Question 1

Do you have to have USA Hockey Certification to officiate?

Accepted Answer

100% YES! If you do not have a current USAH Card/Crest then you will not be allowed to officiate games   Please Note: NWOA is a leader in innovative ways of developing offiicals so we do offer a non-registered program for USA Hockey registered players to experiment with officiating on 10U scrimmage games where no training, certification or judgement occures. These are 10u house league games operated in the cross-ice set up. Instead of coaches dropping pucks we use players dressed in non-player gear to conduct face-offs, call penalties and start/conclude games. If interested email NWOA President at Jarrod@NwRefs.com

Question 2

How old can you be to officiate?

Accepted Answer

USA Hockey has no minimum or maximum ages for officials. It is highly recommended that officials not work games of their own age classification or higher, regardless of level attained. Generally, officials can sucessfully officiate as young as age ten years old

Question 3

Can a NWOA Member work for other associations?

Accepted Answer

100% YES!! We do not hold any judgments or reservations for officials trying to work as many games as they can at any level they are capable of working! NWOA is truly dedicated to developing officials and we will PROVE this statement thru our scheduling and support system! Unlike other associations our board members are allowed to officiate anywhere and our members are expected to officiate as much as their legs will allow them and in as many places as their skates can take them!

Question 4

Can a member of another referee association officiate games for NWOA?

Accepted Answer

100% YES! NWOA welcomes all officials to work our games and as an independent contractor thru USAH you're allowed to officiate wherever you want. Register with NWOA and sign up on HorizonWebRef so you can be included in any and all of the open assignments.

Northwest Officials Association

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WE ARE NWOA

NWOA Founding & Operating Members Include:

President - Jarrod Boman - Jarrod@NWRefs.com

Vice President - Gordon Klepec - Gordon@NWRefs.com

Operations - Erik Freeman - Scheduler@NWRefs.com

Treasurer - Connor Haye - Treasurer@NWRefs.com

Ian Walsh - Board Member At Large

NWOA is operating as a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization dedicated to its members. Our mission is growing the game of hockey and growing the number of officials in the northwest thru innovative training, positive reinforcement, no good ole boy scheduling and NO DRAMA!

Please feel free to contact us anytime!

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