.:January 6, 2012:.

The York Simcoe Express Hockey Association is pleased to announce Bruce Bailey has been named the Head Coach for the 2012 / 2013 Novice Express.  Coach Bailey may be reached at 705-456-9385 or baileybruce@rogers.com . Coach Bailey has an extensive hockey background and the Board of the YSEHA is excited to give Bruce the opportunity to lead the 2012 / 2013 Novice Express.

Congratulations Coach Bailey.

.:January 26, 2012 .

Happy New Year!

 It is hard to believe that the 2011/2012 season is heading into the final stretch!  To date, a number of our teams have won significant tournaments and are leading the ETA standings.  Congratulations to the players for the outstanding efforts on behalf of York Simcoe Express.

As an update from the AGM, there were a few focus items for the executive to focus on for the 2011/2012 season.  Namely:

·         By-laws & Rules of Operation      ·         Coach Development     ·         Coach Selection

By-laws & Rules of Operation - York Simcoe Express is incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and is a not for profit association and operating with no primary gain or other benefits to individual members.  The By-laws and Rules of Operation  for our association have existed in draft form since 1992 and are very out-dated.  The executive volunteers and a few of the membership who volunteered their time have spent a significant amount of their personal time working under the guidance of the OMHA to updated these documents.  While not yet complete, we are very close to having documents ready to be presented in either a special meeting or the AGM for approval. 

Coach Development -The executive struck a committee to look at coaching development and the recommendation was that one size doesn’t fit all.  Therefore, the association have passed that each team, for their staff have a process to submit their request to attend courses up to an annual total of $1500 (per team staff) to the executive for approval.  If approved, the applicant would take the course and submit their expenses to be covered by the association.  Examples of development would be advanced coaching, player development, etc.

Coach Selection - The executive struck a committee to look at the process of coach selection for York Simcoe Express.  We heard the best practices presented from each of the areas that make up our association boundaries.   The committee recommended 22 items for consideration of the board.  The executive are still digesting all of the 22 recommendations , however, many have been incorporated into the by-laws and rules of operation.

Congratulations to the Atom team for a tremendous effort in winning the championship. The team finished the round robin in first place with wins over Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds, Timmins North Stars and Chicago Young Americans. The road to victory involved a 2-0 semi-finals win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and a convincing 6-3 win over the Nickel City Rebels.

The entire team played tremendous coupled with some excellent coaching. Congratulations to Diam Matthew for being named the Tournament Top Goalie and Brendan Firlotte for being named Tournament Top Defenseman.

The boys represented YSE with class and the parents and coaches are very proud to see their hard work paying off.

THAT’S HOCKEY BABY!

Submitted by Margaret Anne Firlotte, Team Manager

.: November 21, 2011

.: November 16, 2011

.: October 15, 2011

The 2011 Hockey Canada AGM has addressed the issue of Head Contact and continued commitment to zero tolerance measures in this area, and has implemented Rule Changes which will come into effect immediately for the 2011-2012 season. It is important that all parents / players familiarize themselves with the new rule. Please click here to review  details on the changes

.: September 09, 2011

.:August 23, 2011:.