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Gretzky Ice - Available Today Oct 12 - 4- 5:30 Lions Arena - Cost 20 - 80 minutes

Gretzky Ice available today Oct 12th 4-5:30 Lions Arena - Cost 20 dollars - 80 minutes. 

Gretzky improved his skills one way; he practiced everyday on an outdoor rink.

With no organized games, no coaches, Gretzky skated and stickhandled for hours experimenting and trying new things. This time is available for young players to just skate and work on any aspect of hockey he or she desires. And most importantly to have fun!

We have some last minute ice availability -- lets get some CMHA skates on it. 

No contact or rough checking permitted!!!

Each player is required to check in with on ice supervisor for each session. Full Hockey Canada Certified equipment required. No outside or private coaches allowed on the ice at anytime. Only CMHA volunteers or coaches permitted. 

Open to any CMHA Player or CMHA alumni playing U15/U18 Major or High School. 

CMHA will provide an on ice supervisor for supervision only.

Limit 40 skaters and 4 goalies - first come and pay / first serve. Cash at the rink or e-transfer to president@chebuctominorhockey.com

Cheers

Bryan Esbaugh

CMHA President

Oct 12, 2025

Gretzky Ice - Today Lions Arena 5-6:30pm - 20 dollars

Gretzky Ice available today Oct 11th 5-6:30 Lions Arena - Cost 20 dollars - 80 minutes. 

Gretzky improved his skills one way; he practiced everyday on an outdoor rink.

With no organized games, no coaches, Gretzky skated and stickhandled for hours experimenting and trying new things. This time is available for young players to just skate and work on any aspect of hockey he or she desires. And most importantly to have fun!

We have some last minute ice availability -- lets get some CMHA skates on it. 

No contact or rough checking permitted!!!

Each player is required to check in with on ice supervisor for each session. Full Hockey Canada Certified equipment required. No outside or private coaches allowed on the ice at anytime. Only CMHA volunteers or coaches permitted. 

Open to any CMHA Player or CMHA alumni playing U15/U18 Major or High School. 

CMHA will provide an on ice supervisor for supervision only.

Limit 40 skaters and 4 goalies - first come and pay first serve. Cash or e-transfer at the rink. 

Cheers

Bryan Esbaugh

CMHA President

Oct 11, 2025

Keepers Club is Back!

Keepers Club is back! Registration is open for Oct 12th and 19th!

2025 Goalie Development Programs
 
Keepers Club (Empire Goaltending):
 
Back for another season is Chebuctos Keepers Club running Sundays 10:00 am at LIONS Arena. 
This year we've teamed up with Empire Goaltending to help run our on ice program. All sign ups will be done through the Gray Jay program portal and will generally be available for sign up 1-2 weeks prior to the session.
 

Cost for keepers club will be $30 per session.

To keep supporting opportunities for our U9 Goalies they will have free registration.

Chebucto Minor Hockey Association | GrayJay Pay

Sign up space will be limited. Registration link listed above!

All goalies, committed goalies and those who are still exploring the position, are encouraged to try keepers club for some focused training. This being said, to ensure coaches are able to provide a high level of focused goalie training it's requested that any U9 goalies attending keepers club have a minimum of 2 or more practices in goalie gear and are comfortable moving and dressing in the goalie gear before joining keepers club. 
 
If your player is interested in trying goalie, Chebucto has 4 brand new sets of quick change goalie gear for our U9/U7 groups and several sets of the traditional style gear to use/borrow. Please talk to your coaches about coordinating this. The gear is kept in the equipment room at the lions rink. Once your players meet the above criteria for keepers club and want to join, the gear can be borrowed on Saturday after practice, taken home and used for keepers club Sunday. For now, we're asking gear be returned to the equipment room after keepers club to ensure access for all who are interested. 
 
Empire Goaltending is well recognized in goalie coaching and we're fortunate to have them, for free (in U9). All players interested in the position should make it a point to get in the goalie gear for a few practices and then get out to some Keepers Club sessions, they're hugely beneficial to our young goalies. This will be ongoing for the season, so no rush, or hard feeling if registration fills up or gear is unavailable. Speak to your team coach and they will ensure everyone interested gets a chance. 

 

Any questions please reach out to:
 
Development@chebuctominorhockey.com
 
Oct 9, 2025

Midway Through Tryouts – Thank You & Reminder

 

Dear CMHA Families,

We are now midway through our tryout process, and I want to thank everyone for their support, patience, and commitment to helping things run smoothly. The energy and dedication shown by our players, parents, and volunteers has been greatly appreciated.

As a reminder, we ask that all communication with our Tryout Volunteers and Technical Director remain respectful. These individuals are working hard to ensure the process is fair, consistent, and well-organized. Any concerns, frustrations, or complaints about tryouts should not be directed toward volunteers or staff at the rink. 

If you have a concern, please use our formal complaint process, which has been established to ensure all matters are handled properly, fairly, and with respect. No complaint will be addressed or investigated unless it has been submitted through this process. You can find the process and submission form here:


? CMHA Complaint Resolution Process

Thank you for continuing to support both our players and our volunteers as we move through the remainder of tryouts. Together, we can keep this experience positive and constructive for everyone involved.

Sincerely,


Bryan Esbaugh
President, Chebucto Minor Hockey Association

 

Sep 30, 2025

CMHA Socks Available

Hi Chebucto,

 

We have a limited number of socks for sale through Chebucto at a cost of 30 dollars per pair.  

Sizes available are Large (30") , Medium (25") and Small ( 21") 

Colours are "Dallas Stars" Kelly Green and White.

If you have a player in need of CMHA uniform socks please fill out the form at the following page. 

 

CMHA Sock Ordering

 

The sock cost will be billed to the team the player is affliated with and communicated to the team managers. 

 

Thanks!

 

Bryan Esbaugh

CMHA President

Sep 30, 2025

U7 First Ice times October 4th

Hello, Chebucto U7 Families!!

 

We have some exciting news!! 

 

Our U7s will hit the ice at our home rink, the LIONS ARENA, this Saturday October 4th for a welcome to hockey session! These sessions are not a part of our regular season. Chebucto has kindly gifted our U7 players with some extra ice time!! They are free of charge and fully optional, but very beneficial and highly recommended 

 

They will be used to get the kids out on the ice for a refresher if they are a returning player, and if this is your child's first year in hockey, these sessions will be an unstructured opportunity for first year players to come out and have some fun on the ice.

 

We will have some stations set up but kids will be allowed to move around freely and get comfortable on the ice, take some shots or just make snow angels and slide around. It's also a great opportunity for any parent volunteers to come on out on the ice and help kids get comfortable and have fun in an unstructured environment, so please bring your skates, helmet, gloves and stick and come out for a skate!!

 

Kids have been grouped in preliminary groupings below. If you feel your child has been placed incorrectly, please let me know. 

 

For the first few weeks we always reserve the opportunity to move players to a different group if it is deemed beneficial for their personal development path. I love to hear from parents who have insights and concerns that may help us place players most appropriately so that they have a fun and challenging season every year in U7.

 

If you do not see your player’s name, please reach out to me directly at U7@chebuctominorhockey.com or jaymckenzieslife@gmail.com and I will make sure they are added to the appropriate group.

 

Our regular season will start next weekend, October 11th and 12th. 

 

Final groupings and regular season practice times will be sent out next week. 

 

I am so excited to be back at the rink with you all to see these awesome little hockey stars hit the ice. Looking forward to another great hockey season!!

 

Let's Go Chebucto U7!! 

 

Yours in hockey, 

 

Jay McKenzie 

 

VP U7 CHEBUCTO 

 

Ice times and Groupings for Saturday October 4th 

 

Group 1 - 10am 

Mike Hart/Anton Manson

Avery

Parkinson

Beau

Boutilier

Bryce

Burdett

Cameron

Ferguson

Cohen

McMahon

Harrison

Lobban

Henry

Privett

Jack

Misener

Maxwell

Riggs

Michael

Hart

Nathan

Stuart

Noah

Clancy

Rhodes

Manson

Sophia

Fleming

Violet

Saxton

Asher

Gillis

Aurora

Hubley

Frederic

Rhodenizer

Dylan

Harvey

Hudsyn

MacDonald

Maika

Tran

Colt

Wilson

Nathan

Meade

Margo

Griffiths

Luca

Hall

Lyon

Lawen

Kennedy

Sanford

Sullivan

Connolly

Jacob

Levy

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Group 2 - 9am

Jake/Mark C/Mark Pelham 

Casey

Pelham

Charlie

Smith

Cameron

Hart

Hayden

Gibson

Teddy

Chisholm

James

Bottomley

River

Higgs

Rory

Gilbert

Owen

MacQuilkan

Jack

MacGillivray

Hugh

Livingstone

Jack

Campbell

Cruz

Munden

Brody

Ryan

Bruce

campbell

Bennett

Tingley

Alexander

MacNeil

Rio

LeBlanc

Cohen

Thomas

Amos

Cormier

Riley

Gray

Taran

Gillis

Declan

Field

Declan

MacIsaac

Amelia

Barr

Jackson

O'Toole

   
   
   
   

Group 3 - 8am

Grove/Upham

Myles

Lyttle

Christopher

Purcell

Octavia

Penwarden

Parker

Saxton

Noah

Upham

Nolan

Stuart

Gerry

Wright

Gwendolyn

Riggs

William

Juteau

Wyatt

Purcell

Harrison

Oakey

Henry

Beattie

Jack

Greenham

Jack

Schneider

Thomas J

Scarfe

Tucker

Grove

Kashtin

White

Ethan

Fraser

Gabriel

Hico

Leo

Wells

Gabrielle

Fleming

KYLER  

RHYNO

Norah

MacDonald

Edward

Sobieraj

Liam

Lannon

Charles Griffin

McDonald

Lewis

Ewer

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Group 4 - 7am

Mike Hart/Ben Cunningham 

 

 

Bode

Willgress

Brielle

Baxter

Carson

Henneberry

Carver

Algee

Charlotte

Hart

Charlotte

Newell

Emeric

Cunningham

Everly

Jardine

Hayes

Harrison

Jackson

MacKenzie

BRADY

BAXTER

Levi

Knott

Marc

LeBlanc

Nathan

West

Riley

Dempsey

Vera

Saxton

William

Bowdridge

Hank

Naugler

Casey 

White 

 

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