Tryouts
Pre-Tryout Clinics:
Skates will be offered in the days preceding tryouts. They will
be used to warmup and condition players, not assess the
Daily Tryout Structure per Level
Two (2) 60 min split sessions
- Warmup & Drills
- Structured Full Ice 5v5
- The first day will be segmented by birth year.
- The remaining tryout days will be divided up by ability into two groups, Gold and Green.
- Players may switch between groups throughout tryouts at the coaches' discretion. This provides an opportunity to best evaluate bubble players.
- Squirts will require 2 days of birth year tryouts before breaking into gold/green groups
Team selection
Guiding Principles for Team Selection
Teams will be selected by our Hockey Director, Chris Wickersham and Mite Director, Charlie Widmar with direct input from level coaches.
Selections will be based primarily on tryout performance, but previous year performance and coach input will be considered.
Goaltending instructors will attend select tryouts and their input will inform team selection
Mite
About 12 players selected per team
All teams are grouped by skill level, with Mite 1 consisting of the most skilled players
Squirt
12-15 skaters selected per team
Major: Most skilled 2013 players
Minor: Most skilled 2014 players
Prospects + Squirt 1: Mixed birth years
Pee Wee
14-16 skaters selected per team
All teams grouped by skill level, with Pee Wee Prospects consisting of the most skilled players
Bantam
16 players per team
Prospects: Most skilled 2009 players
Minor: Most skilled 2010 players
1/2/3: Mixed birth years