Pre-season Meeting on September 24th

The 2011/2012 season is fast approaching!! The pre-season meeting will be held on Saturday, September 24th at 1pm at the Stadacona Gym boardroom, Halifax. Map

We ask that you bring no more than 2 reps per team due to space. Also, note that a representative from each team must attend or your team will be fined as per our constitution.

If you need any futher information, contact scout@nswhl.ca

Pre Season Hockey Camp

Hello Ladies, Just in time for the season Pete Beliveau is putting on another great skills session! Stick handling, skating, shooting, it's everything you need to win that scoring race !!! ... Make the difference in your game

Please sign up as soon as possible as numbers are limited, almost half of the 32 spots are spoken for !

PRE-SEASON ADULT POWER SKATING/PUCK SKILLS CLINIC
Pete Belliveau



DALHOUSIE MEMORIAL ARENA

COST : $140.00

DATE TIME ARENA
WED SEPT 7 7:00 -8:00 PM DAL
SUNDAY SEPT 11 1:00 -2:00 PM DAL
WED SEPT 14 7:00 -8:00 PM DAL
SUNDAY SEPT 18 1:00 -2:00 PM DAL
WED SEPT 21 7:00-8:00 PM DAL
SUNDAY SEPT 25 1:00-2:00 PM DAL
Sunday Oct ober 2 T1:00 -2:00 PM DAL

NAME : ________________________________

ADDRESS :__________

PHONE : ________ EMAIL : _____________

LEVEL OF SKATING : BEGGINER__ / INTERMEDIATE___

WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU WANT TO IMPROVE ________




PLS MAKE CHEQUE PAYABLE TO :


DORIS BELLIVEAU and mail to :

19 A IDLEWYLDE ROAD
HALIFAX NX
B3N 1B8

SUMMER POWER SKATING SESSIONS

Hi Ladies, Dalhousie Head Coach Pete Beliveau is putting on another power skating summer session.Co-Ed, full gear required. Please see attached sign up sheet, act quickly as spots are going fast !

PLEASE CONFIRM ATTENDANCE @ belliveaupete@hotmail.com

ADULT POWER SKATING

JULY / AUGUST 2011

DALHOUSIE MEMORIAL ARENA

6:30 TO 7:30 PM

COST : $135.00

SUNDAY JULY 10th

SUNDAY JULY 17TH

SUNDAY JULY 24TH

SUNDAY JULY 31ST

SUNDAY AUGUST 7TH

SUNDAY AUGUST 14TH

SUNDAY AUGUST 21st


NAME : __________________

ADDRESS :____________________________________________________

PHONE : _____ EMAIL : ___

LEVEL OF SKATING : BEGGINER__ / INTERMEDIATE___

WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU LIKE TO IMPROVE ?

PLS MAKE CHEQUE PAYABLE TO :

DORIS BELLIVEAU and mail to :

19 A IDLEWYLDE ROAD
HALIFAX NX
B3N 1B8

Annual General Meeting May 28th

Hi all

It's time for the NSWHL's annual general meeting!

Date: Saturday, May 28
Time: 1 pm - 3 pm
Where: Stadacona Gym meeting room at CFB Halifax Stadacona (bring ID to get past the front gate) map

Each NSWHL team must send one team rep. Individuals representing new teams interested in joining the league for 2011-12 are also welcome to attend. (New teams must indicate their interest in joining the league by August 15th.)

We have received notes from about a half a dozen people who have volunteered to help run the league. That's great! Please pass on to your teams by email that the league is looking for a few more hands to make the work lighter. Send an email to info@nswhl.ca

Tentative agenda for AGM:

1. Call to order at 1:00 pm
2. Approval of minutes (provided by secretary)
3. Treasurer’s report
4. 1st VP report - scheduling issues
5. 2nd VP report - discipline issues
6. President’s report
7. Constitution revisions
8. New Teams discussion
9. Other business
- Statistics
- Atlantics
- Divisions
10. Election of 2011-12 Executive and Committee Creation

Positions may include the following:

Executive Roles:

1. President
2. 1st Vice President (Scheduling)
3. 2nd Vice President (Refs & Rules and Discipline)
4. Treasurer
5. Secretary
6. Member-at-Large (Registrar/HNS)
7. Member-at-Large (Chief Statistician)
8. Member-at-Large (Player Placement)
9. Member-at-Large (Playoffs and Sponsors)

Volunteer Positions: 10 positions

1. A Division Statistician
2. B Division Statistician
3. C Division Statistician
4. D Division Statistician
5. Playoff Organizing Committee member
6. Playoff Organizing Committee member
7. Player Placement Committee member A division
8. Player Placement Committee member B division
9. Player Placement Committee member C division
10. Player Placement Committee member D division

Help Wanted!

The NSWHL needs volunteers to help run our awesome hockey league. We need help with stats, scheduling, finances, organizing playoffs etc. This year we had a team of 10 people running our 19 team league. Next year, it looks like there will be at least 22, but maybe as many as 24 teams in the league. That's a lot of stats and a lot of games to schedule. Please consider stepping forward and giving some of your spare time to be a part of our successful and growing league. Send an email by May 1st: info@nswhl.ca

Congratulations 2011 Champions!

Another great NSWHL playoff tournament wrapped up on Sunday with championship games in four divisions. Click the division below to see the playoff chart and scores. All files open as PDFs.

A Division - winner Conrad Crushers

B1 Division - winner Formation Halifax Mariners

B2 Division - winner Frostbite

C Division - winner West Hants

Photographer Shawn Nolan captured a lot of players in action. Check his site here, starting Monday, to download any keepsake photos you might want.

If any player or coach didn't get an NSWHL/Pharmasave mug, let us know and we can get you one.

The year-end Annual General Meeting will be sometime in early May. Check the site for a time and place announcement.

Atlantic Senior Women's Champions - NSWHL's Conrad Crushers!

Rustico, PEI was host to the inaugural Atlantic Senior Women's Championships from April 1st through to April 3rd, 2011. Teams representing each of the Atlantic Provinces were there along with the host team from Rustico. The NSWHL's Conrad Crushers won it all! Check out hockeyscene.com for a recap of the Crushers tournament.

Final Playoff Schedules

Final Playoff schedules. All files open as PDFs.
A Division
B1 Division
B2 Division
C Division
Regular season final standings will determine seeding.

NSWHL playoff rules are:

A winner must be decided in each game. Ties will be broken by a five minute OT Period, then a shootout if still tied. This is a double elimination tournament, except if the championship game is first loss.

Tie breaking rules:
If teams are tied at the end of regular play, the teams shall have a 2 minute rest at their respective benches and a 5 minute sudden death period shall be played.
If still tied, each team will choose 3 players for shootout.
Home team chooses to shoot first or second. The home team is always the team ranked higher in regular season play.

If still tied after 3 shooters then each team will choose another shooter until a winner is declared. (One for one, sudden death.)

Each team has to use a different shooter until the team with the least amount of players in the game has gone through their entire shooter roster then both can revert back to choosing a same shooter.

On-site League contact: (cell) 221-7656. These rules will be on the programs given out at the tournament.

Formation Halifax Mariners win Military Nationals

This photo was taken in Ontario right after the Formation Halifax Mariners won the Military Nationals. Mariners were Team Atlantic and played four other Regions: Pacific / Prairie Provinces / Ontario & Quebec. They went through the round robin with 3 wins & one tie. The one tie was against Team Quebec with a 1-1 score; out shooting them 31-8. Then they faced Team Pacific in the Semi's & easily defeated them 9-0, with Quebec beating Ontario 5-3 in the other game this meant they had to play once again Quebec in the final match. Mariners were simply too strong for Quebec in that final game soundly defeating them 6-1 and once again bringing home the Gold & the National Title once again. They placed four players in the All-Star Team / Dawn MacAuley / Kirsten Lindstol / Brigitte Delisle & Heather Gillespy. It was a great experience playing Teams at the National level and it proves that our Nova Scotia Women's Hockey League is instrumental in the development of players of all levels and prepares them for competitions of this level.

Summer hockey?

We are getting several e-mails from players looking for summer ice hockey. The NSWHL operates from October to April. If anyone is organizing summer hockey - and they are looking for players - please let us know and we can pass it along.

Attention All Senior Women Hockey Players

We are extremely excited to announce the advancement of senior women's hockey to be included this year in a first-ever Hockey Tournament for 50+ year-olds (birth date by the end of 2011), along with the other sporting games being played, which is put on by the "Nova Scotia 55+ Games Society." read more

Playoff schedule changes coming

There will be a few minor tweaks to the times on the playoff schedule (due to the arena's flooding schedule). They will be updated shortly.

Good news

NSWHLers came out in support of the SMU hockey program. Here's a pic of some league folks at the rally at SMU. It looks like the program will be saved thanks in part to a major sponsorship from Canadian Tire! Read the good news here.

SMU Cuts their Women's Hockey Program! Speak up!

Yesterday (Friday March 18th) St. Mary's University (SMU) cut their women's hockey program citing budget cuts. Read about it in the ChronicleHerald. Here, here and here. In Metro News here. Comment on the stories on the newspapers' websites.

Speak up in support of this program and women's hockey!

Email the Athletic's Director and President of SMU to make them aware of your opinion. steve.sarty@smu.ca and colin.dodds@smu.ca.

A respectful note asking them to reconsider their decision and telling them why women's hockey is a valuable part of their athletic programs can make a difference.

Playoff schedules for all divisions - UPDATED April 3rd

The playoff brackets for all divisions are now online. All files open as PDFs.
A Division
B1 Division
B2 Division
C Division
Regular season final standings will determine seeding.

New standings for B divisions now online

Please check out the new B division standings. For playoff seeding, B division teams are ranked according to their performance against other B division teams. After the results of the last regular season games are known, these standings will determine placement for playoffs.

Points of Interest from the "NSWHL GROWTH" Meeting (Feb. 12th, 2011)

A meeting was held to discuss the league's growth and expanding the A Division. Read all about it here.

Almost Famous

Check out who made the cover of this month's SNAP Halifax magazine!

www.snaphalifax.com

Meeting reminder

Reminder of meeting to compile ideas to help strengthen the A division for the 2011/2012 season - 10am 5818 Charles St. Contact Nadine Kays - stormhoc04@hotmail.com

Halifax Pond Hockey Classic Feb 11 -13

All-Stars hit the ice at 3pm Saturday

Come out on Saturday the 22nd to the BMO Cantre at 3pm and watch our NSWHL All-Stars take on the Boston Pizza Midgets! NSWHL All-Stars include: Crushers players Roz Staple, Sarah Foley, Amy Dawson, and Goalie Tammy Lutz. Truro's Meghan Read, Cheryl Hamilton, Kerrie Boyle and Terri Ferguson. Halifax Explosion's Stephanie Tenwolde, Jackie Parker and Ashley Dunn. Rams players Amanda Greene, Kim Carcary and Emily Bendal.

PLUS: Since it is never too early to start planning, a group is interested in putting together a league committee to work on expanding the A division. A meeting is proposed for Feb 12th, 2011 in Halifax at 10am. The goal is to form a committee from interested parties and come up with ideas to help grow the 'A' divsion for a positive future of the league. RSVP to scout@nswhl.ca

All-Star exhibition game at BMO Centre

The BMO Centre is hosting an open house day on January 22. As part of the afternoon's activities there will be an NSWHL All-Stars exhibition game against the Boston Pizza Midget AAA girls at 3pm. Come out and enjoy...

1 PM Welcoming remarks from Mayor Peter Kelly
· Souvenir Ball Hat for the first 200 people
· Door Prizes
· Hospitality provided by Subway and Coca-Cola
1–2 PM Sledge Hockey – Come Give It a Try PAD A
2–3 PM FREE Public Skate PAD A
(Helmets Mandatory)
230–330 PM FREE Public Skate PAD B
(Helmets Mandatory)
230–3 PM Synchronized Skating Performance PAD D
3–4 PM Exhibition Hockey Game PAD D
(Boston Pizza Female Midgets vs. NS Sr. Women’s All Stars)
4–530 PM Exhibition Ringette Game PAD D
(NS Canada Winter Games Team vs. Provincial 18+ Team)

ALL FEMALE GAME BREAKERS STARTS WED JAN 12

Game Breakers indoor training facility is doing by popular demand a second 12 week program starting again this Wednesday Jan 12th @ 9:00pm in Burnside.

This session is for FEMALE players only, the first session was attended by many players in the NSWHL with much sucess.

Please check out the web site www.gamebreakers.com


To register, please call 469-4263 or email bill.short@gamebreakerhockey.com

12 week program @ $179 +HST

ACT NOW, SPOTS FILLING QUICKLY