Competitive Tryout & Rec Evaluation groups, ice schedules, and important updates have been posted for all divisions under the "Tryouts & Evaluations" tab of the Flyers website! 

Please continue to check back regularly for any updates for your division! 

Sackville Minor Hockey Goalie Tryout Update

Goalies for Under 13 (AA/A/B), Under 15 and Under 18 have been assigned to the Forwards and Defense Session 1 Skills session to assist in the evaluating of the shooting skills of the players taking part in these sessions.

GOALIES WILL NOT BE EVALUATED DURING THIS SESSION AS THEY WILL BE EVALUATED DURING THEIR GOALIE SPECIFIC SESSION 1 AS WELL AS THE SCRIMMAGES.

If you have any questions, please reach out to me at VPcompetitive@Flyershockey.ca

Brad Aucoin

VP of Competitive

Good Morning U9 Flyers Families,

Player groups and ice schedules for our first two evaluation sessions are now posted on the U9 Evaluation Page of our SMHA website. I would like to apologize for the delay in posting the player lists as I had originally intended to have these ready by Friday, Sept 20th. 

Player Groups will be shuffled following Session 2, and will be posted as soon as available to the same U9 page. Please check back regularly for updates. 

If you were unable to pick up your evaluation jersey yesterday, we will have jerseys available at the check in desk at your first group session. 

Looking forward to kicking off our 24/25 season with our U9 Flyers Families! 

Thank you, 

Ryan Brewer 

VP of U9 Program 

VPU9@flyershockey.ca

Reminder: Jersey pickup today and tomorrow! 

Tryout Jersey Pickup Times by Division:

Saturday, September 21st - 4:00-5:30pm @ Sackville Arena Mezzanine

• U9 Evaluations 
• U13 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations
• U15 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations 
• U18 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations 

Sunday, September 22nd - 2:00-3:30pm @ Sackville Arena Mezzanine

• U11 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations 

U23 division will not have Evaluations for the upcoming 2024/25 season.

Thank you to our SMHA Director of Equipment Alex LeBlanc for having everything ready, and to our various Division Coordinators and Helpers for volunteering to hand out jerseys!  

Here's what to expect:

• Find the table set up for your player's division(s)
• Provide the player's surname
• Initial to confirm you've picked up the jersey
• Requests for a particular number cannot be accomodated.
• A $50 fee will be applied to the account of any player who does not return their jersey following tryouts/evaluations

Good evening Sackville Minor Hockey Rec Families.

We are very excited for the coming hockey season and hope you are as well!  I would like to extend a warm welcome back and pass along a few important updates. 

Over the last several months, we have worked really hard to make the rec program one that represents the wishes of all of our members. Having said that, this was and is no easy task!  We listened to you, implemented some tweaks/adjustments and believe we have come up with a program with everyone's wants and needs in mind.  The first item that we committed to improving was the rec evaluation time. We are proud to announce that all Flyers will be hitting the ice at the same time this year!  That means that we will be conducting our rec evaluations alongside the competitive tryouts. The players who have signed up for rec will only be in groups with other rec players and will then be joined by those released to rec at the conclusion of the tryouts. All rec evals and competitive tryouts will finish together and initial player placements to teams will happen simultaneously!

There will be a short balancing period to make sure all our rec teams are as evenly matched as possible, where some player movement can happen. Once we are set, we get going with the season! We wish all of the players in the tryout process the best of luck. Please know that for those players who come back to us, we are extremely glad to have you, and we remain focused on providing you with the opportunity to grow and improve your skills at the rec level. We have worked with our development team to come up with a new hybrid development model that will continue to provide individual and team development for all of our players and coaches.  

The next important step in this process begins this weekend with the pick up of your player evaluation jerseys. You will keep these jerseys for the duration of the evaluations and hand them in at the end.

   Please note the following jersey pick up dates and times:

•      U11 Rec    Sunday    Sept 22,   2:00-3:30 pm Arena Mezz 
•      U13 Rec    Saturday Sept 21,   4:00-5:30 pm  Arena Mezz
•      U15 Rec    Saturday Sept 21,    4:00-5:30 pm  Arena Mezz
•      U18 Rec    Saturday Sept 21,    4:00-5:30 pm  Arena Mezz
•      U23 Rec   TBA

The evaluations themselves are set to begin On SATURDAY SEPT 28th at both the Sackville Arena and the Sackville Sports Stadium. Please stay tuned for the exact dates and times of all sessions and player groupings. These will be posted in advance to the Sackville minor Hockey website over the coming days. If you have any questions, please email me at vprecraetion@flyershockey.ca

Hockey season is finally here!!! Thank you for your time, see you around the rink! 

 Dan MacDonald -VP Recreation

Sackville Minor Hockey Association

www.FlyersHockey.ca

VPRecreation@FlyersHockey.ca

Under 13AAA Tryout Update – Sept 19

Following tonight’s scrimmages the Team Selection Committee as outlined in the new Tryout Manual will meet to determine the list of players who will move on to Phase 2 of the Under 13AAA tryout process.

This list will not be posted before 5pm on Friday, September 20.

Players who are on this list are expected to be at the Sackville Arena for a scrimmage at 12 noon on Saturday, September 21.

Players who are not on list will be added to the Under 13 tryout list and information about that tryout process will be posted early next
week.

VP of Competitive
Brad Aucoin

VPCompetitive@flyershockey.ca

Please note we have two different jersey pick up dates for both Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations.

U9, U13, U15, and U18 jersey pick up will be held on Saturday, followed by U11 on Sunday. 

Tryout Jersey Pickup Times by Division:

Saturday, September 21st - 4:00-5:30pm @ Sackville Arena Mezzanine

• U9 Evaluations 
• U13 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations
• U15 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations 
• U18 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations 

Sunday, September 22nd - 2:00-3:30pm @ Sackville Arena Mezzanine

• U11 Competitive Tryouts & Rec Evaluations 

U23 division will not have Evaluations for the upcoming 2024/25 season.

In keeping with the 2024 SMHA Competitive Tryout Policy, requests for a specific jersey number cannot be accommodated. 

If a player's assigned Tryout Jersey is not returned at the end of the Competitive Tryout Process, there will be a $50 Jersey Replacement Fee added to the player's HCR account. 

Players released from the Competitive Tryout Process will keep the same assigned jersey throughout the Recreation Evaluation process.

Tryout groups will be posted as soon as available.