Travel Program (Spring) - Vision Hockey Group

**VHG Female 18U Development Program vs Mount Academy; Spring 2022**

Spring Travel Program Details

Who Can Participate: The VHG Travel Program is typically reserved for players who take part in our Small Group Skills Training program and/or programming throughout the calendar year. However, VHG has added players from outside the SGST program in the past and will go outside the boundaries of the program if spaces need to be filled.

Where Do Teams Go

This depends on numerous factors, including but not limited to: team skill/strength, seasonal availability, player age. However, VHG has strong ties with Andrews Hockey Growth Programs along with various Eastern Canadian Prep Schools (Mount Academy, OHA, RNS, etc). In 2021-22, The VHG Female 18U Development Program toured and played against Mount Academy (Charlottetown, PE), and its 2007 and 2008 Male teams participated in the Andrews Hockey Beast of the East Showcase (Moncton, NB).

In 2024, our 2008, 2009 and 2010 teams will once again return to the Beast of the East tournament in Moncton. Our Female U13 and U15 teams will go to the TRUE Superchallenge in Montreal (June), and our VHG Junior Purple Program will take teams to Toronto in April.

2010’s Female Team touring Holy Cross Campus – Spring ’23

What Comes With the Travel Program

Once the team(s) are selected (usually January-February of a given year), VHG offers a Spring Travel Package to players that includes*:

*** Practice time leading up to the off-island trip (5-10 hours*)

*** Custom jersey/hockey socks*

*** Tournament and coaches fees

*** Attire (hoodie/ball hat/shorts/leggings/t-shirts/crew necks/satchel bags*)

*** Team meal during the trip

*** Game tapes uploaded to the VHG YouTube channel

*** Player insurance*

* – – – The asterisk indicates that there may some flexibility as to what is offered in each travel program from year-to-year.

*** The above items are packaged together for a fee to VHG. All other costs (hotel in travel destination, rental vehicle, airfare, gas, personal spending money) are separate costs that the players and families are responsible for. If travelling with close friends, sharing a rental vehicle and hotel fares can help reduce cost of the trip.

Who Coaches the Teams

For more information on VHG Coaches, click here . VHG strives to be a non-parent coach program; team managers are usually parents and have been bench assistants in the past, but Head/Assistant coaches will usually be non-parents. Coaches in 2024 will be:

** Coaches are subject to change depending on availability. These coaches are an ESTIMATE but are NOT confirmed for 2024

2010 Male – Ryan Bessey, Andrew Pearcey and Simon Shannahan

2009 Male – John Veitch and Liam Leonard

2008 Male – Andrew Pearcey and Scottie Marshall

U13 Female (2011/12’s) – – – Andrew Pearcey and Adam Pearcey

U15 Female (2010’s) – Jennifer Pollett and Carmen Elliott

U15 Female (2009’s) – Andrew Pearcey and Cathy Morgan

All Toronto-based teams – A combination of Jeremy Kavanagh, Adam Pearcey, Andrew Pearcey, Ryan St. John and more

Where are Teams Going in 2024

See below;

2010’s Male – Beast of the East (Moncton, NB) May 24-26

2009’s Male – Beast of the East (Moncton, NB) May 24-26

2008’s Male – Beast of the East (Moncton, NB) May 24-26

U13 (2011-12) Female – TRUE Superchallenge (Montreal, QC) June 14-16

U15 (2010’s) Female – TRUE Superchallenge (Montreal, QC) June 14-16

U15 (2009’s) Female – TRUE Superchallenge (Montreal, QC) June 14-16

U14 (2010 non-contact) Male – Can Lan Spring Showdown (Toronto, ON) April 19-21

U13 (2011) Male – Can Lan Spring Showdown (Toronto, ON) April 19-21

U12 (2012) Male – Can Lan Spring Showdown (Toronto, ON) April 19-21

U11 (2013) Male – Can Lan Spring Showdown (Toronto, ON) April 19-21

Program Timeline

Late October – Travel Program invites go out to VHG participants in 2023. If you participate in VHG in 2023, you should receive an e-mail. Please contact ap@vhghockey.ca if you do not receive one.

November/December – Player evaluation (silent) via VHG programming, minor hockey games, talking to coaches, etc. There will be no formal tryouts for the 2024 travel program

January – Team Selection e-mails go out to all interested parties. If we do not have suitable demand in an age group, we will go outside of the program to recruit players. Deposits will be due at the end of January which secures your space.

Spring – Training Camps occur for each team. Full payments are required to be made before travel happens.