Good evening Sackville Minor Hockey Rec Families.

We are very excited for the coming hockey season and hope you are as well! 

I would like to extend a warm welcome back and pass along a few important updates. 

Over the last several months, we have worked really hard to make the rec program one that represents the wishes of all of our members. Having said that, this was and is no easy task!  We listened to you, implemented some tweaks/adjustments and believe we have come up with a program with everyone's wants and needs in mind. 

The first item that we committed to improving was the rec evaluation time. We are proud to announce that all Flyers will be hitting the ice at the same time again this year!  That means that we will be conducting our rec evaluations alongside the competitive tryouts. The players who have signed up for rec will only be in groups with other rec players and will then be joined by those released to rec at the conclusion of the tryouts. There will be a short balancing period to make sure all our rec teams are as evenly matched as possible, where some player movement can happen. Once we are set, we get going with the season!

We wish all of the players in the tryout process the best of luck. Please know that for those players who come back to us, we are extremely glad to have you, and we remain focused on providing you with the opportunity to grow and improve your skills at the rec level. We have worked with our development team to come up with a revised hybrid development model that will continue to provide individual and team development for all of our players and coaches.

Stay tuned to the website for all dates, times and groupings for the next few weeks. Make sure to check out the "Tryouts and Evaluations" tab of our Flyers website! Here you will find all the information as our Rec evaluations get underway this weekend! 

Welcome back to all and lets make 2025-26 a great season!

Dan MacDonald 

vprecreation@flyershockey.ca