Strongsville Hockey
Spring Tryouts
April 24-28, 2023 @ OBM Arena
Our evaluation sessions for the hockey tryouts will begin on Monday (4/24), and we want to provide you with some important information regarding the timing and what to expect. Your player's tryout schedule has been added to the Crossbar mobile app for your convenience.
It's crucial to attend as many evaluation sessions as possible as missing a session will result in less data for team placement decisions. Unfortunately, there will be no make-up sessions offered this year.
Each evening, there will be two hour-long sessions per age group. The first session is called the "white” session and is immediately followed by the "black" session. You will receive an email from us the night before, indicating which session (white or black) you should attend the next day. Please note that this email may arrive as late as 1 AM as we process the evaluations from the previous night.
If you are new to our SYHC program or to hockey beyond the mite level, we understand that you may have questions. Our board members will be available at the front tables to answer any questions you may have. Additionally, we have a live chat on Telegram where you can get immediate answers.
Thank you for choosing SYHC, and we look forward to seeing you on the ice!
MASTER SCHEDULE
| DAY | DATE | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MON | 4/24/23 | SQ skills (A-I) | SQ skills (J-Z) SQ Goalie Skills |
BT skills (A-K) BT Goalie Skills |
BT skills (L-Z) |
| TUE | 4/25/23 | PW skills (A-N) | PW skills (O-Z) PW Goalie Skills |
BT drills (white) | BT drills (black) |
| WED | 4/26/23 | SQ drills (white) | SQ drills (black) | PW drills (white) | PW drills (black) |
| THR | 4/27/23 | SQ full ice (white) | SQ full ice (black) | BT full ice (white) | BT full ice (black) |
| FRI | 4/28/23 | PW full ice (white) | PW full ice (black) | -- | -- |
DAY 1
Time Trials & Skills
(50 minutes)
We divide the players based on their last names for the first evening. Generally, those names appearing early in the alphabet will come to the first hour; those in the latter part of the alphabet will attend the second hour.
See the schedule on right for your time slot 👉
STATIONS
- Station 1: Agility Weave (w/ & w/o puck, 2 attempts each)
- Station 2: Forward Speed Skate (w/ & w/o puck, 2 attempts each)
- Station 3: Backward Speed Skate (w/ & w/o puck, 2 attempts each)
- Station 4: Transitions (w/ & w/o puck, 2 attempts each)
- Station 5: Stickhandling (2 attempts)
- Approximately 8-10 minutes/station. All skill stations are time trials. Players should get 2 attempts if time allows, all times recorded.
Squirts (Monday)
All Goalies attend at 6pm.
Skaters with last name A-I have 5-5:50pm ice (early session)
Skaters with last name J-Z have 6-6:50pm ice (late session)
Peewees (Tuesday)
All Goalies attend at 6pm.
Skaters with last name A-N have 5-5:50pm ice (early session)
Skaters with last name O-Z have 6-6:50pm ice (late session)
Bantams (Monday)
All Goalies attend at 7pm.
Skaters with last name A-K have 7-7:50pm ice (early session)
Skaters with last name L-Z have 8-8:50pm ice (late session)
DAY 2
FOCUSED DRILLS
(50 minutes)
At the end of the skills session, the player evaluation data will be recorded. From this data, we will break the next day's game sessions by splitting the players into two groups of equal skill and ability, White and Black.
Squirt drills will focus on:
- Passing/Shooting
- Skating/Transitions/Agility
- Battle/Competition
Peewee and Bantam drills will focus on:
- Angling/Contact
- Forward & Defense skills (i.e. 1v1 & 2v1)
- Skating/Transitions/Agility
- Passing/Shooting
- Battle/Competition
- Players attending the white session may be asked to stay over and participate in the black session. This is done to assess your child's performance against other skilled players.
- If you are attending the white session you need to be prepared to stay on and attend all or a portion of the black session immediately following.
- Each session will last 50 minutes. If need be we will extend a session by 5 or 10 minutes.
DAY 3
Game Play
(50 minutes)
After the second session, the hockey director and evaluators will review each player based on their performance on the day. Notifications will go out the night before, informing you which session to attend. Players attending the white session may be asked to stay over and participate in the black session. This is done to assess your child's performance against other skilled players.
Scrimmages
- 5v5 (25 minutes)
- 4v4 (15 minutes)
- 5v4 (10 minutes)
- If you are attending the white session you need to be prepared to stay on and attend all or a portion of the black session immediately following.
- Each session will last 50 minutes. If need be we will extend a session by 5 or 10 minutes.