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This is an important update to the Atlantic District Incident Report. Tony Mariconda's name and contact information has been replaced by Ron Goodman's.
The original of this form is always posted on the AAHArefs website. If you know of any other place where this form is posted, please let us know so that we can try to have the form updated or removed. Please send and email to support [at] aaharefs.org.
The Atlantic District Officiating Program maintains an Assignors List called Officiating Assignors for Youth and Junior Hockey Programs in the Atlantic District. This list is maintained by Dave Aiello and Dave Zulla, who manage communications for the Officiating Program.
As a result of the Referee-in-Chief vacancy, all requests for Assignors List changes that are not part of the annual update that comes from the League Referees-in-Chief should be submitted to support [at] aaharefs.org.
When change requests are received, they will be acted on in the following manner:
This policy is subject to change after the new Referee-in-Chief has been selected.
If you have any comments or questions, please contact Dave Aiello, the District Officiating Program Database Coordinator at daiello [at] rinkatlas.com.
We're announcing two new seminars in New Jersey:
The time of the Bridgewater seminar (2:00pm to 10:00pm) is unusual, but was necessary because of limited availability of facilities at this time of year. As always, please carefully review the information on the Seminar Schedule before registering.
Did you know that 210 officials in the Atlantic District don't get a copy of the District Newsletter because they do not have a unique, up-to-date email address listed in the USA Hockey Membership Database?
Constant Contact, our email list management service, automatically filters out officials who give the same email address as another official when they register with USA Hockey. Most email list management services that we evaluated also do this, so we couldn't really avoid the problem.
As a result, every official should have their own email address, despite the fact that USA Hockey doesn't require this.
Sharing the same email address with a parent, a brother or sister often means that you won't get your own copy of the newsletter. You may also miss out on an email notifying you of cancellation of a seminar or other targeted information we send you based on your registration level or registration status.
Another problem we've noticed is that officials who are registering as "returning" officials from last season sometimes forget to change their email address if it's necessary during the registration process. This is because USA Hockey identifies you as a returning official, presents the same registration data to you as last year, and asks if the old information is OK.
Many people who have changed their email address within the past year say "Yes" without reading the entire page of information. They end up getting no email messages from USA Hockey or the Atlantic District as a result.
If you want to change your email address, visit the Update Email Address page on USAHockeyRegistration.com.
If you don't want to give USA Hockey a unique, personal email address, then be sure to like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/aaharefs, or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaharefs.
We're announcing a new seminar for Level 2 and 3 officials at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm, NJ on September 18, 21, and 22. Please carefully review the information on the Seminar Schedule before registering. You must attend all three days of the seminar to receive credit for it.
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Tony Mariconda, the Atlantic District Referee-in-Chief. Tony passed away this afternoon after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 67 years old.
Tony Mariconda
Tony became the Atlantic District Referee-in-Chief in 1999 and among his many accomplishments, he was the Camp Director of numerous USA Hockey Officiating Regional and National Camps; helped produce the USA Hockey Seminar Instructor Program and the original USA Hockey Officiating Evaluation Program.
Tony is survived by his wife Joan, two sons and daughter's-in-law Philip and Susan Mariconda, and Paul and Holly Mariconda, and his beautiful grandchildren. Tony and Joan were both recently named to the Atlantic District Hall of Fame. Joan is an AAHA board member and a USA Hockey Director. Philip and Paul are both veteran ice hockey officials.
The family has requested that we provide the following information about funeral arrangements:
Browning-Forshay Funeral Home
557 Lafayette Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07507
[ Directions ]
973-427-0800
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
52 Totowa Road
Totowa, NJ 07512
[ Directions ]
973-942-3341
Obituary and on-line condolence book provided by the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to:
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