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Welcome Message for Our U9 Community!
Welcome to all Chebucto U9 Families!
I hope everyone had a wonderful summer and is excited to get back on the ice for another great hockey season! My name is Stacy Forgeron, and I am the new VP of U9 for the Chebucto Association. Here is all of the information you need to get your U9 player started this season:
There are 2 new reference documents posted on the Chebucto website under the top ribbon, U7/U9 Information, or at the links below:
Please give these documents a read for more info on what to expect.
Note: they are guidelines only, slight changes and variations are possible from year to year, season to season.
Pre-season is underway and regular season will start the week of Sept 23rd; all players will have one session (weekday evening session) prior to evaluations. Player lists, dates and times for these sessions will be posted closer to the date.
U9 Evaluations are scheduled for:
- Sept 28th between 9:30-1:30 at the Civic Arena
- Sept 29th between 9:30-11:30 at the Civic Arena
The format for evaluations this year will be:
Evaluation Day 1 - Sept 28th - NSST timed drills (more info available in the website reference doc linked above)
Based on the results of Day 1, select players will be called back for further evaluation.
Evaluation Day 2 - Sept 29th - secondary evaluations will be battle station drills to better refine groupings.
Note - not all players will be required to participate in the Sept 29th secondary evaluations, groups will be posted after Saturday's results, so don't be alarmed if your player is not listed for Sunday.
We need a tonne of volunteers for the evaluation process, so if you're able to help out in any capacity (several off-ice roles required) please complete the volunteer form here
Goalie evaluations are separate, if you registered your player to be evaluated as a goalie please reach out to me directly at u9@chebuctominorhockey.com.
Developmental, Intermediate and Advancing groupings will be announced by Oct 4th along with next practice date and time. Teams will be firmed up thereafter.
If you have not yet registered your U9 player for the 2024-2025 season please do so ASAP as we need final numbers for planning - registration closes Sept 15th.
Registration link here
Also, if you have interest in volunteering and did not indicate so with registration or the coaches interest survey back in July, please reach out to u9@chebuctominorhockey.com.
We're looking forward to another great season of U9 hockey. Please reach out if you have any questions, and we'll see you all in the rink soon!
Stacy Forgeron
VP U9