2025/2026 Evaluations
SPYHA will be holding evaluations for the Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt age groups to form teams for the 2025/2026 season. These sessions focus on 6 key assessment categories:
-Skating
-Puck ability
-Hockey sense
-Scoring ability
-Defense ability
-Aggressiveness
Closed Evaluations
Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the start of each evaluation. Only skaters being evaluated, necessary staff (locker room monitors, evaluators, registration/jersey hand out/in, etc.), and invited coaches can be in the rink. Other parents and guardians must wait outside. Parents may assist their skaters in the locker room but must leave once they’re ready to skate/prior to the start of evaluations.
Focus on Skills
This closed format reduces distractions, allowing skaters to concentrate on the evaluations.
Attendance
Any skater that misses an evaluation session will be evaluated on the session(s) they did attend. Additional input from previous coaches, and the coaches of the current age classification may be considered. Skaters who miss evaluation sessions will be at a disadvantage in demonstrating improved skills and hockey ability from the prior season.
Goalies
Goalies are assessed at the 12/Peewee Level and up. Please reference the Evaluation Policy for more specifics.
Team Placement
Following all evaluation sessions, primary team placements will be posted on the SPYHA website once available. These listings may not include all double and/or cross roster decisions as those decisions are usually finalized later in the process.
10U/12U/14U Whitecaps
No evaluations required. Practices start 10/08/2025, see Crossbar for details.
