The Rideau St. Lawrence Kings are made up of players from within District 1. The Associations are Athens, Brockville, Kemptville, North Dundas, North Leeds, Smiths Falls, South Dundas and South Grenville. The Triple A Cyclones are a district program like the Kings.

The Rideau St Lawrence Kings became a District association in 1988 to allow hockey players from within District 1 the opportunity to play at a caliber of hockey not previously offered. This season the Kings will offer hockey at the following levels Major Atom A & AA, Minor Pee Wee A & AA, Major Pee Wee A & AA, Minor Bantam AA, Major Bantam AA, Minor Midget AA.

The RSL Kings look forward to a fun and successful hockey season and welcome any comment you may have.

President's Message

The executive recently met to discuss the budget for 2009/2010. In doing so, we looked at all aspects of the Kings program from the tryouts and player development, to the Kings banquet in April.

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Ice Schedule

We have committed to following the mandate of player development which I stated in June. To that end, The Rideau St. Lawrence Kings will provide the following programs for the 2009/2010 season:

Player Development:

1. 4 x 1 hour power skating sessions per team

2. 4 x 1 hour goalie development sessions per team

3. 4 x 40 minute off ice strength and conditioning sessions per team

4. 1 x 40 minute video training session per team followed by a 1 hour on-ice instruction session per team

This player development program is run independent of each team’s regular schedule and is a mandatory part of the Rideau St. Lawrence Kings hockey program. On Ice instructors are Lisa Leeder and Dan Armstrong.

Further, and included in our development budget, Mike Horan will be providing Coach Mentoring to all of our coaches. Coach selection is the most important role of our organization as these are the people who teach our children not only hockey skills, but also life skills.

Mike’s role as our Director of Player and Coach Development, is to organize and implement a player development program and help our coaches with hockey related development.

Mike will be observing 2 games per team during the season, and meeting with the coach to discuss the game, offer advice and help design a plan to work on areas of improvement. This program is designed to help continue to develop our coaches so that the on-ice and in-game instruction we can provide continues to improve.

Additional Programs:

• Conditioning Camp

• Tryouts

• 8 teams – Maj Atom and Maj Peewee A, Maj Atom thru Min Midget AA

• $2000 towards tournament entry fees for each team

• 14 home games per team

• Approximate average of 1.5 practice sessions of (1.5 – 2 hr per session) per week (25 weeks from mid Sept through mid March)

• 2 pair of hockey socks

• Year end banquet (players and coaches are free)

• 5 year ring (for participating in the Kings program for 5 years)

In order to provide these programs for the 2009/2010 season, we need to raise our registration fees by $100 per player. The reasons, specifically, are:

1. Increased player development

2. Increased Ice Costs

3. Change in policy of some rinks, where we will be unable to turn ice back that we are not able to use.

We will not be offering Major Midget AA and Min Peewee A this season. It is our intention to run Min Peewee A next season (2010/2011), however, Major Midget will be re-evaluated each year.

We as an executive will work hard to operate the Rideau St. Lawrence Kings as cost effective as possible. We do not take lightly the need to raise prices, but we have made this decision with the information we have before us today, and must stay fiscally responsible in providing A and AA hockey to District 1.

I look forward to meeting many of the parents and players in a few weeks at conditioning camp and tryouts,

Sincerely,

Dave van Stralen

President

The Rideau St. Lawrence Kings enter our 21st season with a renewed energy to continue building a strong development program for A and AA hockey within District 1 of the ODMHA.

I have been involved with the Kings for 12 years and have a great deal of experience with which to guide this organization.

Player and coach development is our number one priority.  We will expand our player development and coach mentorship programs and all players and coaches will be participating in specialized programs designed by Mike Horan and his team of highly qualified instructors.

As an organization, we will be working on programs to promote the Rideau St. Lawrence Kings throughout the District.  We will be working with all 8 of the District 1 associations to try to host a game, which will include an information booth,  in each associations home rink.  

We hope to meet new people and hockey players and hope to interest you in trying out for a Rideau St. Lawrence Kings team in the future.

Good luck next season,

Dave Van Stralen

President

A Teams

The Rideau St. Lawrence Kings will be running Major Atom A and Major Peewee A programs next season.   Coach selection is proceeding during late June.  We are investigating if a Minor Peewee A team is viable and will make a decision  by late July.   If you are interested in Minor Peewee A, please register for tryouts to help support our efforts to offer this level of hockey.