Lorne Park Jr. Ojibwa Learn to Play Program

For the 2012 / 2013 Season, the Lorne Park Learn to Play program is built into our Lorne Park Jr. Ojibwa Tyke program which allows players who have not yet 4 years of age by December 31st to participate in the hockey program. This program is one hour a week on Saturday mornings in full hockey equipment.
For more information contact juniortyke@lpha.ca.

Lorne Park Jr. Ojibwa Tyke Program

Evaluation & Team Management Process

1. Register with Hockey Canada website (Go to Lorne Park website www.lpha.ca Registration page to get Hockey Canada site) for players turning 4 years old by December 31st.

2. For players not turning 4 years old by December 31st, the Lorne Park Learn to Play Program is available. Email juniortyke@lpha.ca for information and registration.

3. Players are evaluated at the beginning of the season and convened into 10 teams comprised of a mix of 4, 5, and 6 year olds.

4. Teams are then structured into a two line system with the A line being the more skilled skaters. In game play, A lines play against each other, as do the B lines, maximizing each player's ability to compete against those of similar skills.

5. We also have a SpongeBob / Learn to Play group that only practices on Saturday (NO GAMES SUNDAYS). It is designed to support all players that are still learning to skate (mostly 4 years old with a few 5 & 6 year olds).

6. As the season progresses, players are assigned to teams as their skating skills allow.

7. Throughout the season you’ll be notified of Lorne Park events, including LPHA Dinner & Dance, picture day, Steelheads and Marlies hockey games, Championship games at the end of the season and the year-end banquet.

Evaluation & Team Management Process

The SpongeBob group will have volunteers (mostly players from bantam midget) that will help in the SpongeBob group.

Parents that want to volunteer on ice MUST e-mail Cathy Petruniak. E-mail address is: cathy.petruniak@yahoo.com

All volunteers MUST have police check / photo ID / Speak-Out Course before anyone is allowed on ice to help. Since this takes months to get, I would suggest that anyone who wants to help out in September should apply for their police check in the summer and also do the Speak-Out Course in the summer times. You can look at the Mississauga Hockey website (www.hockey.on.ca) to find those clinics.