General Information
The Lambton AAA Hockey has scheduled tryouts for selecting the following year’s teams in April (for Minor Atom to Minor Midget) and August (for Major Midget). Check out the Tryout Schedule page. These tryouts are open to all players from within the Lambton zone (an invitation is not required) as well as out of zone players with proper documentation (see the Out of Zone player policy below). The local centres within the Lambton zone:
- Alvinston
- Forest
- Mooretown
- Pt. Edward
- Petrolia
- Sarnia
- Thedford
- Walpole Island
- Watford
Scheduled Tryouts (April: Minor Atom to Minor Midget; August: Major Midget):
- The tryout fee for the scheduled tryouts is $60 for up to six scheduled tryouts.
- Any player who is registered on or before the second scheduled tryout date is entitled to a minimum of 2 tryouts within the first 3 tryouts before he or she can be released.
- Any player who registers on the third scheduled tryout date or any tryout date thereafter may be released after one tryout skate.
Supplementary Tryout:
• A supplementary tryout may be offered for those teams that still have at least one open roster spot
after the
scheduled tryouts.
• Supplementary tryouts are primarily for out of zone players or players moving into the zone after the
scheduled tryouts.
• The fee for this supplementary tryout is $60 per player.
Required Forms
All players must provide a completed Permission To Skate form as well as a Tryout Registration form. These forms can be downloaded from our Tryout Forms Online Library. Please also bring the players (copy) birth certificate with the Permission to Skate Form. Extra copies of the registration form will also be available at the tryout registration desk.
Note - Permission to Skate Form
No player is allowed to attend tryouts without a completed and authorized Permission to Skate form. The 2010-11 version of the form has now been issued by ALLIANCE Hockey.
Notice For Sarnia Hockey Players
Since the start of the the 2009-2010 season, Lambton AAA players no longer have to register with Sarnia Hockey Association before Lambton AAA tryouts start. This means no more Sept. 1st. post dated cheques. The only word of caution is those who are not sure that they will make AAA and do get cut may miss out on the Sarnia Hockey A/AA tryouts.
Sarnia players who feel they will make AAA do not need to register with Sarnia Hockey.
Sarnia players who feel they may or may not make AAA do need to register with Sarnia Hockey. If they make AAA, they follow Sarnia policy with regards to refunds. If they do not make AAA, they proceed to A/AA tryouts.
For futher information, please contact Sarnia Hockey.
Tryout Checklist
In preparation for attending tryouts please make sure you bring the following:
- completed registration form
- $60 tryout fee, cash only
- completed and authorized Permission to Skate Form with Birth Certificate (copy)
- completed and authorized OHF AAA Waiver, for those players not from one of the local centres (see Out of Zone policy below)
- full equipment (mouth guards are optional as they are not required by ALLIANCE Hockey).
Out Of Zone Policy
Lambton AAA Hockey has an Out of Zone player policy for players who are property of other Alliance or non-Alliance AAA organizations coming over for our AAA Tryouts. Players from “out of zone” registering for tryouts must present Lambton AAA Hockey with the following additional documents and will not be allowed to register without them:
- A signed OHF AAA Hockey Waiver from their local AAA centre,
- A signed Permission to Skate form from their local centre (with copy of Birth Certificate),
- A signed OHF AAA Hockey Waiver from any AAA centre or centres that they are traveling through to tryout in Lambton.
Participation in the tryouts without these documents is in violation of OHF rules, and can result in suspensions to the player/players and the association involved.
"Playing Up" or Acceleration Policy
Notwithstanding any restrictive regulation presently in force in any centre of the Minor Hockey ALLIANCE of Ontario, a player in the L.C.M.S.A, if qualified by ability, shall be eligible to tryout for and may sign and play for a team in the next higher age division.
NEW
To receive permission to try out for the next higher age division, a formal request from the parents/guardians of the player must be presented to the Executive prior to the Lambton AAA Executive meeting held in the month before the commencement of tryouts. A committee selected by the President and First Vice President (unless they are in conflict) shall determine if the player is “Qualified by Ability”.
EXAMPLE: A Minor Peewee player would be eligible to tryout and sign with the Peewee team, the Minor Bantam team or the Bantam team.
Also Note:
- The player's first tryout must be with his/her age appropriate category.
- The player must attend tryouts for both teams.
- The player pays a tryout fee to each team.
If there are any questions, please contact the First Vice on the matter.
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