Participant Information – Recreational 2022 – Vancouver Thunderbirds Hockey.

Welcome to the 2022-23 Recreational Balancing phase!

All information regarding schedule, group assignments and any other key information pertaining to the Balancing Process will be found on this page in the division specific tabs.

For an overview of the balancing process, please click here.

Attendance at Balancing Scrimmages

It is really important to have as many players as possible attend each of the balancing scrimmages. If players don't show, we have no ability to assess the strength of the team. Once teams are formed we do not want to have PCAHA tell us we need to move players, which they can until the end of November, which is not the experience we want for any of our players. Please do everything you can to attend ALL session you are assigned to.

Don't Forget...

To update your ePact account when you receive the notification in your email. This is important for the onsite HCSPs to be able to best assist in the event of an injury.

U11 Division U13 Division U15 Division U18 Division

U11 Division

We have now broken U11 into groups (NOT TEAMS) and will continue the balancing process for one more week. As Balancing games are played, there will be movement from group to group and if you moved from one group to another, you will be notified by your Division Ambassadors. The changes will also be reflected in TeamSnap and should be live within 36 hours. Schedules for ice times (games and/or practices) will be entered into TeamSnap as they are finalized.

For arena/rink addresses, please refer to this LINK.

If you have any questions about group assignments or schedules, please contact Audrey at awhite@vancouvertbirds.ca

U13 Division

We have now broken U13 into groups (NOT TEAMS) and will continue the balancing process for the next few weeks. As Balancing games are played, there will be movement from group to group and if you moved from one group to another, you will be notified by your Division Ambassadors. The changes will also be reflected in TeamSnap and should be live within 36 hours. Schedules for ice times (games and/or practices) will be entered into TeamSnap as they are finalized.

We will need volunteers for our internal Balancing Games, so please check the portal often and sign up for any tasks/activities which suits your schedule.

For arena/rink addresses, please refer to this LINK.

If you have any questions about group assignments or schedules, please contact Audrey at awhite@vancouvertbirds.ca

U15 Division

We have now broken U15 into groups (NOT TEAMS) and will continue the balancing process for the next few weeks. As Balancing games are played, there will be movement from group to group and if you moved from one group to another, you will be notified by your Division Ambassadors. The changes will also be reflected in TeamSnap and should be live within 36 hours. Schedules for ice times (games and/or practices) will be entered into TeamSnap as they are finalized.

We will need volunteers for our internal Balancing Games, so please check the portal often and sign up for any tasks/activities which suits your schedule.

For arena/rink addresses, please refer to this LINK.

If you have any questions about group assignments or schedules, please contact Audrey at awhite@vancouvertbirds.ca

U18 Division

We have now broken U18 into groups (NOT TEAMS) and will continue the balancing process for the next few weeks. As Balancing games are played, there will be movement from group to group and if you moved from one group to another, you will be notified by your Division Ambassadors. The changes will also be reflected in TeamSnap and should be live within 36 hours. Schedules for ice times (games and/or practices) will be entered into TeamSnap as they are finalized.

We will need volunteers for our internal Balancing Games, so please check the portal often and sign up for any tasks/activities which suits your schedule. Please sign up for the respective ice times as the colour groupings aren't listed right now.

For arena/rink addresses, please refer to this LINK.

If you have any questions about group assignments or schedules, please contact Audrey at awhite@vancouvertbirds.ca

Volunteer Roles

We will be looking for parent volunteers to fill a number of roles throughout the balancing process.

Logistics crew (transport jerseys from point A to B)
HCSP
Timekeeper/Scorekeeper
Bench support
On-ice referee (certified coaches only)
On-ice assistant for practices (certified coaches or on ice volunteers only)
Dressing room monitors

In addition, we have posted lead or coordinator roles for a number of our in-season programs such as our Career Mentorship Program, Players Giving Back program and many others. We would love to be able to offer all of these and many more programs this year but we need help to do so. Log into the volunteer portal here to look through the options and help us make TBirds even better!

Questions?

Please contact Audrey White at awhite@vancouvertbirds.ca