BTHL Tournament Champions

Year-end Tournament Brackets

Year-end tournament brackets can now be accessed from this web page. On the standings page you will find a link called "Tournament bracket" at the bottom of each division.

Please note that minor changes/corrections have been made. Double check your game times.

January Board Meeting

Our January Board Meeting will be held Monday, January 19 @ 6:00pm via conference call. If you would like to participate and your league rep has not shared the phone# with you, please send me note via email. This is the same setup we used in October, you will call the phone# I give you and when the operator answers you simply request to participate in the Buckeye League conference call. You will be billed the long distance charge for your call, BTHL will pick up the charges for the conference. The primary topic of discussion will be the season-ending tournament in Cincinnati.

December Board Meeting

Our December Board Meeting will be held Saturday, December 6, 3:00pm @ The STIC in Centerville. Our primary topic of discussion will be the upcoming League Tournament (3 months away and counting). In addition, we will perform our routine tasks such as reviewing our finances and start the planning process for next season. We need to identify people interested in serving as a league officer for next year. Please plan to attend if you would like to be a part of it all, or if you simply like to know first hand what is going on in your league. ALL ARE WELCOME!

November Board Meeting

Our November Board Meeting will be held Monday, November 3 @ 6:00pm via conference call. If you would like to participate and your league rep has not shared the phone# with you, please send me note via email. The way it will work is that you will call the phone# I give you and when the operator answers you simply request to participate in the Buckeye League conference call. You will be billed the long distance charge for your call, BTHL will pick up the charges for the conference.

Agenda items will include:

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of 10/6/97 Minutes
3. Treasurer's Report
4. Scheduler's Report
5. Trophies and Awards (Regular Season)
6. Year-end Tournament Report
7. Other Business
8. Next Meeting set for Saturday, Dec 6 @ Silver Sticks. A firm time and location to be determined.

League Tournament

Reminder from our Tournament Director:

• Please send your comments regarding brackets, rules, etc. by October 29.
• Team registration with a $100 deposit is due November 1.
• We are designing a tournament shirt to include Organization logos - we need artwork from you by December 15.
• We need volunteers to serve as play-off officials, please get us names ASAP.

Mail to:
BTHL
834 Park Ave.
Miamisburg, OH 45342
Phone: 937/859-5836 Fax: 937/439-8601

All of this was detailed in an information packet you should have received from your League Rep. This is your tournament, we need your cooperation to make it a great experience!

October Board Meeting

Our October Board Meeting will be held Monday, October 6 @ 5:30pm (6:30pm Ohio time). The location has been set for the Bob Evans Restaurant at the intersection of I-465 & U.S. 40 (Washington St) in Indianapolis.

Patches are in and will be distributed at the meeting.

Hard copies of team schedules will be available for those in need.

Please plan to attend.

BTHL Association Sponsored Tournaments

Schedules Complete !!

The Schedules are complete for all age groups. Please print a copy of your schedule and send me a note with either:
a) Corrections -or-
b) Confirmation of accuracy.

All contact information I've been given has now been entered and posted. Please provide me with any updates and/or corrections. Note that someone swiped my copies of the Squirt, Bantam and Midget printouts I was circulating at the Scheduling Meeting. If you somehow mistakenly ended up with it, please mail it back to me so I can update our web page and give everyone the benefit of the data. No questions asked!

All the rink information has also been entered. Any additional info would be appreciated.

Thanks for your cooperation and have a great season!

Len

Scheduling Meeting

The Scheduling Meeting is SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. It begins at 10am Ohio/Kentucky time (9am Indiana) and will be at the Dayton Airport Inn off of US 40 near I-75 (west of exit 63) & I-70 (exit 32 north).

Each TEAM must have an individual Scheduler present (please do not have one person schedule for multiple teams!). At 8am (Ohio time) a League Board meeting will be held.

Note: In an effort to help those teams not yet finished with tryouts, the BTHL Board has granted a deadline extension for the "on time" team fee if the following conditions are met:

1. A phone call is made on or before September 1 to our Scheduler, Len Holtgreven (419/422-4779-Work, 419/422-3433-Home), to express your team's intentions for the upcoming season.
2. Your team application form is completed and faxed directly to Len Holtgreven @ 419/422-9036 on or before September 8.
3. Your completed application and check is mailed with a postmark no later than September 8.

Our intentions are to make the scheduling meeting as smooth and painless as possible, for all participants.

1997/98 BTHL Officers

• President: Murray Stall of Cincinnati
  
• Vice President: Kim James of Hamilton
  
• Secretary: Mark Kevitt of Columbus, Indiana (2nd term)
  
• Treasurer: Tim Fritz of Dayton (3rd term)
  
• Scheduler: Len Holtgreven of Findlay (2nd term)
  

Thank you!

Year-end tournament set

1. The tournament will be budgeted to break even.
2. Sponsors are being solicited to subsidize the cost.
3. Any BTHL budget surplus will be used of offset tournament costs.

• Jul 12 & 13: Board Meeting in conjunction with Mid-Am Meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
• Aug 24: Board Meeting in Fort Wayne.
• Sep 1: Deadline for team applications at our standard fee of $125/team, fee goes up to $175/team after this date.
• Sep 8: Deadline for all team applications, no applications accepted after this date (at any price).
• Sept 13: Scheduling meeting in Dayton area, actual site yet to be confirmed.
• Oct 6: Board Meeting in Indianapolis.
• Nov 3: Board Meeting via conference call, details to be announced.
• Dec 6: Board Meeting in conjunction with Silver Sticks Tournament in Dayton.
• Jan 1, 1998: Board Meeting via conference call.
• Feb 9: Board Meeting in tournament city (Cincinnati).
• Feb 21 & 22: Year end tournament @ Icelands in Cincinnati.
• Mar 9: Board Meeting in tournament city.
• Apr 19: Board Meeting via conference call.
• Jun 7: Board Meeting in Troy.

Final Team Listing for 1997/98 Season

1. Teams listed in italics are possible participants. These teams have simply expressed an interest.
2. Our "AA" division is comprised of teams which voluntarily choose to participate at that level. Generally these teams will be from larger associations which can field both "Major" and "Minor" teams within a given age group.
3. Any divisions consisting of 10 or more teams will be sub-divided geographically into brackets. Divisions with 8 or 9 teams could potentially be sub-divided if participating teams decide that's what they want. The brackets shown are for illustration purposes, actual composition of these brackets may vary depending upon the final list of teams.
4. The number of league games is limited to a quantity of 24. Refer to Code of Regulations: Games. Please note that there is no limit to the number of non-league games which can be scheduled. ie: Teams are free to schedule as many (or few) "cross-division/bracket" games as desired.
5. Not sure whether their team will be "A" or "AA". There will be one or the other, not both.
6. There must be a minimum of 4 teams to form a division. Refer to Code of Regulations: structure.
7. A request was made to the league to form a "AA" team consisting of select players from 2 seperate associations. The issue at hand was that these players would also be rostered on BTHL "A" teams. The board has ruled that since "A" and "AA" teams compete in seperate divisions there is no conflict with BTHL rules & regulations. Our Code of Regulations only refers to situations involving teams within the same division. (As of 8/22 they've decided NOT to do this team). Refer to: Movement of players.
8. These teams intend to participate in the Little Caesar's League. Their intentions are to also participate in the BTHL only if the number of teams does not exceed 4 or 5. (As the number of teams increase so do the potential scheduling conflicts.)
9. Bold print indicates APPLICATION RECEIVED.