News (Newcastle Village Minor Hockey Association)

By Amanda Bongard: Stars,  Due to Ontario's announcement regarding grey - lockdown, we will be temporarily pausing all hockey programming starting Dec 26th, for the duration of the lockdown period. We are assessing options around lost ice time, and we are planning to restart hockey programming as soon as we are ...

By Amanda Bongard: Over the years NVMHA  has been blessed with great support from our business community and would like to thank all those who have stepped forward in past years as sponsors, we can not do this without your continued support, and hope that our community is returning this local support back through ...

By Amanda Bongard: Great news Stars! On ice numbers have changed effective immediately. During practice ice times there can be 10 skaters plus 2 coaches and 1 trainer; the number of skaters (including goalie) cannot exceed 10. A coach or trainer cannot be substituted with an additional skater. For teams with ...

By Amanda Bongard: Hey Stars -  Your executive is working hard to ensure Newcastle hockey programming continues.  Our goal is to keep the kids on the ice while keeping safety a top priority.  This will mean some changes to align with the Red requirements.  Here are the highlights of the changes effective Mon ...

By Amanda Bongard: What does this mean for hockey? We are reviewing the OMHA guidelines for Red and waiting for the municipality to provide us with exact impacts. However we do know that Red includes no games or scrimmages and a limit of 10 persons on ice. Once we receive all info and finalize details, we will ...

By Amanda Bongard: This year more than ever, local families are in need of a little boost this holiday season. Annually the Newcastle Stars participate in the local food drive, and this year we would like to do our part.   Consider participating in the Drive By Food Drive - for St. Vincent de Paul ...

By Amanda Bongard: NVMHA Board members, Coaches and Team Managers have received phishing emails from someone posing as our president asking for purchases to be made on behalf of the board. Please note that sending emails to request members of the association purchase items on behalf of the Board is not a practice ...

By Amanda Bongard: The OHF and OMHA have released some of the new player pathways for the 2020-2021 season. Final versions of the pathways are expected to be released in February 2020. Click here to view a summary of the changes by the OMHA or see below for the full documents. Click on file name to open ...

By Amanda Bongard: The Ontario Hockey Federation and Ontario Minor Hockey Association have shared that effective for the 2020-2021 season all Hockey Canada age-divisions for minor and female hockey programs will become U7,U9,U11 through to U21. For more information visit the OHF website by clicking ...