Hi Folks, 

Our pre-season signup times are now closed aside from some limited programs.

Thanks for all the great support. Given the high level of interest I am very confident the Chebucto hockey community is extemely vibrant and engaged. 

We are working on the schedule and player groups and it should be ready by Sunday evening Aug 13th, but there is some potential that some groups may not be fully finalized till Monday morning Aug 14th. There may be a shift of an hour here or there of the timeslots specified in each program but don't expect anything major. 

Some ( well....more than some...lol..) have requested special accomodation due to vacations and other such conflicts. While we have tried to manage this as best we can I cannot guarantee we have been able to accomodate in every case so please manage your expectations and potentially prepare for some dissappointments. 

A preliminary volunteer signup email has already went out however I will be releasing a broader email once the schedule is released to allow those parents staying the opportunity to help out with very easy roles such as check in, dressing room monitor, etc, etc. 

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns. 

Cheers!

VP Development

Bryan Esbaugh

Good evening,

I hope this message finds everyone doing well :) 

It is hard to believe that we are a little over a month before competitive tryouts begin!  I would like to thank all the folks working behind the scenes to get everything ready for another season of Chebucto Minor Hockey!  Below is some information and reminders as we approach the beginning of another season!

Preseason Development

Registration for preseason development closes today!  Bryan, our VP of Development has sent a number of reminders and updates pretaining to development sessions the last couple of weeks.  It really sounds like he has some great instructors lined up for our players to prepare them for the season! If you have any questions pretaining to development or are wondering if there are still spots avalaible after registration closes, please reach out to Bryan at development@chebuctominorhockey.com.

Also, we still are seeking volunteers to help make our Pre-Season development sessions a success. Volunteers help us reduce cost and make these sessions accessable to all while still maintain very high level of quality pre-season instruction. 

We are seeking:

• One Ice Lead Coaches
• On Ice Assistant Coaches (Goalie and Player)
• Dressing Room Monitors 
• Check in Staff
• Goalie Session Shooters

If you'd like to volunteer in any capacity please fill out and submit the following form and we will be in contact shortly.

Pre-Season Volunteer Form

Competitive Tryout Information and Dates

Just wanted to send a quick update regarding Competitive Tryouts.  The majority of the evaluations will be taking place at the Forum/ Civic this year, with some of the later sessions happening at the Lion's Rink.

The following dates are when evaluations are scheduled to begin. As we get closer to the actual dates, a full schedule will be posted for each age group.

U11: Saturday, September 23, 2023

U13: Friday, September 15, 2023

U15: Thursday, September 28, 2023

U18: TBD (waiting until dates are published for U16AAA/ HS tryouts)

 A couple of reminders:

 1. Registration for competitive closes on August 21, so if you haven't already registered, please remember to do so.

 2. If you would like to help with the evaluation process, please sign up here: 

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1K4se_3oj12RTF71nh7GSorZ_ILJuDK9f0tX0Y1OChVc/edit?usp=drive_web

 More information concerning tryouts will come out in early September.  If you have any questions please reach out to our VP of Competitive, Stephen Pelham at competitive@chebuctominorhockey.com

Coaching Selection Committee Update

The coaching selection committee would like to thank all of the parents and non parent volunteers who put their names forward to coach for this coming year!  We have a number of parents candidates who we are not able to name at this time as we need to wait until we see where their children land after tryouts. Parent coaches will be named closer to the end of tryouts.  As we move through the tryout process the coaching selection committee will narrow down the parent candidates.

In terms of non-parent coaches, we would like to welcome back and name Justin Ritcey as our U13AAA coach once again this year and Dante Manuel as our U18AA coach once again this year.  Justin and Dante are everything we like to stand for as an assocation in having our players come back after successful years playing to give back to the association.  Congratulations Justin and Dante, and welcome back! Other coaches we are naming that is time are Peter Jollimore U24 Rec, and Paul Chui U18 Rec, again two coaches who are returning to Chebucto after many years of coaching those two teams!

All other coaching positions will be named at a later date!  If you have any questions about coaching selection please reach out to Craig Messervey at executive.vp@chebuctominorhockey.com

That is it for now, I will send another update at the end of the month!

Take care!

Craig Myra

President, CMHA

Hi Folks,

We've added a third pre-season block for U9s that is open as well to more advanced U7s. Any U7 player who would like to participate please ensure you have discussed with VP U7 Jay Mackenzie prior to signup. 

Here is the schedule for this block. 

Sign up here: 

As a result of low signup for the U7 welcome back to hockey session on the 19th we will be closing registration for these sessions and refunding any signups. 

If you have any questions please reach out to VP Development.

Go Chebucto!

Bryan Esbaugh

Our Pre-season spots are filling up as we start to get ready for the upcoming tryouts and season start up.

We in association with Athletic Intelligence are very proud to announce some of the coaches that will be leading and helping out with the Chebucto minor hockey pre-season camps which include :

Jill Plandowski

Richard Ujary

Chad Anderson

Mike Fougere

Daryl MacPherson

Justin Ritcy

Doug Clarke 

Chris Longophy

Duper MacDonald

Stay Tunned because there are more to come.

U9 is currently full but there are a limited number of spots left in U11/U13/U15 and U18.

If the session is full and you'd like to be placed on the waiting list then please contact VP-Development Bryan Esbaugh (besbaugh@gmail.com).

Our goalie development sessions with Upper Echeleon are as well almost full so don't wait!

Registration link is here : Chebucto Development 2023

Pre-Season Development Update!

Chebucto is very excited to annouce that we are going to be partnering with Athletic Intelligence as well as Upper Echelon Goaltending to assist in providing quality pre-season programming at the various age levels. 

This brings together two well known development organizations in the HRM area with proven track records and a staff of qualified and experienced coaches focused on development to augment our already existing list of high quality volunteers and in house coaches. This is truely a best of both worlds approach. Our hope is this will provide a model for increased strategic partnerships with private hockey groups for accessable, affordable and progressively high quality development facilitated through Chebucto. 

We expect that once we more broadly announce and publize that spots will fill up quickly and so please ensure you sign up. Chebucto development will be opening up empty slots to the greater HRM hockey community after Aug 4th if not filled so don't wait!  

A Note on Flexibility of Scheduling:

While Chebucto cannot make any guarantees on the exact schedule until registration closes on Aug 11th if there are any specific requests please reach out to the VP of Development and we will do our best to accomodate within reason.

VP Development 

Bryan Esbaugh

Good morning,

Registration for U24 is full and is now closed. If you would like to be added to the waitlist please contract our registrar, Alicia, at registrar@chebuctominorhockey.com. 

Have a great day!

Craig Myra

President CMHA