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12th WAHA WORKSHOP & ANNUAL MEETING

WAHA will once again hold its Local Association Leadership Workshop followed by the WAHA Annual Meeting Friday-Saturday, August 1-2, 2025.  Many of you will want to stay Friday night, August 1st, at the Stevens Point Holiday Inn & Convention Center.  The group rate will be available until July 15, 2025 or (until the block is full), so you should act quickly. Guests can book their reservations online 24 hours a day by using the following link:

WAHA Individual Rooms

If you decide to make reservations over the phone, please call 715-344-0200 and press #1. When making reservations, we ask that you please reference the group name WI AMATEUR HOCKEY and the Group Block Code:  HOI

FRIDAY, AUG. 1:

6 – 8 PM - Local Association President’s Forum - Presidents and Vice-Presidents in the room will discuss the “Nuts and Bolts” of running an effective association and issues that we face as the world of amateur ice hockey becomes more complex.

6 – 8 PM - Hockey Directors/coaches/other interested parties:  High Performance Player Development.

NOTE:  Both Forums will be interactive.

WAHA Social - Following the Forums, there will be a get together for all to share our passion for hockey and make and renew friendships fostered in the Wisconsin Hockey Family.

SATURDAY, AUG. 2: 

7:00 AM Buffet-style breakfast and registration
8:00 AM Opening Remarks / Update on the state of hockey in Wisconsin
9:00 AM Breakout Sessions

Workshop Breakout Sessions (9:00 & 10:45 a.m. – specific session arrangement TBD)

The Topics:

  1. Culture Shaping for Leaders (This is intended for Association Cultural Liaisons but is open to anyone) led by PCA Trainer Leigh Podlesny
  2. Accountability – Dealing with Bad Behavior in your Organization
  3. Growing Participation in Your Association – Boys and Girls Best Practices
  4. Association Financial & Organizational Overview/Topics (Fees, Volunteer Hours, Coach Payments, Fundraising, Tryouts, Games vs Practices, and Others)
  5. Coaches Panel – Ask the Experts
  6. Supporting Positive Athlete Behavior Through Responsive Coaching led by PCA  Trainer Leigh Podlesny

The Grab & Go box lunch will be available at 12:15 for all who attended the Workshop, and the WAHA Annual Meeting will be held beginning at 12:30 and lasting about an hour.

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WISCONSIN AFFILIATE ASSISTANCE FUND GRANT APPLICATION


WISCONSIN AFFILIATE ASSISTANCE FUND GRANT APPLICATION

The USA Hockey Foundation is proud to help facilitate the Wisconsin Affiliate Assistance Fund to 
provide grant awards to youth hockey players of color who are members of hockey programs affiliated 
with the Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association. The grant application is for first time skaters only 
and must be a resident of the United States and reside in Wisconsin. The fund was created to make 
the sport of ice hockey more inclusive for youth hockey players of color in Wisconsin.

Click HERE to read more.

WAHA Goalie Nation Development Camp

August 8-10th, 2025 Sun Prairie, WI

2008-2012 Goalies 

Bringing  goaltenders from the selected birth years to one centralized location to participate in a weekend of goalie specific drills, training and evaluation.  Open to both Male and Female Goaltenders. 

There will be 4 groups

  •  "Invite  Group 1"  - invite only, select goaltenders birth years 2008-2009
  • "Invite Group 2" - invite only, select goaltenders birth years 2010-2012
  • "Open Group 3" - youth goaltenders 
  • "Open Group 4"  -youth goaltenders 

"Open" age eligible goaltenders would be allowed to sign up until groups "3 and 4” are filled. 

If your group is full, please sign up for waitlist.  

$310 camp fee does not include overnight accommodation

NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

PRIME

               PLEASE BE ADVISED, HECC has become aware that a Russian manufacturer offering products under the brand name of “Prime” is offering for sale helmets affixed with the HECC certification label bearing manufacturer designation “SM-15” (See pictures below). BE AWARE “Prime” helmets are not HECC certified. Any consumer that has purchased a “Prime” helmet affixed with a HECC label is encouraged to contact HECC General Counsel Ryan W. Miosek, Esq. via email at RMIOSEK@MIOSEKLAW.COM or call him at (802) 362-2240.

Please refer to the Certified Products list on www.HECC.net for a full list of HECC certified products.

The Guardian Helmet cover are not a HECC Certified piece of equipment. Wearing them nullifies the HECC certification of the helmet and make it illegal equipment since it have been modified without certification. 

Results of a University of Wisconsin study On the Guardian Helmet covers

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