U11

Over the past few years, the landscape of minor hockey has been significantly altered. The environment that Minor Hockey Associations (MHA’s) operate within has become an extremely competitive market and MHA’s are challenged with recruiting and retaining players that now have various options to consider – within hockey as well as within other winter sports.…

Shawn Melnyk and his wife, Carmen Vaugeois, sit down every Sunday to plan their week around hockey practice for their two boys. Demand for prime-time ice hours is high, so an early 4:45 p.m. practice across town can throw a major wrench in the family’s plans. That’s when the calls to grandma and grandpa start, or…