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We are pleased to share our awards for the 2020-21 season! Congratulations to all of our award recipients! You can view the awards announcements here.   Thank you to all of our volunteers this year. We look forward to seeing you next season.

We anticipate a vacant seat on the board of directors for the upcoming 2021-22 season. We are looking for a volunteer that would like to join the board and help direct the future of Victoria Minor Hockey. The process will be guided by our new VMHA bylaws – ratified at the May 31, 2020 AGM. Each…

Here are the details for our 2021 spring program. Registration is now open for Session #1 that runs from March 21 – May 2. Who can participate? There will be four age groups – U7/U9, U11, U13 and U15. Players will register in the age group that they are currently in for the 2019-20 season.…

VMHA is saddened to hear of the passing of Tristan Alexander on January 5, 2021 in a tragic accident at Mount Washington.    Tristan was a long standing member of both the Victoria Ice Hawks and the Saanich Braves from 2004-2015.   Our thoughts are with Tristan‘s family at this time Tributes to Tristan can be found here:…

For those wishing to live stream games, an individual player consent waiver form and a Team consent form have now been prepared to facilitate this process. Here’s the process: 1. Managers of teams wanting to live-stream games distribute the Player/Participant Waiver  to their team to seek permission from all families including team staff (team staff…

Victoria Minor Hockey Association is proud to be a part of Buddy Check for Jesse again for the 2020-2021 season to create awareness for mental health.   Buddy Check for Jesse was created by Dr. Stu Gershman, a VMHA parent, who tragically lost his son Jesse to suicide on October 29, 2014. The Buddy Check for Jesse program was developed for hockey coaches to deliver a message to…

Please review this entire document and reach out with any questions. We can absolutely have another member meeting if that would be helpful. As always, we are in this together, and we welcome ideas, feedback, suggestions, and extra volunteers to help manage the screening aspect of our return plan. WHAT YOU CAN DO EVERYONE: DO…

BC Hockey and ViaSport hosted a meeting to discuss what Phase 3 will mean for minor hockey players on Friday. We are excited to announce that all Admirals teams will be permitted to play games. Each team, in both Recreation and Representative divisions, will be grouped in cohorts of 4 teams. That means that as…

Before our hockey players can return to the ice, each family must attend a VMHA Return to Play Zoom meeting. The meetings will share the VMHA return to play plan, ensure each family is aware of the procedures and protocols to keep our players safe, and offer the opportunity to ask questions. Players will not…