#WeRise – Oct. 2019: Indoor Is Coming

The Rise of The Grey

Our inaugural season participating in the CJP outdoor program has been a fantastic experience so far. Maybe I’m biased, but these kids are bloody terrific and every one of the coaches is having a great time working with them.

Although The Grey are winless so far, they’re making big strides every game and opposition coaches and umpires have big compliments for their work rate and the improvement they’re showing.

If you’d like to come out and throw out some big PHX cheers on a balmy Sunday, just go to our master schedule and you can see when they play for the rest of October. The last day is the 27th, so it would be great to have a big contingent of PHX seniors out to show them how much fun we have and how glad we are they’ve joined our flock!

Indoor Senior CLFHA – Starts Oct 20

Here’s your Repsol access card. Your team reps will have physical versions to hand out at the first few games, but you can use this the first day and every day. Make sure to always use your card and NOT ask the front desk to buzz you through, or we get fined!

• Matches will be both Saturdays and Sundays depending on Repsol availability
• Regular season 16-17 games and 2 playoff games
• Practices: dates posted on TeamSnap, included with your team fees
• Nov 10 games but not Family Day weekend
• Last day of fall: Dec 15
• First day of winter indoor: Jan 12 2020
• U of C Indoor Invitational tentatively scheduled for March 6-8 2020
• FHA will practice Saturdays in Nov and Dec 14:00-16:00

Indoor Umpiring

Each team in the league is required to have 3 umpires certified or working towards it every season. Here are the great parts about umpiring:

• While giving back to the game, you get PAID
• Keely Dunn (White and many coaching) just happens to be pretty good at the umpiring stuff, and will personally mentor you!
• When you’ve completed your certification clinic/course and passed the exam, you’ll get your fee back from the club
• Being and umpire helps you to be a better player as you’ll understand the rules and how to use them to your advantage

Clinic Dates: Tue Nov 12 & 19 (both nights required)

If that doesn’t work for you, the certification course is also available in an online version. You can learn how to umpire on the bus, on the couch, on your lunch break!

New Rules

Check out the FHumpires mini-course available just for the new 2019 indoor rules, and make sure to use the code “CLFHA” to get it for free!

Playing Time:

• 4 x 10:00 quarters
• Time is stopped after a penalty corner is awarded, and restarted when teams are ready and umpire whistles time back in (guidance is to watch for 20s)
• Quarter interval is 1 min
• Half-time is reduced to 3 min
• No changing of benches at halftime
• No time-outs

No PWGKP (Kicking Back)

• Note: if GK gets carded, play continues without any delay with either a second kitted GK on the roster or a field player–game not paused for switching equipment

Free Pushes Inisde 3M Dotted Line

• Same as outdoor
• If the free push is taken quickly with a self-pass, a caught defender can shadow
• If time is taken to set up the free push, defenders must back up to 3m

Penalty Corners

• Time is stopped after a penalty corner is awarded, and restarted when teams are ready and umpire whistles time back in (guidance is to watch for 20s)
• PC is now over when ball goes more than 3m outside the circle, not on the second time it exits
• Early-breaking defenders must go to no more than 9.1m from the opposite end-line
• Defenders not defending from the back-line must do the same
• If the ball hits a discarded face mask when it’s on the way into the goal, it’s a penalty stroke

Too Many Players

• Captains “may” be carded if it’s an accidental breach, in addition to the PC
• Captains  “must” be carded if it’s a serious breach + the PC

Indoor Junior CLFHA

After a terrific show in the fall outdoor CJP, Phoenix Grey (U18) will make their debut in indoor this season.

• First practices: Sat Oct 19 4-5pm and Oct 26 6-7pm
• Head coaches: Nicole Jack and Ashley Wong
• Practices will continue in season at Henry Wise Wood with the seniors

Want to be a part of the U18 team or know someone who would be a great fit? Let us know!

PHX Merch

Did you notice how super amazing The a Grey look in their PHX shirts? I bet you did. I can feel the jealousy rising even as you’re reading this, but—no need!

Our first venture into club merch is The Grey Tee, which is a very fitting way to celebrate our first junior team! Wear this silky, flattering top to games, in training sessions, cheering on other PHX teams, and in the Post-match debriefs in the parking lot (not during winter, please). Proceeds go into the club fund which at this stage will pay for the equipment we’ll be using in training.

Casino Feb 6/7 2020

Our next big league fundraising event will be at the Elbow River Casino Feb 6 & 7, 2020. Contact Nilufer or Kendra to get first dibs on the best shifts. You earn a fee deduction so it’s a great way to help the CLFHA earn the lion’s share of its fundraising money and they share a little with you.

Touring

Do you want to be a part of a whole bunch of super pretty dinner photos just like this one, but in another city?

PHX are looking to make a return to the vaunted Vancouver Invitational Tournament (VIT) next Victoria Day long weekend May 15-18, 2020. This is a social hockey event hosted in Burnaby, so we’ll just throw everyone in together and have an amazing time.

So pencil it in your calendars and stay tuned for more!