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Originally Posted by pepper24
My son is first year novice and they had 5 tryout skates over 3 weekends which I thought was too much for 6/7 year olds. First skate was timed drills (really?) then the rest were 3 on 3 games which was better. He ended up making division 1 team.
This is the first year of half ice novice which is good for the kids.
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5 ice times is pretty typical for evaluations (within Calgary). At the younger ages a timed skill session for the first ice time is pretty beneficial as it really helps the MHA set the initial groups. IIRC our association did not use the skill session for anything other than helping them make the first set of groupings for the games. In other words the scores from that session did not factor in the final rankings. 3 on 3 is actually great for games. 4 on 4 is also good, 5 on 5 should be avoided if possible.