Under 9 (U9)

Directors

Welcome to the U9 2025/2026 Season:

Please label your players helmet and water bottle with their name and ensure they have their full gear or they will not be able to get on the ice. Your manager will have jerseys to hand out, please ensure your child wears their team jersey to practices as we will have 2 teams on the ice at a time. They may wear their own jersey on the skills days.

Parents are not permitted to be on the bench during ice times unless you've registered as bench staff and completed all the courses to be either an HCSP or a coach. If your child needs you, they will be brought to you. If you would like to help out on the bench, please let you manager & coordinator know.

Volunteers - please ensure you have all your courses completed and your criminal record check is approved before getting on the ice. You can check on your spordle account to see what you are missing. We will have a mandatory meeting scheduled soon. I will send an email once we have a location and time secured.

Goalies - We will be receiving 2 sets of goalie gear per team. This will be handed out at the coach's discretion. Ideally, we'll have 2 kids wearing the gear for the weekend so they can practice in it and then attempt a game with it on to get a feel for the position. U9 has no assigned positions so this is an opportunity for every player to try this position and see if they enjoy it or to simply have a better appreciation for the position in the older divisions. We would like every player to try goalie at least once.

Dressing rooms - Dressing rooms for each practice are posted on the screens in the lobby of the Pomeroy. For the ladies, there is a female only dressing room as well. Please ensure you are going in the correct dressing room. No phones or pictures in the dressing rooms. We follow the "Two Deep Method" which means if you are in the dressing room with a child who is not yours, there must be another parent in the dressing room as well or you need to leave and ask your child to meet you in the common area to continue helping them get ready. 

Games - we will not be starting any games until November/December so please be patient. Typically we will do practices on Saturday’s and games on Sunday’s. There may be exceptions to this due to scheduling or limitations on ice times.

Tournaments - each team is allowed to participate in 2 tournaments. Tournaments are not a part of your hockey fee. Once the team decides on a tournament to take part in, the manager (or if you have a sponsor) will find out who can attend the tournament and collect your portion to pay the tournament fees.

Team Linkt - Over the next couple weeks, your team's manager will be creating and inviting you to the TeamLinkt app which is where your schedule will be uploaded going forward as well as any team communications. Please reach out to your team manager with any questions or concerns.

Drop-In Skills Day - Open to all registered U9 players on Thursdays 4:00-5:00pm on the West arena, starting Thursday, October 23rd. These are optional practices that focus specifically on skills. These practices are open to all U9 players, however, they are for the players that are wanting to improve and work hard; adherence to rules and expectations is mandatory and no poor behaviour will be tolerated.

Team Photo Day - Team Photo day for individual and team photos will be scheduled in November. Information to come.