Welcome to the 2024 U13-AAA Competitive Tryout Page

All schedules and group list for the U13-AAA competitive tryout process will be posted here. 

To view the tryout process document - HERE 

Master Tryout Schedule & Groups - HERE - Schedule will be the first tab on this sheet. Group lists will be on their respective tabs by date. ***NOTE - This page will be temporaily restricted after each phase until the new group lists are posted. Please do not click 'request access' 

Update: September 22, 2024

BDMHA is pleased to congratulate the following players on being named to the U13-AAA team for the 2024-25 season. 

Update: September 21, 2024

Players and Parents,

Thank you to everyone that went through our tryout process. This evening was the final exhibition game that concludes our U13 AAA process. 

The tryout committee will be meeting to finalize the 2024-2025 season roster and will announce the team Sunday, Sept 22nd, 2024 by 2:00pm.

Tryouts require a lot of time on everyone’s part and we thank all the volunteers, evaluators, families and players for their time and effort this past week.

Update: September 20th, 2024

All players (including those not playing) are to be at the game Sept 21st, 2024 at 7:00pm, 1 hour before and in game day attire (dress pants, golf shirt and shoes no hats). The roaster for this game will have some of the parked players dress.

The following players will dress:

Update: September 19, 2024

Thank you to everyone that participated in Phase 3 of our tryout process. After both exhibition games, the tryout committee has agreed to park some players as well as move the following players to Phase 4 - the final exhibition game.  

All players rostered (including those parked) to play are to be at the game Sept 20, 2024 at 6:15pm, 1 hour before and in game day attire (dress pants, golf shirt and shoes no hats). The roaster for this game will have some of the parked players dress.

Any further roster changes, if applicable, for the game against the Halifax Hawks on the 21st will be posted tomorrow evening.

If you do not see your player's name on the below list, their U13-AAA tryout has concluded and they will continue the process on September 28th with the AA/A/B tryouts.

Update: September 17, 2024

Rosters for the exhibition games on September 18th and September 19th can be found below. 

Update: September 16, 2024

Thank you to everyone that participated in Phase 2 of our tryout process. After today's skill session, the tryout committee has agreed to move the following players to Phase 3 - Exhibition Games. 

Final rosters for exhibition games on September 18 and September 19 will be released on Tuesday evening. Please note that players will either play on September 18th or September 19th. 

If you do not see your player's name on the below list, their U13-AAA tryout has concluded and they will continue the process on September 28th with the AA/A/B tryouts. 

Update: September 15, 2024

Thank you to everyone that participated in Phase 1 of our tryout process. After today's intrasquad games, the tryout committee has agreed to move the following players through to Phase 2. 

If you do not see your player's name, for the September 16th sessions, their U13-AAA tryout has concluded and they will continue the process on September 28th with the AA/A/B tryouts. 

UPDATE: September 9, 2024

Parents and players,

Thank you to everyone that joined and participated in our Q&A session last week, we hope the information was helpful as we head into the U13AAA tryouts. 

Tryouts will begin on Sunday, Sept 15th with intersquad games at the Green Foot Energy Centre. Below you will find the groupings for stage 1. Each group will play two games on Sunday, September 15th and the times are listed with your Team. Please remember to check the website regularly for updates as the try out process goes on and be sure to follow our social media feeds.

Please ensure your players check in when they arrive at the rink to get their assigned jersey. We also ask that no players wear any socks reflecting other teams played – they should be Bedford Blues socks or dark plain color.

If you have any questions, please contact our VP Competitive at b.furdas@bedfordblues.com.

Group Lists for September 15th

U13-AAA Tryout Flowchart - HERE

UPDATE: August 30, 2024

Tryout season is fast approaching, and we will be kicking things off with the U13-AAA tryout process on September 15th, 2024. The purpose of this message is to provide relevant information as it relates to schedule, process, and expectations for U13-AAA. 

The U13-AAA team is a high-performance elite team that will play province wide. This year we have approximately sixty (60) players registered and competing for 15 player spots and 2 goalies spots. The try outs will assess players that can compete at this high-level hockey on and off the ice. 

This year BDMHA will be appointing tryout out coordinators, Todd Shupe and Nick Yuill. They will report into the tryout committee and be assigned a division. Nick Yuill has been assigned to the U13 division. The coordinators will primarily work with the evaluators to ensure they are set up and supported to allow them to focus on assessing the players. They will also be the representative during discussions with the evaluators post sessions to ensure updates are provided to Matt Oxford for communication out to the members as well as troubleshoot off ice items that come up day of within the assigned division. 

BDMHA will be utilizing external evaluators to assess all players each session. There may be a case where we use internal resources that have the skill set to perform evaluations and do not have a direct conflict within the division. No evaluators external or internal will have a direct relationship to the players trying out to ensure the integrity of the process. Evaluators will utilize a new software tool through GrayJay to mark scores and notes on the criteria set out by our Hockey Development Professional. Access to the GrayJay evaluation tool will be limited throughout the entire process with Matt Oxford and Nick Yuill being the only ones with full administrator rights. 

Schedule and Process:

What can players and parents expect this year? All registered players for U13-AAA are guaranteed two ice times which will begin on Sunday, September 15th. Scheduled ice times for the U13-AAA try out process are below and can be found HERE. Any changes or updates to the schedule will be posted on this page.

A flow chart which outlines the stages that BDMHA will follow for the U13 AAA try outs can be found HERE. You will notice we have adapted the process this year based on feedback from the membership and to provide a smoother elite level evaluation. 

The first two skates will be inter squad games. Once the inter squad games are completed, and evaluators have finalized assessments players will be reassigned to the next phase and or released from the AAA process. Those players that have been released will move into our AA, A, B process that will begin September 28th. The next stage of the U13-AAA process will consist of a skills assessment followed by exhibition games. Please refer to the flow chart that is an illustration of each stage, again it can be found HERE .

Parent Q&A Session:

To create transparency and answer questions new and returning parents at the U13-AAA try out process may have we will be hosting a parent only virtual Q&A session on Tuesday, September 3rd at 7:30pm. There is an RSVP FORM you need to fill out if you would like to attend. Everyone that RSVPs will receive the meeting link the day before the session. There is also a section in the form where you can provide questions in advance that we can ensure are answered in the session. If after the session parents/player re-evaluate their choice to continue in the U13-AAA process, we will entertain changes and refunds up to and including September 10th in order to adapt the schedule. We will not be accepting anyone new into the process at this time.

We look forward to a great season ahead and creating a great culture on and off the ice for all players and parents.