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Season & Pre-Season Overview from VP Rod Sturge
Good evening,
Please see the following letter below from our VP, Rod Sturge. He can be reached at VicePresident@FlyersHockey.ca.
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SMHA Membership,
Please see the outline of the upcoming season below. Hopefully this will help you plan during the hockey season.
- SMHA Checking Clinic will be held Tuesday, September 5th. Defence Clinics for U11 and U13 and Preseason Camps for U9 and up will all be conducted in between September 11-22.
- U13AAA Tryouts will start for Goaltenders on Friday, September 15th, and Players on Saturday, September 16th.
- Competitive Tryouts for U11 and the remaining U13 competitive teams will start Friday, September 22nd for Goaltenders and Saturday, September 23rd for Players.
- Competitive U15 and U18 Tryouts will tentatively start Tuesday September 26th for Goaltenders and Saturday, September 30th for Players
Please note that tryouts will continue through Thanksgiving, as CMHL League Play begins October 14th, 2023. - Recreation Evaluations will begin over Thanksgiving weekend, Saturday October 7th - Monday October 9th.
- SMHA 20-Week Season Schedule is below:
*** Provincial Playdowns will be between February 1st and March 8th, 2024 *** - SMHA Tournaments (SMHA Teams are Expected to Participate)
- Fall Face-Off (October 13-15)
- Holiday U9 Jamboree (Dec 26-29)
- SMHA Memorial Tournament (Jan 2-5)
- March Meltdown Tournament (March 9-12)
- Jordan Boyd Tournament - This year, the Jordan Boyd Tournament is for U13 AAA / AA and U11 AA / A. It is scheduled for October 13th-15th
- U18B - Halifax and SMHA are trying to get this going again, I cant make any promises but we will try to make this a reality.
Thank you - Please reach out to VP Rod Sturge (VicePresident@FlyersHockey.ca) with any questions.