My name is Chris Johnston and I am the U13 Convenor for the 2024-2025 season. I sent out an e-mail to all families with players registered for U13 on Saturday August 31st. Details of this e-mail are below...
Head Coaches:
We are still short head coaches for many of our HL divisions, including U13. If you are interested in being a Head Coach, or splitting the Head Coach role with another volunteer, please reach out to me ASAP and I can provide you with further information.
The season kicks off after Labour Day weekend, details as follows:
Prep Skates:
All U13 HL players will start the season with three prep skates, which begin Thursday September 5th. These sessions are being run by skills trainers Colin Martin and/or Rob Drummond and are optional skates simply meant to get our players back on the ice. Please bring a dark and light coloured jersey in case the skills trainers want to split the kids up by coloured jersey.
Players have been assigned to one of two groups for prep skates.
-U13 Group 1 (Last Name A-Mc)
-U13 Group 2 (Last Name Mo-Z)
It is important that players only attend the session that they are assigned to, goalies can attend any session.
Please refer to the link for the duration of the prep skates as details can change.
Evaluation Skates:
Evaluation skates start Saturday September 14th. Formal evaluations are run by the coaches to ensure balanced teams. All U13 HL players need to attend evaluation skates, so please do your best to attend. Please bring a light and dark coloured jersey to each evaluation skate.
Players have been assigned to one of two groups for the remainder of evaluation skates.
-U13 Group 1 (Last Name A-Mc)
-U13 Group 2 (Last Name Mo-Z)
It is important that you only attend the session that you are assigned to.
Please refer to the link for the duration of the evaluation skates as details can change.
HL Season:
The HL season will officially begin sometime in October. Some HL exhibition games may be scheduled, allowing the coaches to create balanced teams. I will communicate these details as soon as they are available. Practices and league games are still being scheduled and should start to be shown on the U13 HL calendar soon.
https://northlondonhockey.ca/Categories/1023/Calendar/
HL On-Ice Help:
We are always looking for volunteers to help on the ice. Many of you already reached out in the registration process, but if you were not interested then, but you are now, please reach out to me or your child's head coach once teams are chosen.