With competitive tryouts ramping up, it will soon be time for the recreational teams to get underway as well.  It's an exciting, yet very busy time of the year and we hope to make things as easy on everybody as possible.  I would like to send out a friendly reminder that our evaluations will begin on the weekend of Oct 7th. Jersey handout dates and times will be posted ahead of the evaluation weeknd. Please remember that the evaluations are done to help us in the team balancing process. These are not tryouts and everybody will be placed on a team. The practices and scrimmages are meant to be fun, and a great way to get the players back on the ice . In the event your player cannot make a session please don't worry about it. We will do our best to get feedback from previous coaches and other members that know your player and they will be given an appropriate evaluation based on that info. 

 

For anybody that may possibly be considering coaching in rec this year, head coaches, assistant coaches, on ice helpers, we will be hosting a coaches info session on THURSDAY OCT 5th from 6:30-8:00pm in the Arena mezz. Please do your best to attend this meeting. There will be some very important topics of discussion regarding coaching certifications and updated Hockey Canada/Hockey Nova Scotia guidelines. Come with your fully charged mobile or handheld device, as our Registrar, Helen Scammell and VP of Risk Management, Craig Foley will be in attendance to walk us through our HCR accounts.  We ask that even if your player is still in Competitive tryouts but you may be in Rec hockey to please attend.  

 

Please note: There will be further sessions for team managers and treasurers in the coming weeks once teams are assembled.  I've always said, that you folks have the hardest jobs of all, so we look forward to meeting with you soon as well.  

 

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to fire off an email and i'll do my best to answer your question.