"This was a great season for our guys and seeing them develop into higher level leagues just reinforces our success and direction of our program. The great support of USA Hockey and the tremendous support of the member leagues have made this possible. We are just as excited for Justin Lyle who will be working with Indiana and Chris Allman who is stepping into a development position and will take on a huge work load reinforcing our development model on the East Coast. We are believe that this just the beginning of several more development announcements, as we have about 10 officials attending the WCHA and CCHA officials camp. We also believe that we are going to add some officials to some higher level professional leagues very soon. This could be one of our biggest seasons for development", said Scott Brand, the USA Hockey Officiating Development Coordinator.

The USA Hockey Officiating Development Program is beginning its 12th season and has advanced over 250 officials into higher level hockey. Currently the United States Hockey League, North American Hockey League, Southern Professional Hockey League, Minnesota Junior Hockey League, Central States Hockey League, Central States Collegiate Hockey League, Great Lakes Hockey League, Upper Midwest High School Elite Hockey League, Atlantic Junior Hockey League and the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League are all program members. The USA Hockey ODP will be holding the 1st of 4 training camps in St. Paul, MN August 14-17th.