MidAm Tryout Selection Process at all Birth Years

Coaches:

Below is an outline of the tryout process for Spring 2024.  Please note that nominating a player does not mean they will receive an invitation to the tryout.  Invitations are based upon the ranking of the team  on which the player plays, higher ranked teams receive more allocations than lower ranked teams.  Spots are also determined by position as we need fewer defensemen than forwards as well as fewer goaltenders than defensemen.   To permit greater on ice evlauation time, you will see that we are capping the number of teams being formed in each respective age group.

Beginning with the 2024 MidAm Select Camp Tryout season we will be initiating changes for all birth years of boy’s tryout groups.  These changes are being made to create a better tryout experience for players being selected to advance directly to the USA Hockey National Player Development Camps.

By January 15, 2024 Tier I, Tier II and HS coaches in the MidAm District will nominate players from their team to be considered for the MidAm Select Camp who they feel are National caliber players.

On or about January 31 a subcommittee of Tier I coaches and MidAm District staff will conduct a conference call to review all players nominated and to finalize the invite list for the tryouts held in Sylvania, OH April 26 -28, 2024 (14s & 15s) and May 10 -12, 2024 (16s & 17s).  The subcommittee will make final nominations based on the following: information provided by the player’s head coach or program director, regular season performance with their local team and performance in prior MidAm Select Camps. Invitations will be sent no later than February 15.  Players who have attended the previous year’s 15 & 16 National Player Development Camps will automatically receive an invitation to participate.

16- & 17-year-old players: the tryout will consist of up to six (6) teams participating in three (3) rounds of games, both small-area and full-ice, along with a goaltender evaluation session on Friday afternoon prior to the start of the tryouts.  Following the Saturday afternoon games two teams of players (the number of players per team to be determined by the evaluators) will play in a final game on Sunday to select the players to represent the MidAm District at the USA Hockey National Player Development Camps.

14- & 15-year-old players: the tryout will consist of up to eight (8) teams participating in four rounds of games, both small-area and full-ice, along with a goaltender evaluation session on Friday afternoon prior to the start of the tryouts.  Players will be ranked each session, and the results will be a part of the process of determining the (up to) 71 players that will be invited to the 15 Tryout Camp to be held at Trine University June 9 – 14, 2024 and the 14 In-District camp held in Sylvania June 16 – 20, 2024.

Should you have any questions not covered by this memo, please send an email to Lori, administrator@midamhockey.com
and allow 48 hours for response.