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Submitted By S. Gaunce on Thursday, April 20, 2023 (2240 views)
The time of year for evaluations (formerly tryouts) is coming quickly. There is a change this year in the geographic make-up of the Markham AAA Zone, as per the OMHA memorandum of February 3, 2023, titled AAA Zone Realignment Pilot.
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Submitted By Ryan Lawrie on Friday, February 10, 2023 (5272 views)
On January 25 the Bell Let’s Talk campaign entered its 13th year to help raise awareness and combat stigma surrounding mental health in Canada. This year Bell teamed up with Jack.org to help further educate our youth and adolescents about mental health struggles. We're working towards a Canada where all young people understand how to take care of their own mental health and look out for each other.
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Submitted By Deb Larsen on Friday, February 10, 2023 (8644 views)
The Markham Waxers are excited to announce that we will be hosting the NHL/NHLPA FIRST SHIFT program. This six-week program is designed to ensure a positive experience for new-to-hockey families. It kicks off with a welcome event on March 23, 2023 where kids will receive their hockey gear. Then the participants will hit the ice for six weeks of instruction on a wide variety of skating, puck handling, passing, and shooting exercises as well as small area games.
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Submitted By Deb Larsen on Thursday, December 15, 2022 (2905 views)
The Waxers are pleased to announce that as part of our internal development model for the U18, U16 and U15 age groups that the following head coaches will be returning/moving along with their
present age groups and will have the following age groups for 2023-2024:
- U18 Dan Daoust
- U16 Mike Gouglas
- U15 Peter Rooney
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Submitted By Deb Larsen on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 (9565 views)
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The impact of fall tryouts on hockey associations has been devastating. They not only impact those teams trying out in the fall (U10-U13) but also the spring tryout teams (U14-U18). Because of the added workload in the fall and the tight turnaround times, it is very difficult to get teams rostered in time. We have all seen the fiasco with travel permits and exhibition games, jerseys, rostering, transfers, etc. Almost everything that would have been done during the summer months now must be done in a three to four week period at the same time that house league is being organized. Tryouts in the fall also delayed the start of the house league season due to limited ice availability in the City of Markham.
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