Tryouts for the MHL 'A' teams will take place from April 22-26, 2010.  For the MHL 'A' Tryout schedules for the 2010-2011 season, please click on each Area Association name below:

Applewood                          Erindale

Clarkson                             Lorne Park

Cooksville                           Meadowvale

Credit Valley                        Port Credit

Please be aware of the following important information regarding tryouts for an 'A' team within the Mississauga Hockey League.

• Players that were registered in House League during the 2009-2010 season do not need a 'Permission to Skate' form to tryout for an MHL 'A' team.
• Players registered in the MHL during the 2009-2010 season do not require a 'Permission to Skate' form from their current Association to tryout for any MHL 'A' team.
• Players wishing to sign with a team, Peewee 'A' or below, do not requrie a 'Release' to sign with another Association in the MHL or GTHL.
• Players registered in Minor Bantam or above with a MHL club in 2009-2010, who wish to tryout for a GTHL club must bring to the tryout their 'Permission to Skate Form' or a 'Release' from their 2009-2010 club.  These forms cannot be dated prior to April 12, 2010
• Players registered in Minor Bantam or above with a MHL club in 2009-2010 who wish to tryout for a MHL club will not require a Permission to Skate form to tryout, but will require a release to join the team.
• Players registered in Minor Bantam or above with a GTHL club in 2009-2010, who reside in Mississauga and wish to tryout for a MHL 'A' team must bring to the tryout their 'Permission to Skate Form' or a 'Release' from their 2009-2010 club. 
• Players registered in Minor Atom or above outside of the GTHL in 2009-2010 (ie: OMHA), who reside in Mississauga and wish to tryout for a MHL 'A' team must bring to the tryout their 'Permission to Skate Form' or a 'Release' from their 2009-2010 club.
• Players registered in Minor Atom or above in the MHL in 2009-2010, who reside in Mississauga and wish to tryout for a OMHA 'A' team must bring to the tryout their 'Permission to Skate Form' or a 'Release' from their 2009-2010 club.

Please be aware that under GTHL regulations, NO FURTHER FORMAL TRYOUTS CAN BE HELD AFTER THE MHL 'A' TRYOUT PERIOD Thursday, April 22 to Monday, April 26, 2010.  Any Team Official(s) that holds a formal tryout outside this period may be subject to disciplinary action. 

The Permission to Skate form cannot be dated prior to April 12, 2010. 

20010-2011 tryout information will be available below on Monday, April 5, 2010.  Click on the appropriate association below to view their 'A' tryout schedule on April 5, 2010.

Click here for the LOR - Permission to Skate form (ie. switching from a GTHL club to another OHF member partner ie. Alliance, OMHA, NOHA)

Click here for the GTHL Tryout Permission form (ie. for Minor Bantam and above aged players trying out with a GTHL team with whom the player was not registered for in the 2009-10 season)

Tryouts for all Competitive Division teams (AAA, AA, A) begin in the latter half of April and run into May. The ‘AAA’ level begins first, for a period of 5 days, followed by ‘AA’ for 5 days, and finally the MHL ‘A’ teams for 5 days. No level may hold further tryouts before or following their 5-day period until the other levels have completed their 5-day tryout period.  For the 2010-2011 Season the tryout timeframe is as follows:

'AAA' - April 12 - 16, 2010

'AA' - April 17 - 21, 2010

'A' - April 22 - 26, 2010

For information on the 'AAA' and 'AA' tryouts for the GTHL, please Click Here.

Releases may be issued only by the President of the Association and must be in writing.  They may issue releases from the period commencing at the end of the season (defined as the last official day for minor hockey in the province of Ontario) up to November 15th of the following season.  No release may be issued by an Association from the period commencing November 16th to the end of a current season.  Releases may also be issued by order of the MHL Special Committee as a result of an “Appeal” or as a result of an appeal of the Special Committee’s decision to a higher body (GTHL, OHF, Hockey Canada). 

Players registered in House League are released automatically at the end of each season at all age groups
 

Tryouts for all House League teams (Red, White, Blue, Green) will take place during the Evaluation Period in early to mid-September.  These evaluations are run by the respective Association. Players are placed on teams and in levels in conjunction with skill and ability displayed during this period. 

During the first six weeks of the MHL season (House League only), representatives from each Association and the MHL Board of Directors will review the balance of divisions and teams and attempt to organize the best possible scenarios for fair playing levels between teams in the House League levels. Divisional Committees may move teams and/or players up or down within the various Categories as deemed necessary and appropriate during the Convening period. This process provides balance within the divisions.