2023-2024 Reston Raiders Girls Travel

The Raiders are excited to announce that for the 2023-24 season we are offering girls-only travel teams at 19U, 16U and 14U, two teams at 12U as well as a 10U Girls Travel Development Team and an 8U Girls Selects team.  Players at 12U and younger are eligible to “dual roster” on both a girls’ team and a youth/coed team.  

The 12U-19U teams will compete in the Chesapeake Bay Hockey League (CBHL) and individual teams also may compete in the Atlantic Girls Hockey Federation (AGHF), in addition to playing non-league exhibition games and at tournaments and showcases across the United States and Canada.  Except as noted, teams are expected to play 40-50 games, 40-50 practices, a two-week preseason mini-camp and have off-ice training opportunities led by Washington Capitals strength coach Mark Nemish during the season.  Practices will include full and shared ice practices and teams will have dedicated goalie coaches at each practice in addition to the Club’s experienced USA Hockey certified coaches Raiders Coaches. 

To learn more about the Raiders’ Girls Hockey Program, visit the Girls Hockey page of our website and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

For additional information or questions, please contact our Girls Hockey Director, Pat Wildman, at

Program Details

19U

• Head Coach:  John Ezzard BIO
• Eligible Birth Years: 2004, 2005, 2006.  Birth year 2007 and 2008 (16U) players may be eligible for selection to the 19U team.
• Practices:  Two weekly practices at SkateQuest on shared ice with the 16U team.  Dedicated goalie coaches from The Goalie Academy at each practice.  Approximately 40-50 total practices
• Games: Approximately 40-50, including CBHL, AGHF (TBD), tournaments/showcases, non-league exhibitions.
• Off-Ice:  Girls-specific hockey training program led by Washington Capitals strength coach, Mark Nemish.

16U

• Head Coach:  Pat Wildman BIO
• Eligible Birth Years: 2007, 2008.  Birth year 2009 (14U major) players may be eligible for selection to the 16U team.
• Practices:  Two weekly practices at SkateQuest on shared ice with the 19U team.  Dedicated goalie coaches from Goalie Academy at each practice.  Approximately 40-50 total practices
• Games: Approximately 40-50, including CBHL, AGHF, tournaments/showcases, and non-league exhibitions.
• Off-Ice:  Girls-specific hockey training program led by Washington Capitals strength coach, Mark Nemish.

14U

• Head Coach:  Todd Seymour BIO
• Eligible Birth Years: 2009, 2010.  Birth year 2011 (12U major) players may be eligible for selection to the 14U team.
• Practices:  Two weekly practices at SkateQuest on shared ice with the 12U team.  Dedicated goalie coaches from Goalie Academy at each practice.  Approximately 40-50 total practices
• Games: Approximately 40-50, including CBHL, AGHF, tournaments/showcases, and non-league exhibitions.

12U

• 12U Gold:
  • Head coach:  Mike Donovan, Asst Coach:  Tim Waterman
  • Eligible birth years: 2011, 2012. Birth year 2013 players (10U major) may be eligible for selection to the 12U Gold team.
  • Practices: Two weekly practices at SkateQuest, one on shared ice with the 14U team and a second skills practice with the 14U team and the 12U Bronze team.  The second practice will focus on skill development and hockey tactics and concepts, taught in a station-based format in which each station is adjusted to match the skill and age level of the players. Dedicated goalie coaches from Goalie Academy at each practice. 
  • Games: Team will compete in the CBHL 12U AA/Gold division and play tournaments/showcases and non-league games. 
     
• 12/10U Bronze:
  • Head coach: TBD
  • Eligible birth years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Practices: Two weekly practices, one at Loudoun Ice Centre exclusively for the 12U Bronze team and a second skills practice at SkateQuest on shared ice with the 14U team and the 12U Gold team.  The second practice will focus on skill development and hockey tactics and concepts, taught in a station-based format in which each station is adjusted to match the skill and age level of the players. Dedicated goalie coach Goalie Academy each week.  
  • Games: Team will compete in the CBHL 12U Bronze division and play tournaments/showcases and non-league games.
     

10U Girls Travel Development (Registration to open July 1)

• Head Coach: TBD
• Eligible birth years: 2013, 2014.
• Practices: One weekly practice at Loudoun Ice Centre exclusively for the 10U Girls Travel Development team.
• Other program requirements:  To be eligible for the 10U Girls Travel Development team, players must participate in the coed House (one practice per week, one game per week) or the coed Travel program (two practices per week, approx. two games per week)
• Games: In addition to weekly games in the Raiders’ coed House or Travel programs, players will participate in 10U girls’ jamborees and tournaments throughout the year, including the annual Beach Bash in Ocean City, MD

8U Girls Selects (Registration to open July 1)

The 8U Girls selects team introduces young players to girls-only hockey and provides them the opportunity to play with and against girls their own age.  The team will participate in girls-only jamborees and tournaments throughout the year, including the annual Beach Bash in Ocean City, MD. Girls participating in the program are required to play in the Raiders’ coed 8U Travel or House programs.  

Dual Roster Policy

All girls age 8U-12U have the opportunity to “dual roster” during the season and play on both a girls-only travel team and a coed team in our travel or house programs. 8U-12U girls who play coed travel or house hockey for another club are welcome to dual roster on one of our 12U and younger girls-only teams.  Players age 14U and older may not dual roster; however the Club will consider dual roster requests for 14U and older goalies on a case by case basis. 

The Raiders and each of our Girls and Coed teams make every effort to enable dual roster players to play on two teams.  However, game and tournament conflicts are expected and unavoidable.   The Club will work with every coed and girls’ team on which players are dual rostered to mitigate conflicts and set expectations prior to the start of the season and as early as possible when team games and tournaments are scheduled.  We request that families who choose to dual roster not abuse the privilege of dual rostering.  Players who dual roster are expected to participate on two teams, including attending practices, games and tournaments in the absence of scheduling conflicts.

The Club will host preseason and pre-tryout meetings with families and coaches of teams on which dual rosters players participate to communicate expectations and answer questions and concerns. 

Please send questions, suggestions, or concerns to Pat Wildman at .