COACHING APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED:
Kelowna Minor Hockey Association is now accepting coaching applications for all levels for the 2013/14 season.  If you are interested in working with a team in the organization as a Head Coach or as an Assistant Coach at the Rep or Recreational level we encourage you to please complete an application form and forward it to our office as soon as possible. The following courses are required to participate with a team for the 2013/14 season:

Recreational teams: (You will have up to December 1, 2013 to complete these courses)
Respect in Sport (offered on-line through the BC Hockey website)
Coach Hybrid (offered early in the season here in Kelowna with both in class and on ice sessions held over a 2 day period)

Rep teams:  (You will have up to December 1, 2013 to complete these courses)
Respect in Sport (offered on-line through the BC Hockey website)
Developmental 1 (offered early in the season here in Kelowna with both in class and on ice sessions held over a 2 day period)

COACHING APPLICATION FORM

Coaching Application Forms will be accepted up to June 16, 2013.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE FOR RECREATIONAL TEAMS FOR THE 2013/14 SEASON:
Families should note the following practice times/days are set for the 2013/14 season. We ask that parents planning other activities for their children for the Fall do so considering this schedule.  Our priority is to ensure equality of all of our teams at the recreational level and with this in mind we will not be accepting requests for specific practice times/locations for the 2013/14 season.  Teams will be assigned to one of the practice times in their division.

Initiation Practices:
Monday or Tuesday with start times of 3:15 and 3:30pm

Novice Evans Practices:
Wednesday or Friday with start times between 3:30 and 4:15pm

Novice Lutz Practices:
Thursday or Friday with start times between 3:30 and 5:15pm

Atom Practices:
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday with start times between 3:30 and 4:45pm

Atom Development Practices:
Monday or Tuesday at 6:15am and Wednesday's with start times between 3:45 and 4:15pm

Peewee Practices:
Monday or Tuesday with start times between 4:00 and 5:15pm

Bantam Practices:
Monday or Thursday with start times between 6:30 and 8:00pm

Midget Practices:
Tuesday or Wednesday with start times between 6:30 and 9:00pm

Reminder that returning players have until May 31 to return their player applications and secure their space for the 2013/14 season.  We will begin new player registration on Monday, June 17, 2013.

ATTENTION:  ALL GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE

This is your opportunity to give hockey a try!!!  It will be a fun event with both on and off ice activities!!!  You will see some great coaches and some elite level athletes who will talk about their experiences in ALL GIRLS HOCKEY.  The event takes place on Saturday May 25, 2013 at the Rutland Arena from 10:45am - 4:00pm.  If you would like to give hockey a try without any pressure at all we would love to hear from you.  To register for this fantastic opportunity please contact the KMHA office at admin@kelmha.com.  Full equipment is required (you can use your Ringette equipment and we will provide you with a hockey stick for the day!!!).  If you don't have any equipment that is not a problem at all - PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS a title sponsor of the event can provide it for you - free of charge for the day!!!!  You must pre-register by May 18, 2013 and we will fill up fast so act now!!

KELOWNA MINOR HOCKEY/FRIPP WAREHOUSING ART CONTEST!!!

WOW - WHAT A MEMORY:
Congratulations to Kelowna Atom House Quicksilver player Matt Hopley on being chosen the Minor Hockey Skater of the Game in last Mondays Canucks victory over the dominant Chicago Blackhawks!!!  Matt was centre ice with the starting lineups during the National Anthems!!  Matt, we are pretty sure you made the difference for the Canuck's that night!!!  What an amazing experience!!

KELOWNA MHA TO HOST THOMPSON OKANAGAN ROCKETS:

Kelowna Minor Hockey is pleased to announce that we will once again be the host association for the Thompson Okanagan Rockets of the BC Hockey Female Midget AAA league.  The team has been a part of Kelowna MHA since the league's inaugural season.  Our association is committed to providing the best female program possible for players in our area and feel our continual support of Female AAA hockey in the Okanagan supports that committment.  Tryouts for the Female AAA team will be held in early August (specific details to be announced soon).  Players interested in trying out for the team are required to have permission from their current Minor Hockey Association to participate in the tryout.  Please click on the link below for the permission form:

MIDGET AAA FEMALE TRYOUT PERMISSION FORM

If you have any questions/concerns surrounding the Midget AAA Female program please don't hesitate to contact the KMHA office.

MESSAGE FROM THE KMHA HEAD COACH: 

I am writing this letter to personally thank each and every one of you for your contribution and active participation in making the 2012 - 2013 Kelowna Minor Hockey Association season a success.

I would like to thank all of the parents and others who ensured our hockey players arrived at the rink so they had the opportunity to enjoy the great game of hockey. The early morning practices and games, the road trips and expense of playing hockey requires a true commitment. The effort is worth it. 

I would like to thank all of the individuals that volunteer their time throughout the year to help make events, games and practices successful. Our association has close to 1400 participants playing on 76 teams with over 400 volunteer coaches, managers, trainers, team accountants, tournament coordinators,etc.  Through all of  your efforts and commitment we have a minor hockey association for our children.

We had numerous tournament victories in all our divisions, many exciting league and playoff games throughout the season and two provincial championship teams.We hosted numerous tournaments that created a lot of hockey fun and excitement ending with the Showcase of Champions and hosting of the Bantam Tier Two Provincials.

I would like to wish all families a safe and happy spring and summer and wish you nothing but the best and good luck in all your future endeavours. 

Regards,

Trevor Erhardt

KMHA Head Coach

BANTAM BLACKHAWKS - NORTH DELTA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS:



 

Hats off to the team on a remarkable season, a strong showing in KMHA league play, 5 games played in each of 7 tournaments entered, 3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals and 1 Bronze finish.

BC HOCKEY PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS:

Kelowna Minor Hockey Association would like to congratulate our Fripp Warehousing Midget Tier 1 Jr. Rockets and our Midget Tier 4 Jr. Rockets on a fantastic season.  After sweeping the OMAHA Championships these teams went on to dominate at their respective Provincial Championships.  The Midget Tier 1 team went 4-1 in round robin play and went on to defeat Langely (who they suffered their only loss to in the round robin portion of the tournament) by a score of 2-1 in an overtime period that had 10 seconds remaining.  A fantastic and exciting finish to a truly outstanding season for this team.  Our Midget Tier 4 Jr. Rockets were the top team at their provincial championships after the round robin portion of the tournament with a impressive 4 wins and 1 tie.  They went on to face Burns Lake in the final and took the Championship in an exciting, very disciplined 2-0 win.  We are so proud of these teams and their success over the 2012/13 season.  Thank you to the coaches and their players on representing our association with pride and getting the job done!!!  To our graduating Midget players thank you for all your efforts in your KMHA jersey we will miss you and wish you the best of luck as you continue your journey in hockey and in life!!!

FRIPP WAREHOUSING JR. ROCKETS - BC HOCKEY MIDGET TIER 1 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS




KELOWNA JR. ROCKETS - BC HOCKEY MIDGET TIER 4 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS

BANTAM TIER 1 JR. ROCKETS FROM KELOWNA TO UFA, RUSSIA AND BACK:

Congratulations to the Bantam Tier 1 team on an outstanding performance at the International Children's Games in Ufa, Russia.  The players and their families have had an opportunity now to reflect on the amazing experiences they were part of as Canada's lone representative in Ufa.  The team was treated with superstar status and performed that way on the ice.  They captured a spectacular looking silver medal in the process and will forever remember the events of the Ufa experience.  To the coaches who accepted the responsibility of taking their players on this journey and the parents that have worked extremely hard to make this adventure happen for their team,  you are to be commended on a job extremely well done.  The 2013 International Children's games brought you from Kelowna, to Vancouver, Frankfurt, Moscow, Ufa, London,  Vancouver to home - thousands of miles that brought with them a trip of a lifetime.  Congratulations Jr. Rockets you have made us proud!!