Hillcrest Sports and Recreation Group
Hillcrest Selects
The Hillcrest Hockey U7 program follows the guidelines and principles of The Timbits Hockey Canada U7 Program. This program focuses on skill development and fun. Hillcrest Hockey will use state of the art training tools to make your child’s experience memorable. Hillcrest Hockey will adhere to the seasonal structure set forth by Hockey Canada which includes the following: 1) Development Phase — The development phase includes a practice to game ratio of 3:1, or 3 practices to one game. See the following link on seasonal structure
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/coaching/under-7/associations/seasonal-structure
2) Regular Season Phase – This phase includes a practice to game ratio of 2:1, or 2 practices to one game. See the following link on seasonal structure
3) Game Play Phase or Transition Phase – this phase permits half-ice play for second year U7 players as of January 15th. See the following link on seasonal structure
Our U7 / IP game play guidelines will consist of 2 teams with cross ice game format or the two game format with our Rink Optimizer. See the following link on U7/IP Game Play Guidelines
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/coaching/under-7/associations/game-play-rules
Rules for Cross-Ice Timbits U7 Game Play
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/coaching/under-9/associations/game-play-rules
U9 / Novice Program
The Hillcrest Hockey U9 or Novice program follows the standards that Hockey Canada membership must adhere to. This program still emphasizes and focuses on skill development and fun. Hillcrest Hockey will use state of the art training tools to make your childs experience memorable. Hillcrest Hockey will adhere to the seasonal structure set forth by Hockey Canada which includes the following:
https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/coaching/under-9/associations/seasonal-structure
Our U9 / Novice Program game play guidelines will consist of 2 teams with 2 half-ice game format or the two team 1 half-ice game model and practice sheet with our Rink Optimizer. See the following link on U9/ Novice Game Play Guidelines
Rules for Half-Ice U9 Game Play