COWHA is offering Prep-Skates for players who wish to get on the ice ahead of tryouts.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Only players residing in the COWHA Zone are eligible to participate in these Prep-Skates.
Prep-Skates will run April 15-17:
* To view Pre-Skates by age group, visit our website's calendar
Registration:
Prep-Skate passports and payment via Spordle must be completed BEFORE the skate.
Click here to register on Spordle
- Emails requesting Prep Skates will NOT be considered registration
- Registration that does not meet the residential criteria will be removed
- Payment must be completed during the registration process, payment at the door will not be accepted.
- No refunds - no exceptions.
- Bring your own jersey and socks, these will not be provided.
- U10 Prep/Non-Team Development Skates: Who is eligible to attend your U10 AAA Prep Skates?
- Players rostered to your centre or feeder associations (rostered in the 2025/2026 season)
ie at U9MD or U9 Select and Below.
- Players not rostered to your association in the 2025/2026 season cannot attend unless their home association is not hosting prep skates.
- Be sure to check the home association website etc to ensure they are not hosting skated ie in April and haven’t posted yet, prior to permitting the players
- Players who played unsanctioned hockey in 2025/2026 are not eligible for prep skates
- They are currently not rostered or insured with sanctioned programming. Since the skates occur before April 17th they cannot attend Prep Skates as we are still in the current season
- They can attend tryout evaluations as that is after the in season rosters have expired and they have registered for the 2026/2027 season Evaluations the current season for their unsanctioned has ended along with the 2025/2026 sanctioned season. This aligns with the OHF unsanctioned policy for timelines.