I don't know what the protocol is in the western leagues, but in the east 
(ECAC, HE and Atlantic) officials do occasionally work in different leagues.

Rich Shelley

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From: Hampton, Nathan E.
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 9:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: officials next year

Only one of Charlie's list would I be confident about:
j) which officials will work multiple leagues (say which leagues)
and the answer to this is none -- you only get paid by a league, so all 
officials are employed by a league.

As for the rest of it - Big 10, WCHA, or NCHC, my guess is that the 
officials will choose based upon the salary offered by each league. Travel 
(cost) aside, any official would go to the highest bidder.
But I would assume the WCHA has an inside track compared to the other two 
(new) leagues. The WCHA would have a list of officials by seniority, and any 
senior official in the WCHA might end up losing any seniority in the other 
league (all officials used in the first year having only one year of 
seniority). So in bargaining terms the WCHA should be able to keep most of 
its senior officials, but the younger and junior officials should be the 
ones in the Big Ten and the NCHC -- unless these two league are ready to 
pony up some big money to get more experienced officials.

Back to the travel cost issue, though. Where the officials live is a big 
deal to them because there is time away from their current ("other, real") 
job as well as time away from their family (wife and kids) to officiate the 
Friday and Saturday night hockey games. Given that there is some overlap in 
a few of the league's territories, that throws a big wrench into who goes 
where.

I would expect the Big Ten to end up with a mixture of the WCHA and CCHA 
senior officials. Then NCHC to end up with the rest of the officials based 
in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Colorado (any in Ohio?). The WCHA will have 
the most difficult row to hoe, because they will involve the most difficult 
travel schedule. My guess is that the WCHA will have the youngest age on 
average of all the major college hockey associations (young ones think 
travel is a good thing).

Nathan
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Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 1:54 AM
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Subject: officials next year

anybody want to speculate on
a) which CCHA officials will go to the big 10
b) which CCHA officials will go to the WCHA
c) which CCHA officials will go to the NCHC
d) which WCHA officials wll go to the big 10
e) which WCHA officials will stay in the WCHA
f) which WCHA officials will go to the NCHC
g) which other officials will the big 10 pick up
h) which other officials will the WCHA pick up
i) which other officials will the NCHC pick up
j) which officials will work multiple leagues (say which leagues)


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