Try-Out Registration Information
2010 & 2011 Season
All registrants must attend AAA try outs first.
PLAYER REGISTRATION
Niagara Falls Minor Hockey Office, Jack Bell Arena
During Business Hours
COST
Local Players – $75.00
Zone and Waiver Players – $75.00 + $100.00 = $175.00
($100.00 will be refunded if released, or applied to the 2010-2011 registration if successful.)
Visa, MasterCard, and Debit only. Sorry, NO cheques. Cheques will be accepted for the surcharge ONLY.
ATTENTION ZONE AND WAIVER PLAYERS
Your Permission to Skate Form or F1 Waiver(s) is required at time of registration. Please contact your home centre for details.
F1 Waiver Policy
F1 Waivers are not issued upon request. This is the policy of the Niagara Falls Minor Hockey Association and the SCTA.
All players wishing to obtain an F1 Waiver must first try out with their applicable AAA team. ONLY IF they are released, will they be eligible to receive an F1 Waiver.
At that time, please contact the Minor Hockey Office with your request. Please note that they cannot be issued in the same day.
UNDERAGE PLAYERS
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 1, 2010
In order to qualify as an underage player, the player must possess the following:
- Must excel in skill at their birth year
- Must be ranked in the top five in ability as a forward or defence on the team to which he or she is applying as per the Evaluation Committee Report, with exception to the position of goalie which must be ranked in the top two.
While every child has the right to try out as an underage player, if the Evaluation Committee feels in anyway that a player is at risk for injury, said player will not be permitted to try out a level up. If the player’s past two seasons at their birth year is not at the same level with the rep team in which they wish to try out for as an underage player, the Evaluation Committee has the right to decline the request.
All underage players trying out will be assessed by the Evaluation Committee. The Evaluation Committee will determine whether the player will be permitted to play for the team in which they have applied for as an underage player. The report filed by the Evaluation Committee is final.
Applications MUST be handed into the NFMHA Business Office accompanied by payment before the deadline to be considered.
Tryouts
The Niagara Falls Minor Hockey Association runs Spring try-outs each season.
Please be advised that you must attend AAA try-outs to be eligible for A try-outs.
AAA Try-outs
Traditionally held in mid-April, and includes all divisions except Major Midget.
Zone Players (residents of Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake) : In order to be eligible to register and try-out, each player is required to obtain a Permission to Skate form from your Home Centre. This form is required every year. You will not be permitted to register without this form.
Waiver Players (residents outside of our Zone): In order to be eligible to register and try-out you are required to obtain the necessary waivers from all applicable OMHA centres. If you are unsure as to which waivers are necessary, please contact the Minor Hockey Office. You will not be permitted to register without the required waivers.
A Try-outs
Single A try outs will now immediately follow AAA try outs. "A" try outs include all divisions except Major Midget.
In order to be eligible for A try-outs, each player must have registered and attended AAA try-outs. If you are a new resident and wish to try-out for a representative hockey team, please visit the Minor Hockey Office during business hours to register.
A player may only play single A hockey in their home centre; therefore, only Niagara Falls residents are eligible for A try-outs.
Major Midget AAA Try-outs
Begin in August. To be eligible for Major Midget AAA try-outs, each player must be registered and paid for the upcoming season. Once that is completed, you will register for try-outs in the Minor Hockey Office during business hours. Players who have not registered and paid will not be permitted to register for try-outs.
Zone Players (residents of Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake) : In order to be eligible to register and try-out, each player is required to obtain a Permission to Skate form from your Home Centre. This form is required every year. You will not be permitted to register without this form.
Waiver Players (residents outside of our Zone): In order to be eligible to register and try-out you are required to obtain the necessary waivers from all applicable OMHA centres. If you are unsure as to which waivers are necessary, please contact the Minor Hockey Office. You will not be permitted to register without the required waivers.
Major Midget A Try-outs
Held after Major Midget AAA try-outs in September.
In order to be eligible for A try-outs, each player must have registered and attended AAA try-outs.
A player may only play single A hockey in their home centre; therefore, only Niagara Falls residents are eligible for A try-outs.
Junior Club Try-outs
Players wishing to try-out for a Niagara Falls Junior Club must receive their Permission to Skate form from Niagara Falls Minor Hockey. Players will not be permitted on Junior B or Junior C ice without this Permission to Skate form.
Be advised, you must register online and pay for the upcoming season before a Permission to Skate form will be granted. If a player is successful in being carded to a Junior Club, you will receive a complete refund.
Please allow 5 business days to process the Permission to Skate form.
Niagara Falls players wishing to try-out for a Junior A Club or other Junior Club, please note that you must receive a PTS from the Junior B Niagara Falls Canucks. This Permission to Skate form must then be brought to the NFMHA office for the President's signature. Please contact the Canuck office at 905-358-7565.