Please read on for updates related to the following five topics: 

1. Try Goalie Sessions This Weekend - Sign Up Now!
2. SMHA Player Assistance Fund
3. U9 Evaluations Information
4. Tryout Jersey Pickup Times
5. Recreation Coaching Applications

Try Goalie Sessions This Weekend - Sign Up Now!

We are pleased to offer three FREE Try Goalie Sessions this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!

Interested participants should bring their player gear. No Goalie Gear or Goaltending Experience necessary - Bring any goalie gear you have on hand, and we will also have some gear to share. 

Sign up for one, two, or all three sessions!

• Fri, Sept 8 - 5p-6p @ Sackville Sports Stadium
• Sat, Sept 9 - 8a-9a @ Sackville Arena
• Sun, Sept 10 - 8a-9a @ Sackville Arena

Questions can be directed to SMHA Vice President Rod Sturge - VicePresident@FlyersHockey.ca

SMHA Player Assistance Fund

As a reminder, the SMHA Player Assistance Fund is now accepting applications from SMHA Families for funding. Please visit SMHA's Financial Aid webpage for more information and to apply today.

U9 Evaluations Information

The following information was sent out to the primary email address from HCR for all Registered U9 players on Sept 2 by our U9 Division Coordinator, Trisha Munroe.

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Your U9 volunteers are hard at work preparing for the upcoming season. Here's some information for you:

Preseason Camps: Dates, times and groups are been posted here. 

U9 Evaluations Format: There will be 5 ice sessions, 4 of which will be evaluated. The first session is skills stations and WILL NOT be evaluated so players have a chance to have a run through/skate before evaluations begin. The next 2 sessions will be skill-based stations. The final 2 sessions will be half-ice 4-on-4 games. Goalies will be evaluated with specific goalie criteria. Evaluators will be using the TeamGenius App to record scores. In order to place players in their optimal group for player development, attendance is mandatory at all evaluated sessions.

Opting-Out of Evaluations: Players who are new to hockey - or those who do not wish to be considered for a U9 Advancing or U9 Intermediate team and would like to be placed directly on a U9 Developing team - do not need to attend evaluations. Please email Trisha Munroe (U9DivCoordinator@FlyersHockey.ca) by Friday September 8th to let us know if you do not plan to bring your player to evaluations.    

Evaluation Schedule: All U9 evaluation sessions will be at Sackville Sports Stadium (SSS). U9 has been allocated 3 hours of ice per evaluation session. Players will be divided into 3 groups and each group will be assigned one hour of ice time per session. Player Groups for Session 1 and Session 2 will be a “snake draft” and will be posted by next weekend. Following the Session 2, players will be sorted into new Player Groups for Session 3. 

Tentative U9 ice times for evaluations are: 

• Session 1 - Sat, Sept 23 - 8a-11a @ SSS - Skills session - Not Evaluated
• Session 2 - Sat, Sept 23 - 4p-7p @ SSS - Skills session - First Evaluated Session
  • New Player Groups will be made following this session - Families must check SMHA's Website for their player's Group for Session 3.
  • Every effort will be made to post the new groups for Session 3 by 10pm on Saturday September 23rd. 
• Session 3 - Sun, Sept 24 - 8a-11a @ SSS - Skills session - Second Evaluated Session
• Session 4 - Sat, Sept 30 - 8a-11a @ SSS- Scrimmage - 4-on-4 Half-Ice Game - Third Evaluated Session
  • New Player Groups *may* be made following this session - Families must check SMHA's Website for their player's Group for Session 5.
  • Every effort will be made to post the new groups for Session 5 by 7pm on Saturday September 30th. 
• Session 5 - Sun, Oct 1 0 8a-11a @ SSS - Scrimmage - 4-on-4 Half-Ice Game - Fourth Evaluated Session

Jersey Pickup for Evaluations: Wednesday September 20th @ Sackville Arena Mezzanine 7p-9p.

PLEASE NOTE: Jerseys will be collected and redistributed twice during U9 Evaluations: between Sessions 2 and Session 3, and again between Session 3 and 4. It is imperative that players return their jerseys at the end of Sessions 2, Session 3, and of course at the end of Evaluations following Session 5. Failure to return jerseys will result in a $50 charge to the player’s account. 

If you have questions regarding the on-ice portion of the evaluations please contact Ryan Brewer VPU9@FlyersHockey.ca.

Any other questions can be directed to Trisha Munroe U9DivCoordinator@FlyersHockey.ca or Chris Erwood MMHL@FlyersHockey.ca.

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Tryout Jersey Pickup Times

Please note the following Tryout Jersey Pickup Times:

Wednesday, Sept 13th - 7-9p @ Sackville Arena Mezzanine

• U13 AAA Tryout Participants (Natalie LaFleche - U13Comp@FlyersHockey.ca)

Wednesday, September 20th - 7p-9p @ Sackville Arena Mezzanine

• U9 Evaluations Participants (Trisha Munroe - U9DivCoordinator@FlyersHockey.ca)
• U11 Competitive Tryouts Participants (Morgan Spicer - U11Comp@FlyersHockey.ca)
• U13 Competitive Tryouts Participants (Natalie LaFleche - U13Comp@FlyersHockey.ca)
• U15 Competitive Tryouts Participants (Ben Harvie - U15Comp@FlyersHockey.ca)
• U18 Competitive Tryouts Participants (Marc Keats - U18Comp@FlyersHockey.ca)

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

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 keep the same assigned jersey throughout the Recreation Evaluation process in October. 

Information about Recreation Evaluations will be announced by early October.

Recreation Coaching Applications

We are now accepting Applications for Recreation Coaches!

Note: If you already submitted your name in the Head Coach Google Form in August 2023, there is no need to resubmit - your information has already been received.

The deadline is Saturday, September 30th, 2023. Please Contact Dan MacDonald at VPRecreation@FlyersHockey.ca for more information.