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2024-2025 Tryouts


2024-2025 Tryout Welcome Letter

Future WHA Players,

Thank you for your interest in playing for the Westmoreland Hockey Association this coming season. Registration will soon be available on our website. Please remember that you must obtain a new USA Hockey number in order to register your player for tryouts. You will also be required to pay a nonrefundable registration fee. We ask that your player bring both a white and black jersey to the tryout sessions. Please be aware, 8U players do not have a formal tryout process as detailed in the evaluation manual.

Teams for next season will be formed as a result of performance at a tryout and evaluation session scheduled between April 3 and April 12, 2024 taking place at Kirk S. Nevin Arena. For 10U players, the evaluation process will consist of 2 days of skills & scrimmages. For players 12U and older, including the Girls teams, the process will consist of 2 days of skills & scrimmages. Goaltenders will have a separate time slot for individual tryouts and must also appear during their age specific time slots as well. The events will be conducted by volunteers of our association including the Coaching Coordinators, coaching staff members, and a team of outside evaluators. 

The respective head coaches, using input from evaluation staff, and tryout committee, will make the final decision regarding the team selections. The head coach will have some latitude to select players who are evaluated outside of the top group but cannot select more than 33% of the team roster. For example, if the team is composed of 15 skaters, the coach shall take the top 10 ranked skaters and will have discretion over the final five remaining openings. Players will be told their placements as soon as possible.

Please refer to the ‘Criteria for Player Selection’ in the WHA Player Evaluation Manual. All evaluation staff will be instructed to evaluate players based on these criteria.

Good luck in your preparation. We look forward to the upcoming season!

Yours truly,

Amy Roberts - President, Westmoreland Hockey Association

Denny Zeravica & Mat Hahey- WHA Coaching Coordinators


2024-2025 Tryout Schedule

Mites

  • April 5- 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

10U Squirt

  • April 3- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
  • April 4- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

12U PeeWee

  • April 3- 7:10 pm - 8:40 pm
  • April 4- 7:10 pm - 8:40 pm

12U Girls

  • April 5-  7:10 pm - 8:40 pm

14U Bantam

  • April 10- 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
  • April 11- 6:00 pm -7:30 pm

16U/18U

  • April 10- 7:40 pm - 9:10 pm
  • April 11- 7:40 pm - 9:10 pm

14U/19U Girls

  • April 12- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Goalies

  • 10U/12U: April 5- 6:40 pm -  7:10 pm 
  • 14U/16U/18U: April 12- 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  • ALL GOALIES MUST ALSO ATTEND THEIR AGE SPECIFIC TRYOUT TIMES AS WELL!!!