Happy New Year

From Yorkton Minor Hockey.

Merry Christmas from Yorkton Minor Hockey

Chevy Fun days

Yorkton Minor Hockey Novice Division
Coaches, Parents and Players


On behalf of the Yorkton Minor Hockey board I would like to say thank-you for a great start to the 07/08 hockey season. Having said that, I realize that there are many challenges every team has to deal with during the season with travel, injuries, time away from home and the emotion of the game. With these challenges, it is troubling to know that there are some on every team, not only the Novice division, who don’t support each other, their coaches or the kids on the ice. If you do have concerns please try to resolve them amongst yourselves or with the coaches. Any member of the YMH board is there for you to contact as well if you are not comfortable doing this. Let the coaches coach, let the kids have fun and cheer them on. It will make everyone’s hockey season better and memorable for the short time they have playing in that division.

Chevy Fun Days are scheduled for Jan 3/08 at the FAA. There will be two 1 hour ice sessions as well as two 1 hour off-ice sessions. A parent meeting will be held as well with someone from Hockey Canada speaking. I hope all parents will be able to attend. One lucky player will be drawn for a trip to a Chevy Fun Day event hosted by Mike Bossy, Cassie Campbell, or Bobby Orr.

Tentative Schedule

1:00-2:00 -On ice- team 1 & team 2
-parent meeting

2:00-3:00 -On ice- team 3 & team 4
-parent meeting
-off ice team 1 and team 2(flexi-hall)

3:00-4:00 –off ice-team 3 and team 4


If you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to call

Marc Dubreuil
Novice Liason
306-230-4674

Calling All Teams

Attention: We are collecting and posting team pictures of all the teams in Yorkton. Ckeck out the ones we already have online, and send your team picture in if you haven't already.

Click for the Teams page.

Bantam Tier 2 Tournament

January 4-6, 2008

Kick off the new year with some exciting hockey.


Click here for the draw.

7th Man

Young goaltender Lane Krasowski got the thrill of a lifetime when he was the 7th man at the Yorkton Terriers hockey game last week. He's pictured standing next to Lyndon Sammartino before going out onto the ice.

New Site News

Welcome to the new look site of Yorkton Minor Hockey.

We had a corrupt database which forced us to re-do the site, so why not change the look a little as well.

Sorry about any inconvence experienced due to our technical difficulties.

Who Is This Great Game of Hockey Really For?

The game of hockey is for kids. Kids play the game because they love it and because it is fun. As parents we must all realize, that for kids, positive participation is always more important than excellence. The personal and social development that comes from being part of a team is one of the most enriching experiences offered by the game. We must continue to live the values of fun and fair play, respect, integrity, and teamwork with a balanced perspective of expectations and definition of success. We must celebrate our good experiences with this great game.

Our volunteers, our coaches, our referees, our parents and our children are all critical partners in ensuring the game sustains these high values. No one, however, is more critical than our parents. We must particularly assist our parents in setting reasonable expectations while understanding the game, its process and its administration.

Being a hockey parent is no easy task. Often hockey parents are called upon to wear many different volunteer hats, some of which result in conflicting roles. A hockey parent may be a coach, an evaluator, a director or a referee - any of whom is required to make decisions in everyone’s best interest while still being a mom or dad wanting what’s best for his or her own child. Parents wrestle with reconciling their roles and controlling their passion as fans while being faced with the constant challenge of "doing the right thing". Hockey Canada is committed to helping those parents meet these challenges to ensure they continue to enjoy the game and have as much fun as their kids.

As a hockey parent myself for many years I have experienced and continue to experience this passion and these challenges, while at the same time learning what really is important. I have learned what success truly is. I found it is not necessarily making a number one team, or making AA or AAA, or winning championships. Instead I found that success is all about participation and being a part of a team. It is about treating all players on the team at any level of the game equally without compromise, even though their roles might be different.

That means equal ice time, equal treatment, equal rights and equal participation. Success is also about relationships and making friends, and about seeing young people develop self-confidence with high self-esteem. It is about children remembering their coach as a fair and respectful role model and it is about seeing these same children happy and laughing.

I can only say that I sincerely hope all hockey parents come to this realization much sooner than I did so you can be fully enriched by your participation at the earliest possible time.

Remember, it’s about fairness and respect!
It’s about play!
It’s all about family!
It’s about us all having fun and being kids!
What else could really be more important?

Atom Tier II Tournament

December 7-9, 2007
Click Here for the Draw.