Hello and welcome back to another season of JETS hockey!
My name is Blake Pronk and I am the U7 leader for the upcoming 2025/26 hockey season.
We will miss the Summer, but we’ve definitely missed seeing you all at the rink.
Our U7 season will kick off in September at the newly (but still slightly incomplete) renovated Ilderton Arena, home of the Moirs and Marshalls. Our two September “pre-season” skates are now posted to the U7 Team Page on the Jets Website under ‘Team Finder’ > ‘U7’:
1. Sunday September 7th:
a. 10-10:40am
b. 10:40am-11:20am
2. Sunday September 14th
a. 10-10:40am
b. 10:40am-11:20am
We will divide the skaters in half for each 40-minute ice time slot on each date and will post the pre-skate rosters to the U7 Team Page as well as emailed out shortly.
Similar to last season, our U7 Program will be divided into two Divisions: Gold Division and Blue Division. While the Divisions are primarily distinguished based on the age of the child, the Divisions are designed to ensure that our young hockey players are developing at the appropriate pace and amongst similarly situated skaters to maximize fun, puck touches, development, and confidence. This is, above all, a developmental phase in our young hockey players’ journeys.
A fresh set of Timbits jerseys and hockey socks (without holes in them!) will be provided to each skater once coaches are assigned and the Season is officially underway in October.
Our regular season will begin on Saturday October 4th and our weekly ice schedules for both the Blue and Gold Divisions are Saturday (skating+ development day) and Sunday (skills + scrimmage day) mornings.
We plan to have fun events for the skaters throughout the year and really, really look forward to seeing smiling faces, sweaty hair, and some new skills learned amongst friends.
If you have questions at all, please reach out to me anytime at this email – [email protected] or on my cell at 647-227-6791.
Stay tuned for the pre-skate assignments.
Go Jets Go!
Cheers,
Coach Blake