Squirt A 2022-23

State Tournament

All games held at Northford - White Rink

From Heather - Hi Everyone,

We made it! This will be my final weekly update. It's been fun being one of your mangers, thanks for being such a great group of people!

Here's what our week looks like:

Monday: practice at 7:10pm
Thursday: 7:20pm game in Northford White, arrive by 6:35pm
Friday: practice at 7:10pm - the coaches will decide if they will keep this practice or cancel and let the kids rest
Saturday:
- 8am game in Northford White, arrive by 7:15am
- 5:10pm game in Northford White, arrive by 4:25pm

Tournament Information:

CHC Tournament rules: no posters or signs taped to the glass. No noisemakers.
We don't know if we are the home team or the visiting team yet for our games. Just bring both jerseys and we may need to figure it out when we get there.
We've also been told that there's a chance that they won't have people to run the clock or do the scoresheets for every game, but they don't know which games they might need help. They will tell us when we check in before our game if someone is needed. They said home teams are responsible for running the clock/scoresheets if they don't have someone. Again, I don't know what games we are the home team, so not easy to prepare. We might need to just text the group last minute and see if anyone is willing to volunteer.
Quarterfinals will be Sunday morning before 11am, semi-finals will be in the afternoon around 4pm. The Championship game will be on Monday. Exact times have not been shared yet.
GNH told me the exact brackets haven't been made yet, but it will be the "standard" 12 team bracket. By going off of what they told me, this means we are in the "National" bracket with Greenwich Skate, New Canaan, West Haven, S Windsor and Southeastern. The teams with the most points in the bracket will move on to quarterfinals, which I'm assuming is the top 4 teams of the bracket. I'll send along any additional information I might receive.

Important Information:

Save the dates! There are some important things coming up. If you haven't already seen, tryout dates and next year's coaches have been posted to the website. Please make a new login for HYHA and register for tryouts if you haven't already.
Our end of the season party will be on 3/11. Angie will send out more details when it gets closer!
The HYHA end of the season Banquet will be Sunday March 26th at Cascades. This will be a great way to wrap up the season and this is where the team awards will be handed out. More details to come!

Have a great week!