Evaluation Overview Of Skills

The following is a general overview of hockey skills that evaluators will consider during the evaluation scrimmages. For U9, U11, and U13, third-party independent evaluators will be using an electronic evaluation platform. Evaluators will leverage electronic devices (mobile phone, tablet, etc) to record evaluation scores of players. The seeding skates will consist of two drills designed to allow players to demonstrate their skating abilities. Players will generally be evaluated in on-ice groups of 25-40 players. Each on-ice group of players will be further split into an appropriate number of sub-groups to ensure an efficient evaluation process. After the completion of all seeding skates within an age category, players will be ranked within their category, and that ranking will be used to place them into groups for the scrimmage games.

 

Skating/Skills/Tactics/Compete/Battle - Will Be Evaluated During Scrimmages.

Evaluation scoring will use a 1-5 scale (1 = POOR, 2 = BELOW AVERAGE, 3 = AVERAGE, 4 = ABOVE AVERAGE, 5 = OUTSTANDING).

The 1-5 scale has several purposes. It will allow evaluators to group players into similar categories. We want to ensure that the evaluation scores accurately reflect the comparability of players and believe the 1-5 scale accomplishes that goal. Scores are captured in 0.25 increments to allow for a more accurate representation amongst players during the analysis and team forming process.

Players are scored relative to other players within their on-ice grouping. detail. Every player is assessed by at least four evaluators each game, and their score reflects the average of the scores provided by these evaluators.

Below is a list of criteria that players are evaluated against. Certain skills are weighted higher than others, for example, a player’s skating, puck control, passing, and shooting ability are all weighted higher than a player’s understanding of positional play.

Sample Evaluation Form:

Player Evaluation Process For U9/U11/U13

Players will have three skates. The first skate will be seeding skates with timed drills that will evaluate the players forward and backward skating.  Should the player fall during the drills, it will be at the discretion of the on-ice evaluator to determine whether a retry is warranted. All times are then entered into a spreadsheet and players are ranked from highest to lowest. From these timed drills, the skate groups will be formed, and the players will move into groupings for the first scrimmage. All players will have two scrimmages. Please keep in mind that there will be approximately 2.5 teams allocated in each skate group. Once the second scrimmages are complete teams will be formed.

In the U9 age group, positions will not be assigned to players during the evaluation scrimmages.

In the U11 age group, players will be assigned a position by the bench-lead. The player is expected to play the position they are assigned for that respective shift. Players are to be evaluated for those shifts based on the position that they line up for at the face-off. If a player lines up to play defence at the face-off, then he or she will be evaluated for their defensive skill sets during that shift.

For all age groups, shifts will be controlled by a buzzer. Each shift will be 1.20 minute (80 seconds) in length. A faceoff at center-ice will occur at the beginning of each shift. This allows the players to line up in their assigned positions (if applicable for their age group), and evaluators to see which position the player is assigned for that shift.

**IMPORTANT NOTICE TO U13 PLAYERS**

During the registration process, you will be asked to specify your players’ preferred position. They will be asked to confirm their preferred position (Forward or Defence) at the check-in desk prior to their first scrimmage. The position selected will be used to group the players in our electronic evaluation platform. Players will still be required to rotate through both forward and defence during the scrimmages, however evaluators will be assessing players based on their preferred position and will take this into account while performing their evaluations.

Seeding Skate Drills: