Reston Raiders Spring Selects Program
The Reston Raider Hockey Club is pleased to announce that we will be fielding Spring Select Teams once again this spring. This is a separate program from our Spring House League and will allow for players to continue developing their skills in a competitive environment. The Spring Selects Program is tailored towards the players that are currently playing or interested in preparing for our Travel Hockey tryouts to be held the end of May/beginning of June.
Mixed Teams at All Age Levels
One change that the Raiders are implementing for our Spring Selects and Raiders Travel teams going forward is that we will be moving from Birth Year teams on our 10U – 14U teams and we will have mixed birth year teams at all age levels. This is a departure from our most recent policy and a return to how we used to select our Travel & Spring Selects teams. Our Hockey Development and Raiders Board of Directors recently approved this change and we feel that this will allow us to better place our teams at appropriate USA Hockey levels (i.e. AA, Upper A, Lower A, etc.) to allow our teams to better compete at each of those levels.
All players registered for our tryouts will compete against all players at their respective age levels and teams will be selected based on their performance and selected for Blue, Silver, Black & White (where fielded) teams.
Spring Selects Program intends to field 20 teams this spring. They will be fielded at the following birth year levels with the following Head Coaches:
Team
|
Head Coach
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8U Blue
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TJ Mathieson
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8U Silver
|
Mike Parks
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10U Blue
|
Tom Scott
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10U Silver
|
TBD
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10U Black
|
TBD
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10U White
|
TBD
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12U Blue
|
Matt Scodellaro
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12U Silver
|
Rich Scigaj
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12U Black
|
TBD
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12U White
|
TBD
|
14U Blue
|
Simon Roberts
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14U Silver
|
Seth Johnson
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14U Black
|
TBD
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14U White
|
TBD
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16U Blue
|
Dan Sheehan
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16U Silver
|
Jon Cooper
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18U Blue
|
TBD
|
Girls 19U
|
John Ezzard
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Girls 14U
|
Shane Arbuckle
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Girls 12U
|
TBD
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Teams at the 8U level will consist of no more 18 players. The teams at 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U & 18U teams will also consist of at least 15 skaters and 1 or 2 goalies. Our Blue teams will be our top teams and will consist of the top rated players at tryouts. Our Blue teams will compete at the AA level. Our Silver, Black, & White teams will then be selected based on the next rated group of players and those teams will be placed based on the Coaches assessment of ability (generally Upper A or higher for Silver, Lower A or higher for Black and B or higher for White). Several teams at our Black & White levels are noted with TBDs, but we have potential coaches for those teams already in mind, but final decisions and announcements on those coaches will be announced closer to or during the tryouts. White teams will be fielded if we have enough players registered for tryouts.
The program will consist of 10 half-ice weekly practices, and the cost of the program will be $450, tournament costs will be determined by each team, based on the number of tournaments they plan to attend, and those costs will be covered by the team. The practice schedule will be as follows:
Mondays:
10U Black & 10U White - 6:10 - 7:30 pm
Tuesdays:
8U Blue & 8U Silver - 5:40 - 7:00 pm
10U Blue & 10U Silver - 6:10 - 7:30 pm
12U Blue & 12U Silver - 7:10 - 8:30 pm
12U Black & 12U White - 7:40 - 9:00 pm
14U Blue & 14U Silver - 8:40 - 10::00 pm
16U Blue & 16U Silver - 9:10 - 10:30 pm
Wednesdays:
18U Blue - 8:40 - 10:00 pm
Thursdays:
Girls Selects - 6:10 - 7:30 pm (See Note Below)
14U Black & 14U Whtie - 7:10 - 8:30 pm
Registration for tryouts is now open will open and will remain open through 11:59 PM Friday, March 6th. There will be no walk-in registrations allowed.
Our Girls Select Sessions will be a combined session, similar to last Spring with Girls eligible from the Girls 12U ages – 19U ages sharing the ice. There will be no tryouts for the Girls Spring Selects Teams. If you're player is interested in our Girls Spring Selects teams, there is a separate registration form for those teams as they will not be holding tryouts, and players may register for the program through that form. It is located in the "Register Online" portal.
Tryouts will be held to select the teams at each level. It is recommended that all players attend both tryouts, but all players must attend at least one session to be selected for the team. The Tryout schedule is listed below:
8U Group 1 – March 15 – 6:00-7:20 pm & March 17 – 5:40 – 7:00 pm
8U Group 2 (If Needed) – March 15 – 7:30 – 8:50 pm & March 17 – 7:10 – 8:30 pm
10U Group 1 - March 16– 5:40 – 7:00 pm & March 18 – 5:40 – 7:00 pm
10U Group 2 – March 16 – 7:10 – 8:30 pm & March 18 – 7:10 – 8:30 pm
12U Group 1 – March 15 – 6:10 – 7:30 pm & March 17 – 6:10 – 7:30 pm
12U Group 2 – March 15 – 7:40 – 9:00 pm & March 17 – 6:10 – 7:30 pm
14U Group 1 – March 16 – 6:10 – 7:30 pm & March 18 – 6:10 – 7:30 pm
14U Group 2 – March 16 – 8:40 – 10:00 pm & March 18 – 8:40 – 10:00 pm
16U Group 1 – March 16 – 7:40 – 9:00 pm & March 18 – 7:40 – 9:00 pm
16U Group 2 – March 16 – 9:10 – 10:30 pm & March 18 – 9:10 – 10:30 pm
18U – March 15 – 9:00 – 10:20 pm & March 17 – 8:40 – 10:00 pm
The tryout fee is $50. In order to tryout, you will have to register for tryouts on the Reston Raider website.
One note on the Group listings above. Due to the age groups being combined to select mixed teams, if we have more than 50 players registered for a age level (i.e. 8U, 10U, etc.), we will split the age level into two randomly assigned groups to keep the number of players on the ice below 50 players for each sessions. This will make it easier for our evaluation group to properly evaluate all players. You will receive an email with the group assignments prior to tryouts. The group assignments can also change from night one to night two based on the coaches/evaluators discretion.
For more information on the program, please contact Kevin Burch at
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