The Waterloo Ravens are again offering EX Programming for those U18 HL players interested in practicing while the U18 HL season is on Pause during Red category.


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Ravens Returning to Ice

The Province of Ontario has announced that Waterloo Region will gradually transition out of lockdown beginning on February 16, 2021. Our Return to Ice program is based on Waterloo Region returning to the Red-Control Category for at least the first two weeks of Session 2. We are planning for the remainder of Session 2 to be in a less restrictive category*.

NOTE: Registration is only open for players that were registered with WGMHA for Session 1.


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Dear Ravens Families,

As of 12:01 am on Tuesday, February 16th, the Waterloo Region Public Health unit is moving to the Red-Control category of the provincial Covid-19 response framework. WGMHA will be going back on the ice starting February 18th, 2021.

Full details about registration, programming, schedules and fees will be posted on the Ravens website on Tuesday February 16, 2021.

Have a wonderful family day weekend!

Sandra J. Hanmer

Dear Ravens Families, 

Today the Premier announced that the Declaration of Emergency will be ending on February 9 2021. He also announced that there will be a regional approach for public health units to transition from the Stay at Home order to the colour coded COVID-19 Response Framework (the “Framework”). Waterloo Region Public Health Unit remains in the Stay at Home order until February 16th 2021. Prior to that time, we are to be hearing which colour code within the Framework we are moving to. 

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The WGMHA is seeking expressions of interest in coaching any of our U11, U13, U15 or U18 Tier 3 teams in Representative Hockey for the 2021-22 season upcoming.  The League Management Committee of the WGMHA can be contacted at [email protected]. A member of LMC will reach out to discuss your interest in advance of a formal application process.   Deadline: February 10th, 2021.

Thank you,
Steven Woods - Director of Rep Hockey, WGMHA

The WGMHA is pleased to announce further coaching appointments for our 2021-22 High Performance Training Program (HPTP) A teams:

Darrell Husk, U18 A (Black)
Jeff Butt, U18 A (Gold)

Congratulations both and thank you in advance for your contributions to our program.

Steven Woods
Director, Representative Hockey, WGMHA

Dear Ravens Players, Coaching Staff and Families, 

Happy New Year! Quite a start we have had to 2021...

Just wanted to touch base very quickly to let you know that we have been and will continue to monitor the information coming from the government regarding the second Declaration of Emergency and the further restrictions coming into effect on Thursday, January 14th 2021 at 12:01 am. After our Board meeting next week, we hope to be able to let you know what’s happening with the reconciliation from session 1, plans for virtual training during the current lockdown and preliminary ideas for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

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Dear Ravens Families, 

As you are aware, Waterloo Region is moving into COVID-19 Lockdown effective 12:01 am Saturday December 26, 2020. 

This means all Ravens activities (on ice and off ice) are postponed effective Saturday December 26, 2020, until further notice. There are no sanctioned activities that players, playing groups or coaching staff can participate in within Waterloo Region or in other communities in the province as long as we are in Grey-Lockdown.

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At the OWHA AGM held December 12th, the following rule changes were announced, effective January 1st, 2021:

All OWHA scrimmages and modified games must be recorded on electronic game sheets through RAMP.

Any violations of OWHA Covid-19 Return To Hockey requirements and protocols will result in a minimum suspension of 3 months to the individual and/or organization responsible and a fine of $1000.00 to the relevant association. Any repeat offence may result in a minimum 1 year suspension and/or expulsion for the individual and/or relevant organization from OWHA.

The WGMHA is pleased to announce further coaching appointments for our 2021-22 High Performance Training Program (HPTP) A teams:

Darrell Husk, U18 A (team 1)
Jeff Butt, U18 A (team 2)

Previously we have announced the HPTP AA Coaches:

U13 AA - Stephen Ahlberg
U15 AA - Bryan Snyder
U18 AA - Joel Prpic

Further appointments will be announced as they are determined.

Dear Ravens Families, 

The WGMHA has been working closely with the City of Waterloo and the OWHA and is pleased to let you know of the updated arena allowances for practices. These rules apply to all City of Waterloo arenas and CIF at the University of Waterloo.

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Dear Raven Families,  

Premier Ford announced today that, as of Monday, November 23rd at 12:01 am, Waterloo Region will be moving into the Red - Control category. We do not know how long we will be in this category, however we expect it to be at least 28 days (2 COVID-19 cycles of 14 days). Toward the end of the 28 day period, we will reassess what’s possible and what families are interested in given that we will be very close to Christmas. 

This category does bring changes to how we are able to provide our programs. The key changes are: 

* Limit of 10 people on the ice (this number includes coaches and players)
* No scrimmages or games 

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