Sackville Flyers Fall Face-Off Tournament

Welcome to the 1st Annual Sackville Flyers Fall Face-Off Tournament!

We recently launched our www.FlyersTournaments.ca website, and there is a link to that page at the top right corner of our main website.

Our first tournament coming up at the end of the month - the Flyers Fall Face-Off - is still accepting registrations from U11B and U13A teams. Please share with any hockey connections you have all across the province!

REGISTER HERE

• Who: Any Nova Scotia Minor Hockey Team registered with Hockey Canada in the following divisions:
  • U11 B: 2 Spaces Remaining
  • U13 B: SOLD OUT
  • U13 A: 1 Space Remaining
• When: Friday, October 28th to Sunday, October 30th, 2022
• Location: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
  • Sackville Arena - 91 First Lake Dr, Lower Sackville, NS
  • Sackville Sports Stadium - 409 Glendale Dr, Lower Sackville, NS
• Guaranteed Minimum of THREE games, plus Player-of-the-Game Swag
• Payment: Cheque or Email Money Transfer
  • Cheque: Mailed to Sackville Minor Hockey, PO Box 212, Lower Sackville, NS   B4C 2S9
  • EMT: Finance@FlyersHockey.ca, include FALL FACE-OFF in Message to Recipient

Good afternoon,

We are looking for applications to fill Sackville Minor Hockey Association's vacant Safety Coordinator position. The Safety Coordinator is an appointed position on the Sackville Flyers Board of Directors.

The SMHA Safety Coordinator is an important voice at our regular SMHA Board Meetings. The Safety Coordinator will be responsible for working as a liaison between the Hockey Nova Scotia Safe Sport Committee, the SMHA Board of Directors, and each team's Safety Representative(s).

Why do we need a Safety Coordinator now that most COVID-19 Protocols are lifted?

The Safety Coordinator's primary roles are to ensure compliance with the Hockey Nova Scotia Dressing Room Supervision Policy (sometimes referred to as the Two-Deep Rule), and to be available and ready should we have any COVID-19 protocols requiring implementation this season. The Safety Coordinator will be leading the way with education and reporting surrounding Hockey Canada Regulations - Section 11 – Maltreatment. 

Position Overview:

• Responsible for managing the position's FlyersHockey.ca email inbox, which is a Google Account; Respond to emails in a timely manner
• Liaise with counterparts at other Associations
• Liaise with Hockey Nova Scotia Safe Sport Committee
• Liaise with SMHA Board of Directors; Attend 1-2 monthly SMHA Board Meetings in person or virtually  
• Be familiar with Google Workspace; The incoming Safety Coordinator should be comfortable using technology to help with communication with the Team Safety Representatives
• Work with, support, and educate approximately 40 SMHA team-level Safety Reps
• Assist SMHA overcome barriers to compliance with the HNS Dressing Room Supervision Policy
• Assist SMHA's Board of Directors with strategic direction surrounding Hockey Canada Regulations - Section 11 – Maltreatment

Please send your expression of interest in this position to Melissa Berkvens at Secretary@FlyersHockey.ca for consideration.

Details of each Division's exhibition games are being shared with Div Coordinators, who will share with Coaches/Managers. 

Division coordinators will divide icetimes for levels who have more than one team listed below.

Hey everyone!! Happy thanksgiving weekend!!! 

A quick note to let everyone know that competitive tryout jersey drop off is tonight (Sunday) from 7pm-930 pm at the Arena. 

This is the ONlY scheduled drop off time for all levels. 

There will be a bin there for each level.  

Good evening SMHA Players & Families,

This is yet another very full weekend for our players, coaches, and off-ice volunteers! Best of luck to everyone wrapping up their final sessions as part of Sackville Flyers Competitive Tryouts.

Throughout the last couple of weeks, it has been a duo consisting of myself and the lovely Melissa Berkvens who post/update this website as much as possible. Please be patient with us as there are many lists to come in the coming days - we are doing as much as we can around shiftwork and family commitments. 

We now have something for everyone on our website under the Camps & Pre-Season Lists heading on our www.FlyersHockey.ca website.

What's New:

• U6 & U7: Welcome Message from VP Initiation Rob Nurnber
  • Regular programming starts next weekend. Groups will come in the coming days.
  • The Welcome Message is posted on the page linked above, and also added at the bottom of this News Article.
• U9: Final Evaluation Sessions tomorrow & Sunday. 
• U11: Recreation Evaluation Times Posted at the bottom of the U11 page
  • As Competitive Tryouts wrap up, the group lists will be posted.
• U13: Recreation Evaluation Times Posted at the bottom of the U13 page
  • As Competitive Tryouts wrap up, the group lists will be posted.
• U15: Recreation Evaluation Times Posted at the bottom of the U15 page
  • As Competitive Tryouts wrap up, the group lists will be posted.
• U18: Recreation Evaluation Times Posted at the bottom of the U18 page
  • As Competitive Tryouts wrap up, the group lists will be posted.

Competitive Tryouts: Families of players involved in Competitive Tryouts - Please keep checking back to your player's Division Page (linked above) for updates.

Recreation Evaluations are starting right away - in some cases on Thanksgiving MONDAY, October 10th.

The Recreation Evaluation Schedule is listed at the bottom of this message, and it is also added to each specific Divisional Page (linked above).

Happy Thanksgiving! 

-Helen Scammell
Registrar & Webmaster
www.FlyersHockey.ca

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Sackville Flyers Recreation Evaluations

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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