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Dartmouth Whalers New Jersery Reveal

October 21, 2022 - Dartmouth Whalers New Jersey Reveal

Good Morning members

The Whalers are very happy to announce and unveil the NEW Game Jerseys and Socks for the next five years! We were very excited to sit down and look at a Jersey and sock option that we felt would be innovative, eye-catching, easy to care for and give the Dartmouth Whalers some new and infused branding. Thank you to the people that helped in this process, in particular our development Director, Peter Dulhanty and to Pro Hockey Life for bringing our ideas and designs to life.

NEW jerseys and socks will be available for coaches/ managers to pick up at RBC Center on Sunday October 23 and Monday October 24 from 5pm to 8pm by our new Equipment manager, Jeff Pottie. Pickup will be at the main level warmup room which is located between Rink A and B in the hallway to the outside entrance.

In addition to new Jerseys we are also repurposing our old jerseys by giving each team a set of Home and Away jerseys from the previous season so that coaches can easily do drills with colors and branding to further make all kids look uniform on the ice and have some pride in our organization.

I know this has been a fast and furious past month for everyone and I would like to thank you all for being understanding, compassionate, and dedicated. I would like to quickly acknowledge that Hockey is going through a turbulent time at the moment, especially Nationally, myself and the DWMHA board is committed to volunteer and player safety. I would like to remind everyone again of the two deep rule and that bullying and harassment have no place in society, let alone our rinks!

A president's report will be coming out in the next two weeks outlining many of our initiatives and accomplishments.

Congratulations to all players on their placements and now let's get ready for an amazing season.

Phil Power

President
Dartmouth Whalers Minor Hockey Association (DWMHA)

Oct 21, 2022

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REMINDER for all Players, Parents, Volunteers and Coaches of HNS "2 Deep " Policy

October 15, 2022

As we start to kick off the season we wanted to send a reminder to All Players, Parents, Volunteers and Coaches of the importance of Hockey NS "Two Deep" Policy

Hockey Nova Scotia's "TWO DEEP POLICY"

HNS requires supervision for all minor hockey dressing rooms before, during and after ALL games and practices. HNS requires that players are supervised at all times by following the "TWO DEEP POLICY".

‘‘Two Deep Method” of supervision: Two adults must be present in the dressing room to supervise the players AT ALL TIMES.

Supervising personnel must be members of the team staff or adults who have completed either “Speak Out” or the “Respect In Sport” for volunteers and have completed their record checks [VSC & CRC].

*** PARENTS of all players should be made aware of the “Two Deep Method” and avoid letting their children into unsupervised dressing rooms.

***VOLUNTEERS AND COACHES should ensure that at all times that 2 certified adults are present in the dressing room to supervise players

This Policy intends to ensure the safety of all participants in the Minor and Female Hockey Programs within HNS.

Click HERE for HNS full Policy:

Oct 15, 2022

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UPDATE: Ice times for Sunday

Good Evening Whalers

We hoped everyone made out okay after Fiona came through last night and everyone safe with minimal damage to deal with today.

As per the RBC's website the rinks will be open tomorrow, Sunday September 25th. All Dartmouth Whaler's on ice programming scheduled for tomorrow will go ahead. Please click on the respective links below to see the ice times and groups for each

If anything changes an update will be sent out as soon as we become aware

Sep 24, 2022

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RBC Centre & HRM 4 Pad Closure announced

Due to the weather forecast, the RBC Centre and HRM 4-Pad will be closing at 6 pm on Friday, September 23^rdBoth will remain closed on Saturday, September 24^th.

They anticipate reopening for regular scheduled ice bookings on Sunday, September 25^th. Any updates or changes to their expected opening will be posted here on the website under News and shared on social media

Please note ice times for Friday for U9 and U15 Conditioning have been rescheduled

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Sep 22, 2022

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Friday Conditioning Sessions rescheduled to Sunday Sept 25

Please note due to impending weather, Friday's final conditioning sessions for U9 and U15 have been rescheduled to Sunday Sept 25. If any changes are required for Sunday's schedule due to weather related or power issues, we will communicate these changes as soon as we become aware but we ask for patience as we may be faced with power and internet connection issues in trying to get this information posted.

All updates will be posted to website to conditioning pages for U9 and U15 and to U13 Tryout page for U13 AAA tryouts. We will also share any updates to all social media pages and will send an email to our master distribution list

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Sep 22, 2022

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Season Start up Information, Tryout Volunteers Sign up form & U13 AAA Tryout Schedule

Please take a moment to review important information on the following items:

Communication of Season Start up Info
Volunteer Signup for Competitive Tryouts U11 to U18
U13 AAA Tryout Schedule

Communication of Season Start up

As we get ready to kick off the season with tryouts and balancing for our groups, we want to remind all families that all communication regarding Tryouts, Recreation Balancing and U7 & U9 startup will be posted to our website under SEASON START UP on the main menu at the top of the page. (see below screen shot).

PLEASE NOTE: For Tryouts and Recreation Balancing, communication will go out via email as well as being posted on the website and shared to social media. Any schedule changes will be emailed out as well as being posted but new groupings for upcoming ice times will only be posted to website and shared to social media when updated.

Volunteer Signup for Tryouts U11 to U18

We require volunteers to help out with check in for players, washing jerseys in between sessions as well as helping out with Two Deep in dressing rooms / ON Bench (MUST HAVE valid Criminal Record Check with VSC on file with Hockey Canada)

If you would like to volunteer please click on the below link to sign up to help.

TRYOUT VOLUNTEER SIGNUP HERE

U13 AAA Tryout Schedule

Please find below the tentative Tryout Schedule for U13 AAA tryouts, we are still working out details for the exhibition games so times/ dates could be updated.

DWMHA Tryout policy, information on the tryout process and U13 AAA group lists will be posted by 8:00pm of Wednesday September 21st. Please be sure to read over all information and to check group lists posted to confirm your players name and position are listed if registered for U13 AAA tryouts.

Any questions regarding U13 AAA tryouts please email U13 Coordinator at PWrepcoordinator@Whalers.org

Sep 19, 2022

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Dartmouth Whalers New Jersery Reveal