The clinic season for 2009-10 is now complete.  Please check again in late August 2010 for the 2010-11 Clinic Schedule.

For more information please contact our Clinic Coordinator.

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The clinic season runs from September to December each year with approximately 45 different clinics run throughout the zone. At these clinics officials learn / master:

• rule-knowledge
• positioning
• communication
• procedures
• complete a Canadian Hockey National Referee Exam
• and many other important skills of a hockey official

To become a new official in the North Zone, you must:

• Be of the age 13 by Jan. 1, 2011
• Attend a clinic
• Pass the Canadian Hockey National Referee Exam

More information on the Officiating Program is available from Canadian Hockey. 

There is a new clinic format for this season with the addition of one-day clinics and here is a breakdown of who is eligible to attend these clinics.  The clinic schedule is posted on the website and each clinic is specified as to whether it is a one-day or two-day clinic.

1-day clinic

Officials who will be registering as a level 2 or higher, (18 yrs or older before Jan 1, 2011) and were registered last season can now attend a one-day clinic to re-certify.  As a compromise for going to one-day clinics, the length of the clinic will now be eight hours of classroom instruction and will not contain an on-ice session.  These clinics are completely separate and have a different agenda from the regular 2-day clinics so participants must attend the complete clinic. 

 2-day clinic

Officials who will be registering as a level 1, (13-16 yrs old before Jan 1, 2011) as well as any other official who was not registered last season will be required to attend a 2-day clinic.  The length of these clinics will still be 12 hrs of classroom instruction along with a 1 -1 ½ hr on-ice session on Sunday morning.  Students must attend the complete clinic and cannot attend a single day only and expect to be registered as if they attended a one-day clinic.

Due to the change in format for the clinic, it is expected that officials come prepared to their clinic.  This involves reviewing the rulebook/casebook prior to the day of the clinic as not obtaining the appropriate pass mark will result in the official having to drop a level.

2010/2011 Referee Clinic Schedule

Coming late August 2010

                In order to be eligible to attend a one-day clinic you must have been a registered official with Hockey Alberta or Hockey Canada last season and be at least 18 years old before Jan 1/2011.