The DBYHL has a
philosophy of providing every child, regardless of skill
level, the opportunity to play ice hockey. With this in
mind, that is why we do not hold tryouts for our Bantam
& Midget teams. We select the team based on the first
come, first serve basis of our registrations received.
That is why it is so important to get your registrations
in early. For those that have not made other travel teams
and still want to play hockey this is a great alternative.
It is also a great opportunity for the new player or
someone that has played in-line to get into ice hockey.
The Team(s) will play at the level appropriate for
the skill level of the players on that team (Bantam &
Midget). Generally they will be playing an independent
schedule.
All home
games will be played out of the Kettering Rec Center with
away games being at the other teams home rink. Practices are generally during the weeknight with
games on the weekend. The Travel teams will start
practices at the beginning of September with games
starting sometime in October.
Due
to the changing landscape of the high school hockey
programs in the Dayton area (and the feeder teams such as
junior varsity and bantams) it is difficult to field full
teams in the bantam and midget age groups consistently.
The Board is forced to make a decision based on either
expected or true registrations as to whether to offer a
team in these age divisions.
Although
the Bombers did not offer a Bantam team in 2004-05 we
will offer a team this year (2005-06).
