Hello Flyers Families & Fans,

We are sharing today's News Release from the Hockey Nova Scotia Board of Directors. Below you'll see an email circuated to all Nova Scotia Minor Hockey Associations, followed by the Media Release that is posted online.

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Good evening everyone,

Earlier today the Hockey Nova Scotia board of directors held an emergency meeting to discuss the ongoing situation at Hockey Canada. The board has been following that situation closely over the last several months and has expressed concerns to Hockey Canada during that time.

Following today’s meeting, the following statement was released. Please see below.

We would like to thank those of you who have reached out with feedback in recent days during what continues to be a challenging period of time for the sport.

Please note today’s decision does not affect your insurance coverage or the ability for your teams to participate in Hockey Nova Scotia-sanctioned events. We will be following up in the coming days to provide more information on this ongoing situation.

Thank you to all of you for your hard work and dedication to the sport.

Yours in Hockey,

Arnie Farrell

President

Hockey Nova Scotia

Amy Walsh

Executive Director

Hockey Nova Scotia

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A Statement from Hockey Nova Scotia

Members of the Hockey Nova Scotia board of directors have been closely monitoring the actions of Hockey Canada in recent months and have expressed concerns to the national governing body during this period of time.

In their latest step, Hockey Nova Scotia’s board of directors met today for an emergency meeting.

Following that meeting, the board issued the following statement:

Hockey Nova Scotia has lost confidence in Hockey Canada’s senior leadership.

Hockey families and non-hockey families alike agree: Change is needed at the highest levels of the game.

Therefore, Hockey Nova Scotia is formally suspending the transfer of participant assessment fees to Hockey Canada for the 2022-23 season.

Until our values at Hockey Nova Scotia are reflected by Hockey Canada’s senior leadership, we simply cannot support hockey’s national governing body.

Hockey Nova Scotia remains committed to working with our dedicated network of volunteers across the province to offer the best programs possible for our membership.

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--rec evaluations which will be starting next week on Monday and Tuesday. The remaining sessions will be the next weekend October 15th and 16th.

Good afternoon,

We have secured some last-minute ice tonight as a make up session for U18 Pre-Season Camps that were cancelled due to Hurricane Fiona.

Anyone from U18 Pre-Season Camp Group 1 or U18 Pre-Season Camp Group 2 is welcome to attend.

Details are also posted on the U18 Pre-Season Camp page.

JUST ADDED: TONIGHT Friday, September 30, 2022 - 8:30pm-10:00pm - Sackville Arena

Thank you!

The Evaluations for U9 Division, and the Competitive Tryouts for U11, U13, and U15 Divisions start this weekend on October 1.

Links to each Division's Tryout Page

• U9 Evaluations
  • Jersey pickup tomorrow night (with the exception of U9 Goaltenders), Thursday September 29 - 6pm-9pm at Sackville Arena Mezzanine.
  • Session 1& 2 Player Groups are Posted. 
• U11 Tryouts
  • Jersey pickup tomorrow night, Thursday September 29 - 6pm-9pm at Sackville Arena Mezzanine.
  • Session 1 Player Groups are Posted. 
• U13 Tryouts
  • Jersey pickup tomorrow night, Thursday September 29 - 6pm-9pm at Sackville Arena Mezzanine.
  • Session 1 Player Groups will be posted TONIGHT, after U13AAA Roster is finalized. 
• U15 Tryouts
  • Jersey pickup tomorrow night, Thursday September 29 - 6pm-9pm at Sackville Arena Mezzanine.
  • Session 1 Player Groups are Posted. 
• U18 Tryouts
  • POSTPONED U18 Jersey Pickup until next week. Groups & Schedule will be posted ASAP, pending High School Tryouts. 
  • If your player has been offered a spot on a High School team, please contact Tara at Finance@FlyersHockey.ca and copy in Helen at Registration@FlyersHockey.ca.

If you cannot personally attend the Jersey Pickup time, please arrange for a friend/neighbour to pick it up if possible, or contact your Division Coordinator.

Thank you!

Reminder that there is only one pick up time for jerseys for both U9 Evaluations and Competitive tryouts that are starting on October 1st. 

Jerseys will be available to be picked up on :

• Thursday, September 29th from 6:00- 9:00 pm at the Sackville Arena in the Mezzanine from your Division Coordinator

U18 Competitive Tryouts will NOT begin until Lockview, Sackville and Millwood High rosters are finalized.  Stay tuned for more information to follow.

All Sessions scheduled for Tuesday, September 27th @ Sackville Sports Stadium are now cancelled as the Stadium remains closed due to the storm and power outages for the day.   SMHA is working hard to look at rescheduling; however, if we are unable to do so we will ensure everyone gets credited for missed sessions.

As of this time, all sessions for Tuesday, September 27th @ Sackville Arena are planning to go ahead as scheduled.  Any changes will be communicated both on the website and on social media.