Rutland Amateur Hockey Association Jr. Spartans

Are you in need of some help with your Sports Engine account?  Sports Engine can help you.  Log onto team.help.sportsengine.com and look through the  FAQ's section.  You can also start a live chat session, send them a message or even schedule a time for a representitive to call you back.  You may also call them at 1-888-255-7480 and follow the prompts to the help desk. 

As an FYI, all group emails we send out are generated from within our Sportsengine registrations.  If you need to add and/or change an email address (spouse/guardian/work email address) you will need to log in to your account and add/change the email address.  

Rutland Amateur Hockey's annual picnic will be held on Sunday, September 23rd from 2-4 PM at Spartan Arena.  Bring your family and lace up the skates...bring some new kids and help grow the RAHA family.  We will provide pizza. Please bring a drink, snack or dessert to share.  See you there!

Below are the 10U and 12U Youth player evaluation times, to be held at Spartan Arena.  Please contact Youth Hockey Committee Chair Patrick Cooley with any questions or conflict concerns: cooleydcpt@msn.com

10U Youth

Monday, October 1st:  5:30
Tuesday, October 2nd: 5:30
Thursday, October 4th: 5:30

12U Youth

Monday, October 1st:  6:45
Tuesday, October 2nd: 6:45
Thursday, October 4th: 6:45

RAHA Travel Teams U10 and older will be getting new, personalized jerseys this year! 
 

There will be two Jersey Sizing nights coming up. Thursday Sept. 6 and Wednesday Sept. 12. Both will be at Spartan Arena from 6:30 to 8:00pm. Please have your player(s) bring their shoulder pads and elbow pads in order to properly determine the correct jersey size to order. 

For jersey SIZING, please make sure to select a size that is SLIGHTLY larger than what is currently needed, to allow for growth and to increase the number of seasons the jersey can be worn. 

For socks, we recommend ordering one size larger that what is needed. 

Hello new and returning Rutland Amateur Hockey families.  Our 2018-2019 season registration is now live on our website (www.rahavt.org)!​  Please know our registration deadline for returning players is July 15th, 2018...after this date the rate will increase by $100.  This deadline is extremely important for team registrations with Vermont and USA Hockey.  

Our rates for the 2018-2019 season are the same as last year.  There will be a $30 charge this season for travel teams 10U-14U, as we are updating our jerseys for all teams at these age levels.  All players at these age levels will be ordering new, customized jersey sets and socks that will be used for as long as the jerseys fit and throughout players' RAHA careers, and the newly-formed RAHA Jersey Endowment will pay for the cost difference.  Thank you to Rutland Veterinary Clinic an Surgical Center for helping to make this a reality!  Uniform orders will be handled later in the summer.  

To begin the registration process you will need to have a SportsEngine account; Click on the "Create an Account" tab in the upper left of our website to create a SportsEngine account.  You will also need to be registered with USA Hockey prior to registering with RAHA; go to https://www.usahockeyregistration.com/login_input.action to create a USA Hockey registration.  Once your SportsEngine and USA Hockey accounts have been created, click on the "Click here to Begin Online Registration" tab.  There will be five optional payment installments, occurring July-November (on 15th of each month), or you can pay in-full.

As part of this year's registration we will need "USA Hockey Consent to Treat" and "Participant Code of Conduct" forms for each player.  Please print these forms out at home (they are located on the right-hand side of our registration page) and mail the completed forms to:

RAHA

P.O. Box 455

Rutland, VT  05702

Returning this season will be our Mite Lite Program.  Several years ago we had great success with the Mite Lite offering for players aged 4-6.  We had ice on early Saturday mornings and the Mite Lites would also take part in the Monday or Tuesday ADM with the older Mites.  We have found that often times the 4-6 year olds are intimidated by the 7-8 year olds and development is hindered.  We are hoping that the re-establishment of this program helps to build our younger player numbers.  Is it mandatory for kids this age?  No, but developmentally we feel it may be the best option.

Please help RAHA out and spread the word about this registration and the upcoming season.  We aim to grow our numbers in the upcoming season and the best way to help make that happen is to encourage others to come out and play!  Encourage new families to check out our website for the latest news and information.

Any requests for scholarship assistance must be received by June 30th, 2018 and mailed to our P.O. Box (RAHA, P.O. Box 455, Rutland, VT  05702).  Scholarship forms are located on our website. 

Thank you!

Hello Past and Present RAHA Coaches-

Castleton University has graciously donated space at Spartan Arena for our organization to display/mount any and all RAHA trophies and awards that have been won over the years.  We feel this is a great opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of past teams and hopefully build on them in the future.  

If you are in possession of a RAHA trophy, plaque, or award, we would love to get it displayed at Spartan Arena!  If you know of someone that has one that may not be on this email distribution list...please reach out to them.  

We will be collecting awards as follows:

• Drop the award off at Melen's Garage; 131 Woodstock Ave;
• Drop the award off at Cooley Chiropractic; 71 Allen St. #203;
• Email Brian Olsen at bolsen@rrmc.org to arrange for dropoff;
• Email Patrick Lowkes at plowkes@gmail.com to arrange for dropoff.

RAHA has been granted permission to mount plaques on the wall as well as display in a glass/wood display case.  If anyone knows of one that is available by donation or cheap, max. dimensions 44" x 88", please email me.

Please spread the word.

Thanks,

-Patrick Lowkes

Rutland Amateur Hockey

Anytime you shop on Amazon.com you can support RAHA at no extra cost. Simply choose Rutland Amateur Hockey Association as your Amazon Smile charity.

It's easy to register or change your charity. Just follow the directions below. RAHA will receive a donation from every sale.

To change your charitable organization:

1. Sign in to smile.amazon.com on your desktop or mobile phone browser.
2. From your desktop, go to Your Account from the navigation at the top of any page, and then select the option to Change your Charity. Or, from your mobile browser, select Change your Charity from the options at the bottom of the page.
3. Select a new charitable organization to support.
4. You must type in the full name, Rutland Amateur Hockey Association.

You can have the RAHA calendar for your specific team fed automatically to your computer or phone calendar. There are instuctions at

http://help.sportngin.com/customer/portal/articles/1708772-how-do-i-add-an-ical-feed-to-a-smart-phone-

To get the web address for your specific team, click on Calendar on the RAHA website, click on Show Tag Menu and check the feeds you want to receive. You should uncheck "Home" and then check your team(s), such as 10U Youth A or 12U girls. If you have children on more than one team, check them all.

The calendar will then show just the events for the areas you checked. Click on Subscribe to ICal feed at the bottom of the page and copy the link provided. Then paste it as described by your particular application.

To put it on your iphone, Mac or Android device, e-mail yourself the link and then click on the link in the e-mail. It should ask you if you would like to subscribe to this calendar. Just say yes.