Be A Player Program (Ages 9-14)

• League for mites (ages 7-8), squirts (ages 9-10), pee wees (ages 11-12) and bantams (ages 13-14)
• Two 1-hour skates each week - one on Thursday or Friday evenings between 4:45-8:30 pm and one on Sundays between Noon-7:00 pm
• First five weeks of the program serve as a training camp to teach age-appropriate skills to players and as an on-ice training session for coaches
• At the end of training camp players are divided into equal teams and receive their team jerseys and hockey socks
• Teams will be grouped into lines based on skill and experience. Lines will be matched during all game situations to ensure that players are playing at their competitive level.
• Weekly practice sessions focus on fundamental skating and puck skills using skill stations and small-ice games
• Weekend games will be structured to maximize ice time, teach positioning, strategy and rules of the game, and to insure that each player has the opportunity to compete, improve and enjoy the game