Evaluation and Regular Season Update - August 25, 2023

We have been working on getting a preliminary schedule together for the 23/24 season, and for the moment this is how things look.  This is subject to change based on a few things that are moving around a bit for some of the age groups and we will likely need to adjust as we finalize teams/schedules/tiering.

This schedule includes provisions for 2 U18 teams, and we would like to acknowledge that the Clavet Skating Club has given CMHA an additional 15 minutes of ice on Wednesdays, and agreed to continue to hold their CanSkate program on Fridays to give us the additional ice we need on Wednesday.  This allows us to accommodate all of our local hockey teams and game time starts. If we end up not having two U18 teams, we will return that ice to the Skating Club and host U18 games on Friday nights as we have in the past.

These are TENTATIVE schedules. The Arena website is the firm schedule so please check it before the tune up skates and evaluations.   

Tune up Skates and Evaluations 

Pre-season Tune up skates are for all players who will be evaluating.  This schedule is dependant on the ice going in as planned to be ready for September 18.  If there are any hiccups in that plan, we will revise accordingly. 

If you choose not to evaluate you will be placed on the lower tier team by default. If there are extenuating circumstances regarding an absence from evaluations please reach out to the CMHA Executive.  

Tune up Skates Schedule (tentative)

September 18 to 29, 2023 (2 weeks)

• Divided by last name - if you need to switch days, please arrange to switch with someone from the other group in your age bracket.  
• Female players won’t evaluate or tune up skate unless trying out for the co-ed teams.

Evaluation Weekend Schedule (tentative)

September 31 and October 1, 2023

Regular Season Schedule

Our regular season schedule is tight this year, and as you can see there are a few things that are different than previous seasons.  Here’s the Coles notes:

• On Wednesday you will note that we have defined the flood times for the U13 and U18 game slots to have one flood every two periods that SMHA requires, this allows us to start the U18 games in accordance with all SMHA game requirements.
• On Thursday the U13 and U9 start times will be adjusted based on whether or not there is a U13 game that day to try and get the U9's a later start time and open up some after school slots for teams or others who may want to book ice after school.
• U9’s can decide to share the ice at the teams discretion to have later start times, these ice slots on Thursday will be rotated to alter the early start times if U9 teams choose not to share the ice. 
• We have included a provision to rotate the U18 time slots between Friday and Wednesday to give the U18 groups some flexibility on the Friday ice slot and share the late start time on Wednesday when there is a U13 game. 
• With all of the teams we have this year, we are down to 1 hour practice time slots on Sunday in all age groups and this only fits with a flood after every 2^nd practice and ice being shared on Sundays for U7/U9/U11 groups.

As a reminder all of the above schedules are tentative. The Arena website is the firm schedule so please check it before the tune up skates and evaluations.  Click for the Arena Schedule page.