Spring Announcements

The Orchard Lake Hockey Association (OLHA) is excited to open registrations for Mini-Mite and Spring Skills Skates. This is a fun opportunity for your child to advance their hockey skills while having fun. Open to birth years 2019 & 2019 (Mini-Mites 6U) and 2016 & 2017 (Mites 8U), the Spring skates will be held Mondays 6-7 pm at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s. Skates start on April 1st and run through May 6th.

The $200 cost includes weekly skills skates and a practice jersey for each player. Register at https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/418791 to join in the fun. Be sure to have your player’s 2023-24 USA Hockey Number handy as it is required as part of the registration.

If your player doesn’t yet have a USA Hockey Number you can get one here https://membership.usahockey.com/register/age.

Orchard Lake Mite (8U) Team Information

Orchard Lake Mite (8U) Team Information

Birth Years 2016 & 2017

Hockey Director: Zack Doyen - Zdoyen1987@gmail.com - 248.701.0935
Financial Manager: Melissa Kellenberger - mkellenberger.olu@comcast.net - 248.819.8478
Team Manager: Open

Spring 2024: Mite Skills Skates will be Mondays 6-7 pm at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, April 1st through May 6th. The $200 cost includes weekly skills skates and a practice jersey for each player. Register here: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/418791 Be sure to have your player’s 2023-24 USA Hockey Number handy, if your player doesn’t yet have a USA Hockey Number you can get one here https://membership.usahockey.com/register/age.

Fall 2024-25: Mites will be skating three days a week, two weeknights and Sunday mornings at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s starting the first week of September 2024 through mid-March 2025. The Mites will again participate in the I-275 League with surrounding associations. The Association Fee is $250 paid at the time of registration. The season fees will be paid directly to the team throughout the season, due on the 15th of each month (September - January) $250 per month. All fees include game jersey and socks, ice time, referee fees, MAHA Half-Ice State Tournament Entry Fees, and on ice power skating instruction.

Check back in June 2024 for Early Bird Registration.

Fall League Play:
The Orchard Lake Mites are members of USA Hockey’s I-275 League. The Mites will participate in cross ice/half ice games that are played every Sunday.

Fall Practice Format:
The Mite team will have three designated ice times each week. The practices will be focused on station-based skill practices focusing on skating, stick handling, shooting and small area games following USA Hockey’s American Development Model (ADM). The practices will be run by Orchard Lake Hockey Director Zack Doyen.

Fall Registration:

  1. You must register for USA Hockey and enter the Player’s USA Hockey number during the registration process. Visit usahockey.com and register your player.
  2. With your player’s USA Hockey number handy and click here to register with Orchard Lake Hockey Association.
  3. Association dues will be due at this time and are separate from season dues.
  4. Association dues cover TeamSnap, jerseys, ref scheduling, Association Insurance, power skating, OLHA hockey Director and more…
  5. Multiple Player Discounts and Early Bird Registration Discounts will be automatically applied.

 

Tentative Fall 2024-25 Mite Ice Times:

  • Weeknight 6:00-7:00 PM
  • Weeknight 6:00-7:00 PM
  • Sundays 9:00-10:00 AM (Practice Time until games start in October, and home game ice time.)