HockeyRefCast

HockeyRefCast Episode 2

2008-12-08T17:49:05Z

Link to the webcast for downloading to your iPod, iPhone, or other compatible device.

Host: Dave Aiello
Guest: Shane Hanlon, Referee-in-Chief of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA)

Highlights of Episode 2:

Hockey Officiating news from October and November 2008,
Listener Email,
An interview with our special guest, Shane Hanlon, Referee-in-Chief of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

Show notes:

HockeyRefCast News:

Useful New Websites

Behind the Scenes with Ian Walsh at NHLofficials.com. Currently three articles published about the NHL training camp, and working in Anaheim and New York City.
Officiating By Stewart, Paul Stewart's website. Former NHL referee and current director of officiating for the ECAC. Highlights of the site:

Paul Stewart Bio including YouTube clip of a fight he participated in as a player with the Quebec Nordiques.
Description of Paul's Camp that takes place each year in August.
Ask Stew, where Paul answers questions from fellow officials. This page includes a clip from the "Make the Right Call" segment of the Hockey Night in Canada Radio program.

USA Hockey Officiating Program Web Site

e-Ref article from Fall 2008 edition of Stripes Newsletter, a newsletter about officiating

Reebok / CCM Hockey Helmet Recall: Hockey Helmets Recalled by Reebok-CCM Due to Head and Neck Injury Hazard, bulletin from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding approximately 1,000 helmets sold between May 2008 through July 2008 at sporting goods dealers and on-line merchants throughout the United States.
Check for similar recalls or product quality issues if you live and work in other countries.

Listener Email:

Thanks to Chris Wertz of Phoenix, Arizona and Pat Cunningham of Newtown, Pennsylvania for their comments and questions which were discussed in this episode.

Recommended Products / Services for Off-ice Fitness Training:

Polar Fitness Computers are available from Polar Electro Oy. I use a Polar S625X which is useful for running and cycling. It's tough enough to wear during a hockey game, although it would probably be damaged by a direct hit from a slapshot.
Garmin Fitness Devices are available from Garmin Ltd.. These are more appropriate / useful for outdoor exercise, due to their extensive GPS capabilities.
Lance Armstrong: Run Longer workout mix created to be compatible with Nike Plus-compatible devices such as the iPod nano. Also useful on any iPod or iPhone device.

Shane Hanlon Interview:

Biography: Shane is the Referee-in-Chief of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. The ACHA is the governing body for non-varsity hockey at the collegiate level in the United States.
Shane has been a USA Hockey official for over 10 years. He has officiated in several National Championships for USA Hockey and has also worked as an on-ice official for the ECAC. He currently serves as a director of the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Officials Association, an officiating group affiliated with several ACHA Division I leagues in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States.
American Collegiate Hockey Association
Eastern Collegiate Hockey Officials Association, an officiating organization in the states of NJ, PA, DE, MD, and RI that staffs ACHA Division I games.
Mid-Atlantic Hockey Officials Association, an officiating organization in the states of NJ, PA, DE, and NY that staffs ACHA Division II and Division III games.

Episode 2 Coming Up in the Next Few Days

2008-12-04T13:09:27Z

Greetings to ACHA officiating supervisors who have received an announcement about the HockeyRefCast interview with Shane Hanlon, Referee-in-Chief of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. This interview is part of Episode 2 of this webcast.

It has not been released yet, but should be in the next few days.

If you want to be notified when the interview with Shane becomes available, you have two options:

Subscribe to HockeyRefCast via iTunes, at no cost.
Send an email to HockeyRefCast [at] gmail.com and request email notification.

Thanks for your interest in HockeyRefCast.

Server Hardware Problem Delaying Episode 2 At Least One Week

2008-10-30T03:13:41Z

Here's a quick note for HockeyRefCast listeners. The primary hard disk crashed yesterday on the server where the HockeyRefCast blog is hosted. This resulted in the podcast blog and the podcast feed being temporarily unavailable.

Of course I was personally responsible for restoring all of the backups, so I spent much of the last 24 hours doing just that. I'm exhausted.

I'm not as close to being done with producing this episode as I expected to be. There's one segment that hasn't been recorded yet, and I have to finish some administrative paper work before I get back to the podcast. So it looks like Episode 2 will be delayed until at least the first week of November.

Update on December 4, 2008: Due to a couple of family emergencies that occurred in November, Episode 2 had to be delayed. Yesterday I finished editing the feature interview with Shane Hanlon of the ACHA. Episode 2 should be done and published on iTunes within the next few days.

HockeyRefCast Episode 1

2008-10-01T15:40:10Z

Link to the webcast for downloading to your iPod, iPhone, or other compatible device.

Host: Dave Aiello
Guest: Ian Walsh, NHL Referee

Highlights of Episode 1:

An introduction to the webcast,
Hockey Officiating news from the Summer of 2008,
An interview with our special guest, Referee Ian Walsh from the National Hockey League.

Show notes:

Introduction to HockeyRefCast:

HockeyRefCast.com: Home of the webcast.
HockeyRefCast [at] gmail.com: Webcast email address.

Information about Dave Aiello, host of the webcast:

Biography:

Dave Aiello

Dave Aiello is a high school and college ice hockey official from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. He officiates ACHA Division I and II Hockey, which is college club hockey in the United States, and in ECAC West, which is a college varsity hockey league at the Division III level.

Dave is an Internet application developer during the day. He founded the website called RinkAtlas.com, which is a site that provides door-to-door directions to over 2,000 rinks in the United States and Canada. He also founded the website OperationGadget.com, which is a weblog about electronic gadgets and the technology used in sports.

Dave also does some freelance writing for Inside iPhone, a website about the Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch which is published by O'Reilly Media.

DaveAiello.com: Dave Aiello's personal website.
RinkAtlas.com: Dave Aiello's website providing door-to-door directions to 2,000 indoor ice rinks in the United States and Canada.
twitter.com/daveaiello: Follow Dave on Twitter for more information about HockeyRefCast.

Officiating news from the Summer of 2008 / Rule Changes:

2008-09 Official NHL Rulebook from NHL.com, including a video hosted by Stephen Walkom with extensive examples.

NCAA

PDF Version of the 2008-2010 NCAA Rulebook

2008 NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Video

National Federation of High Schools

2008-09 High School Ice Hockey Rules Changes Announced, Press Release from the NFHS.

USA Hockey

Not a rule change year, except for the ACHA which plays slightly modified NCAA rules.
USA Hockey Rules page (including Rulebook and Casebook, Off-ice Officiating Manual, and Junior Rulebook).

HockeyCanada

HockeyCanada Rule Changes for the 2008-2009 Season (PDF Document / Memo), courtesy of Hockey Nova Scotia.

Ian Walsh interview:

Biography:

Ian Walsh
(photo: NHL)

Ian Walsh grew up in Philadelphia, where he lives today. He has been in the NHL since the 2000-2001 season and has worked over 275 regular season games.

Prior to joining the NHL staff, Ian worked in prestigious leagues such as the United States Hockey League, the ECHL, and the American Hockey League. He officiated the ECHL finals in 1996 and the AHL conference finals in 2002.

Ian Walsh page on NHLofficials.com.
The Atlantic District Officiating Development Camp Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary on AAHArefs.org.
Training Camp article from Behind the Scenes with Ian Walsh on NHLofficials.com. This article includes photos of NHL officiating staff members participating in the fitness tests.

Miscellaneous:

HockeyRefCast has been accepted into the iTunes Store Podcast Directory. If you want to subscribe to HockeyRefCast with iTunes, please visit the following URL and click the "Subscribe" button:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=292700557

Welcome to HockeyRefCast

2008-10-01T14:17:17Z

HockeyRefCast is a webcast about ice hockey officiating. I'm planning to produce twelve episodes lasting 30 minutes or less that will appear about once a month. Listeners will be able to subscribe to the webcast via iTunes and other webcast content syndicators.

I'm Dave Aiello and I'm the host of the webcast. I'm a high school and college ice hockey official from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I do most of my officiating in the ACHA which is college club hockey in the United States, and in the ECAC which is the largest college varsity hockey league in the country.

HockeyRefCast is a webcast by a hockey official for hockey officials. If you are an up-and-coming official, I hope that HockeyRefCast gives you some good ideas to help you improve your game. If you are an experienced official, I hope that you find the feature interviews interesting.

I'll introduce elite-level officials and supervisors to you. They'll talk about the leagues and programs that they are part of. They'll tell you about their experiences as officials and how their programs can help you to improve and advance.

Since hockey is an international sport administered by many different organizations, I'll try to find people from different organizations and different countries to talk about officiating in their areas.

You can get involved in the HockeyRefCast in a number of ways. Visit our website at HockeyRefCast.com. Tell your friends about the webcast and how to subscribe via iTunes. Send us an email at our email address hockeyrefcast at gmail.com and tell us what you think of the show.