The Hershey JR. Bears would like
to invite you to be apart of what will be a very exciting
2008-2009 hockey season. Over half of our travel teams
reached to post season DVHL playoffs with the Squirt AA
being playoff champions.
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Congratulations to our PeeWee AA team who just won the
Atlantic District Championships and are heading to the USA
Hockey National Tournament. |
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EMPIRE WEST AMATEUR HOCKEY LEAGUE |
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The HJB’s will be a scheduling partner in the EWAHL for the
2008–2009 season! This means that our AA teams and our A
teams will be competing where levels are available. Please
check out the EWAHL at www.ewahl.com . |
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HERSHEY JR. BEARS PHILOSOPHY |
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The Hershey Jr. Bears organization strives to encourage the
enjoyment and growth of amateur hockey in our geographical
area. We welcome all children 18 years of age and younger
to become members of the Hershey Jr. Bears and participate
in our programs. |
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HERSHEY JR. BEARS TRAVEL TEAMS POLICY STATEMENT |
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In our travel program, the Hershey Jr. Bears endeavor to
develop the skill of “teamwork”. The goal is to win and
develop at each level of competition. Therefore some
participants may sacrifice ice time in certain game
situations. If such a sacrifice is made by a player, our
coaches will endeavor to reward this sacrifice with greater
ice time in other game situations. This is not a guarantee
of “equal ice time” for all team members, in any game,
tournament or throughout the season. This is a
philosophical statement of how the Hershey Organization will
endeavor to operate its travel team program. |
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Teams:
Mites
Ages: 2000
and Younger |
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League, practice plan and competitive philosophy:
These teams will have fifteen (15)
individual practices and fifteen (15) shared practices
during the course of the season. The teams participate in
the Delaware Valley Hockey League. One of our own holiday
tournaments is included. We anticipate that you will play
30 games assuming 12 home, 12 away and 6 tournament games. |
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Also included in the fee: |
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Fundraising |
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Team warm-up suit or winter jacket |
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Choose (1) - hockey shell or hockey bag with HJB logo
or RBK helmet |
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Choose (1) - hockey pants or hockey gloves with HJB
logo or one piece stick |
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Cost to Play on Team: $1050.00
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Teams: AA, A, and B
levels
Ages: Squirt
(1998-1999) and Peewee (1996-1997) |
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League, practice plan and competitive philosophy:
These teams will be composed of the best
players at this level. Included in the participant’s fee,
they will have a total of 24 individual practices as well as
24 shared practices during the course of the season. The
teams will receive a total of 21 home games slots which will
include their participation in the Delaware Valley Hockey
League. Two (2) tournaments are included, one of which
will be our own holiday tournament. We anticipate that you
will play 50 games assuming 21 home, 21 away and 8
tournament games. |
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Also included in the fee: |
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Fundraising |
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Team warm-up suit or winter jacket |
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Choose (1) - hockey shell or hockey bag with HJB
logo or RBK helmet |
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Choose (1) - hockey pants or hockey gloves with
HJB logo or one piece stick |
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Cost to Play on Team: $1575.00
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Teams: AA, A, and B
levels
Ages: Bantam
(1994-1995) |
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League, practice plan and competitive
philosophy: These teams will be
composed of the best players at this level. Included in the
participant’s fee, they will have a total of 35 individual
practices which will roughly be 6 per month during the
course of the season. The teams will receive a total of 21
home games slots which will include their participation in
the Delaware Valley Hockey League. Two (2) tournaments
are included, one of which will be our own holiday
tournament. We anticipate that you will play 50 games
assuming 21 home, 21 away and 8 tournament games. |
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Also included in the fee: |
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Fundraising |
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Team warm-up suit or winter jacket |
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Choose (1) - hockey shell or hockey bag with HJB
logo or RBK helmet |
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Choose (1) - hockey pants or hockey gloves with
HJB logo or one piece stick |
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Cost to Play on Team: $1575.00
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Teams: AA and A
levels
Ages:
Midget (1990-1993) |
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League, practice plan and competitive philosophy:
These teams will be composed of the best
players at this level. Included in the participant’s fee,
they will have a total of 35 individual practices which will
roughly be 6 per month during the course of the season. The
teams will receive a total of 15 home games slots which will
include their participation in the Delaware Valley Hockey
League. Three (3) tournaments are included. We anticipate
that you will play 46 games assuming 15 home, 19 away and 12
tournament games. |
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Also included in the fee: |
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Fundraising |
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Team warm-up suit or winter jacket |
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Choose (1) - hockey shell or hockey bag with HJB
logo or RBK helmet |
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Choose (1) - hockey pants or hockey gloves with
HJB logo or one piece stick |
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Cost to Play on Team: $1575.00 |
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Teams: Girls
Developmental
Ages: 1994
and Younger |
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League, practice plan and competitive philosophy:
This team will be composed of girls
having the interest of developing their skills to move onto
the travel level. Included in the participant’s fee, they
will have a total of 35 ice slots either on a Tuesday
evening or Saturday morning starting at the end on September
by participating at the squirt level in our in-house
program. Also, included in the fee will be an additional 5
game slots for the use of playing against other girls
developmental teams. |
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Cost to Play on Team: $495.00 |
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Teams: Girls
levels
Ages: 19U and 14U |
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League, practice plan and competitive philosophy:
These teams will be composed of the best
players at this level. Included in the participant’s fee,
they will have a total of 35 individual practices which will
roughly be 6 per month during the course of the season. The
teams will receive a total of 18 home games slots which will
include their participation in the Mid-Atlantic Women’s
Hockey Association. Two (2) tournaments are included, one
of which will be our own holiday tournament. We anticipate
that you will play 47 games assuming 18 home, 21 away and 8
tournament games. |
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Also included in the fee: |
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Fundraising |
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Team warm-up suit or winter jacket |
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Choose (1) - hockey shell or hockey bag with HJB
logo or RBK helmet |
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Choose (1) - hockey pants or hockey gloves with
HJB logo or one piece stick |
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Cost to Play on Team: $1575.00 |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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AA, A, B registrations are ALL pre-registrations
found only online at our website www.hersheyjrbears.org.
Please check this site after 3/19/08 for registration info.
Evaluation fee is $40 payable the first evening for Peewees,
Bantams and Midgets. Mites, Squirts and Girls pay an
evaluation fee of $25. A registration fee of $300 must also
accompany your registration.
Participants not currently registered with the Hershey Jr.
Bears are not permitted to sign up until 5:01pm on April
11th for midgets and April 21st for bantams and below, due
to the DVHL mandate. We strongly
recommend that you attend all evaluations, to be properly
placed on a team. Team placement is based only on
evaluations. |
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Financial Obligation |
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It is a DVHL by-law that all organizations
collect a portion of the player fee upon registration for
that organization and hold them financially responsible for
that entire fee. No player will be
released from the Hershey Jr. Bears to go to another
organization without fulfilling their monetary obligation. |
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Payment Plan for 2008-2009 Season |
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If participant is paying by
check, payments are due June 1, August 1, and October 1. |
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If participant is paying by
automatic credit card, withdrawals will take place June 1,
August 1, October 1, and December 1. |
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Payment voucher for check
payments can be found on our website. |
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2008-2009 |
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Jr. Bears Evaluations |
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Date April 11 |
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6:30 – 8:00 All
Midgets |
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Date April 14 |
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6:30 – 7:30
Midgets |
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7:45 – 8:45
Midgets |
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Date April 15 |
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6:15 – 7:15
Midgets |
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7:30 – 8:30
Midgets |
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Date April 21 |
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5:15 - 6:15
All Mites |
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6:30 - 7:30
All Peewees |
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7:30 – 8:30
All Girls |
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7:45 – 8:45
All Bantams |
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Date April 22 |
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6:00 – 7:00
All Mites |
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6:15 – 7:15
All Squirts |
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7:15 – 8:15
Peewees |
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Date April 23 |
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6:00 – 7:00
Peewees |
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6:15 – 7:15
Bantams |
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Date April 24 |
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6:15 – 7:15
All Squirts |
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6:30 – 7:30
Bantams |
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7:30 – 8:30
All Girls |
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Players at the Peewee, Bantam and Midget levels need to
check the website the following morning to find the time
that they are supposed to return. |
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ALL EVALUATIONS WILL BE HELD AT TWIN PONDS EAST |
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Fundraising |
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These are the optional fundraisers. |
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1. Theo
pizza sale will be held in November. |
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2.
Skate-a-thon will be held on
January 19th,
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Fundraising for individuals playing in our travel program is
already included in your participation fee. If you choose to
participate and meet the minimum requirements, a
reimbursement of $50 per fundraiser will be rewarded. |
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J. BRUCE MCKINNEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
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ALL SCHOLARSHIP REQUESTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 8/29/08. THERE
ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. ALL INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE. NO
REQUESTS WILL BE PROCESSED AFTER THAT DATE. |
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DISCOUNT ON MULTIPLE SIBLINGS |
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The Hershey Area Minor Hockey Association rewards a 20%
discount on the 3rd
and/or subsequent child. |
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COACHES |
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Coaches for our travel teams will not be determined until
after tryouts are completed due to the fact that some of our
coaches within the organization are parent coaches and
selecting them early would disrupt the evaluation process. |
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CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP |
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The Hershey Jr. Bears allow its participants the opportunity
to solicit sponsors willing to donate a tax deductible
contribution to the organization on your behalf in which you
receive 70%
of the NET proceeds to reduce your fee. For more
information, please visit our website. |
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GOALIE INSTRUCTION |
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This season we will have instruction for our goaltenders
under the direction on the Goalie Academy. Andy Holmes will
be our goaltending coach. He can be reached by email at
fiveholehockey@hotmail.com.com . In addition, travel team
goalies will receive a 25% discount off of their travel
payment. |
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TOURNAMENTS |
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The Hershey Jr. Bears require each travel participant to
volunteer their time to assure coverage of tournament game
slots, i.e. Timekeeping, scorekeeping, rink manager,
apparel. |
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