League News

   

Power Skating & Defense first sessions of 2025 now open!!

We are starting off the New Year with our SMHA Spordle store open for registration of the following 3 sessions: 

 

Jan 5 - Defense - ECV 7:00-8:30am
Jan 7 - Power Skating - RBC Centre 4:00-5:30pm 
Jan 12 - Defense - ECV 7:00-8:30am 
 

$20.00 per session for power skating or defense 

Defense - U9 and up 

Power Skating - U11 and up, as U9 has power skating built into their current sessions.

Meet our Development Coaches

Power Skating
 
Rene George power Skating Coach.
 
Rene has a wealth of experience both as a player and a skills coach. Always an offensive threat to opposing teams with his elite skating and accurate shot. Rene a former QMJHL sniper with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and multi year player in the MJAHL. Rene has been developing Players across the region now for years both in head coaching roles and as a skills coach in many programs. We are very excited to have Rene as our lead power skating coach for our Tuesday power skating sessions.
 
Defense Camp
 
Todd Parker Defense skills coach.
 
Todd will be our lead instructor for our Sunday am defense clinics. Todd is coming off several seasons as the defense coach with the Dalhousie Mens Hockey Team. Todd brings an elite level of coaching to our new program this year focusing on the defensive position. A former D-Man with the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL, multi year player in the MJAHL, and former member of the Dalhousie Tigers Mens team in the CIS. Todd also went on to be a national champion, winning the Allan Cup with the Truro Bearcats. We are very fortunate to have someone of Todd's caliber leading this new initiative for our players.
Jan 3, 2025

Happy Holidays from our President Rob Nurnber

Good evening Members,

As we approach the midway point of our season and soon cross into the new year, I would like to take a moment to thank all of our families, volunteers, coaches, board of directors, executive team, and, most of all, our Flyers—big and small. Wishing everyone a very Happy Holiday Season!

Looking back on the first half of our season, we’ve introduced several new initiatives, including our Flyer of the Week, Volunteer of the Week, optional power skating on Tuesdays at RBC, and defensive sessions on Sundays at ECV.

Our Kraft Hockeyville committee has been working diligently since the summer, and our official rally will be held on Saturday, January 18th, and Sunday, January 19th, at the Arena. Spread the word, as this will be an event you won’t want to miss! We are looking for volunteers to assist with logistics at the Arena and with the planned events over these two days. Headlining the event will be a live performance by the iconic band Shameless on Saturday the 18th at the Arena grounds. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks!

I would also like to take a moment to thank Melissa Berkvens and Alex LeBlanc, who, after several years of dedicated service on our executive and board, are passing the torch to spend more time with their families. Their contributions to our association have been immense, and we cannot thank them both enough for their years of hard work.

Melissa has spent the past three and a half years as our association's secretary. Her contributions have been significant and wide-ranging, including organizing our managers’ meetings, being part of our tryout committee, organizing our AGMs, serving on various disciplinary committees, and managing two teams each season. Melissa has been, and continues to be, a huge advocate for SMHA and its members. Thank you, Melissa, for all of your volunteer hours and dedication.

Alex has served as the Director of Equipment for the past three and a half years. His work in asset management and completely revamping and organizing our equipment room and inventory has been extraordinary. Alex also created a comprehensive handbook for this role, which has been a great resource. He has spent countless hours ensuring that our teams were always equipped and ready for tryouts and the season, and he has always been available on short notice to help whenever needed. Alex has been an invaluable asset to our organization. Thank you so much, Alex, for all of your volunteer hours and dedication.

With that, I am pleased to officially announce that Natalie Lafleche has been appointed as our new Secretary, and Jordan Ingraham has been appointed as our new Director of Equipment. Welcome to the team! We look forward to working with you both.

May your holiday season be as exciting as a breakaway or a big save, as joyful as a game-winning goal, and as warm as a hot chocolate after a chilly practice. Happy holidays to you and your families!

Merry Christmas,
Rob

 

Dec 24, 2024

December 20, 2024 Snowstorm cancellation

Due to the impending snowstorm, all Sackville Minor Ice at the Sackville Arena, Sackville Sports Stadium and East Coast Varsity are cancelled until 12:00 PM tomorrow. We are reassessing at 10:00am tomorrow and will post another update shortly after. 

 

If you have a game scheduled with another association on their ice time please check in with the hosting rink. 

 

Stay safe everyone!

Dec 21, 2024

Sackville Super Saturday!!

Let’s fill the Arena for a day full of exciting games this Saturday, December 14th, in support of our U13AAA team!!! ???

We are asking as well, that everyone please bring a non Perishable food item to the rink with them that day as well to help them support the Gateway food bank in this time of need.

Thanks in advance for the support ?

- U13AAA 

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Dec 10, 2024

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