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Apr 08, 2025 | WMHA | 2531 views
SEASON PREP SKATE INFORMATION
We are gearing up for the 2025/2026 season and spring tryouts are just around the corner!

We are pleased to offer Season Prep Skates to all players to get the rust off before tryouts. These sessions are open to all Lakers, regardles if you are attending tryouts. No need to sign up or pay for these sessions. 

All sessions will take place at:
📍 Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre – Dresden, ON



Clarification Items: 

➡️Players must be in full gear for these sessions.
➡️These are not evaluation skates.
➡️Players must have been rostered to a WMHA team in the 2024/2025 season to be eligible to attend.
➡️Players must attend the sessions for the age division they will be playing in for the 2025/2026 season. For                example, a player moving from U11 to U13 this year will attend the U13 Prep Skates.


Age Divisions By Birth Year:

U9: 2018, 2017
U11: 2016, 2015
U13: 2014, 2013
U15: 2011, 2012
U18: 2008, 2009, 2010

We’re excited to see our players back at the rink, gearing up for a great season ahead. Let’s hit the ice strong and make 2025/2026 our best yet!
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Sponsors
McDonalds Canada
The home of seriously fun hockey for kids. We believe kids’ hockey should be fun. That’s why we sponsor more than 53,000 Atom and Bantam hockey players across Canada each year.
Jersey Dairy
Wallaceburg Jersey Dairy has been delivering High Quality Dairy Products since 1946. We produced our own Jersey Dairy Milk in bottles and cartons until the early 1970's when we started distributing Silverwoods Milk. We currently deliver high quality Agropur Dairy Cooperative products in Southwestern Ontario. This includes Sealtest and Natrel Milk, as well as Agropur Fine Cheese and Simply juice. We also have a large selection of Quality Ice Cream products from Shaw's Ice Cream, Scotsburn and Farmer's Dairy. All made with 100% Canadian Milk. Our employees' #1 goal is delivering customer satisfaction to our entire service area. We currently deliver in Essex county, Chatham-Kent, Sarnia- Lambton, Southwest Middlesex and Southwest Elgin Counties.
Sentry Fire
Sentry Fire is a company specializing in fire protection and safety services, offering equipment, inspections, and emergency preparedness solutions. They have shown strong community support by providing First Aid kits to all team trainers in minor hockey, helping ensure the safety and well-being of young athletes on and off the ice.
Tim Horton's
Timbits Minor Sports Program The Timbits Minor Sports Program is a community-oriented sponsorship program for children four to eight years old who participate in local house league sports teams. The program's philosophy is not based on winning or losing - but on learning a new sport, making new friends, and just taking time out to be a kid. Tim Hortons currently sponsors over 200,000 children who play on hockey, soccer, lacrosse, t-ball, baseball and ringette teams across Canada and in the United States. Each sponsored team is supplied with Timbits Minor Sports jerseys or T-shirts. Timbits hockey teams are often given the opportunity to play on-ice scrimmages during intermissions at Junior, American Hockey League (AHL) and National Hockey League (NHL) games. Timbits players are also given the opportunity to play in their own "Timbits Jamboree", a fun-filled Tim Hortons sponsored event where everyone receives a prize, food and beverages.
Dobbelaar Farms
Dobbelaar Farms is a family‑operated agricultural enterprise located in the Wallaceburg area, committed to sustainable farming practices and serving the local community with fresh, high‑quality products. Rooted in a tradition of hard work, this farm strives to produce crops and goods that meet high standards of freshness and integrity.