How to start > Getting started > Ice Times > Learn to play program > Equipment needed
 
  Getting Started  

Registration: Come on down to the Grand West Ice Arena "The Ice Station" either on a Sunday morning between 08:30am and 11:30am OR Monday night between 18:30pm and 19:30pm to register for this year's hockey season.

Try-outs: Try-outs take place on Sunday mornings from 08:30 - 09:45 at the rink.

Practise times: Junior practise (Sunday morning) 08:30 - 09:45. Intermediate & Senior pratise (Sunday morning) 09:45 - 11:00.

Please bring along all your details for registration, ID numbers and/or date of birth, email address and all contact numbers.
We will have forms at the rink as well and also try out equipment for those who don’t have equipment. This is an opportunity to bring a friend along to try outs. There is a small fee for this so please check all info on the website.
 
Basic Ice Hockey Ice Times
WPIHA runs various practices on a Sunday morning from 08:30 – 11:00am. Our seniors practice on a Thursday evening 18:30 - 19:45 (except in school holidays and the night before a public holiday). Games are played on a Monday night (except in school holidays and the night before a public holiday).
 
  Learn to Play Program  
  WPIHA runs an Ice Hockey Academy where people who want to learn to play hockey (i.e. who have never played ice hockey before) are taught the skills of skating and the basics of ice hockey. This takes place for one hour per Sunday (08:30-09:45am) for 4 weeks, and the cost is R200 for all these sessions.  
     
  Equipment Needed  
 

To take part in ice hockey games, you will need to have (borrow or buy) the following ice hockey & protective gear:

- an ice hockey helmet with a visor or grid
- a neck guard
- shoulder pads
- elbow guards
- an abdominal protector (especially for guys!)
- protective pants (sometimes called a girdle)
- ice hockey shin pads
- ice hockey skates
- ice hockey socks (to cover your shin pads)
- a hockey top/jersey

For information about 2nd-hand equipment sales and correctly fitted kit, please contact us or simply speak to us during registration at the ice rink.