*** IMPORTANT - MUST READ ***

Please send your USA Hockey number to the Registrar at registrarhutch@gmail.com

When you email the Registrars, please specify your role, such as Coach, Board Member, Coordinator, Team Manager, or Locker Room Monitor. The Registrar can verify if you have completed SafeSport and your background check, as well as coaching requirements for coaches.

USA Hockey SafeSport is the organization's program related to off-ice safety.

USA Hockey has long had systems in place to protect its participants from physical abuse, sexual abuse and other types of abuse and misconduct that can be harmful to youth hockey players and other participants.  These include without limitation: Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Screening, Locker Room Supervision and Hazing Policies, in addition to Codes of Conduct applicable to administrators, coaches, officials, parents, players and spectators.  The USA Hockey SafeSport Handbook is intended to update and collect USA Hockey’s various policies to protect its participants from all types of misconduct and abuse.

2023 SafeSport Handbook >

Check out this high level overview, including:

• What is SafeSport
• Available resources
• Most common violations
• How to report an issue

Anybody that needs to be SafeSport certified will need to either complete the Core course (first year) or a Refresher course.

You need to complete training if you hold one of the following positions:

1. Coach at the traveling level: rostered and non-rostered (You will NOT be allowed on the ice until the course is taken)
2. Mite level rostered coach
3. Team manager
4. Board member
5. Locker room monitor - this is applicable for travel teams only (dads for youth teams and moms for girls teams)

Steps for SafeSport Training:

1. Get a USA Hockey membership number >

• If you are a coach, you will need to register under: “Player/Coach” ($46) and provide your USA Hockey number to the HHA Registrar
• If you are a team manager, locker room monitor, or other volunteer (non-ice participant), then you can select “Manager/Volunteer” (no cost)

2. Complete your SafeSport >

• Make sure to use the same name/email you use for USA Hockey Registration 
  • For coaches, also make sure to use the same name that your CEP is registered under
• There is no cost for this. 
• A record of your completed course will be saved electronically and can be found by the HHA Registrars with your USA Hockey number.

3. Email a copy of your USA Hockey number >

• Specify if you are a Coach, Board Member, Coordinator, Team Manager, or Locker Room Monitor
• The Registrar can verify your SafeSport and background check are complete, then notify the team managers to show you are compliant
• Note: the background check may take up to 2 weeks to get back, so plan accordingly

In addition to the SafeSport certification, all volunteers, coaches, and locker room monitors must pass a background check. There is a non-refundable cost of $30. Please submit your background check to your team manager also.