DUE to COVID-19 Restrictions all DS Programs has been
cancelled for the 2020-21 Season
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DEVELOPMENT STREAM (DS) PROGRAM
CONTACT/INFORMATION
Contact and Questions?
Please do not email the BGHC
office regarding DS. Our Office Manager does not deal with planning or other details related to DS.
All enquiries should be directed to our DS Co-ordinator, Zak Lalonde at [email protected] or Dave
Bates at [email protected].
Information
The BGHC
provides the opportunity for House League players to develop at a higher level via the Development Stream
(DS) program. These are teams of selected players from the house league program that demonstrate skill and
desire to compete at a higher level of play and is ideal for players who:
- Are
looking for a development bridge to competitive hockey or
- Do not
wish to make the commitment, in time or cost, to competitive hockey but are seeking more competition and
skill development that is afforded by house league alone.
The DS teams
will practice, play exhibition games and enter tournaments outside of their normal House League team. The DS
program runs concurrently with and cannot interfere with the player’s current house league team.
The BGHC will
ice teams at the Atom, Peewee and Bantam level, assuming that numbers/talent permit.
The program will run regularly at Burlington ice pads, generally on Sundays, and include 8
exhibition games throughout the season. DS cannot interfere with house league programming, so there may be
weeks with no DS ice time if ice is not available.
Should your
player be chosen to participate on a DS team, the fee for a full-time player will be $500 - $550. A lower
price for AP players is set annually. Fees include:
- entry
into 3 tournaments
- Referee,
timekeeper and ice costs for four HOME games
- team
jersey & socks
- name bar
on jerseys
- regular
ice time between mid November and the week immediately preceding the final DS tournament of the season
(generally the Easter weekend).
Tryouts will take place on Sunday, November
3rd and Sunday, November 10th. A registration fee of $30 will apply to all skaters wishing to take part in the
tryouts.
DS teams are selected by an independent committee,
which includes the Head Coach.