U13 | Under-13
General Information
Development is the core of U13 hockey. Focusing on refining skills to allow players to experience success in both practices and games.
As apart of the East Kootenay Minor Hockey League includes practices, games and tournaments.
- Practices: WVMHA offers two on-ice practices per week.
- Power Skating: In September an additional ice-time is offered on weekends and additionally a group ice-time offered weekly with a certified power skating coach.
- Dryland: Offering a single session before practice each week to focusing on overall health and injury prevention.
- Tiering Tournament: Preseason tournament for the purpose of placing teams in the appropriate tier within a division.
- 10-14 League Games: Games are split half at home and half are away. Some games may change due to ice availability or other reasons.
- 3-5 Tournaments: Decided during the preseason meeting held with players, parents, coaches and managers.
- Banner Tournament: Divisional League Championship held for each age group from U11 and above.
- Provincial Tournament: Provincial Championship held for age groups U13 and above. Teams that are successful during Banner Tournaments earn a spot at the provincial tournament.
Travel will be required for games and includes the following communities Fernie, Elkford, Creston, Golden, Cranbrook, and Whitefish - please have your travel documents ready!
U13 program are for players turning 11 or 12 before December 31st of the current playing year.
Please review the Hockey Canada U13 programming.
Full hockey gear is required whenever a player steps on the ice. See the Equipment List in the Resources section of the website for a full list. Game day hockey jerseys are provided; socks can be ordered through the team apparel or directly; details can be found under Apparel.
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Practice Schedules
Practice schedules for September are currently scheduled for:
Monday 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Thursday 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Power Skating every second Wednesday: 6:45 to 7:45 am
Saturday September Power Skating sessions.
Times and days may change due to team decisions, please refer to your TeamSnap schedule for all updates and games.
Dressing room assignments will be available on the monitors at the main and player entrances.
U13 Calendar of Events
Standings
All Game sheets are done electronically in HiSports - To see the Division Standings Click Here then select Division and Schedule.
Communication
WVMHA uses TeamSnap for communications.
Open your TeamSnap app to find your player's team and schedule. Only the registrant can add family members to TeamSnap to share schedules.
Each team has a team email managers and or treasurers can be reached directly: u13wvmha@gmail.com.
Streaming of games and team pictures may take place on Facebook reachout to your team about getting access to this account.
Parent Respect in Sport (RIS)
One parent/guardian for each player is required to have a current Respect in Sport for Hockey Canada Parents. Players will not be considered registered until parents/guardians have completed Respect in Sport.
Volunteer
The WVMHA association runs on volunteers – parents of players become coaches, team managers, on-ice safety , and volunteer during home and away games for example running score clock and or raffle tables.
Consider what you might be able to do and if you have questions or want to volunteer to be a coach or team manager particularly, contact the Coach Coordinator at coach.wvmha@gmail.com or the Manager Mentor at managers.wvmha@gmail.com.
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