We still have a lot of details to work out before the upcoming season.  Here is where we are at to date.  

• 3 Days of Practice (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
• 2 scrimmages (Friday, Saturday)
• Evaluators from outside West Fargo will be picking the teams:
  • 5 independent evaluators have been hired to evaluate each player.
  • The evaluators will be given a jersey number only with no other identifiers (name, team last year, team this summer, parents, board members etc…) available to them.
  • This will eliminate all biased opinions on your player and will ensure we get the players in the right spots based on their ability/potential. 
  • Coaches and coordinators will not have any say in picking the teams again eliminating any biased opinions of players. 
• Tryouts will be closed
  • Stressful enough time for the players.
  • Let them play and not worry about mom and dad.
  • Please drop your kids off and pick them up when practice is over.  They will appreciate it. 
• Teams will be announced Oct 28th at noon on the website. 

TERMITES:

• TBD - waiting to see where the numbers will end up before lock in a structure.
• Historically we have a lot of Termites register just before the season as many are new to the program.

MITES:

• 3 levels 
  • Yellow - (i.e. Jedi Padawan) - roughly 30 players in this group.
  • Green - (i.e. Jedi Knight) -  roughly 40 players in this group
  • Blue - (i.e. Jedi Master) roughly 30 players in this group
  • There will be very little to no movement of the players from these groups. 
• Practice will be on Tuesday and Fridays.
  • Each level will have independent practice from the others.
  • This will increase repas, play against similar players and allow coaches to design and align drills to the players developmental needs.
• New for 2018-2019 - the ADM model will continue to be a foundational element of the program but will be adapted accordingly to ensure we hit all areas of development for the players.
• All will play ½ ice games on Sunday afternoons.
• Mid-season in house tournament- we will combine all groups into 8 teams and play for full ice games for the "STAMPEDE CUP". 
• End of year tournament - Same as above except with new teams.
• We will also be playing some ½ ice games against surrounding towns to keep the games fresh and fun.

SQUIRTS:

• Click Here to see how the teams were determined: https://www.westfargohockey.com/news_article/show/943979
• 2 "A" Teams
• 4 "B1" Teams
• 2 "B" Teams
• Special Note to Squirt Families:
  • Ideally our teams finish around .500 for the season.
  • We want them to have success and we want them to have failures. 
  • Having 1 or 2 teams going undefeated in squirts is not the right way to develop a multitude of players long term and does not challenge the skills of every player on the team.
  • We are having smaller team sizes (8 forwards, 4 defense and 1 goalie) throughout the level to maximize ice time, puck touches, key minutes in games, special team play etc…

PEE WEE:

• Click Here to see how the teams were determined: https://www.westfargohockey.com/news_article/show/943979
• 2 "A" Teams
• 2 "B1" Teams
• 2 "B" Teams

BANTAMS:

• Click Here to see how the teams were determined: https://www.westfargohockey.com/news_article/show/943979
• 1 "A" Team
• 2 "B1" Teams
• 1 "B" Team

GIRLS:

• Click Here to see how the teams were determined: https://www.westfargohockey.com/news_article/show/943979
• 8U - will play a mite white game schedule
• 10U-A
• 10U-B
• 12U
• 14U

WEDNESDAY NIGHT / SUNDAY MORNING / CHURCH:

• Wednesday’s will be off for all groups except Termites.
• Hockey Ops will also do their best to NOT schedule any home games before 11:00 AM on Sundays.  Won't always be possible but we will do our best.
• This schedule/format follows the majority of the hockey programs in the area.  

HOLIDAY BREAK(S):

• We will be taking December 23rd-December 30th off. 
• This will be a great time for family vacations and to just get away and reset for the 2nd half of the season. 
• There will be open ice during this time for those that want it, but nothing will be mandatory. 
• We are currently trying to work the schedule so we are off for Thanksgiving as well.  This may not be entirely possible, but Jason Gregoire will do his best.   

• Once the season gets started we will be hosting weekly Goalie clinics on Sunday night. 
• Along with this, we will be hosting a once a month goalie try-it night to give Mite/squirt age goalies a chance to try some goalie drills out, stop some pucks and have some fun. 

Termites - TBD

Mites - TBD

Squirts - Eli Duncan

Peewees - Zach Feltman

Bantams - Ryan Evenson

Girls - Keith Walsh

Goalies- Jason Gregoire