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line change ADVICE FOR PARENTS, REFS AND COACHES Where Are They Now? Mark Faucette CURRENT POSITION: USA Hockey supervisor working with USHL and SPHL officials. BIRTHPLACE SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 72 1985–2005 NHL OFFICIAL: MEMORABLE MOMENT MOST By Matt Nilles USA Hockey Magazine salutes the men (and women) in stripes who served the game so well while paving the way for future generations of USA Hockey officials. "We're helping [officials] take their first step from Junior hockey to minor pro, in this case, the ECHL (East Coast Hockey League). It's a big step. We're trying to get some of our boys [Americans] headed toward the NHL. One thing is for sure — we have 32 young men who can be accountable and responsible on and off the ice, in and out of hockey." RESIDENCE DUNEDIN, FLA. REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 918 PLAYOFF GAMES "My first-ever playoff game [April 6, 1991] was something else. Wayne Gretzky scored the game-winning goal in overtime to beat Vancouver. Of course, the [Los Angeles] Forum went absolutely berserk." ADVICE TO YOUNG OFFICIALS: "I try to be point blank with our guys. Your chances of getting to the NHL are one in a million. In addition to great talent, you have to have that extra something that stands out from the rest. Maybe it's skating. Or communication. Whatever it might be. Find it and work on it." Faucette has worked as an instructor for all five USA Hockey Officiating Development Camps, in addition to the USA Hockey Program of Merit. 1996 ALL-STAR GAME IN BOSTON FAVORITE NHL ARENA: "Old Boston Garden or Chicago Stadium had to rank up at the top. I couldn't wait to work at those places. Also up in Quebec. The Nordiques fans really knew their hockey and that place [Le Colisee de Quebec] would get very loud. Plus, Quebec City is really nice. A very historic place with a lot of neat architecture." STAR PARTNERS WITH AED TODAY When sudden cardiac arrest strikes, ready access to an automated external defibrillator, or AED, can be the difference between life and death. That's why Serving The American Rinks, a program of USA Hockey, is offering AEDs at a reduced price for STAR facility members through a new partnership with AED Today. An AED is a portable device designed to help save the life of someone experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest. With easy instruc- tions, it tells the rescuer exactly what to do, one step at a time, 10 APRIL/MAY.2012 providing life-saving support until medical personnel can arrive. AEDs can be found in many public places, including schools, churches and malls. According to Jeff Theiler, the head of STAR, there is no avail- able data to tell how many rinks in the United States have AEDs on site, but as the industry leader, STAR encourages rinks to not only have at least one AED but to also train its people on how to use them. "Having an AED in every rink is definitely the responsible thing to do," Theiler says. "Not USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM only are you protecting your customers, but your staff as well." A representative for the Littleton, Colo.-based company con- tacted STAR about a potential partner- ship after reading a story about a push to install AEDs in every rink in the United States appeared in the August 2011 issue of USA Hockey Magazine. For more information, contact Russ Godbout Mount Vernon, Maine When Russ Godbout's 13-year-old son, Zachary, began playing hockey, there's no way that dad could have figured that he would be joining as well. But in addition to driving his son all over Maine, Russ quickly became determined to breathe new life into the Maranacook Area Youth Hockey Association. "Our association was not recruiting well," he says. "Our learn-to-skate pro- gram was pretty much non- existent. It was down to five kids and wasn't going any- where at all. And I couldn't stand aside and watch the ship sink." Now the president of the MAYHA, Godbout has not only injected the organiza- tion with his own energy — in large part with a learn-to- skate program boasting a 90-95 percent retention rate — but he has supported neigh- boring associa- tions as well. After one of the neighbor- ing rinks was collapsed by snow last March, Godbout opened his practices to the players left without a place to play by provid- ing Tuesday skills clinics in place of the normal prac- tices. "I certainly didn't think I Jeff Theiler at (719) 538-1149 or JeffT@starrinks.com. would get this involved," he says. VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH PHOTOS COURTESY OF Getty Images GIVING BACK