Brianna Rhone

Stacey Livingston had been chatting with a few colleagues about the Jamie Huntley-Park Award and its importance during this year’s USA Hockey Annual Meeting in Denver. The award is only a couple years old, but it is already significant among officials because of who Jamie Huntley-Park was.

Invisalign Arena in Morrisville, N.C., has welcomed plenty of smiling faces through its doors over the years. Recently, the Carolina Amateur Hockey Association teamed up with the Carolina Hurricanes and Hockey Players of Color to welcome nearly 50 athletes from the U.S. and Canada to Invisalign Arena for the second annual HPOC Movement Summer Camp.

Despite the warmer weather of spring and summer, when green grass replaces the cold ice in outdoor rinks across the country, the sport of hockey continues for players, coaches and officials alike. It’s a particularly important time on the calendar for young referees and linespersons, who use the months of May through August to hone their craft, and make sure they’re prepared for the upcoming season of youth, junior, collegiate and professional competition.