Assigning

The assignment of officials within the Central Region occurs in three ways:

Central Region Assigning

If you reside in and around Calgary and wish to officiate higher levels of hockey in and around Calgary (starting at U13 hockey and working up), you will receive assignments from one of the Central Region assignors responsible for this hockey. This will require you to log into your Goalline account and update your availability.

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Community Assigning

If you reside in Calgary and are a younger, relatively new official or are simply interested in officiating the younger levels of hockey (U9, U11), you will receive your assignments from an assignor responsible for the local community in which you reside. Contact your local community representative for more information on the community level officiating programs.

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Rural Assigning

The Central Region encompasses many communities surrounding Calgary that are situated in the south central area of Alberta. The region stretches from the BC border in the west to Bassano in the east and extends from Crossfield south to Claresholm.

Each community is responsible for assigning the hockey in its area and developing the officials that reside in that community. If you require information regarding the officiating program in each of these communities, contact the appropriate Referee-in-Chief/ Coordinator (RIC) for that community. If the community in which you are interested is not listed please contact one of the members of the Regional Coordinator for the appropriate information.

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To reimburse officials when games are cancelled, in Calgary, with less than 2 hours noticed (officials have arrived at the arena to find no game) with the full game fee. If more than 2 hours’ notice is received then each official would be entitled to $15 to compensate for their incurred costs (travel). It is the official’s responsibility to notify the assignor within 24 hours of the cancelled game to be entitled to compensation under this policy.

In order to administer the policy, the Executive has implemented the following:
  1. In most instances, the assignors will advise the officials that the game has been cancelled. If the officials go to the rink and find that there is no game, one member of the crew will advise the assignors that there are no teams for the game.
  2. The assignor will advise the Treasurer of all cancelled games, including the game time, location, officials and provide information as to when the notification of cancellation was received.
  3. The Treasurer will facilitate payment based on the policy and payment will be part of the regular monthly referee payment and will be shown as Miscellaneous. Officials will be able to review Goalline and see a brief description of the payment.
  4. The policy is only with regard to games under the jurisdiction of Hockey Calgary. All other leagues will be assessed game fee (when possible) for all games not cancelled within 24 hours of the game time and officials will receive regular payment for those games (when possible).

Arrival at Games

All officials are required to arrive at the arena 30 minutes prior to game time, with the exception of USport, ACAC, and AJHL where the officials are required to arrive at the arena one hour prior to game time and U18AAA where the officials are required to arrive 45 minutes prior to game time. Disciplinary action will be taken for being late, for not showing up, and for not reporting lates and no-shows by a fellow official.

Dress Code

The Dress Code varies, depending on the level of hockey being worked:

For all levels of minor ’B’ hockey (excluding U21 B):officials are expected to dress in clean jeans or khakis, with no team jackets or ball caps being worn.

For Ranchlands (Senior A), U21 B (CJHL and Heritage), ACAC Female, AJFHL U21 Female, AEHL (U17AAA, U15AAA), AFHL (U13AA, U15AA, U18 AA, U18AAA): male officials are expected to wear clean khakis, a collared shirt, and dress shoes. Female officials are expected to be in a similar style.

AEHL U18AAA, AJHL, ACAC, USport: male officials are to wear dress pants, dress shirt, tie, dress shoes and a jacket; female officials are to wear dress pants or skirt, blouse, and dress shoes.

Travel

When traveling out of town to work hockey, it is the duty of the linesmen to call the referee, who is responsible for arranging transportation, at least 48 hours prior to the game. Arrangements can then be made to meet and travel to the game. Pre-game arrival times are still in effect when traveling to other centres to work games. The driver (usually the referee) is the only person allowed to claim or accept mileage for travel, and only one mileage fee will be paid per game. Linesmen are entitled to a traveling fee of $10/hour after the first hour (round-trip time).