Mark your calendars for the 2024 AHCA Convention at the Naples Grande Beach Resort!!
The convention will be held May 1-4, 2024
Additional information including PDF and online Convention registration forms are available in our Member's-Only Section ... this section is only available to members who have paid their 2023-24 AHCA Dues. To pay you dues, visit our AHCA Pay You Dues Page.
LOOK BACK AT THE 2023 AHCA CONVENTION IN NAPLES, FL
(As of April 3)
Wednesday April 26th
2:30pm – Women’s Early Registration
3:00 – 5:00pm – Women’s Opening Business Meeting
5:00 – 6:30pm - Men’s Coach of the Year Reception
(Event Sponsored by USA Hockey; 5:00 Cocktail Reception Sponsored by the USHL and NAHL; 5:30 Coach of the Year Awards sponsored by CCM)
Some of our AHCA Sponsors will be exhibiting Thursday & Friday in the concourse outside of our meeting rooms. We hope everyone will be able to stop by each booth to thank them for their support of AHCA and our Convention. The booth partners are, in alphabetical order, Bauer, Catapult, CCM, Slip Skill Tech Hockey, SPARX, Sportlogiq and University of Nebraska High School. Thank you Partners!
Thursday April 27st
7:30 – 8:30am – Early Registration
8:30 – 9:00am – AHCA Opening Business Meeting
9:00 – 9:30am – USA Hockey Report
9:30 – 10:30am – Liz Masen: Beyond Physical Talent – How to Drive Team Performance from the People Side
10:45 – 11:45am – Barry Smith: Read & React Situational Awareness (Scotty Bowman appearance)
11:45 – 12:00pm – Scotty Bowman Q & A
12:00 – 1:30pm – Lunch Break
12:00 – 1:30pm - Women’s Coach of the Year Reception
(Event Sponsored by USA Hockey; Cocktail Reception Sponsored by JWHL; Coach of the Year Awards sponsored by CCM)
1:30-2:30pm – Rules Committee with all Men’s Hockey Programs (1 room)
1:30-2:30pm – Women’s Hockey National issues by Division (2 rooms)
2:30-3:30pm - Rules Committee with all Women’s Hockey Programs (1 room)
2:30-3:30pm - Men’s Hockey National issues by Division (2 rooms)
3:30-5:00pm – Issues by Gender and Division:
Men’s Division 1 (2 Rooms: Head and Assistant Coaches)
Men’s Division 3 (1 Room)
Women’s Division 1 (1 Room)
Women’s Division 3 (1 Room)
6:00-7:30pm – Hockey Coaches Care Reception (Sponsored by Bauer, HUDL & KJ Branding)
Friday April 28th
8:00 – 9:00am –Dan Tudor: “Recruiting”
9:00 – 10:00am – Trent Cull, NHLCA – Topic TBD
10:00–12:00 – NCAA Committee Meetings:
· 10:00-10:45 – Rules Committee with All Coaches & Commissioners (1 room)
· 10:45--12:00 – Two Separate Men’s Tournament Committee Meetings (2 rooms)
· 10:45--12:00 – Two Separate Women’s Tournament Committee Meetings (2 rooms)
12:00 – 1:00pm – Break for Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm – Timo Seppa, NCAA Analytics
2:00 – 3:00pm – Jayson Schmidt: Social Media
3:00-4:30 – Breakout Rooms by Topics (25 mins each then rotate)
Saturday April 29th
8:00 – 9:00am – Ross Bernstein: “Champion’s Code”
9:00 – 10:00am – Greg Poss (Head Coach Iserlohner Roosters DEL): “Be Higher Brained”
10:00 – 11:30am – Drill Share: TBD
12:00pm – Final AHCA Business Meeting and AHCA Board Meeting
