Coronavirus, CAHA/SCAHA WHAT'S YOUR PLAN?!?!?!?

[BladesofSteel66]

CA is in a state of emergency.  Both LA and Bay Area have been compromised because of travelers and cruise ships. 


THIS IS REAL!!!


There are hundreds/thousands of families preparing to TRAVEL all over the state of CALIFORNIA for playoffs and championships.  Our state and the LOCATIONS FOR THESE TOURNAMENTS (LA and San Jose) are legitimately unsafe currently. 

What are you going to do?!?!?  What is your Plan of action/precautions!?!?! 

-Signed by ANY RATIONAL PERSON WHO IS TYPICALLY NOT A MORON

[BladesofSteel66]

Do any of the amateur hockey websites (scaha, caha, norcal) have any posts or updates SOMEWHERE on their sites???  ANYTHING providing information on this issue?  Or were they asleep at the wheel like always.

[socalhockeydad]

$100 says you bought out Costco's supply of toilet paper this weekend.

[BladesofSteel66]

$100 says you bought out Costco's supply of toilet paper this weekend.

First of all... I go to Sam's Club, so Effff Costco.  Also, I pick my nose regularly due to allergies, so I ordered the 10 pack boxes of lotion added Kleenex from amazon.  Again, for nose blowing only. 

[BladesofSteel66]

Well...


Santa Clara County reports new cases, bans large gatherings... 

... and it will only be worse by states.  So, we breakin-the-law or what? 

[Stark]

http://www.norcalyouthhockey.org/news-story.php?id=170
  NORCAL NEWS        NORCAL Playoffs & COVID-19 Update As you may have heard by now, the County of Santa Clara Public Health Dept issued an order this evening to cancel any mass gatherings of 1000 people of more. This will take effect on March 11th and last for three weeks. Please click HERE for full details.

This obviously has a major impact on the NORCAL 10A, 12A, 14A 14B Flight II and 16A division playoffs scheduled at Solar4America Ice this upcoming Friday, March 13th, through Sunday, March 15th. The Executive Board is working through and finalizing the details of a plan to reduce the number of spectators attending playoffs. We will also be reaching out to our governing bodies, CAHA and USA Hockey, for guidance on this situation. Lastly, we continue to work with rink management to make sure we can hold playoffs and still abide by the mandate from Santa Clara County.

The Executive Board will continue to update you as more specifics continue to unfold. We will have more information to the playoff-bound teams by Wednesday evening.

I do ask for your patience and understanding as we work through this unique time. With everyone’s cooperation, I strongly believe that we can still give our young players the playoff experience they have worked so hard for this season. Providing them with a fun, safe and healthy hockey experience is the primary goal of everything we do. I ask that we all keep that in the back of our minds this week.

More to come soon. Thank you.

Matt Adams
NORCAL President
   (posted 3/10/2020)

[Stark]

 SCAHA CORONA VIRUS MESSAGE Corona virus and semi finals  and finals
Published On : Mar 12 2020 03:53 AM Hello Hockey Families[/size]As you may know, in late December the first case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China.  Since that time, many health organizations around the world have been following the virus closely, by January 21 the first case on US soil was confirmed. As with any newly emerging infectious disease, knowledge evolves with time and recommendations are changing rapidly. We are closely monitoring information from public health officials and will continue to follow their prevention guidelines to help keep everyone in our hockey community stay informed. This weekend is our final weekend for hockey in Scaha -  We are aware that in Northern California the area's are advising to keep and public gathering to under 1000 people.  From a semi final perspective, we have 20 games spread across  4 facilities  - so the gatherings at each facility on Saturday will certainly be reasonable  and will reflect a typical SCAHA weekend in general.For Sunday  (Championship Day), We will be hosting 10 games total - playing games on both sheets.  As long as families do not linger after their championship game, we will be good with that 1,000 person guideline. (20 team members x 8 teams in the building at any one time with approx 3-4 family members per player is approx 800 people).We ask our families to please me mindful of this guideline, and keep your attendance to your immediate family only.  Norcal, due to their county's requirements - are handing out wristbands and are limiting attendance to just two people per player.  We currently do not have such a requirement from the county.  The King's facility supports live barn on the internet - so the game is available to watch live remotely for extended family and friends. (great news).  We will also be changing our post game handshakes -  We will  limit them to a single line of fist bumps after the game with the gloves remaining on the hands.  We will forgo the extended handshakes when awarding the hardware after the game.While at the facility:    Please use the friendly elbow bump or fist bump to say hello.    Wash your hands frequently with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds.    Cough and sneeze etiquette is encouraged    Clean frequently touched surfaces.    Please do not linger.  After your game, please head on out and enjoy the rest of the afternoon.We will stay informed and will let everyone know if events change in this dynamic situation. If you would like more information on the Coronavirus, please refer to: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 Kind regards,SCAHA
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[SkatingDad]

SCAHA CORONA VIRUS MESSAGE Corona virus and semi finals  and finals
Published On : Mar 12 2020 03:53 AM Hello Hockey FamiliesAs you may know, in late December the first case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China.  Since that time, many health organizations around the world have been following the virus closely, by January 21 the first case on US soil was confirmed. As with any newly emerging infectious disease, knowledge evolves with time and recommendations are changing rapidly. We are closely monitoring information from public health officials and will continue to follow their prevention guidelines to help keep everyone in our hockey community stay informed. This weekend is our final weekend for hockey in Scaha -  We are aware that in Northern California the area's are advising to keep and public gathering to under 1000 people.  From a semi final perspective, we have 20 games spread across  4 facilities  - so the gatherings at each facility on Saturday will certainly be reasonable  and will reflect a typical SCAHA weekend in general.For Sunday  (Championship Day), We will be hosting 10 games total - playing games on both sheets.  As long as families do not linger after their championship game, we will be good with that 1,000 person guideline. (20 team members x 8 teams in the building at any one time with approx 3-4 family members per player is approx 800 people).We ask our families to please me mindful of this guideline, and keep your attendance to your immediate family only.  Norcal, due to their county's requirements - are handing out wristbands and are limiting attendance to just two people per player.  We currently do not have such a requirement from the county.  The King's facility supports live barn on the internet - so the game is available to watch live remotely for extended family and friends. (great news).  We will also be changing our post game handshakes -  We will  limit them to a single line of fist bumps after the game with the gloves remaining on the hands.  We will forgo the extended handshakes when awarding the hardware after the game.While at the facility:    Please use the friendly elbow bump or fist bump to say hello.    Wash your hands frequently with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds.    Cough and sneeze etiquette is encouraged    Clean frequently touched surfaces.    Please do not linger.  After your game, please head on out and enjoy the rest of the afternoon.We will stay informed and will let everyone know if events change in this dynamic situation. If you would like more information on the Coronavirus, please refer to: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 Kind regards,SCAHA

"We will also be changing our post game handshakes -  We will  limit them to a single line of fist bumps after the game with the gloves remaining on the hands."


After they play a game together hitting, sweating, spiting, etc.. on each other yes, the hand shake is going to be the problem...  Wow   

[Stark]

CURRENT STATUS: GAME ON
 Update as of March 11th, 2020 @ 6:30pm
 Limit of 2 spectators per player for the Playoff games this weekend. There will be a registration table and wrist bands….
Dates: March 13-15th
 Location: Solar for America Ice, 500 S 10th St, San Jose, CA 95112
 If you won’t be at the games you can watch it via LiveBarn. Use the following promo code for a 10% discount: San Jose: solr-8a8c

[fistocuffs]

CURRENT STATUS: GAME ON
 Update as of March 11th, 2020 @ 6:30pm
 Limit of 2 spectators per player for the Playoff games this weekend. There will be a registration table and wrist bands….
Dates: March 13-15th
 Location: Solar for America Ice, 500 S 10th St, San Jose, CA 95112
 If you won’t be at the games you can watch it via LiveBarn. Use the following promo code for a 10% discount: San Jose: solr-8a8c

AHahaha.   I am thinking that they meant to do away with the tripple handshake process where all kids shake hands of other team three times, along with officials and awards givers.  Hopefully teams stopped practicing this week since its close quarters on ice with their entire team - sweating , etc. 

[Deuce]

I heard SCAHA had an emergency meeting tonight at 7. Anyone hear the outcome?

[Stark]

The NORCAL Youth Hockey League is postponing its playoffs in light of the ongoing developments with the COVID-19 virus pandemic. The NORCAL Board convened an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss an appropriate course of action. The decision to postpone was made in the best interest of our youth hockey players, our families and the communities we live in.Current Status: Playoffs Postponed

Update as of March 12th, 2020 @ 5:00pm
NorCal voted to postpone playoff games this weekend due to concerns regarding COVID-19.  They will reconvene March 31st to decide when or if the games can be rescheduled —  we will keep you up to date. All clubs were and will be represented during the decision making.
Individuals teams will be notified through TeamSnap if any new ice time or practices are made available for them.Updated: 3/12/2020 Sharks Ice Community,
 
As we continue to monitor the developing situation with the COVID-19 virus, the Sharks Ice Network of public skating facilities (Solar4America Ice in San Jose and Fremont and the Oakland Ice Center) will temporarily close operations to the general public for three days beginning Friday March 13^th thru Sunday March 15^th.   We will reopen on Monday March 16^th for normal programing.  During this pause, we will use the opportunity to enhance our cleaning practices and to assess upcoming events and programming to determine the best schedule that will comply with all  governmental mandates for the communities safety.
 
The Norcal “A” Championships that were scheduled to be played at Solar4America Ice at San Jose have been postponed to a later date.
 
While information from the local, state and federal government is changing rapidly, please continue to follow our social channels and website for updated information.   We thank all of our guests for their patience and understanding during this time.
 
Information about reschedule or other compensatory measures for canceled programs will be released shortly.
 

[Deuce]

SCAHA just cancelled the playoffs.

[Deuce]

March 12, 2020
Message from the SCAHA Board:
To all Hockey Families,
SCAHA has, this evening, after careful consideration, unanimously decided to call a halt to the Semi Final and Championship Series play this coming weekend. We have cancelled the remaining balance of post season play for all A/BB/B levels of Youth Hockey this coming Mar 14 - Mar 15.
After a risk assessment regarding preventative measures to manage the spread of COVID-19, we determined that there is only one guaranteed way to help stop the spread and that is to not host the remaining weekend of play. We considered the options of splitting the event across several facilities and/or relegating spectators to a mere few people however, in light of the WHO recommendation for social distancing we determined that neither of those options met the WHO recommendation.
When we look at it through this lens, our only way to guarantee not contributing to the spread is to halt play and cancel the remainder of the playoffs here in SCAHA. Nothing we do is worth the risk of perpetuating the spread of the virus.
Canceling the remainder of post season play is, clearly, the right thing to do and in doing so we are acting as responsible civic leaders. We have no doubt that everyone in our hockey community will agree and support this decision.
Finally, we did discuss postponing for two weeks vs. cancelling, but we, as a Board, do not want to mislead anyone with hopes that restrictions may be lifted in time to salvage remaining games. The season is complete as of April 1 which leaves a little over 2 weeks - rescheduling is clearly not feasible.
We will be notifying the impacted facilities and organizations to make sure we wind things down correctly.
Good luck to all, stay safe, and see you all at the rink for next season. Sincerely,
The Entire SCAHA Board

[BladesofSteel66]

*pats self on back.