Registration for a child to be evaluated for Watertown Youth Hockey's Mite program in the 2023-2024 season.
USA Hockey classifies a Mite for the upcoming season as a child who is born in the year 2015 or later.
Boys and girls are encouraged to attend!
Schedule
Tuesday, March 28th: 5:00 - 5:50 PM
Thursday, March 30th: 5:00 - 5:50 PM
Location: John A. Ryan Arena 1-99 Paramount Pl., Watetown, MA 02472 Map
Players are expected to attend the placement sessions on both nights. Players on Watertown Youth Hockey teams in the current season should bring their game jerseys to the rink.
All skaters must wear full hockey equipment to participate.
Contact watertownyh@gmail.com if you are unable to attend either session and WYH will try to arrange an alternative placement for you skater.
Players must have all tuition fees for the current and previous seasons paid in full in order to participate.
The cost for attending tryouts is $100. This fee will be rolled into next season's tuition if you are placed on a team.
Per Mass Hockey rules, players coming from other programs will need to provide a financial release form from their old program.
Information about the Mite Season:
Mite teams will play in the Valley Hockey League. The season will start in early September; teams typically have 1 game per weekend at a rink in the greater Boston area. The first 5-6 games (the "parity" round) are used to determine the appropriate level of play for the team, after which, teams will be placed in divisions with teams at a similar competitive level. This will be followed by a regular season through February that will determine seeding for a divisional playoff in early March.
On most weeks of the season, players will have 2 practices with their team coaches and 1 Skills session with an outside professional instruction group (this past season featured the first half of the season with the Warrior Hockey Group and the second half with Fred Hein).
Over the summer, registered Mite players will also have the opportunity to participate in skill-building clinics (e.g., stick handling, shooting) at the outdoor skating rink at Casey Park in Watertown. These clinics will be lead jointly by coaches from WYH and the Watertown High School Boys Hockey team as part of the "Hockey Buddy" partnership between WYH and the High School program. There is no additional cost for these clinics.
Base Cost: $100.00
Opened: 02/01/2023
Open to:
born between: 01/01/2015 and 01/03/2018