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Sep 15, 2024 | Peter Wethey | 248 views
Welcome to 2024-2025 U15 HL
Hello parents, athletes, and coaches,

I would like welcome everyone to the 2024/2025 London Devilettes U15 House League season. My name is Peter Wethey and I will be the U15 House League convenor this year.  
For those returning to the devilettes, welcome back, and for those new to the league we are glad to have you aboard. I am sure this year will be another fun and exciting year of hockey where the athletes can enjoy reconnecting with their hockey friends or making new hockey friends, in addition to developing their skills and experiencing the excitement of games and tournaments.

I have included a link to the Devilette’s U15HL web site below for your convenience should you wish to have a look. I will be updating the U15 HL web site throughout the year with information and game results.

 

https://londondevilettes.ca/Leagues/3573/

 

We will have two U15 HL teams this year. With two teams we will play in the WOGHL (Western Ontario Girls Hockey League). We will play some local teams within WOGHL and will confirm the local teams we will play with in a couple weeks.  

 

Our Devilette ice times for U15 House League are shown in the table below. We will have games on Saturdays and practices on Thursdays but may also have some other game times when playing other WOGHL teams. We need some volunteers before we can begin the season. We will require on-ice volunteers for the assessment skates, assistant coaches, trainers, dressing room/bench moms for each team once the teams are assembled. The season will begin with a warm up skate and then 2 assessment ice times for all athletes. The assessments will be leveraged to create two balanced teams. The warm up skate will take place on Saturday Sept 28th and the assessments skates will start on Thursday October 3rd followed by Saturday October 5th.  Please email me if you can volunteer for any of these positions ([email protected]). We can’t start the assessments without on-ice volunteers, so it is critical that I get 2 or 3 on-ice volunteers.

 

 

Can I ask you to reply to me ([email protected]) with your athlete’s preferred position (center, right wing, left wing, defence) and which direction they shoot (left or right). We know the position you submitted with your registration, but would like to get the  additional forward position preferences and confirm defence choices. If you have received multiple emails from me and only wish me to communicate to one of those email addresses please let me know which email to communicate with going forward. Alternatively if you would like me to send general communications to additional email address please send me those details.

I will be sending a follow up email out in a number of days confirming ice time details for the warm up skate and assessments. Following the final assessment we will assemble the teams and you will hear from your head coach after the teams are assembled. I will post the schedule for the first half of the season once the teams are assembled and we know our WOGHL partners ice times. There will be some minor adjustments to the schedule as the season progresses to account for arena blackout dates that affect ice availability and tournaments our teams enter impacting our ability to run games.   


Below I have included some information about the assessment sessions for those new to process or for those looking for a refresher.   
  
ASSESSMENT STEPS:  
1.       When you arrive at arena for your warm up skate, a table will be set up with a volunteer handing out jerseys. Please go to this table to collect your athlete’s jersey when you arrive at the arena. Please arrive at least 25 minutes prior to the warm up skate ice time.

2.        The assessors will evaluate athletes by jersey colour and number so it is vital that your athlete keeps the same jersey for both assessment sessions. Jerseys will be collected at the end of the 2nd assessment session. The teams will be established using the assessment evaluation results. To ensure a balanced set of teams, it is important that your athlete do their best at the assessments so the teams can be created with accurate information. Please encourage your athlete to do their best and also attend the warm up skate so all athletes have a chance to remove the rust from summer downtime.

3.       The first assessment session will focus on skating, passing and shooting. The second session will do a bit of skating followed by a scrimmage to evaluate the athletes in game situations.

Again… I am seeking some on-ice volunteers to run the assessment drills. The drill details will be provided to you prior to the assessment sessions. All you need is a helmet, gloves, stick and skates, and ideally a whistle to help execute the drills. This will allow the head coaches to watch off ice and record their assessment results. This is great opportunity to meet the coaches!     

I am looking forward to meeting you, and enjoying a great season of hockey ahead!


Peter Wethey

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