September Player Evaluations

Overview

During September, the players are evaluated during a series of on-ice sessions.

Novice, Atom and Peewee Divisions are tiered into A, B and C levels (i.e. Novice A, Novice B and Novice C).

Bantam and Midget Divisions are tiered into A and B levels.

Your child will be evaluated on the ice and based on their ability, placed into one of these three levels. This is done to group kids with the same skill level together.

"A" level is for players with advanced hockey skills while "C" is for players who are just starting to learn or need improvement in certain hockey skills. "B" level is for players in between.

Your first day at the rink - What you should know

A few things you should know about the evaluations:

• Time and Place - You'll receive a phone call from a coach or convenor telling you the date, time and arena for your child's evaluation.
• Mouth Guard - your child must wear their mouth guard during the evaluations.
• Full Equipment - your child requires all their equipment including the stick.
• Jersey - A temporary CMHA jersey is supplied at each evaluation session. You'll receive the jersey when you arrive at the arena. Please return this jersey immediately after the session.
• Water - don't forget to bring a water bottle for your child. The CMHA will not be providing water bottles during evaluations.
• Next Evaluation Session - you'll received another phone call with the date, time and location for each subsequent evaluation.
• Evaluation Team - Once your child has been ranked as A, B or C. They MAY be assigned to an 'evaluation team', depending on the age group. That team may play some exhibition or regular season games. During this period, team balancing may occur. So you might be playing on a different team each weekend.
• Final Team - The convenor or head coach will tell you once your child has been assigned to a team.

Parents are encouraged to read the CMHA FAQ on the topic of ranking of players and team balancing. Click HERE for the FAQ.