Preseason ice will start in September after Labor Day.

• Players need to be registered by then for Travel hockey at the Squirt / 10U Girls, Pee Wee / 12 Girls, and Bantam age levels in order to participate.
• Friday evenings will be skills sessions. Sunday evenings will be small area games sessions.
• Dates and times will be posted on the calendar (remember to select your tags for Squirts, Pee Wees, and/or Bantams). Any changes to the preseason ice schedule will be updated on the calendar.
• For any players who are still deciding between House and Travel levels of hockey, they should register for their Travel age group and participate in the preseason ice.

Skaters

Evaluations for all skaters for the Travel teams for Squirts and Pee Wees will take place in early October. Evaluations for Bantams will take place in mid to late October and be finalized at the conclusion of high school tryouts in early November. Dates and times will be posted on the calendar.

During Evaluations (Evals) for the Travel teams for Squirts, Pee Wees, and Bantams, players are assessed for team placement with other like-skilled players. Note that this is not a pure "tryouts" process where players either make a team and play or get cut from a team and don't play. All players participating in Evals are placed on a Polar Caps team to play for the season. While preseason ice is not part of Evals, coaches will take note during preseason if a new player is significantly below the basic threshold of skills needed to play at their age group level of Travel hockey. In these rare cases, coaches may recommend placement before or during Evals with our House program along with additional skating and skills development prior to the player participating in Travel hockey.

Goalies

Evaluations for goalies for all Travel teams for Squirts, Pee Wees, and Bantams will take place in October. This initial evaluation session will be for goalies only.

Squirt and Pee Wee goalies will continue to be evaluated throughout the rest of their regular tryout sessions. Goalies should attend all Evals sessions for their age level as directed. Team placement for goalies will occur at the same time as players for Squirts and Pee Wees.

Bantam goalies will continue to be evaluated throughout the rest of their preseason ice sessions, any scrimmages, and/or games. Team placement for goalies will occur at the same time as players for Bantams.