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   Recently Added Seminars
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   A Note from the Screening Coordinator
   Level 1 and Level 2 Read Ahead Presentations
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   Quiz Question
Recently Added Seminars
Columbia, SC Level 1, 2, and 3 Sept. 19
Jacksonville, FL Level 3 (Sustaining) Oct. 17
Huntsville, AL Levels 1, 2, and 3 Oct. 3
Southeastern District Seminars. Seminars are now being conducted across the district. Different states have different approaches to their seminar scheduling. Florida has already held about a dozen seminars. Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana have semianrs scheduled for October. Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina have several sessions scheduled this month. There may be a few additional classes added, but reserve your seat now.

We've been getting a lot of questions about the USA Hockey seminar reservation system that Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina are using this year. You'll have to go the the USA Hockey seminar catalog to reserve a seminar seat in one of those states. When you select a seminar, you should see the start times and other information about the seminar. We only publish links to USA Hockey system and not the full seminar information.
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If you have to make a change to the USA Hockey reservation, email the seminar coordinator or seminars@southeastrefs.org to have you old reservation cleared. Then you can make a new reservation. We expect to use this system for all states next year.

As always, you can attend any USA Hockey seminar in any state to fulfill your annual seminar requirement. New officials, please read the "How to Become A Referee" page for details on the program.
A Note from the Screening Coordinator.

Dear Officials,

As your friendly SE District background screener, you and your fellow officials, need to know how requests for screening certification to be forwarded to others are to be fulfilled.  This is important with all the junior and college work starting up.  Help me help you…PLAN AHEAD and follow the directions. First, ask if they will review your screening information at www.southeastrefs.org/screening.html. It’s open to all and tells them everything they need.  Only I access this database.  Most will say no so the below information applies if you are moving to a different location and most particularly if it’s to certify you for the Juniors.   Bill Spohn will not sign off on anyone unless it is in this SPECIFIC format which I recommend you simply cut and paste:

- Official’s Full Name: you fill out
- Official’s Date of Birth: you fill out
- Official’s Background Screening Date:  SED Screener Fills
- Official’s Screening Results (Cleared or Not Cleared): CLEAR
- USA Hockey Affiliate Name:  SED
- USA Hockey Affiliate Screening Officer’s Name:  Bill Hughes
Instructions to successfully complete the form:
CUT AND PASTE the form to a new email.  Title the email as BACKGROUND SCREENING FORWARDING REQUEST, CASE of <YOUR NAME>
On the form:
  1. Fill out your name – Failure to do so puts it in delete folder
  2. Fill out your birthday – Again, failure to do so finds it sent to the delete folder
  3. Send it to screening@southeastrefs.org
  4. I fill out The Date of Screening and CLEAR/NOT CLEAR
  5. I forward it along to the right individual, particularly Bill Spohn at USAHOFF.  If  you send it, he deletes it.
  6. If it has to go to someone else, you must send the POC email address.  If not, the request is deleted.
Guarantees
I will process the requests I get during the week on the next weekend and those rare nights I have nothing to do.  In July/August, that amounted to two evenings and I fell asleep early.  I don’t look at this stuff at work during the day.
I will delete those that don’t comply with directions. Use screening@southeastrefs.org for communicating with me on this.  Requests to refhughes email account will be summarily deleted.

Happy skating,
   Bill Hughes
   SED Background Screening Coordinator
Level 1 and Level 2 Read Ahead Presentations. In order to save time at the seminars, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia are asking Level 1 and Level 2 students to review some presentations on line and take a short quiz on the material. These presentations will not be shown at the seminar, but the material may appear on an open or closed book test. Any questions about any of the material should be brought to the seminar for discussion.

If you are attending a Level 1 seminar in any of the states listed above, please review the Level 1 Presentations.
If you are attending a Level 2 seminar in any of the states listed above, please review the Level 2 Presentations.
Ask a Ref. Got a rules question? Enter it in the box below and click the submit button. You'll get an answer by return email.
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You make the Call!

A defending player leaves his feet and slides into the puck carrier. The defending player gains possession of the puck and the attacking player falls to the ice after being hit by the defending player’s body.

What is the call?

A. Since the defender gained possession of the puck, there is no call.
B. The defending player is assessed a minor penalty for charging.
C. The defending player is assessed a minor penalty for tripping.
D. The defending player is assessed a match penalty for attempt to injure.
Click the Submit button to see the correct answer and to see how others have answered.

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