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2022-2023 U16 Minor Team Information


  • The U16 Minor team will play at the Tier II level
  • Open to birth years 2006 to 2008
    • Team will be selected solely based upon player skill level
  • ​The U16 Minor team will play a hybrid split season schedule, scroll below for season structure​
  • Coaches (scroll below for bios):
    • Lexi Cafiero & Jenny Guider
U16 Tryout Information

All sessions at the Rinks at Shelton
​​

​Tryout #1
Sat, Apr 9 @ 8:35 PM -- Group 1
Sat, Apr 9 @ 9:20 PM -- Group 2

Tryout #2
Sun, Apr 10 @ 11:30 AM -- Group 1
Sun, Apr 10 @ 12:30 PM -- Group 2


**Group assignments will be emailed prior to the start of tryouts.​​
Register for U16 Tryouts

Season Practice & Game Schedule
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Home Rink: Rinks at Shelton, 784 River Road, Shelton, CT
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Practice Structure: 
The team will have week long camps prior to the Beantown and Labor Day tournaments. Beginning in September, the team will have 2 regular weekday practices; each practice is scheduled for one hour and twenty minutes.


Player Training:
Practices will be largely focused on skill development with a progression towards building a higher hockey IQ and situational awareness. Practices will maximize repetitions and puck touches and challenge players to work outside their comfort zone at a high intensity.


Goalie Training
Goalies will receive 3 on-ice goalie training sessions every month. Goalie training will be conducted by goalie specific coaches. 
Sample practice structure
Game Structure:
From September to November, the team will generally play games on Sundays. Depending on the make-up of the team, games on Saturdays may be scheduled. The team will break from games from December to February, excluding tournaments.

​Below is the anticipated tournament/ showcase schedule:
Date
Event
Location
July 2022
Beantown Classic
Marlborough, MA
September 2022
Labor Day Tournament
TBD
November 2022
Thanksgiving Tournament
​TBD
December 2022
Islanders Holiday Fest
North Andover, MA
Feb/Mar 2023
CHC State Championships
​Connecticut
March 2023
​New England Tier II Regional Tournament **
TBD
March 2023
USA Hockey Tier II National Championships **
Anaheim, CA
** upon qualification

Lexi Cafiero 

Lexi has been coaching for three years with experience that spans with age groups ranging from U12 through U16. She specializes in skill development having served as the lead instructor of the Vault Summer Training program for several seasons. 

Lexi was a three-year captain of the Colby women's hockey team. She earned First-Team All NESCAC honors in the 2022-23 season and was selected to the NESCAC Winter All-Academic Team in the 2018-19 season. In her senior season, Lexi led the NESCAC in points per game and was tied for first in total points. 

​She formerly attended Taft School and played for the Polar Bears for 6 seasons. ​​

Jenny Guider

​Jenny enters her second full season coaching the U16 Minor group. She has served as a skills instructor for several years at the Vault Summer Training program. ​

A rising junior on the Trinity Women's Ice Hockey team, Jenny was among her team's leading scorers last season. She is a Westminster School graduate and helped her team to a Founder's League title in the 2020 season. She was the 2020 Daly Award recipient awarded for demonstrating a wonderful breadth of athletic pursuits and an extraordinary commitment to the highest level of Westminster sports. Jenny, a former Polar Bear, wore the blue and white for 3 seasons.
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