Member
Organizations Represented: Butler County, Easton, Dayton Gems, Columbus Chill,
and Louisville
Board
Members Present: Tracy Merritt,
President, Ken Nagle, Vice President, Arthur Burghes, Scheduler, Kim James,
Secretary.
President
Tracy Merritt called the meeting to order.
Introductions
were made.
Minutes
from the September 12 special meeting were reviewed. This meeting was to approve AA teams that had petitioned to play
at the A level. Minutes were approved
as written. Minutes from the September
16 had never been distributed. There was
not an October board meeting.
Treasurer's Report - transition is still being made from
past Treasurer Murray Stall to new Treasurer Keith Kenitzer. Concern was expressed about some outstanding
bills. Keith was not present on the
call, but Kim to follow-up on status of the transition.
Discussion moved to the End-of-Season Play-Offs. An apparent breakdown in communication led
to confusion between the Columbus Chill organization and Louisville as to who
was holding what. A brief history was
presented, in that at the May Annual Meeting, Bob Baillargeon of CCYHA
volunteered to be Tournament Director and hold the Play-Offs in Columbus,
OH. However, the BTHL Board was told at
the September Meeting that Columbus could only host the second weekend. Jim Paliafito of the Louisville organization
indicated they would be interested in hosting both weekends. Jim followed-up with a phone call to Tracy
that Pantherland Arena could host all divisions, both weekends. They were given the green light to proceed
with planning. At that time, it is
assumed CCYHA was notified that Louisville was hosting the tournament, but they
said they weren't and had continued to hold ice and in fact could host both
weekends.
CCYHA
expressed their frustration and stated it would be unlikely that they would be
able to convince any of the rinks in the area to hold ice for the BTHL
Play-Offs in the near future. They did
however state that they would like to be able present it to the rinks again by
the first of the year for the 2002 Play-Offs
It was agreed to be discussed at the December meeting and possibly even
make a decision.
Jim
gave an update on the Play-Offs.
Pantherland has canceled all activities for the weekends of the
Play-Offs, allowing full usage of both rinks.
They're trying to get sponsorship from Papa John's Pizza, Pizza and UPS,
which could offset the cost considerably.
Tournament format was discussed and there was concern about delays in a
tournament hosted by Pantherland in September.
Jim explained that in that tournament there was not enough time
allocated for the games, which caused serious delays. The league will have control and dictate the length of times
allocated to games so that should not be a problem. Jim was directed to the WEB page to get brackets used in past
Play-Offs.
Information
should be posted to the WEB soon and more information will be available at the
December meeting.
Business
then moved on to any game protests.
·
The
Athens Midget A team protested games played in Athens against the Northern
Kentucky Midget A team the weekend of November 3 & 4. The N. KY roster posted on the WEB page did
not match the players listed on the scoresheet. It is know that N. KY has picked up some players and the League
is going to investigate. It was also
noted that Athens has not submitted a roster to the league and that they too
are in violation of BTHL Rules & Regulations.
·
The Cincinnati Bantam AA team has protested a game
played against the Dayton Bluehawks in Dayton on Saturday September 30. In this game the Bluehawks were awarded a
goal, however there were two pucks on the ice and it's not clear which puck
went in the net. The Conduct Committee
has ruled that this game must be re-played.
·
The Butler County Pee Wee AA team protested a game
against the Dayton Gems Pee Wee Major team on Saturday November 11 in
Dayton. The game was played with
14-minute periods. However, with 8
minutes left in the third period, the game went to running clock. This had just been received prior to the
conference call and further investigation is needed.
Ken suggested reviewing the Game Protest Procedures and
maybe increasing the cost to $100. This
will be discussed at the Annual Meeting when rule changes are discussed.
Kim asked Ken to make sure the coach or manager of the
Butler County Midget team contacted all the other Midget AA teams in the league
and notify them of their decision to drop out of the Midget AA division. Some teams were/are not aware of this
decision and need the opportunity to schedule other games.
Next meeting will take place Saturday December 9, 2000
at 4:00 pm at Champs Restaurant in Dayton.
Motion and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Approved and meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.