**Novice Tryouts Will Be Held After Labour Day***
**Registration closes end of day Tuesday April 16th**
BMHA Tryout Process for 2018/2019 Season
· Non Resident Player (NRP) Tryout Evaluations[1]
· M. Pee Wee, Pee Wee, M. Bantam, Bantam and M Midget; skill evaluation
Note: All NRP’s must attend the skill evaluation skate including incumbent BMHA NRP and new NRP’s. All exceptions must be approved by Director of Rep Jr, (M Pee Wee) and Sr. (Pee Wee to Minor Midget). All NRP’s are required to be registered with an approved Home Centre (Non Resident) Passport.
· HL and New Player Identification Skate
· Open to current BMHA HL players & new resident players to the BMHA, residing within the BMHA boundaries for representative hockey.
[2]Result: An invite to “AA” “A” (White & Blue)” or AE/MD camp or released back to BMHA HL
Note: Novice division: Tryouts will be held in the late summer. Dates TBD.
Note: Minor Pee Wee division; an invite of a maximum of 22 players plus 4 goalies (total 26) will be offered to attend Pee Wee “A” White and Blue camp or an invite to attend the Minor Pee Wee AE camp only. It is the discretion of each ‘A” White and Blue Coach to communicate the invite to attend the “A” tryout. The “AE” coach can invite players directly to the “AE” first tryout if not offered an ‘A” tryout. You are required to be invited from the evaluation skate by a coach to attend “A” white and Blue or “AE” tryout. The coach will email you within 24 hours after evaluation skate.
No “HL, NRP and New Player Identification Skate” BMHA refund or credits will be issued if released. This may result in one skate for the tryout registration fee, NO EXCEPTIONS.
· Alternate Entry (AE/MD) Camp
(The first AE/MD Divisional tryout skate see schedule)
· 1 skate per division
· Please be advised that this tryout skate might be split ice sessions based on tryout enrollment numbers. Your coach will advise by phone or email.
· Invites are limited to all current “AE/MD” team members and Rostered Select from the 2018/2019 season and any coach invited players from the HL and new Player Identification skate. Optional for A Blue Players.
Note: Players that have been invited to attend “AA” or “A” camp from the identification skate by the respective coach do not report to the ‘MD” camp, they report to their respective invited level “AA” or “A”. From this invited starting point of tryouts, they would continue the process of attending one level lower after being released.
Note: Returning 2018/2019 “AE/MD” players may be invited to attend “AA” camp after this tryout.
AA Camp
· Invites are limited to current 2018/2019 “AA”, “A White” and any coach invited players.
· A maximum of five NRPs that have been selected by each coach from the NRP evaluation skate (if applicable). All exceptions must be approved by Director of REP.
Note: Players may be released after the first tryout. All released players except NRP report to the A White camp.
· A White Camp
· Invites are limited to 2018/2019 “A” White and Blue & any players released from the AA tryout as well as any coach invited players. NRP’s are not eligible.
· Please be advised that this tryout skate might be split ice sessions based on player enrollment and invitation numbers. Each coach will advise by phone or email.
Note: Players may be released after the first tryout. All players released report to “A Blue" camp.
Note: At the Minor Pee Wee level ONLY a coach can offer a player an OMHA commitment letter at “A” white and “A” blue after the second tryout with the agreement of the “A” white coach. This will permit additional open ice for coach selection and player competition at the “A” white and blue level. The player signing an early commitment letter may not participate on-ice at the remaining tryouts.
· A Blue Camp
· Invites are limited to 2018/2019 “A” Blue and AE/MD players and all previous tryout releases from the “AA” and “A” White tryout process. Coach invited players from previous HL and AE/MD skates.
Note: Players may be released after the first tryout. All players released report to AE/MD camp.
· AE/MD Camp
· Invites are limited to 2018/2019 AE/MD players and all previous tryout releases from the “AA” and “A” tryout process. Coach invited players from previous HL skate.
Note: Players may be released after the first tryout. All players released report to House League.
Declaration forms have been discontinued. In the event of an extreme circumstance only, please contact the Rep Director of your division. Players must play on the team, division level where they are offered a letter of commitment. If the letter of commitment is refused, the player will be placed in the house league program.
Dave Goodbrand [email protected]
Steve Fontaine [email protected]
[1] Note a maximum of 5 NRP players per division will be invited/allowed to attend AA tryouts.
[2] Note each division “AA”, “A” or “AE/MD” coach will issue the invitation to attend via email after the identification skate after confirming their selection with each division/level coach.