Inside 2015 GUIDE CONVENTION AGENDA 2-3 EXHIBITOR SHOW INFO & MAP 4-5 HOTEL PROPERTY MAPS 6-7 MAJOR CONVENTION SPONSORS 8 WELCOME TO NAPLES! This “Mini-Guide” provides our convention attendees the latest Convention Schedule and diagrams of the facilities at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club. The AHCA has enjoyed this site for two full decades and looks forward to coming back each year. Let’s go over some of the procedures, events and expectations of our 2015 AHCA Convention. WHICH EVENTS HAVE COSTS?: Your convention fee gets you into all convention sessions with the following exceptions: ID BADGES: You need one. Most convention events require proof • Coach of the Year Celebrations (Women, Friday and Men, Saturday) — Active Members (NCAA coaches) can attend at no additional cost. Guests and all AHCA members in the Allied or Youth-Amateur-High School classifications must pay $45 per person for these events. ACHA (non-varsity) Members are charged a negotiated rate through the ACHA Officers. We accept cash, checks (payable to “AHCA”) and credit cards. There will be receipts available for anyone who needs them REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITIES: Some NCAA Division I con- WHAT “GOODIES” ARE GIVEN OUT?: Everyone likes gifts. We have a few items for attendees that are available only at the Exhibitor Socials. At Friday’s Exhibitor Social (sponsored by JOG Sportswear), the Convention Gift will be distributed. This is a nice hat sponsored by CCM. At Saturday’s final Exhibitor Social (sponsored by XOs), a few items will be raffled off. There will also be a few “give-aways” at the Hockey Coaches Care Reception, presented by Principal Financial Group and sponsored by Team USA and HockeyTech, on Thursday night. that you have paid your membership dues and convention fee. Without having done so, you do not get a badge and you do not get into certain key events. Badges are obtained when you register. Badges are available for certain “guests” (family) but anyone who is part of the hockey community must be a paid member to attend. These badges (sponsored by CCM) will be checked starting with Thursday night’s events. ferences will get a chance to receive badges at their early-week meetings. Women’s coaches can find their badges at the Wednesday night event (sponsored by the AWHCA and JWHL), at Thursday morning’s Early Registration (sponsored by Bauer) in the main lobby, or in the newer building before/during any of the Exhibitor Socials. Non-varsity members (ACHA) should seek out their officers for badges. Note: Convention Fee is $175 (after March 1); dues remain: $340 for a program’s NCAA Division I Staff (men or women) $210 for a program’s NCAA Division II-III Staff (men or women) $80 for an “Allied” member (someone employed in ice hockey) $25 for a Youth - Amateur - High School member IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION… The AHCA Officers and Governors are prepared to answer any questions that you might have. Look for the “OFFICER” badge worn by the AHCA staff. Note: YOU MUST PAY TO GET YOUR ID BADGE! No one will be allowed to be billed later. BRIAN RILEY Army AHCA President JOE BERTAGNA Hockey East AHCA Executive Director BRUCE DELVENTHAL Plattsburgh AHCA Treasurer T.J. MANASTERSKY Curry VP Convention Agenda NAPLES BEACH HOTEL AND GOLF CLUB IN NAPLES, FLORIDA DATE/TIME EVENT LOCATION (ROOMS ARE TENTATIVE) WEDNESDAY APRIL 29 1:00-5:00 pm 5:30-6:00 pm 6:00-9:00 pm 6:00-9:00 pm 8:00-10:00 pm D1 Commissioners Meeting Women’s Early Registration NCAA D1 Men’s Opening Meeting (NCAA Men’s Coaches Only) Opening Women’s Meeting: Melody Davidson, Hockey Canada, Speaker ACHA Board/Staff Meeting Chokoloskee K Sunset Terrace Everglades Sunset Terrace Cape Romano 9:00-11:00 pm AWHCA Social - Sponsored by the JWHL Sunset Terrace THURSDAY APRIL 30 7:00-8:00 am AHCA Board Meeting Hotel Lobby 8:00-9:00 am Early Registration - Sponsored by Bauer; Badges by CCM Hotel Lobby 8:30-3:30 pm ACHA/USAH Certification Gulfbreeze South 9:00 am-Noon NCAA Division Meetings NCAA Rules Committee NCAA Tournament Committee General Issues D1 Men River of Grass 7:30-8:15 9:00-10:00 10:10-12:00 D1 Women Immokalee LM 8:15-9:00 9:00-10:00 10:00-12:00 D3 Men Chokoloskee 11:30-12:15 9:00-10:00 10:00-11:30 D3 Women Immokalee N 12:15-1:00 9:30-10:30 10:30-12:15 12:30-1:00 pm AHCA Board Working Lunch Meeting 12:30-1:00 pm Break for Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm Craig Heisinger, Winnipeg Jets - Player Evaluation and Development River of Grass 2:10 - 3:15 pm Drills Session #1 - Sponsored by flexxCOACH & Bench Metrics River of Grass Cape Romano (Harvard & North Dakota Men; Clarkson & Marian Women) 3:00-4:00 pm ACHA Board Meeting Cape Romano 3:15-4:00 pm NCAA Rules Committee w/Entire NCAA Body River of Grass 4:00-5:00 pm ACHA Website Q & A Gulfbreeze South/North 6:30-8:00 pm Hockey Coaches Care Party Presented by Principal Financial Group Waterlilly Terrace (Sponsored by Team USA and HockeyTech) Exhibitor Social # 1 - Sponsored by SP Apparel Exhibit Hall 7:00-7:45 am Hockey Coaches Care Breakfast - Sponsored by CCM Waterlilly Terrace 7:45-8:45 am Opening AHCA Business Meeting - Roll call, budgets, etc. River of Grass 8:30-3:30 pm ACHA/USAH Certification Gulfbreeze South/North 8:45-9:45 am NCAA MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES’ PANEL River of Grass WOMEN’S HOT STOVE TALKS: Chokoloskee Dan Tudor, Tudor Collegiate Strategies - “Why your prospects tell you ‘No1’” Immokalee, L, M, N 8:00-10:30 pm FRIDAY MAY 1 Mitch Baker, Bethel, On Goaltending; Cara Morey, Princeton (Topic TBD) 9:50-10:50 am Barry Smith, Chicago Blackhawks - Player Development 10:50-11:50 am Joe Battista, Buffalo Sabres & Greg Powers, Arizona State Transforming Your Program: Why Fundraising & Alumni Relations Matter 11:50 am-12:45 pm Break for Lunch River of Grass River of Grass 12:45-1:15 pm USA Hockey Update, Roger Grillo and USA Hockey Staff Members River of Grass 1:15-2:00 pm Player Development and “Our Game” - Panel hosted by USA Hockey River of Grass 2:00-3:00 pm NCAA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES’ PANEL Sunset Terrace 2:00-3:00 pm MEN’S HOT STOVE TALKS (TOPICS TBD): ROG, Broadwell’s Terrace, Norm Bazin, UMass Lowell; Jim Montgomery, Denver; Immokalee, L, M, N Bob Daniels, Ferris State; Nate Leaman, PC; Mike Eaves, Wisconsin Chokoloskee 2:00-3:00 pm ACHA Website Q & A Sunset Terrace 3:00-5:30 pm Exhibitor Social # 2 - Sponsored by JOG Sports Exhibit Hall Convention Gift Sponsored by CCM 6:30-9:30 pm Celebration of Women’s Hockey - Sponsored by USA Hockey 2 | CONVENTION GUIDE Naples 2015 DATE/TIME EVENT LOCATION SATURDAY MAY 2 7:00-8:30 am ACHA Breakfast 8:00-8:30 am ACHA Annual Meeting Registration Ocean Lawn 8:30-Noon ACHA Annual Meeting Everglades 8:30-9:30 am Jason Nightingale, Buffalo Sabres - Analytics & Player and Team Evaluation River of Grass 9:30-11:00 am Duncan Fletcher, Athlete Development - Athletic Development Panel River of Grass w/Rory Sparrow, NBA VP Development; Keber Ashley, WTA VP Player Relations and Development; Chris Henry, Former NFL Player Development 11:00 am-1:30 pm Exhibitor Social # 3 - Sponsored by XO’s Exhibit Hall 12:00-1:00 pm ACHA Lunch Gulfbreeze North/South 1:30-2:30 pm 1:30-4:30 pm 2:30-3:00 pm Eric Kapitulik, “The Program” - Championship Culture ACHA Division Meetings Junior Hockey Leagues (Men): Forum River of Grass TBD River of Grass 2:30-4:30 pm Final Division and Gender Meeting (IF NECESSARY) River of Grass (men); 6:30-9:00 pm Celebration of Men’s Hockey - Sponsored by USA Hockey River of Grass 7:00-8:30 am FCA Breakfast and Chapel Sunset Terrace 9:00-10:00 am Dan Tudor - Recruiting: “Freaking Awesome Campus Recruiting Visits” Mangrove 9:00-11:00 pm ACHA Board/Staff Meeting Gulfbreeze North/South 10:00-11:00 am Drills Session #2 - Sponsored by flexxCOACH and Bench Metrics Mangrove Immokalee (women) SUNDAY MAY 3 Minnesota & Union Men; Bemidji and BU Women; Dan Muse, Yale Men 11:00-11:30 am Closing AHCA Business Meeting Mangrove 11:30-12:00 pm Final AHCA Board Meeting Mangrove 1:00-2:00 pm ACHA Board Meeting Cape Romano The agenda features a number of keynote speakers and panels. Information on most speakers, including their outlines, will be made available either through a flash drive that will be distributed by flexxCOACH in Naples, or as a download from the flexxCOACH web site. Also, the sessions titled, “Hot Stove Talks,” are multiple presentations going on simultaneously for 15-20 minutes each. Attendees can choose which presentations they wish to attend and move from presentation to presentation as they are repeated. Among the outside speakers scheduled for the 2015 AHCA Convention are three familiar names who return to Naples, having addressed our body in the past. From left, Dan Tudor, who will speak both Friday and Sunday; Joe Battista, the former Penn State coach and 2014 Lou Lamoriello Award recipient, who speaks on Friday; Eric Kapitulik, whose powerful message has been well received in the past, will speak on Saturday. The AHCA is pleased to welcome former UNH standout and Olympian Colleen Coyne (left) and national broadcaster Dave Starman, both friends of college hockey, who will serve in the emcee role at the Friday night “Celebration of Women’s Hockey” and Saturday night “Celebration of Men’s Hockey,” respectively. Please consider a donation to “Hockey Coaches Care” when you attend Thursday’s reception. This fund helps members of the amateur hockey community in times of need. Please buy a raffle ticket when AHCA officers offer them to attendees. Naples 2015 CONVENTION GUIDE | 3 Trade Show SERVICE AREA 5 6 BEER 18 19 22 17 16 21 14 15 RIVER OF GRASS BALLROOM 23 20 1 12 2 13 3 8 Orchid Atrium 35 7 Mangrove Ballroom 33 4 32 BAR SALON C 34 SALON B SERVICE AREA B SALON D NCAA BOOTH ASSIGNMENTS DMG AHCA NAPLES BEACH HOTEL AND GOLF CLUB SALON A SALON E SERVICE AREA 2015 AHCA CONVENTION 24 25 31 37 51 38 39 0 11 36 9 10 26 DIRECTORY Exhibitor Booth # 12 1312 3813 38 34 34 35 35 44 44 1818 77 1919 2957 3029 5730 1616 44 55 1717 5555 5858 5959 27 ASI Wall Creations ASI Wall Wall Creations Creations ASI ASI Wall Creations Barron Championship Rings Baron Championship Rings Bauer Hockey Bauer Hockey Bauer Hockey Bauer Hockey Bench Metrics Bench Metrics Big Big Signs Signs Blackstone Blackstone Sports Sports Buttendz Buttendz CCM Hockey Coaching 2 Connect CCM CCM Hockey Hockey Coaching 2 Connect CCM Hockey College College Sports Sports Experience Experience CSG CSG International International CSG CSG International International Double Blue Blue Sports Sports Double Eagle Hockey Hockey Eagle Easton Hockey Hockey Easton Easton Hockey Hockey Easton 4 | CONVENTION GUIDE 28 29 Booth # 64 64 22 22 10 10 27 27 14 14 15 15 60 60 40 40 41 41 39 39 36 36 50 50 88 28 28 00 21 21 20 20 42 42 6 Naples 2015 30 42 43 Exhibitor Edge Again Edge Euro Again Sports Tours Euro Sports Tours ezXchanges ezXchanges Fellowship of Christian Athletes Fellowship of Christian Athletes First Star Performance Apparel Firstar Performance Apparel Fisher Hockey Fischer Hockey GearBossby byWenger Wenger GearBoss Gemini Athletic Gemini Athletic GeminiAthletic Athletic Gemini Gerry Cosby Co.,Inc. Inc. Gerry Cosby &&Co., Gladiator Custom Mouthguards Gladiator Custom Mouthguards GreatSkate SkateHockey HockeySupply Supply,Co. Co. Great HarrowSports Sports Harrow Hockey TechInc. Inc. HockeyTech HowiesHockey HockeyTape Tape Howies i1 i 1Biometrics Biometrics JB Mats JBSport Sports Mats JOG JOGSportswear Sportswear Jostens Inc. Booth # 11 2 3 68 46 67 9 23 51 70 71 48 53 47 49 24 69 65 26 44 45 Exhibitor 46 6 Jostens Inc. 11 K1 Sportswear K1 Sportswear Blademaster 2 NESSINESSI Blademaster NESSI Blademaster 3 NESSI Blademaster Oakwood Sports 68 Oakwood Sports Perform Better 46 Perform Better Pointstreak Sports 67 Polar Pointstreak Electro Inc. Sports 9 Pop Tops PolarCo. Electro, Inc. Inc. 23 PROlocker Pop Tops Co., Inc. 51 ProSharp Pro Locker Inc. 70 ProSharp Prosharp Inc. Inc. 71 Prozone Prosharp Inc. Lockers 48 ReUstix Prozone Lockers 53 Sher-Wood ReUstix Hockey 47 SP Apparel Sher-Wood Inc. Hockey America 49 SSM of SPNorth Apparel Inc. Video 24 SportsSSM of Systems North America 69 Sportstape Sports- Cantech Video Systems 65 Sportstec Sportstape - Cantech SERVICE AREA SERVICE AREA 72 72 73 73 BEER BEER 64 64 71 71 65 65 70 70 63 62 53 63 SALON F SALON F 53 62 52 52 66 66 69 69 67 67 68 68 61 60 55 61 54 55 60 SERVICE SERVICE AREA AREA 54 59 59 40 47 40 47 56 57 58 & BEER TV & TV BEER 57 58 41 41 48 48 Please note: The scheduled hours for the show are: If you were unable to register at any of the early registration opportunities, you can pick up your ID badge and register for events such as the women’s (Friday) and men’s (Saturday) banquets at the Trade Shows. You must wear your ID Badge to gain access to the Trade Show and all official convention sessions. 49 49 50 50 51 #Exhibitor Exhibitor BoothBooth # Sportstape - Cantech 26 1 Sportstec 62 Squad 71 Locker Sportstec 62 Squad Locker 63 Squad 18 Locker Sports Video Systems 63 Squad Locker 25 Statstrack SSM of North America 25 4 Statstrack 1 Stephenson Custom Case Co. 43 Stephenson STX Custom Case, Co. 1 43 STX 43 31 STX Team USA Sports Tours 31 TeamUSA Sports Tours 31 USA Sports 45 Team Tristar SportsTours 66 The Wylie Post 66 The Wylie Post 19 True Hockey 45 Tri Star Sports 45 Tri Star Sports 62Armour Squad Locker 73 Under 73 Under Armour nt. Squad Locker 72 Univ.63 of Nebraska High School Univ.of Nebraska hletics-Under USA HockeyHigh School 37 Arn 72 USA37 Hockey Inc. 37 USA Vaughn Hockey, Inc. 38 Custom Sports 54 Vaughn SportsCustom 54 Vaughn Custom Sports 52 Venture Programs 56 Up Warrior 52 Venture Up Programs 56 Warrior 57 Hockey Warrior 56 Warrior HockeyHockey 61 Wissota Sharpeners 17 Skate Winnwell 32 XOS9Digital 61 Wissota SkateSkate Sharpeners y Inc Wissota Sharpeners 33 XOS32 Digital 32 XOS XOS Digital 33 33 XOS XOS Digital er er The AHCA is pleased to welcome close to 70 exhibitors to the 2015 Trade Show in Naples. The AHCA Officers and Governors strongly encourage all AHCA Convention attendees to frequent the Trade Show during the three days — and nine hours — that the show is open. There are plenty of new products to see and plenty of fresh beer and soda to drink! Thursday, April 30, 8:00-10:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, 3:00-5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. SALON I SALON I 56 46 About the Trade Show... *Subject to change The official convention handouts, which contains all the outlines from the various speakers and is sponsored by flexxCOACH will be given out in the form of a flash drive during Thursday night’s session. The official convention gift, a hat provided by CCM, will be given out during Friday afternoon’s session. Select raffle items provided by vendors will be given out at the final session on Saturday. You must be there to win. IMPORTANT: Our official vendors support the AHCA and go to great lengths and great expense to do so. If you are approached by representatives of businesses who are not attending the convention as a paid vendor, we ask that you politely refrain from conducting on-site business with them. Many companies will try to conduct business at the convention without going through proper channels. This is not fair to those that do. Please support our vendors —The AHCA Officers and Governors Naples 2015 CONVENTION GUIDE | 5 Naples Beach HOTEL AND GOLF CLUB The Main Buildings at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club G U L F O F M E X I C O PENTHOUSE BLDG. BEACH BAR C A B A N A OCEAN LAWN SUNSET TERRACE OLD POOL AREA NEW POOL AREA TERRACE B L D G. NEW: GULFBREEZE NORTH AND SOUTH (Old “Promenade” Rooms) LOBBY BAR D E S K MAIN LOBBY W A T K I N S STORE B L D G. DROP-OFF P A T I O LOUNGE B L D G. P P OLD FLORIDA WING GULF SHORE BOULEVARD P NEW BUILDING (SEE DETAILED DIAGRAM ON PAGE FIVE) — EXHIBITOR SOCIALS & THOSE GENERAL SESSIONS NOT HELD IN SUNSET TERRACE — GOLF P COURSE IMPORTANT NOTICES TO AHCA MEMBERS & GUESTS: Anyone planning to attend the AHCA Convention in Naples should take notice of the following: 1) Only AHCA members who have paid both their annual dues and their 2015 Convention fee will be allowed into official Convention sessions. 2) Once again, the AHCA will employ an “Identification Badge” system for entry into our General Sessions and our Exhibitor Socials. No one will be allowed into these sessions without proper identification. 6 | CONVENTION GUIDE Naples 2015 The Newer Building at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club IMMOKALEE ROOMS THIRD FLOOR Ocopee Foyer CAPE ROMANO ROOM CHOKOLOSKEE ROOMS GOLF PRO SHOP SECOND FLOOR Fachahatchee Foyer FITNESS CENTER GOODLAND ROOM WATERLILY TERRACE (outdoors) GROUND FLOOR BROADWELL’S RESTAURANT RIVER OF GRASS BALLROOM (Exhibitor Hall) MANGROVE BALLROOM (General Sessions) COMING IN FROM STREET Naples 2015 CONVENTION GUIDE | 7 Thanks! AHCA THANKS OUR SPONSORS! Reebok-CCM Hockey, a subsidiary of the adidas Group, is the world’s largest designer, manufacturer and marketer of hockey equipment and related apparel under two of the most recognized hockey brand names: Reebok Hockey and CCM Hockey. Reebok-CCM Hockey equips more professional hockey players than any other company, including superstars like Sidney Crosby and Vincent Lecavalier. 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