What Happens in September?
For the coming 2025-26 season we will first take the ice on Sept 13, 14 weekend. This will kick-start three weekends of activities for ages U7 and older.
There are different sessions happening each weekend and different age groups involved so please see below for full details that are applicable to you.
Sept 13, 14 — Opening Skates (U7 to U15), Scrimmage (U18)
U7 to U11 Players will attend a one hour session on both Saturday and Sunday.
U13 and U15 Players will have a one hour session on Saturday only.
U18 Players will play a scrimmage on Sunday only.
Players will not be evaluated during these sessions. This is an important weekend to get players into hockey mode before we kick-off the evaluation sessions the following weekend.
More details and the full schedule.
Sept 20, 21 — House League Evaluations (U9 to U18)
Sept 20, 21 is when we kick-off the evaluation process. Players will take the ice and be evaluated on their ability. The evaluations are used by the AMHL Directors to make a best effort to create house league teams that are balanced in skill. Age groups U9 through U18 run this weekend.
More details and the full schedule.
Sept 27, 28 — House League Evaluations (U7, U8)
Sept 27, 28 is when the younger age groups are evaluated. The evaluations are used by the AMHL Directors to make a best effort to create house league teams that are balanced in skill. Age groups U7, U8 run this weekend.
More details and the full schedule.
Sept 27, 28 — Select Tryouts (U9 to U18)
Following the weekend of house league evaluations for these age groups, on Sept 27, 28 we will run the Select team tryouts.
More details and the full schedule.
Sept 29 to Oct 1 — Assignment of Teams
Once the house league evaluations and the Select tryouts are complete, the AMHL directors will create the teams. You should expect to hear from your coach directly, no later than Thursday October 2, 2025. If you have not heard from your coach by this date, please reach out to the appropriate house league director.
Your coach will let you know the name of your team so you can find your team schedule on our website.
Your coach will also provide you with your team jersey and socks on the first day with your team.
Oct 4, 5 — Start of Season
Once the teams are made we jump straight into regular programming.
The CHIPs program also kicks-off this weekend.