U9 House League
The U9 House League program at Corydon Community Centre participates in a league that plays other house league teams in the APHA.
The season consists of 18-20 indoor games (weekends), starting in November and players can expect to practice both indoor and outdoors 1-2 times per week. Teams may opt to participate in exhibition games and tournaments outside the club.
Our program begins in early October with our pre-season Initiation Program (IP) which involves 4 X 1 hour on-ice sessions focused on hockey skill development, and 2 X 1 hour evaluation skates. The evaluation skates are designed to assist us in team formation and to ensure that each house league team has a fair and balanced compliment of players. In order to achieve this goal we do NOT accept friend requests.
The IP program will run every weekend in October at the River Heights site.
Players at this age level play on a half ice surface for the duration of the season as mandated by Hockey Canada. The remainder of the ice surface is used as a development zone.
More information can be found here: https://www.hockeymanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Hockey-Manitoba-Under-9-Half-Ice-Guidelines-2022-2023-1.pdf
U9 Practice Schedule – First Half
U9 Game Schedule – First Half
STEP 1- Respect in Sport Program for Parents:
The parent that is registering their player (if they have never done so in previous seasons) MUST register and complete the Respect in Sport Parent Program. Please Note: This is a different program than the coach/roster Respect in Sport program and must be completed by any parent registering their child for hockey. Anyone that has completed the coach/roster RIS program, MUST complete the Parent RIS program, before you will be able to register a child for hockey in the upcoming 2024-25 season.
https://hmbparent.respectgroupinc.com
- How will the family accounts of the Respect in Sport Parent Program link to the HCR?
When registering for the Respect in Sport Parent Program, the parent must associate a child or children to their profile (Child Management) where an association must be selected. After a parent is certified, and assuming he/she has associated a child(ren) to their profile, the HCR record of the child is updated under Clinics and Qualifications, including the Respect in Sport certificate number. Please make sure ALL your children are linked to Hockey and Assiniboine Park Hockey! Then click on No Further Children to Add when done. - What are the payment options for the RIS for Parents online course?
The payment is done through PayPal, by credit or debit
STEP 2 – Registering & Online Payment:
Registration for the 2024-25 season is through the Hockey Canada Registration System (HCR). Please update your contact emails as this is how we will be contacting you with all hockey information.
https://registration.hockeycanada.ca/Registration/?ID=944
- The instructions for the new Hockey Canada Registry (HCR 3.0) are attached
- Some of our community clubs have volunteer bonds which must be paid before any player can go on the ice for tryouts, please check with your club.
- If you are applying for subsidy, please contact Kathy – info@aphahockey.ca. All subsidy applications must be paid, filled out and completed (with the necessary documentation) or your child will not be allowed on the ice for tryouts!
- If you are trying out for AA (U13+) or AAA (U15+) you also need to register with APHA. For male hockey the new AA/AAA Council will administer the AA/AAA programs. Information re: tryouts will be posted on the Hockey Winnipeg website: AA/AAA Tryout Registration – Hockey Winnipeg. For Female AA, APHA will continue to administer the program
- The 2024-2025 APHA Player Information Questionnaire will ask for the player’s position. The system will record player’s position (U9 A Winterhawks) as either ‘skater’ or ‘goalie’. For U11 (Polar Bears and Winterhawks) and older the position options will be goalie, defence, forward, defence/forward. Players must choose one and will go through the evaluation process on the basis of that selection. For those wanting to be evaluated at the U9A level, please indicate this on the questionnaire.
- The HCR system will ask if your player is ‘Registering for AAA/AA’ or ‘A’ level hockey with Evaluations or ‘Declaring whichever is the lowest level available) or ‘House League’ (this is for U7 and U9 only)
Please choose ONE option only. If your child is not able to play at the level selected, they will automatically move down to the next option (for example, if you choose ‘Registering for AAA/AA’ and the player is not selected, they will automatically move to the ‘A’ level hockey with Evaluations. You do not need to choose both.
ALSO NOTE: AAA and AA is only available for U15 (AAA) or U13 (AA) and up.
- The HCR system will be used for Bench Staff Applications. Three options will be available – Coach, Manager, Safety.
In the HCR, under the Coach option you will find Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Goalie Coach and Apprentice Coach (needs approval from Hockey Manitoba through the APHA Registrar). Manager and Safety are single options. Applicants will register by finding/creating a Hockey Canada ID number and then selecting the option they prefer. Anyone wanting to be part of the Bench staff must complete the HCR registration or they will not be considered. Please note, this is an application only and no guarantee of placement. https://page.spordle.com/assiniboine-park-minor-hockey/register/1ee266c9-7606-6c8c-a6f0-06bba40fa00c
- Any required training for an APHA team will be reimbursed by APHA. Send a copy of the Hockey Canada registration receipt and a copy your completion certification to 17sclarke@gmail.com
Below are the Hockey Manitoba links for the required bench staff certification
All bench staff require valid Respect In Sport For Activity Leaders;
https://www.hockeymanitoba.ca/coaches/respect-in-sport/
Coach and Assistant Coach;
https://www.hockeymanitoba.ca/coaches/requirements/
Safety Person and Manager
https://www.hockeymanitoba.ca/coaches/bench-staff/
- If you have any questions regarding registration, please email info@aphahockey.ca
| 2024-25 APHA REGISTRATION FEES | ||
| Age Group | 2024-2025 Early Bird Fee | 2024-2025 Regular Fee |
| HL U7 | $535 | $535 |
| HL U9 | $580 | $580 |
| U9 A | $885 | $935 |
| F U9 A1-A3 | $815 | $855 |
| U11 A1-A5 | $855 | $905 |
| F U11 A1-A3 | $895 | $945 |
| U13 A1-A5 | $835 | $885 |
| F U13 AA, A1-A2 | $800 | $850 |
| U15 A1-A2 Body Contact | $810 | $860 |
| U15 Non Contact | $795 | $845 |
| F U15 AA, A1-A2 | $795 | $845 |
| U18 A1-A2 Body Contact | $920 | $970 |
| U18 Non Contact | $905 | $955 |
| F U18 AA, A | $810 | $860 |
**Register before August 23rd and receive $50.00 off your registration (U9A and up)**
– Players interested in being evaluated for the Winter Hawks U9A team must register for evaluations ($100.00 cost payable in the HCR Registration). For those who successfully make this U9A team an additional fee of $205.00 will be assessed. This will be collected by the respective teams. Failure to pay will result in the player not being fully registered and unable to play until payment is made.
-The cost for socks, name bars and decals is included in the registration fees for U9A and up.
-The cost for U9/ U11 Development is included in the registration fees
-The cost for Rob West Tournament fees is included for those age categories that participate in the tournament
-The cost for a U15A Hitting Clinic is included in the U15 fees.
-The mandatory community centre participation fee is included (fee goes to your home club)
-If your child makes AA/AAA/high school a non refundable $50 fee will be charged. (This fee will activate your profile for the season and begin their insurance. $25 of this fee will go to the players home community centre)
HOCKEY WINNIPEG NOTES for the 2024-25 season
- U9 A Winter Hawks (WH) is a combined age category (age 7-8)
- U9 A Polar Bears (PB) is a combined age category (age 6,7,8)
- If your child makes U9 A1 (WH only), additional registration fees of $205 will need to be paid
- U11 A1-A5 is a combined age category (age 9-10) WH and PB
- U13 A1-A5 is a combined age category (age 11-12) WH and PB
- U15 A1-A5 is a combined age category (age 13-14) WH and PB
- U18 A1-A3 is a combined age category (ages 15-17) WH and PB
- U15 and U18 Winterhawks will have the option of Body Checking or Non Body Contact divisions.
APHA GENERAL NOTES for the 2024-25 hockey season (U9A and up)
- All male teams are the Winter Hawks and female teams are the Polar Bears!
- As an ongoing process, there will be a greater emphasis on coaching and player development that will follow Hockey Canada’s guidelines for hockey players that register to play hockey within the APHA. A coach mentor will be assigned to the program to support and ensure that coaches are following these guidelines. Coaching applications will be available online for the male program similar to the female program.
APHA EVALUATIONS
Welcome back to another year of hockey and great fun! As each season starts with registration it quickly follows with player evaluations. The hockey directors from the six Assiniboine Park Hockey Association (APHA) community clubs have reviewed the evaluation process from last year and are looking to make improvements again this year. We encourage ALL players to attend evaluations for their age group. The attendance and participation in these sessions allows for the Team Formation Committee to strive for parity among all teams formed at all age groups. If players do not attend evaluations, it does make the goal of even teams more challenging.
The APHA has again hired an independent group to perform the evaluations instead of volunteers. By hiring a group of dedicated and knowledgeable hockey staff, the APHA is hoping to provide consistent and fair player evaluations.
NOTES ABOUT CONFLICTS: We understand that some APHA Evaluation sessions conflict with religious holidays and/or
national holidays. We have done our best to avoid this, however, due to the scarcity of ice, this was sometimes
unavoidable. The Team Formation Committee does have an approach in place to address situations where players
need to miss a session either due to the above reasons or due to illness. Please advise us when you receive your
evaluation session times if such a conflict occurs and we will make note of it. No player will be adversely affected for
missing a session due to the above reasons.
TEAM FORMATION
When you register your son or daughter for hockey you do so as part of the APHA. While you may register under your home community centre, your player is playing in a regional program. After registration, but prior to evaluations, the APHA team formation committee meets to determine how many teams there will be at each age group. This decision is based on rules set by Hockey Winnipeg and by the number of children registered at each age group across the entire APHA.
Hockey Winnipeg rules require all players to be evaluated in an association-wide process at each age group. This means that all players will be pooled together from all community centres to create teams.
As you prepare your hockey players for another season, the hockey directors wish everyone the best and hope you have a positive experience during tryouts.
EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
Want to know what your kids need for playing hockey! There is some great information here:
http://newtohockey.com/hockey-equipment-buying-guide-for-kids/