U13 AAA Tryouts
Welcome to the U13-AAA Competitive Tryout Page
All schedules and group list for the U13-AAA competitive tryout process will be posted here.
NOTE: Players will be assigned a new jersey colour and number on Sunday at check in.
To view the tryout process document - HERE
Master Tryout Schedule - HERE - U13-AAA will be the first tab on this sheet
UPDATED Groups - HERE - Each session will have a new tabe created with updated lists
U13-AAA Tryout Flowchart - HERE
UPDATE: September 22, 2023
The following players have been selected to the U13-AAA team for the 2023-24 season. Congratulations.
The U13-AAA team will have two exhibition games on September 23
- Game 1 - 10 am Vs Western @ Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre - Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
- Game 2 - 3 pm Vs Valley @ Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre - Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
UPDATE: September 19, 2023
No players have been released after the coach's skate. The roster for the September 21st Exhibition has now been posted (HERE).
The final roster will be announced after Stage 5 is complete.
UPDATE: September 18, 2023
The following players have advanced to the next phase of tryouts. All players remaining attend the coach's skate on September 19th.
If you do not see your player's name, they have been reassigned to the AA/A/B tryouts that will begin on September 22
UPDATE: September 17, 2023
Below is the master list of players that will be advancing to the next phase of tryouts. Detailed groupings for tomorrow's sessions are posted on the master group spreadsheet (HERE)
If you do not see your player's name, they have been reassigned to the AA/A/B tryouts that will begin on September 22
Defence | Forwards | Goaltenders | Sick, Injured, or Absent | |||||||
First Name | Last Name | First Name | Last Name | First Name | Last Name | First Name | Last Name | |||
Aiden | Knowles | Alex | MacLean | Jerome | Doucette | Jack | MacDougall | |||
Braxton | Robertson | Beckett | Schlender | Lydia | Higgs | |||||
Chase | Jollimore | Charlie | Stewart | Owen | McCormack | |||||
Emmett | Connors | Cohen | McNally | Riley | Green | |||||
Henry | Berger | Cooper | Martell | |||||||
Jacob | Picott | Drew | Cameron | |||||||
Kale | Parsons | Enzo | Chandler | |||||||
Levi | Harris | Eric | Boudreau | |||||||
Liam | Labucki | Fisher | Schnare | |||||||
Luke | Williams | Grayson | Sears | |||||||
Marshall | Hayes | Gregor | O'Hearn | |||||||
Max | Samuelson | Hudson | Miller | |||||||
Nathan | MacLean | Jared | Conlon | |||||||
Jonathan | Stewart | |||||||||
Lucas | Bramwell | |||||||||
Lyncoln | Johnson | |||||||||
Maddox | Burke | |||||||||
Nate | Aucoin | |||||||||
Quinn | Smith | |||||||||
Ryan | Quigley |
UPDATE: September 16, 2023 (7:52 pm)
Thank you to all players that participated in the first 4 sessions of tryouts. Below is the master list of players that will be advancing to the next phase of tryouts. Detailed groupings for tomorrow's sessions will be posted later tonight on the master group spreadsheet (HERE)
If you do not see your player's name, they have been reassigned to the AA/A/B tryouts that will begin on September 22
UPDATE: September 12, 2023
Drills for phase 1
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Given that the U13AAA process is an isolated process, there will be NO resetting of scores at any stage during the 2023-2024 process specific to U13AAA.
Prior to COVID 19, Stage 1 of this process was a Spring ID. This will not be used for the 2023-2024 season and will be re-evaluated for inclusion in next and subsequent seasons if possible. There are pros and cons to a Spring ID but it can help manage numbers for an organization this large by providing an initial sort.
For the purposes of the 2023-2024 season, Stage 1 and Stage 2 will be combined.
Each player trying out for U13-AAA will be guaranteed 4 sessions. They will include a goalie, forward, defence specific skills session (1), a battle/tactical/game application session (1) and an initial set of intrasquad games (2) for a total of four (4). These are tentatively scheduled to occur over the course of September 15th and 16th.
Upon completion of play on the 16th, the Evaluation Team will meet, consult and regroup the players from four (4) groups/teams down to three (3) groups/teams. As part of this regrouping, some players will see their U13AAA tryout conclude and will be re-assigned to the U13AA/A/B pool to commence at a later date. The number of players assigned to U13-AA/A/B is outlined in the flow chart at the end of each stage. Tentatively, after Stage 2 above, 15 players would be reassigned to U13AA/A/B which is broken down to 3 Goaltenders, 3 Defence and 9 Forwards. These numbers are subject to change as the Evaluation Team deems appropriate. What that means is if players are dispersed with their scoring, more could be re-assigned and if there is a cluster, less could be re-assigned.
Stage 3 is scheduled to be a series of 2 intrasquad games per player in these reformed groups. Again, some players will be re-assigned to U13AA/A/B at the conclusion of this stage and the rough numbers are outlined on the flow chart for illustrative purposes.
Stage 4 is scheduled to be a split-squad series of exhibition games against Tasa with all remaining players.
Stage 5 will include a Coach's Skate. This is designed to be approximately 3G, 8D and 12F. Stage 5b tentatively has one final exhibition game hosted by Tasa at St. Margaret's Centre. We may decide to conclude the tryout at the end of the Coach's skate and utilize this September 21st exhibition game as one for the final team or we may decide to utilize it to give one more evaluation session to the process. We are trying to balance transparency with flexibility and also trying to be cognizant of the fact that players not making the BDMHA U13AAA team at this stage need time to explore other options. All this to say that the 2023-2024 BDMHA U13AAA team is tentatively scheduled to be named on either September 20th or September 22nd.
There will also potentially be a series of exhibition games in Bridgewater on the weekend of September 23rd for the fully named team and coaching staff.
For any questions, please reach out to Brian Furdas, VP of Competitive, b.furdas@bedfordblues.com
UPDATE - August 18, 2023
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This is a preliminary schedule that, while we don't expect anything to change, will be reposted/upated on September 1 with the final version
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As per the Hockey Nova Scotia 2023-2024 Seasonal Structure Chart, league play is scheduled to commence on October 14th with U13-AAA opening that weekend with the Jordan Boyd Memorial Tournament
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Specific to the U13AAA schedule, each player will be guaranteed four (4) sessions with Stages 1 & 2 combined. Prior to COVID-19, there was a Spring ID that was used as Stage 1 and thus the reason for combining these stages in the fall for the 2023-2024 season.
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Each colour change represents a change in Stage (beyond Stage 1/2) and represents a likely decision point where the lists are updated for the following sessions. Some players may see their U13-AAA tryout end at these points and be re-assigned to the U13-AA/A/B groupings once posted. To put it another way, the overall lists can be updated following play on September 16th, again on September 17th, again on September 18th and so on with players reassigned to U13-AA/A/B tryout pool at these various stages.
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Some players may also be parked to U13-AAA at any point along the process if the Evaluation Committee deems fit to do so.
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We would like to thank you for your patience as we work through the process for the 2023-2024 season and will be posting further details during the week of September 1st - 8th