MISSION
The Competitive Development Stream program is designed to give our youngest players a fun, comprehensive and age-appropriate hockey development experience in accordance with the Hockey Canada and Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) Player Development Model.
This program was developed by four neighbouring hockey associations (Forest Hill, Leaside, North Toronto and North York Knights) with the additional goal of providing players and their families with a more consistent, time-efficient hockey schedule primarily on local rinks in our communities. For the 2022-2023 season, in addition to the 4 founding clubs we have the Scarborough Hockey Association and Seaside Hockey. A total of approximately 34 teams will compete across three age divisions.
In 2021 clubs in Western Toronto formed a sister league called Competitive Development Program (CDP), which includes Faustina, George Bell, Humber Valley, Streetsville, Warren Park, West Mall. When Tiers require additional competition/variety games are arranged between CDS and CDP clubs, these are mostly on weekends to allow more time for travel.
ORGANIZATION
The CDS program is an extension of House League and is available to all registered 6, 7, and 8 year-old players (U7, U8, and U9) on a tryout basis.
This program is sanctioned by the GTHL and the operations are managed by Board executives and volunteers from the member clubs who oversee budgeting, scheduling, tiering, planning and coordination of the league.
Each member club is responsible for their own teams as follows:
- Player registration, tryouts, and roster approvals.
- Parents/team official approvals and certifications.
- Management and collection of tournament/exhibition approval forms.
Please see the CDS (League) website for more details: COMPETITIVE DEVELOPMENT STREAM – ABOUT US