Volunteers Wanted: NOHA Ad Hoc Committees

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The Northern Ontario Hockey Association is seeking volunteers for three new ad hoc committees. Each committee will gather input from our Member Associations and make recommendations to the NOHA Board of Directors. If you care about the future of hockey in Northern Ontario and are open to new ideas, we want to hear from you.

2027 AGM PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE

Attendance at the AGM is now mandatory, and associations invest real time and money to attend. This committee will recommend the structure of the 2027 AGM weekend in Timmins, June 11 and 12, 2027, including workshops aimed at the betterment of hockey in Northern Ontario. It will consult every Member Association to find out what would make the weekend worth the trip.

Terms of Reference: NOHA AGM Planning Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference .pdf

REPRESENTATIVE LEAGUE STRUCTURE AD HOC COMMITTEE

Placing Representative teams where they get appropriate competition, while keeping travel reasonable across our geography, is an ongoing challenge. This committee will review how Rep league play is organized across NOHA and consider new approaches, including seeded league models. We are looking for people with an open mind about how programming could be structured.

Terms of Reference: NOHA League Structure Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference.pdf

U9 PROGRAMMING REVIEW AD HOC COMMITTEE

This committee's goal is to return U9 hockey in NOHA to what it is meant to be: fun and development for the athlete. It will recommend how NOHA and its Member Associations can ensure, to the best of their ability, that every U9 player has a positive experience, regardless of the tier they play in.

Terms of Reference: NOHA U9 Programming Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference.pdf

TIME COMMITMENT

Committees meet virtually, about once a month, from November 2026 until their work is complete in spring 2027. Members are volunteers.

WHO SHOULD APPLY

Association leaders, coaches, officials, league volunteers and others involved in minor hockey across NOHA. Members serve as individuals for the good of NOHA as a whole, not as representatives of their own association or league. You may apply to more than one committee.

HOW TO APPLY

Complete the online application by Monday, October 26, 2026. It takes about 10 minutes.

Apply now: https://forms.gle/PVcNLCH4tXuPi1sg9

QUESTIONS

Contact Jason Marchand at jmarchand@noha-hockey.ca.