We are excited to start a new season with Whitecourt Minor Hockey. Wow, did our association grow this year! This is such a great news story for the sport of hockey.
As our board attempts to improve the lines of communication one of the items we have received feedback on this past year is around the practice schedule. Everyone wishes that it could be set consistently for the entire season and that if their kiddo practices on a M - W one month it would be the same for the entire season. With the number of teams we have, the lack of ice, and the fact that we are so lucky to have the Wolverines in our town - this is not possible.
Instead we do everything we can to fairly share the ice across all teams. We rotate teams through each of the schedule options throughout the season so that one team isn’t always practicing on Fridays for example.
And the good news is that this season none of our teams U9-U18 are losing ice because of Wolverines games. This does mean approx 4 early morning practices per team U11-U18 spread across the season. And it does mean practices will ‘bump’ around when the Wolverines play - be prepared for these ‘bumps’ in the consistent schedule. Here is a peek at what the consistent schedule looks like for those who are curious about these types of things.