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Updated October 6, 2021 - 9:30pm
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Recreation Evaluations

Recreation evaluations will take place from Friday, October 8th Saturday, October 9th to Sunday, October 10th.

**** Edited: 9:30pm on Oct 6, 2021. Schedule was modified. Changes are boxed in RED ***

Changes:

• U13: Friday, Oct 8 is cancelled. U13 now has TWO ice times on Saturday, Oct 9. All U13 groups have ONE HOUR turnaround from Session 1 at Sackville Arena to Session 2 at Sackville Sports Stadium
• U18: Friday, Oct 8 is cancelled. U18 now has TWO ice times on Saturday, Oct 9.

Mobile Users: Click Here to View/Download Updated Schedule

U11 Families: Please note that U11 Group 1 and U11 Group 3 trade off for the 7:00am ice time between Saturday & Sunday.

Proof of Vaccination

All players over 12 years of age must show Proof of Vaccination to enter the Sackville Arena.

As per our SMHA News Item posted on October 4th, Proof of Vaccination can either be done in person, or sent via email to POV@FlyersHockey.ca.

Please have your 2009 and older players entering the Arena prepared to show their Proof of Vaccination. If you've emailed it in advance, then please allow the Volunteer a moment to check the POV list to make sure.

Once players are on their teams and the season is underway, the Safety Reps will get to know everyone and showing POV or checking a list won't be required, as there will be an "established" relationship between the players and SMHA.

Please see the News Release here

Groups

The groups for Recreation Evaluations will be posted as soon as possible. Recreation Groups stay the SAME for the entire weekend.
The groups may not be posted until sometime on Friday Oct 8th once the Competitive Teams are finalized and posted.

Coaching

The Recreation Coaching Interview & Selection process will take place Tuesday, October 12th through Thursday, October 14th.

Rosters

Projected rosters and coaches will be announced and posted on Friday, October 15th.

The weekend of Saturday, October 16th - Sunday, October 17th there will be in-house exhibition games to ensure the balancing of recreation teams.

Changes to rosters can and will be made after the in-house exhibition games to ensure proper balance of our recreation teams.

Spectators

In line with other Hockey Associations and with the SMHA Competitive Tryoupts, SMHA is implementing a no-spectator policy for U11 and older Recreation Evaluations for Public Health reasons. 

Parents & Guardians: Please sign up for the SMHA General News Email Subscription

This information is also posted HERE under the Tryouts & Evaluations Menu | www.FlyersHockey.ca

Todd House
SMHA VP Recreation
VPRecreation@FlyersHockey.ca

Following the guidelines from Public Health and Hockey NS, all players 12 and up are required to provide proof of vaccination.

All Competitive Team Rosters - including players and coaches - will be announced and posted on Friday, October 8th (exact time TBA). These players must provide Proof of Vaccine by Thursday October 7th in order to be placed on a team roster.

Sackville Minor Hockey will be maintaining a spreadsheet with the following information captured until roster selection is complete:

• Player Name
• 1^st Dose: Y/N
• 2^nd Dose: Y/N

Proof of Vaccine can be provided in person at the Sackville Arena Mezzanine (elevator entrance, far right) Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday between 5 & 8pm.

Alternatively, you can provide proof of vaccine by emailing a copy of your child’s Proof of Vaccine record to POV@flyershockey.ca. Once the information has been received and captured, the email will be deleted. Sackville Minor Hockey will not be retaining a copy of the Proof of Vaccine record.

• Children who turned 12 between January 1 and October 4, 2021 have until December 31, 2021 to attend while they get vaccinated. Children who turn 12 after October 4, 2021 have 3 months from their birthday to get vaccinated.

• Youth who are 13 to 18 and have proof that they received 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine can participate in sport, recreation, arts and culture programming hosted by a business or organization as of October 4. To continue participating, they must provide proof of full vaccination by November 9, 2021. In order to be fully vaccinated by November 9, a person needs to get a first dose no later than September 28 and a second dose no later than October 26.

If youth choose not to get vaccinated by the time these grace periods end, they will no longer be able to participate until they can provide proof of vaccination.

Hockey Nova Scotia COVID-19 Vaccination Policy.pdf (agilitycms.cloud)

Effective Monday October 4^th, SMHA President Dan MacDonald is on administrative leave.  During his absents SMHA Vice President Rob Blackwood will be filling the role of interim SMHA President.  

The U15 Tryout Groups have been updated for Session 4.

Please follow the link below or navigate to U15 Groups under Tryouts & Evaluations on our website:

U15 Groups - Updated for Session 4

The U13 Tryout Groups have been updated for Session 4.

Please follow the link below or navigate to U13 Groups under Tryouts & Evaluations on our website:

U13 Groups - Updated for Session 4

Great work to all the kids out this weekend at the U9 Evaluations!

Please note that we apologize for miscommunications surrounding the U9 Goaltenders today but can re-assure you their data is only based on the "goalie specific" sessions and any goalie who missed a session today will not be affected by this.

Now that the data has all been collected from our sessions this weekend we will need time to sort the information and meet with coaches to put the teams together. We hope to have all of this information compiled and posted on our site by end of day Wednesday. We know these can be stressful times for players and parents so we ask that you encourage your players and let them know they did great and no matter which team they end up on it will be a fun year in hockey!

Updates will be posted on the U9 Evaluations page which can be found by navigating to Tryouts & Evaluations.

Thank you again for your patience through this process and our transition to our new website platform.

Reminder: Be sure to sign up for SMH General Information emails here: EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION