There will be some information that you will not be able to fill out in the first section, Team Information.  Leave blank… we will fill in this information after tryouts.

·         SOMEWHERE ON TOP OF FORM: Please write out the level your player is trying out for: Bantam, PeeWee, Squirt, or Mite.

·         IMPORTANT: Make sure waiver is sign by PLAYER as well as PARENT.

Step 3: Return Lake Placid Forms Options:

1.      Volunteers will collect all forms at tryouts on Sept. 10^th, 11^th and 12^th.

2.      If you prefer to check it off your ‘to do’ list now, you can mail it prior to Sept. 10^th to: Alicia Hart, 540 Frogtown Road, New Canaan, CT 06840  Attn: Lake Placid

FAQs:

1.      Do all Winter Club travel hockey teams go to Lake Placid? All of the boys travel teams except for Mite B and Squirt C attend the tournament.

2.      When is the tournament game schedule posted?  Usually not until 7 days before the tournament.

3.      *What if I request two rooms but I’m not sure which team to room with? At this point, pick one team level and after tryouts, we will contact all families requesting more than one room to confirm which team they will room with.

4.      Do I need to send a deposit check for each room I reserve? Yes, $200 deposit check per room, payable to NCWC. **PLEASE WRITE A SEPARATE CHECK for each room reserved… this helps with any room cancellations down the line.

5.      Can I put the $200 deposit on my credit card? No, the $200 deposit must be in the form of a check and payable to NCWC.  The credit card will be used by the hotel for the remainder of balance due.

6.      What is the cost per room this year? Please see the rate sheet which can be found in the ‘2010 Lake Placid Rates’ documents on the NCWC website...2nd page.  The cost will be from the GOLD Package with an additional surcharge of $50 per night at the High Peaks Hotel (formerly Hilton).  Since the High Peaks is no longer affiliated with the CAN/AM tournament, this is an agreement between High Peaks Hotel and the New Canaan Winter Club. 

7.      When I am filling out my credit card information it asks me for ‘Amount Enclosed or To Be Charged…’ what do I fill in?  Leave it blank or fill it in if you want to calculate your costs.  Your credit card will automatically be charged the balance due 30 days prior to tournament.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE 3 DIGIT SECURITY CODE when filling out credit card information.      

8.      What if my child doesn’t make a travel team? We will return all paperwork and checks after tryouts.

9.      What if one child makes a travel team but another doesn’t? We will return all paperwork for the child that doesn’t make a team.  We will also contact you to update status of  # of people in the room & make adjustments if you requested more than one room.

If you have any further questions, please contact Alicia Hart at . Thank you!

    

1. Go to www.usahockeyregistration.com and register eachhockey player/coach in your family with USA Hockey that will be playing Travel Hockey.  Please make sure you register your player(s) as "Ice Players" versus “Inline” players.
2. Please print out the USA Hockey registration confirmation (complete with number and barcode).  A copy of the USA Hockey Confirmation (one per player) must be mailed to Bill Glover, NCWC Registrar (address is listed below) in order to register for all travel hockey at the Winter Club.  Write down your USA Hockey confirmation number for each child and keep this information available for completing Step 7 in the Winter Club’s registration process.  You will need to pay the $40/player USA Hockey registration fee (Including $10 for the CHC) via credit card.  Children under the age of 6 are free but they must still be registered.
3. Please print out and complete the USA Hockey Consent To Treat/Medical History form (one per player) that is found on the Documents tab on the home page of the NCWC website.  
4. Please print out and complete the NCWC Consent To Treat and Waiver of Liability form (one per family), which is found on the Documents tab on the home page of the NCWC website.  For the purposes of Travel Hockey registration, this document will be sent to Bill Glover instead of Cricket Benevento.  Bill will pass along this form to Cricket.      
5. Mail all Documents from Steps 1-4 to:  Bill Glover NCWC Registrar 39 Runningbrook Lane New Canaan, CT 06840                                                                                                                             
6. Register all family members for General Registration 2010-2011, who intend to skate at the Winter Club at anytime during the season, including general skating.  Please follow these following steps:

• Go to www.ncwinterclub.com
• Click on Register Online on the left column.
• Click the 2010-2011 General Registration button.
• Log in by entering email address and your password; if you do not remember your   password, then just type in your email address and hit submit.  Your password will be automatically sent to your email address.  PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE REGISTERING BY USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU SENT TO THE WINTER CLUB’S REGISTRAR WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED THE CLUB.  DO NOT REGISTER USING A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS UNLESS THE WINTER CLUB HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT YOUR NEW ADDRESS AND HAS IT ON FILE AS YOUR PRIMARY EMAIL ACCOUNT. 
• Register the parents first as your information will automatically transfer to your children’s account information.  Click on each family member's name that you need to register and follow instructions for completing the Emergency Contact information, Code of Conduct, and Club Agreement & Consent form.  When you are completing the medical information for each child, please type the word NONE in the appropriate boxes if the particular medical issue does not apply to him or her.  If you do not do this, then the system will not register your child.  Please repeat this step again for each family member if you have not done so already.  You do not need to print out anything as you have already completed the required documentation for Cricket Benevento in Step 4.
• Please verify that each family member has been successfully registered by seeing that 2010-2011 General Registration is listed next to or underneath each child’s name. 

• Click on Register Online on the left column.
• Click on your child’s respective link: Travel Hockey Mites, Travel Hockey Squirts, Travel Hockey PeeWees, or Travel Hockey Bantams.
• Click on your child's name that you need to register for each respective Travel Hockey program. 
• Enter your child’s USA Hockey registration number. 
• Double check the information and click submit.  Once you click submit, your child will be registered for Travel Hockey.   

Hockey Policy Committee

    

The New Canaan Winter Club
2010-11 NCWC TRAVEL HOCKEY
 

III.        Developments

V.         Anticipated Coaches for the 2010-2011 season 
In an effort to inform to the best or our ability, we are listing our anticipated coaching line-up.  Some of these are still tentative and could change prior to the season beginning.  We will also be bringing in several more assistant coaches to help out on various teams.
 
Mite A :                 Colin Ives & Hank Lammens
Mite B.                   Rob Benson & Jason Rayher
Squirt A:                Ken Gammill, Jed Stevens, & Marco Magliulo
Squirt B:                Corey Gammill & Ryan Brown
Squirt C:                Colin Odneal & Bill McKeown
Peewee A:             Scott Linde & Clark Jones
Peewee B:              Bobby Cintolo, Dan Sparks, & Pat O’Connell
Bantam A:             Chris Gerwig & Keith McElaney
Bantam B:             Scott McNiven & Assistants TBD

VI.          Registration
All participants of NCWC hockey programs (travel- boys and girls, and house league) must be registered to participate in tryouts/evaluations. Registration will be done on-line again this year. Within the next several weeks, please go to the NCWC website www.ncwinterclub.com and go to REGISTER FOR HOCKEY. The site will walk you through the simple registration process. Upon completing the on-line registration you will need to mail the NCWC Family Agreement and Consent Form (1 per family), and a copy of the USA Hockey Confirmation Form containing barcode (1 per player) to:
Bill Glover, NCWC Registrar, 39 Running Brook Lane , New Canaan, CT. 06840.  He can be reached at 972-6888
The registration deadline is August 15th for travel players (please note that this is earlier than requested in previous years) and October 15th for house league players. We have over 200 travel players to process so we ask that you don’t wait until the last minute. Late registration will be penalized with a $75.00 fee.
 

VII.      Travel Tryouts- (subject to change)