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December 13 - COVID-19 Update

Good evening MWF families, 
 
We continue to work closely with our partners at HNS to understand changes and new guidance being applied to hockey Provincially coming out of today's announcement from the Department of Health.
 
We understand you all have lots of questions and concerns related to the current situation, especially coming into the holiday season. We will do our best to keep our schedule as "normal" as possible, but we need to take additional precautions to ensure we move the safest possible way. Public Health has mandated that consistent groupings be maintained.  Details on upcoming games will follow, but as it pertains to development sessions and practice ice, starting this week:
  1. Weekly player and goaltender development will be put on hold, but resume following our holiday break.
  2. As we are freeing up ice from development (above), we will work to lessen shared practice ice for this week. This will serve as a mini-circuit breaker, giving us time to understand the emerging situation and respond to HNS direction. We will reach out to individual teams who are currently sharing ice to try to find new ice times.
We will pass along any additional updates from HNS as soon as we get them, we will reach out to everyone, through our usual channels, with broad communications and work with teams individually as required.
 
Sincerely,

Metro West Force Executive

Dec 14, 2021
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SMU Skills Development

MWF is excited to release the schedule for Wednesday night Development sessions.  We acknowledge that there have been some growing pains this year with a growing organization (good problem) and lack of ice in HRM, but through the challenges has emerged a great opportunity and Partnership with SMU Hockey.  These are extra sessions provided by the association and are NOT charged back to teams or take away from your allotted number of seasonal practices.
SMU hockey had stepped up to help not only with ice time but to create a partnership with SMU Varsity players and our MWF players, "See Her, Be Her!" in action.  The scheduled sessions below will give our MWF athletes the opportunity to interact on ice and learn from SMU Varsity players.
 
Coaches what do you need to know:
  • MWF coaches are needed to be on the ice to help facilitate the sessions
  • MWF coaches are expected to review the practice plans which will be a focus on fundamentals skills.  The practice plans are also shared with Chris Larade and in turn the players, however these players are balancing highly demanding schedules of their time so MWF coaches should be prepared to get stations rolling and SMU players can offer coaching and assistance.  If the SMU players appear well briefed on the lessons and eager to lead stations let's encourage that.
  • Please ensure the SMU Varsity athletes feel welcome to lead drills if they so choose and offer corrections to players as they work on these skills daily and have a lot to offer our players.
We are truly hoping this is an opportunity we can grow in the future so hopefully we can keep the experience as positive as possible.  These players are at the top of their game right now and leading the nation in CIS so this is all stuff for our MWF players to be excited about!
 
Thanks Coaches!
 
This information is also found under the Programs menus option.
 
2021DevSchedule
Dec 10, 2021
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NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ANNOUNCED BY PROVINCE FOR CHILDREN AGE 11 AND YOUNGER

Good afternoon everyone,

Earlier today, the province announced that effective immediately, there are new restrictions on out-of-province travel for children age 11 and younger for the purpose of participating in sports, arts, culture events.

Children age 11 and younger are also restricted from entering Nova Scotia for these activities.

Individuals, businesses and organizations in Nova Scotia cannot host sports games, competitions and tournaments that include children 11 and younger from outside the province as participants. They also cannot participate in these types of events outside Nova Scotia.

These restrictions will remain in place until at least early January and will be re-evaluated then.

Children can continue to travel to attend these types of events as spectators. They can continue to travel for regular practices, lessons and rehearsals, which is lower risk because they are interacting with the same group all the time.

All other travel restrictions remain in place. They are detailed here.

To read the complete release from the province, please click here.

These measures are in place to ensure that we can continue to keep playing. Thank you all for your hard work and continued support.

Sincerely,

 

Amy Walsh
Executive Director
 Hockey Nova Scotia

Arnie Farrell 
President 
 Hockey Nova Scotia

Dec 1, 2021
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Sarah White - Lisa Haley Award Winner For October

Congratulations to MWF's Sarah White, assistant coach with the U13 AAA Hurricanes, on winning the Lisa Haley award for October!

Know someone that should be recognized for their leadership in female hockey? 

You can find more information and nominate them at https://hockeynovascotia.ca/about-us/awards/lisa-haley-female-coach-of-the-mont-award.

Nov 20, 2021
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2021 - 2022 League calendar and format

An overview of dates for our regular season (NOT ALL SCHEDULED GAMES) will be available next week, but with the extension of our season (to the end of March) - GAMES MAY BE SCHEDULED OVER MARCH BREAK if needed. More to follow.

 

Season Breakdown: Our Seasons will be broken down into 3 stages: Regular Season, a Playoff round, and Provincials.

  1. Regular Season is expected to be around 20-25 games based on the number of teams in each league.  
  2. Playoffs will be a single round robin.
  3. For AAA/AA (U11AA/A) Top 4 teams from playoffs go on to Provincial tournament. 
  4. For C Top 2 teams will play 1 game for Championship. 
Nov 8, 2021
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Update on Travel to New Brunswick

Good afternoon everyone,

Following our consultations with Nova Scotia Public Health and Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, we have been advised that fully-vaccinated teams can now travel to New Brunswick for sporting events provided that the event (game, tournament, etc.) they are attending has a requirement for both spectators and participants to show proof of vaccination (POV).

Teams with unvaccinated players under 12 are not permitted to travel to tournaments in New Brunswick where a circuit breaker is in place. Please visit the Government of New Brunswick website to find up-to-date information about what areas of the province are currently under circuit breaker restrictions. 

While travelling to New Brunswick for competition, all local COVID-19 protocols and Public Health orders must be followed. Our Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tina Atkinson would also like to strongly encourage all of our teams and hockey families to follow these guidelines to further decrease the risk of a COVID-19 exposure:

  • Wear masks at all times while indoors (only removing them for eating, drinking and playing hockey).
  • Always wear masks while in crowded outdoor spaces where physical distancing cannot be maintained.
  • Avoid crowded restaurants (and only visit restaurants where servers are masked).
  • Wash and sanitize hands frequently.
  • Avoid close contact with people you don’t know.
  • Consider shopping for essential items only.

We would also like to remind you all to follow the Rebound Plan 2.0 and keep a close eye on exposure notices from the province.

Sincerely,

Amy Walsh
Executive Director
Hockey Nova Scotia

Arnie Farrell
President
Hockey Nova Scotia

 

Nov 3, 2021
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