Grande Cache Minor Hockey
PO Box 281 T0E OYO Grande Cache, AB, Canada

Need something to work on after the holidays? We have another video and challenge for you. Here’s what you need to know about backhand shots https://youtu.be/fPXEBGwyrQA

Congratulations to Curly, and Darius for participating in the challenges. GCMHA will get you your prizes this week. This challenge is wrist shots. If you don’t have a net shoot on a box or garbage can. https://youtu.be/g6ORmkajwM8

3) FLIPPING PUCKS INTO BUCKET/TIRE Description: Dump a pile of pucks onto either the ground or your synthetic ice tiles. Place a hardware store bucket or an old tire in the middle of the surface. Try to flip the pucks into the bucket/tire. You can either flip the puck straight in or flip it into the air and try to smack it down and into the bucket/tire. Keep track of your time or makes/misses and try to beat your number next time.... Skills Developed: Hand-eye-stick coordination, tipping pucks, chips/lifting the puck, timing/teamwork Necessary Gear: Hardware store bucket or old tire, hockey pucks or tennis balls/street hockey balls Regressions: Use tennis balls or street hockey balls to make the drill easier Progressions: Do the drill with a partner and make it a game. One partner flips the pucks into the air while the other tries to bat them into the bucket/tire. See how fast you can pick up all the pucks (or keep track of your make/miss ratio) and try to beat your number next round. For the goalie

3 Great Balance Exercises (Hockey Tip) At home workout 2 balance This can be done at any age. In the video they use a medicine ball if you don’t have one use any ball available. ... If you are U7, U9 try putting your skates on while on carpet and get comfortable standing and balancing on one leg. Once comfortable you can try these 3 workouts. Older age groups can do these workouts and add skates on carpet and try with skates on.

First at home hockey challenge of the week. We will be doing two challenges a week parents please email [email protected] when completed. Stick Handling In a garage or outside you will need a ball of some sort. ... Start with simple stick handling standing still. Work on toe drag and back and fourth handling. Place an object on the ground and work on stick handling and toe dragging around the object. Close eyes and stick handling without watching. Work on knowing where the ball is on your stick. Start moving and stick handling, set up an obstacle course to stick handle around work on keeping your head up while moving through the obstacle course. Find objects you can stick handle under and through.

Tonight will be last night for practices. Grande Cache falls under MD of Greenview which is in the enhanced purple area on the map. Due to this minor hockey has been shut down for 3 weeks, or until we get more information from Hockey Alberta. GCMHA is determined to keep kids active during this break and will be posting at home hockey workouts. Parents will sign off that the child finished the activity and the players name will be added in for a draw for prizes. We will post the activities online as well as the website which will email all participants. Parents are welcome to share Pictures or videos of the players workout and email [email protected] to be entered in the draw.

This is the tentative schedule for the first week of hockey. Once we separate larger teams and have parent meetings we will release the newer schedule. All female group will allow all new and old females to utilize this slot to get comfortable on the ice. After the first week we can review that ice slot. U7(initiation) Wednesday: 5-6 Friday: 5-6... U9(Novice) Monday: 5-6 Friday: 6:15-7:15 U11(Atom) Tuesday: 5:30-6:30 Thursday: 5:30-6:30 U13(Peewee) Monday: 7:30-8:30 Thursday: 6:45-7:45 U15/U18(Bantam/Midget) Tuesday: 8-9 Thursday: 8-9 All Females Monday: 6:15-7:15 Wednesday: 6:15-7:15 Parent meetings this week are important please have at least 1 parent present. Meeting will be at the golf course. U7- Monday 6:00 U9- Tuesday 6:00 U11- Monday 7:00 U13- Tuesday 7:00 U15- Monday 7:45 Female- Tuesday 7:45

Parent meetings are at the golf course U7- Monday 6:00 U9- Tuesday 6:00 U11- Monday 7:00 U13- Tuesday 7:00 U15- Monday 7:45 Female- Tuesday 7:45

Those who have received an email from registrar about respect in sport, your child will not be allowed on the ice until it’s finished. Please follow the links provided in the email. Check your junk mail if you haven’t seen the email.

GCMHA tentative start date is October 5, this is not a positive date as the ice is still being worked on and issues may set that back. The Covid plan has been approved by the recreation center and will be emailed to all parents. GCMHA will post the schedule soon, we are working with our increased numbers and need to adjust accordingly. Parent meetings will be scheduled for this week as we need information voted on.

Fall AGM Sept 23 @ 630 Grande Cache Golf Course Please confirm your attendance With Shandis [email protected]

Registration cheque’s will be deposited tomorrow. Those who still owe money shandis will be at the ridge from 4:30-6:00 pm you can drop the cheque’s off there. Please contact [email protected] if you have any issues. Thanks GCMHA

Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Awards Recipients. Click on the link to view. http://www.grandecachehockey.com/content/awards

GCMHA will be doing a Fall AGM Sept 23 at 6:30pm. We need a head count so we can adjust how the agm will proceed with covid restrictions. If you will be attending we are asking 1 parent per household to avoid high numbers. If a parent wishes to take on a position we ask they attend the meeting. Please email [email protected] if you wish to attend. We will send an email with all the forms needed for that night. ... Positions available: U7 manager Female manager U15 manager U17 manager if numbers increase Treasurar: we have some one interested needs to be voted Possible new position to be voted on. All other positions board members intentions were to stay on however if anyone else is interested they are more than welcome to join the meeting and put their name forward.

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2019-20 female division please confirm your awards attendance with your manager Denise ASAP if you haven’t already! Thank you

http://www.grandecachehockey.com/article/61018 2019-2020 year end awards schedule

Due to the unprecedented times of Covid-19 hockey travel and league play this season will not take place. The fees for every division will be $450.00 and late fee has been moved to Sept 15 and, for the season that will see practice ice, power skating, skills training and pond hockey type games. Credits will be issued accordingly. ... contact [email protected] if you have any questions regarding your fees.

https://www.hockeyalberta.ca//return-hockey-plan-update-1/

Hello, We know that this year has been something unexpected and unprecedented in how the world has changed in all aspects of our lives. In an attempt to try and return some normalcy to some of the lives GCMHA has decided to carry on with a 2020/2021 hockey season, however there will be some things that will be different for us all. First of all we will take part in a development season for the foreseeable future, and this means that we will be opting out of any league play, a...nd this will keep hockey within the cohort of our own community. The development season will include regular practicing as previous years, along with an increase of skill development and power skating, also there will be exhibition games throughout to get some simulated game action in. Registration fees are to be adjusted and reduced; however a final rate has not been determined at this point in time. If you are planning on registering for the upcoming season I urge you to do so ASAP. Please look forward to an update soon to get information regarding registration fees and season structure. Also if any question aise don’t hesitate to contact GCMHA via social media or email. In Regards, Shandis Leblanc GCMHA President [email protected] Justin Carter GCMHA Exec. Vice-President [email protected]

Here is a survey, this is just for the board to see what parents thoughts are on this upcoming season. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V3VPRT9