U13AA Head Coach Announcement

The West Central Tigers are excited to announce Morgan King as the 2025-2026 Head Coach of the U13AA team. Morgan is returning to our hub as the head coach of last season’s U11AA team, and brings both a wealth of knowledge and passion to developing young athletes in the area. He believes that success, in…

Pre-Season Presser: Tryout Information

Lakers! We hope everyone has had a great summer so far! While you are soaking up the last few weeks of summer, here are the tentative start dates for tryouts, along with what you can expect along the way. We will be investing in third-party evaluators for all divisions from U11-U18 this year. We’ve updated…

U18AA Head Coach Announcement

The West Central Tigers are ecstatic to announce Braden Bystrom as the 2025-2026 non-parent Head Coach for our U18AA team. Joining Braden with non-parent coaching supports will include WCT Alumni’s both Tyson Tisdale and Ash Defresne. Braden brings a vast amount of experience and passion to coaching young competitive players and helping them achieve the…

U15AA Head Coach Announcement

The West Central Tigers are excited to announce Darren Engen as the 2025-2026 Head Coach for our U15AA team. Darren believes that setting and communicating clear goals for players, the team and assistant coaches with a depth plan of action will foster complete player and team development, creating a hardworking and excelling culture. “I am…

U16AA Head Coach Announcement

The West Central Tigers are excited to announce Brandon Letendre returning as the 2025-2026 non-parent Head Coach for our U16AA team. Brandon’s ability to connect 1:1 with athletes helps them grow as hockey players on the ice and into maturing young adults off the ice, providing a healthy balance of fun and accountability. His focus…

SLMHA Adds Junior Women's Hockey

SLMHA has announced the Central Alberta Amazons are joining the organization, effective July 21, 2025. The Amazons are part of the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) based out of Penhold, AB. Read More

Proposed Bylaw Changes

May 23, 2025 - The SLMHA Board of Directors wish to amend our current bylaws at an upcoming Special Meeting to operate more efficiently. The changes will be put forth for a vote at the Special Meeting.

The meeting is scheduled for June 16 at 7:30 PM at the NexSource Centre.

Read about the proposed amendments to be discussed.

U13AAA Hockey is coming to Sylvan Lake!

Sylvan Lake Minor Hockey Association and West Central Tigers, with the support of our rural central Alberta minor hockey associations, will be hosting one of two new central Alberta teams in the Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL) next season.

New teams in Red Deer and Sylvan Lake will join the AEHL as part of a new Province-wide U13 AAA program for the start of the 2025/2026 season. You can read more about the official announcement on Hockey Alberta’s website.

While the team is hosted by Sylvan Lake Minor Hockey, the team will operate as a rural team similar to our West Central clubs.

Both SLMHA and WCT remain committed to ensuring our AA program for the U13 division remains accessible and strong for young athletes in our west central hub communities. We will continue to operate our U13AA West Central Tigers in a manner expected by young athletes and their families. Hockey Alberta has also made that commitment to AA programs.

By partnering with surrounding communities, we can ensure that local ice times in Sylvan Lake will not be impacted, and our regular allocation of ice will continue to operate at the same level with no interruptions.

We continue to work alongside Hockey Alberta, Red Deer MHC and all our rural central Alberta hockey associations on this new venture. We look forward to introducing U13AAA hockey to Sylvan Lake and area athletes and their families. We believe this to be a great addition to the association, and look forward to offering this opportunity.

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