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Boys Hockey
Director is Bob Bahry.
Winnipeg East Hockey League:
The Winnipg Minor Hockey Association (WMHA) is the organization
that oversees minor hockey in the Winnipeg area. The WMHA organizes
play into a number of divisions. These are, from the highest level:
AAA (includes age categories between 13 - 17 years of age)
AA (includes age categories between 11 and 17 years of age)
Juvenile (players 18 years old and over)
A (includes age categories between 8 and 17 years of age)
House League (players 8 years old and younger)
The WMHA is divided into a number of area associations. Players
in the northwest quadrant of the city belong to the Northwest Minor
Hockey Association (NWMHA). This is a new area association, formed
from an amalgamation of the former Midlands and North Winnipeg Minor
Hockey Associations.
The NWMHA oversees AA, A and house league level hockey within its
boundaries. Day to day operations of AA hockey are run by the AA
board. Day to day operations of the A and house league level hockey
are run by the NWMHA.
'A' level hockey is divided into two categories, one of which is
Direct Entry for players aged 13-17 years of age. Day to day operations
of Direct Entry hockey are run by the WMHA. For players aged 8-12
years of age, the WMHA is divided into two leagues, the East and
West hockey leagues. Each league operates league play separately,
but combine for the playoffs. Players in the NWMHA play in the Winnipeg
East Hockey League (WEHL).
Within the East and West Leagues, level of play is divided into
three levels, A1 (highest), A2 and A3. Through the tryout process,
players are placed onto teams appropriate to their level of play.
There are a total of 13 categories of play within the WEHL
8A1
9A1
9A2
9A3
10A1
10A2
10A3
11A1
11A2
11A3
12A1
12A2
12A3
In summary, the NWMHA oversees play in the WEHL in the above 13
categories.
Organizational functions include:
- player registrations
- skills camps
- sticks program
- tryouts
- age advancement considerations
- scheduling
- team movement from one category to another, if necessary
- playoffs
Within the NWMHA, the East League director is responsible for running
the WEHL program, in conjunction with the NWMHA community centres.
The 2007-2008 East League director for the NWMHA is Bob Bahry
All schedules and scores can be found at www.welh.com
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