Category: Club Event

Club Report on October 10th League Captains Meeting

Joe McGrath
General Manager

Last Saturday evening SharksIce hosted a Captain’s meeting regarding the impenitent approval to reopen by Alameda County Health Department.

 
TL;DR
  • Opening October 18th
  • No public skating
  • No scrimmages
  • Drills only under the supervision of a SharksIce Coach
  • Everyone registers with the rink to enable contact tracing
  • Cost not determined yet
  • The Hellcats will try and run two sessions a week.
Meeting Notes
 
28 Captains in attendance out of a possible 73
 
The current plan is to have the rink reopen under the same rules as gyms:
  • Operate at 10% of capacity
  • 10% capacity of each enclosed area
  • 10% of the ice capacity
They have calculated their max capacity based on public skate, and at 10% capacity, 35 people to be on the ice at once. They will operate much as they have with their kids’ camps, which began on June 22nd.
  1. Check-in outside the rink
  2. Don’t come if you’ve had exposure to someone with Covid or have traveled to high-risk areas (there was mention that the HVAC and dehumidifier reduces the risk in the facility)
  3. Your temperature will be taken upon each arrival
  4. They will clean the facility after each session
  5. No lockerrooms
  6. Arrive dressed with skates on (goalies are an exception)
  7. 35 to 36 players, on the ice under social distancing guidelines; 6 ft when your heart is at rest, 12 ft when you are exercising
  8. mask on at all times, including on the ice
  9. Four pods on the ice
This is the same model as San Jose. They mentioned the Santa Rosa might be reopening soon. They had criticism for Vacaville (which they didn’t mention by name), as a superspreader event would affect all ice facilities. They also noted that Nazareth Ice Oasis in Redwood City, Promenade Ice Chalet in Palos Verde, Ice Station Valencia in Santa Clarita, Desert Ice Castle in Cathedral City, and Ice-Plex in Escondido have all closed permanently due to financial issues stemming from COVID-19.
 
They sent a survey out in advance, asking if teams wanted to skate alone or with another team.
  • 50% responded with another team
  • 50% alone
Many Captains mentioned that they might only get 50% of their players out under these conditions. We recommended that SharksIce consider skill-based sessions open to individual players.
 
The cost was not provided, but they offer financial aid to anyone who has been economically affected by COVID-19.
 
They will begin with the teams who had regular season cut short and try to make them whole before opening to the broader player community.
 
They have a lot of ice available; kids are typically done at the rink at 8 PM.
They are targeting Sundays to be the day to start with adults.
 
Renting ice time
 
A household or social bubble might be able to rent ice, but if that approaches a team’s size, they will not allow it.

Club Announces 2020 Hockey Restart Player Survey

Joe McGrath
General Manager

Corona-virus and Covid-19 have transformed all our lives. Even now, as many parts of the world attempt to restore ‘normal’ activities, it is a threat to our health and well-being. We want to know under what conditions you will be returning to the ice, and ask you to fill out this survey. We will publish the results.

The Oakland Ice Center had a kids camp the Summer under some explicit rules: “The County mandates that no player will have participated in another camp for the free weeks prior to our start date. The player will not be allowed to participate in any other social setting activity outside of this camp. Once registered, the player must stay in their group for the entire two weeks. Groups must comply with social distancing guidelines at all times; There will be no loitering in the facility. All guests will be health screened by an EMT prior to entering the facility. This will include temperature check and questions regarding COVID-19 symptoms. All players will need to wear a mask in the facility at all times, even on the ice.”

The adult league will not return until the Alameda County Health Department has approved Oakland Ice Center to resume league play. Additionally, they may require specific measures to be taken to lower the transmission of the corona-virus. They have posted their current protocol, but some measures taken elsewhere include:

— Required testing
— No use of the locker rooms
— Coming dressed to the rink
— More time between games, so there are fewer people in the facility (i.e., fewer games or more time between games)
— The wearing of a full-face shield
— The wearing of some other type of mask on the ice
— A player tests positive; the team forfeits game(s)

We would like to know more about how you are thinking about returning and under what circumstances. Many people have relocated elsewhere during the pandemic, lost income, and/or reevaluated priorities. We expect that this will have a dramatic impact on all the teams in the league. Answering these few questions would help us understand what a return to hockey might look like for the Hellcats.

Take the 2020 Hockey Restart Survey

The Hellcats Hockey Club Announces

Club Announces 2020 Summer Season Sign-up

Joe McGrath
General Manager

The Hellcats Hockey Club has announced the posting of the Sign-up for the 2020 Summer Season. All members and prospective members are encouraged to sign-up for the Winter Season as soon as possible.

Additionally, the Club will look into booking ice before the season begins. Cost for Club Members will be $20 for an hour and a half. This is the last ice time slot so the Team Skate is likely to go on past 10:30 pm.

The Hellcats Hockey Club Announces

Club Announces 2019-2020 Winter Season Sign-up

Joe McGrath
General Manager

The Hellcats Hockey Club has announced the posting of the Sign-up for the 2019-2020 Winter Season. All members and prospective members are encouraged to sign-up for the Winter Season as soon as possible.

Additionally, the Club will look into booking ice before the season begins. Cost for Club Members will be $20 for an hour and a half. This is the last ice time slot so the Team Skate is likely to go on past 10:30 pm.

The Hellcats Hockey Club Announces

Club Announces 2019 Summer Season Sign-up

Joe McGrath

 

General Manager

 

The Hellcats Hockey Club has announced the posting of the RSVP for the 2019 Summer Season sign-up. All members and prospective members are encouraged to RSVP for the Summer Season as soon as possible.

Additionally, the Club will look into booking ice before the season begins. Cost for Club Members will be $20 for an hour and a half. This is the last ice time slot so the Team Skate is likely to go on past 10:30 pm.

 

The Hellcats Hockey Club Announces

Club Announces 2018 Summer Season Sign-up

Joe McGrath

 

General Manager

 

The Hellcats Hockey Club has announced the posting of the RSVP for the 2018 Summer Season sign-up. All members and prospective members are encouraged to RSVP for the 2018 Summer Season as soon as possible.

Additionally, the Club will look into booking ice before the season begins. Cost for Club Members will be $20 for an hour and a half. This is the last ice time slot so the Team Skate is likely to go on past 10:30 pm.

 

Club Announces 2017-2018 Winter Season Sign-up

Joe McGrath
General Manager

The Hellcats Hockey Club has announced the posting of the 2017-2018 Winter Season sign-up. All members and prospective members are encouraged to RSVP for the 2017-2018 Winter Season as soon as possible.

Additionally, the Club will look into booking ice before the season begins. Cost for Club Members will be $20 for an hour and a half. This is the last ice time slot so the Team Skate is likely to go on past 10:30 pm.

 

Club Announces 2016 Summer Season Sign-up

Joe McGrath
General Manager

The Hellcats Hockey Club has announced the posting of the 2016 Summer Season sign-up. All members and prospective members are encouraged to RSVP for the 2016 Summer Season as soon as possible.

Additionally, the Club has booked ice for a Team Skate this Thursday, March 31st at 9:15 pm. Cost for Club Members will be $20 for an hour and a half. This is the last ice time slot so the Team Skate is likely to go on past 10:30 pm.

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Peter Van Kleef

Club to Honor Oakland Uptown Legend Peter Van Kleef Friday, November 20th, 2015

Walt Comisky

Walt Comisky

Club Social Director

Members of the Club will be meeting at Peter’s bar, Café Van Kleef’s, at 7 pm on Friday, November 20th, 2015. The R&B/Soul performer, Cold Sol, will start at 9:30 pm. The Hellcats Wednesday Team will then be playing at the nearby Oakland Ice Center at 11 pm.

Club Members, please RSVP for this event.

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