Planning is underway for the SMHA Year-End Awards & Banquet for the U11, U13 and U15 Divisions, and also Team Awards for the U18 Division. 

This article contains the following points:

• Year-End Awards Banquet Details
• Major Awards Nominations: Deadline - 11:59pm, Sunday March 15, 2026
• Team Awards Details: Deadline - 11:59pm, Sunday March 15, 2026

Year-End Awards Banquet Details

Details are also located on our Year-End Awards Banquet webpage.

• Teams from U6, U7, U9, and U23 Divisions are encouraged to do their own team-level year-end celebrations. 
• Teams from U18 will receive their awards from SMHA, and are also encouraged to do their own team-level year-end celebrations by mid-April. 

This year, the event will span two days at the Beaver Bank Kinsac Community Centre as follows:

• U11: Monday, April 6, 2026 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm: U11 AA Orange, U11 B Black, U11 Leafs, U11 Canadiens
• U11: Monday, April 6, 2026 - 5:30pm - 6:30pm: U11 AA Black, U11 A, U11 B Orange, U11 Bruins, U11 Sharks
• U13: Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 6:00pm-7:30pm
• U15: Monday, April 6, 2026 - 7:00pm-8:30pm

Dress Code: Smart Casual (Parents/Guardians: Please don't feel you should go buy something new - just avoid sweatpants please!)

The Banquet is limited to the players, Team Manager, Head Coach(es) and Assistant Coaches only. Family members cannot attend the banquet as attendees.

Major Awards Nominations

• The James Sheppard Flyer-of-the-Year Award
• The Bernie Bishop Coach-of-the-Year Award
• The Gord Dwyer Award for Officials
• The Volunteer of the Year Award

We are actively seeking nominations here: SMHA Major Awards Nomination Form. The nomination form closes at 11:59pm on Sunday March 15, 2026. Thank you for your submissions! 

Team Awards Details

Coaches and Bench Staff for each team in the U11, U13, U15, and U18 Divisions have been provided with a link for submissions for Team Awards selections due by 11:59pm on Sunday March 15, 2026 as follows:

Dear Sackville Flyers Members,

In light of recent events announced earlier this week involving another hockey community in our province it is important that we too remind ourselves of the importance of always ensuring a safe, respectful, inclusive, and supportive environment for our athletes to enjoy and grow their love for the game. As communicated last week we cannot stress the importance of the 2 deep rule at all times. This is not limited to just the arenas but in the cases of all team events and settings. As adults, let's always ensure we are setting positive examples for our players as well. I encourage you to take some time to have a conversation with your children on the importance of making the right decisions, and if something is bothering them to always come forward.

Over the past month I have been in collaboration with a group on some workshops covering diversity and inclusion, code of conduct, and being the best teammates and community leaders for our athletes. Stay tuned for more details very soon on this.

I want to thank all our coaches, volunteers, and families for your support of the children, your commitment to always providing a safe and respectful environment for our players and our membership. 

Our thoughts are with those players and families that have been impacted by the recent events.

Sincerely,

Robert Nurnber

President

Sackville Minor Hockey Association www.FlyersHockey.ca

President@FlyersHockey.ca

Update: February 4, 2026. Sackville Arena ice is back up and running today!

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February 3, 2026 - The Sackville Arena is currently having technical difficulties with the ice surface and will be closing the ice immediately for the remainder of the day. 

All ice activities are cancelled, however the Mezz will remain open.  

Coach reimbursement cheques are cancelled for tonight and handout has been rescheduled to the following date and time: 

Sackville Arena in the Minor Hockey room at the following time:

• Tuesday, February 10th from 6:30pm - 7:30pm 

The Sackville Minor Hockey room is located at the back right of the Sackville Arena above the Kings dressing room.

If you are unavailable, please arrange for a member of your team staff to pick up your cheque on your behalf.

It's that time of year again, someone is using our Flyers website to impersonate Rob Nurnber.

They are sending out e-mails from GrayJay posing as Rob asking for our members to chat. 

Please note, emails from Rob will only come from his Flyers email - President@flyershockey.ca. That goes for all Executive and Board Members, our emails will always end in "Flyershockey.ca". 

We hope you are all enjoying this snow day! Please continue to check in on our Facebook for updates on closures of our rinks! 

Upcoming U11 & U13 Defense Power Skating session. 

Registration opens tonight, at 7:00pm via GrayJay Pay. Register here - https://grayjaypay.ca/programs/details/4705