Hello hockey families and welcome to the Stirling Blues 2024/25 hockey season.
As the season is fast approaching, there are some important upcoming dates to highlight so that families can prepare accordingly.
Registration for all ages will close on Friday, September 6, 2024 at midnight. There is a $75 fee for any Stirling players that are registered after this date.
Ice is expected to be in and the arena operational the weekend of September 14, 2024. Stirling Minor Hockey will begin practices as of that date.
Representative:
September 14 through to September 20 will be preparation (prep) practices for those that registered and paid for them. There will be four prep practices for ages U9MD to U15B that will be led by Relm Sports. This will include the mandatory body checking clinic for U15B & U18B players that have not completed one in the past and there will also be one offered as a refresher. U18B will not have formal preparation skates but will have some coach led practices TBD. Evaluations will begin September 21 and will be completed September 27 for U9MD to U18B. U21B evaluations will be September 15, 22 & 28.
Local League
Those that signed up for Local League teams U8LL to U18LL will have practice times led by a local league coach on the weekends of Sept 14 & 21. The weekend of September 28 will be the formal local league team evaluations.
Junior House League
Practices will begin the morning of September 21 for ages U5 to U7.
Once registration is closed, the SDMHA calendar will be activated with each age group's date & time. It is very important to continue to check the calendar regularly or subscribe to it, as it will change quite often during the organizing of the start up of the season.