Eagan Hockey AssociationSquirt Town Hall

Brett Gugino – Squirt Coordinator

Overview

• Program Basics• Tournaments• Leadership• Work Duty Volunteers• Tryouts• Questions

Squirt Basics

• Projecting 4 teams• Focus is on development for all teams• Players who do not tryout will be on the C team• Squirts are limited to 35 games (scrimmages and

tournaments included)• All teams have the same amount of ice provided by

EHA• Each team is assigned 2 tournaments– One in town, one out of town– Paid for by EHA (gate fees paid via team fund)

Squirt Tournaments• A Squirts

– Inver Grove Heights, MN [1/23 – 1/25]

– Squirt International (Fargo, ND) [2/26 – 3/1]

• B Squirts– Blue

• Squirt International (Fargo, ND) [2/19 – 2/22]

• Owatanna, MN [1/23 – 1/25]

– Green• Bemidji, MN [1/30 – 2/1]

• Red Wing, MN [1/3 1/4]

• C Squirts– Squirt International (Fargo, ND) [2/13 – 2/15]

– Woodbury, MN [1/8 – 1/11]

Team Leadership

• Head coaches have been interviewed by committee of EHA board members and volunteers

• Head coaches will be assigned based on their child's placement from tryouts

• Each team requires a committed team manager• Eaganhockey.com is the source of team

information

Work Duty/Fundraiser

• No Work duty hours required this year• No Fundraiser this year• Team baskets for EHA night

Tryout Details

• 2 nights of pre-tryouts– Consists of the drills they will execute for the skills evaluation– Conducted by the head coach candidates and bantam helpers

• Three sessions of evaluations– One night of skills– Two days of internal scrimmages

• All three sessions evaluated by independent non-EHA evaluators (skaters and goalies)

• Head coach candidates watch all sessions to determine their picks

Tryout Details

• All tryout sessions are closed to observers– Parents allowed to tie skates if needed

• Players names are posted as soon as possible for scrimmages– 1st Scrimmage assignments are grouped by players

scores on skills• Coaches will pick teams on Saturday after last

scrimmage and call each player• Scores and coaches picks make up teams– Number of coaches picks depend on team size

Game on!

• Questions?