Head Coach - Travis Lega    (780) 278-9374          travislega@hotmail.com
Manager  - Janelle Cornelius    (780) 982-5608     janelle@thorhildcounty.com

Ice Times 
Wednesdays 6 - 7pm
Saturday 8 - 9am

Tournament
February 11th, 2011

Redwater Minor Hockey calls our Initiation teams Mini Mites. 
Mini Mites are under 7 years of age as of December 31, of the current season.    

Games:
Your coaching team with start arranging games once they feel the children are ready.  Mini Mites do not play in a league, their games are scheduled by your coach and manager and are not far to travel. Sometime that will be after December. Games will be held on the Satruday morning ice time.

Tournament - February 18, 2010 - all day
If you cannot make it to a practice or game, please ensure you advise your coach.

Please arrive in the dressing room, at least 30 Minutes prior to all practices and games!  If you require extra assistance getting your child dressed on the first day please arrive earlier so the experience parents and coaches can help you.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!  We love helping new parents!

Chevrolet is donating helmets for all five-year-old hockey players across Canada. The Chevrolet Canada Hockey Helmet Program is intended to provide new and safe equipment to help young players to learn that safe hockey is fun hockey. All players born in 2006 who register to play with Hockey Canada in the 2011/2012 season will eligible to receive a free Bauer Hockey helmet from Chevrolet. In the 2010/2011 season, over 23,000 five-year-olds were registered with Hockey Canada.

To pre-register for a Chevrolet Safe and Fun Hockey package, including a free helmet, parents can visit Chevrolet Hockey. Full registration will start August 19, 2011, when parents will be able to pick up their packages containing a certificate for a helmet from their closest Chevrolet dealer. The certificate can be exchanged for the helmet at designated Forzani retail outlets, including Sport Chek, Hockey Experts, Sport Mart, InterSport and Sports Experts.


https://secure.chevrolethockeyhelmet.ca/register/?brand=chevrolet&lang=english&adv=108923

This year the Mini Mite team started with four returning players and seven first year players who had never skated.  The coaches did a great job of teaching the kids to skate and preparing them for playing hockey.  They started playing games at the end of November and everyone did well.  The four returning players were able to be the team leaders and did a great job.  The first year players kept getting better each week. At our Valentines Day Classic tournament in Redwater the kids started to really gel and become a team.  Everyone's confidence was building.  They went to a tournament on March 6th and the team did amazing, they had so much heart and played  great.  Their last game was the best of the season with two of the youngest kids playing like never before.  The Redwater Rush Mini Mites were a team!  For the coaches and parents this year was a success.  The Mini Mite team has some great little hockey players ready to take on another year. The four players who were great leaders ready to move up to Novice, and the first year players ready to become the new leaders of the Mini Mites for next year.   

                                                                              Denean Hicks - Manager