You will need to submit the following by Tuesday, December 1 st 2015 to complete your tournament registration:
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with tournament entry form - the fee is US $300 per team. Please make check payable to UCT and mail to:
UCT
Attn: Jen Szymczak
1801 Watermark Drive
Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215
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(This tournament is sanctioned under the insurance and rules of play of the American Special Hockey Association. Canadian teams will be required to have each coach and athlete sign a Waiver of Liability.)
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(Please make sure your picture is sent in one of the following formats – JPEG, TIF or PNG)
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Hotel reservations
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A list of hotels are provided at the bottom of the registration. In order to make reservations, please contact your choice hotel directly. Hotel rooms are limited so make your reservations today!
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For hotel questions or concerns, please contact the hotel directly. $5 per booked room will be donated to ASHA by reserving rooms at one of the host hotels.
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Games will be played Saturday and Sunday. There will be a social event at the Toledo Walleye hockey game on Saturday evening at the Huntington Center ice rink following Opening Ceremonies.

Program/ Team Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Number of Teams: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Levels of Teams:
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Number of Players: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Program Contact : ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
State/Province:
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Zip/Postal Code : _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Daytime Phone: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Evening Phone: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cell Phone
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On-Site Contact Phone : _______________________________________________________________________________________
Email Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
The entry fee is US $300 per team.
Please mail a copy of the forms with the entry fee, payable in US dollars to UCT to:
UCT
Attn: Jen Szymczak
1801 Watermark Drive
Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215
Questions can be directed to Jen Szymczak at jszymczak@uct.org
with the subject line “UCT Winter Hockey Festival” or at office number (614) 487-9680 x207, or cell number (910) 233-2483.

Team Name: _______________________________________________________________________________
District/Affiliation ________________________________________________________________________
Level (please circle): A B C (Please see team level information below)
Home Jersey Color: ______________________________ Away Jersey Color: ________________________________
TEAM ROSTER
NAME # coaches

DETERMINING YOUR TEAM LEVEL -- ***OVERVIEW***
For many SH programs, there is a great disparity amongst their players when it comes to skill level, age, size and degree of disability. For other programs, this might not be as big of an issue. We are asking the programs to be active participants in placing their teams in the best possible situations by helping UCT to accurately forecast the level at which teams should be placed. To achieve this, UCT has borrowed the process created by JSBIA and SHI which provides programs with guidance as to how to best register their teams.
WHAT IS THIS? The attached document, entitled “Levels of Play Guide,” is designed to help coaches register their teams in the most appropriate level and to provide UCT with guidance on placing teams at the proper levels.
WHY IS THIS NECESSARY? When it comes to creating a schedule for our tournament one of our primary goals is to provide the most parity across all participating teams, thus fostering an environment in which our players will experience the most fun and display the most sportsmanship.
HOW DOES THIS WORK? As part of this exercise, we are asking team coaches to use the below bullets as a guide to help them classify each of their players individually. Coaches can then decipher how many players they have from each level and can have a better sense of where to place their teams. A decision on what division any team will compete in will be dependent, in part, upon these numbers on the attached sheet (once completed by team coaches). Also factoring into the decision is context from coaches on where they believe their teams should be placed (see attached Guide and Registration Form).
WE HAVE A “MIXED” TEAM OF PLAYERS FROM ALL LEVELS, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
As you go through the exercise and determine your numbers, it will become clear if you have more players at a particular level.
Ideally, teams should have a MINIMUM OF 50% of players from a particular level for a team to be classified as such. However, special circumstances do occur. This is why we are asking coaches for more contexts in the attached form.
WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO FIELD A FULL TEAM. CAN WE COMBINE WITH ANOTHER TEAM? Yes. In the interest of allowing all players who are willing and able to participate in the tournament, we encourage teams without enough players to field teams of their own to combine with another team. Of course, we all realize this is not an opportunity to assemble an All-Star
Team rather, it’s a nice way to offer players from any SH program globally a chance to play AND a worry-free approach to welcoming new and growing programs to our festival.
WHAT ARE THE STEPS OUR COACH USES TO REGISTER OUR TEAM(S) BY LEVEL?
1) Utilize this attached Guide to help you classify your players individually
2) Utilize the Registration Form to provide the number of players you have at each level
3) On the Form, provide context as to what level your team might be best suited to compete
4) List on the Form teams you have played this year and who your team has matched up well against
5) List on the Form a contact # where you can be reached with any questions
All of the above information will be carefully taken into account when creating the fairest schedule possible. Please keep in mind that no system or process is perfect. However, we believe that this is a step in the right direction to creating equality for the UCT
Winter Hockey Festival. Thank you in advance for your time, thought and cooperation.

DETERMINING YOUR TEAM LEVEL
***LEVELS OF PLAY (LOP) GUIDE***
A Level
 able to skate unassisted
 able to play structured game with minimal assistance
 play at a faster speed of play
 able to follow rules / instruction / drills
 always pursues the puck
 almost totally independent in preparing to play hockey
 can change on the fly or at stoppages of play: no buzzer system (coaches’ option)
 no on-ice coaches on the ice during game
 age and social skills taken into consideration
B Level
 able to skate unassisted
 able to participate in structured practice and play a game with assistance / prompting
 able to follow rules / instruction / drills with prompting
 frequently/sometimes pursues the puck
 buzzer system used for games
 one on-ice coach on the ice during games for player position purposes only
 size, age and social skills taken into consideration
C Level
 beginner level in skating and / or playing hockey
 players must be able to walk unassisted
 requires constant prompting
 rarely pursues the puck
 buzzer system used for games
 learn to skate program (walkers may be used to assist on ice)
 more than one on-ice coach may be necessary
 size, skill and safety of the players taken into consideration

TEAM LEVEL INFORMATION
*** REGISTRATION FORM***
THIS FORM IS FOR COACHES’ USE ONLY. PLEASE COMPLETE ONE (1) FORM FOR EACH TEAM
REGISTERING FOR THE UCT WINTER HOCKEY FESTIVAL
PROGRAM NAME:
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TOTAL NUMBER OF ‘A’ PLAYERS ON TEAM (based on LOP Guide):
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TOTAL NUMBER OF ‘B’ PLAYERS ON TEAM (based on LOP Guide):
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TOTAL NUMBER OF ‘C’ PLAYERS ON TEAM (based on LOP Guide):
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TEAM CLASSIFICATION FOR UCT WINTER HOCKEY FESTIVAL:
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IN YOUR VIEW, IS YOUR TEAM ON THE HIGH OR LOW END OF THIS LEVEL?
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WHY?
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WHAT OTHER TEAMS HAVE YOU PLAYED RECENTLY WHO YOU MATCH UP WELL AGAINST?
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WHAT TELEPHONE NUMBER CAN WE REACH YOU ON WITH QUESTIONS?
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**Bowling Green and Toledo, Ohio are approximately 30 minutes (23.5 miles) from each other.
**All recommended hotels are contracted with UCT and agree to pay a $5 rebate per room night for rooms reserved under room blocks to be donated to ASHA.
Host Hotels in Bowling Green, Ohio:
Holiday Inn Express BG
2150 E Wooster
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-353-5500
Room Rate: $139.99
Group Code: CVG or UCT Winter Hockey Festival
Questions: Leslie Florea
Breakfast included
Pool: YES
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
1.46 miles / 3 minutes
24.4 miles / 25 minutes
Days Inn Bowling Green
1740 E Wooster St.
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
419-352-1520
Room Rate: $59.95
Group Code: UCT Winterfest
Questions: Melissa Patrick
Breakfast included
Pool: NO
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
0.9 miles / 2 minutes
24.4 miles / 26 minutes
BG Best Western
1450 E. Wooster St.
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
419-352-4671
Room Rate: $109.95
Group Code: UCT Winter Hockey Festival
Questions: Nicole Carpenter
Breakfast included
Pool: NO
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
Host Hotels in Toledo, Ohio:
0.9 miles / 2 minutes
24.4 miles / 26 minutes
Country Inn & Suites FULL
9790 Clark Drive
Rossford, OH 43460
419-872-9900

Room Rate:
Group Code:
Questions:
$99.00
UCT Winter Hockey Festival
Allison Chaille
Breakfast included
Pool: YES
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
16 miles / 18 minutes
11 miles / 14 minutes
Courtyard Marriott Toledo Airport Holland
1435 East Mall Drive
Holland, OH 43528
419-866-1001
Room Rate: $109.00 / $119.00
Group Code: UCT Winter Hockey Festival
Booking Link:
Book your group rate for UCT Winter Hockey Festival 2016
Questions: Kella Daggett
Pool: YES
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
21.4 miles / 23 minutes
8.3 miles / 15 minutes
Courtyard Marriott Toledo Maumee/Arrowhead
415 West Dussel Drive
Maumee, OH 43537
419-897-2255
Room Rate: $119.00
Group Code: UCT Winter Hockey
Booking #: 800-228-9290
Booking Link: Book your group rate for UCT Winter Hockey Festival Room Block
Questions: Mary Ann Snell
Pool: YES
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
Ramada
19 miles / 21 minutes
9.6 miles / 16 minutes
3536 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43606
419-535-7070
Room Rate: $79.00
Group Code: UCT Winter Hockey Festival
Questions: Mark Brazeau
Breakfast included
Pool: YES
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
27.3 miles / 29 minutes
2.8 miles / 3 minutes
Comfort Suites
27450 Helen Drive
Perrysburg, OH 43551
419-874-4585
Room Rate: $99.00
Group Code : UCT Winter Hockey Festival
Questions: Hotel Representative
Breakfast included

Pool: NO
Distance from BGSU Rink:
Distance from Ottawa Ice Rink:
15 miles / 21 minutes
12 miles / 20 minutes