Evals

MHC FALL SEASON 2025-26 EVALUATIONS

The master schedule for our Fall Evaluations will be posted below for your planning purposes. All evaluations will take place at the Shark Tank. 

For questions or concerns about the 6U/8U evals, please contact the 6U/8U Director, Adam Garrett at 6u8udirector@meramecsharks.com

For questions or concerns about 10U-14U, please contact MHC Coaching Director coachingdirector@meramecsharks.com

 6U and Goalie evals will be first.

Bantam and Peewee will be next and teams will be released and practicing when evals are done to get them practicing as soon as possible. Practices will start within a day or two of teams being released. So please be on the lookout for practice schedules and be prepared to start practicing ASAP.  

Squirt and 8U will be after Bantam and Peewee evals, teams will be released and practicing when evals are done to get them practicing as soon as possible. Practices will start within a day or two of teams being released. So please be on the lookout for practice schedules and be prepared to start practicing ASAP.  

Day 1 group assignments will be posted for all divisions once registration closes.

Evaluation information for age specific groups can be found posted on the sub-pages for this page, or in the master schedule posted below.

The schedule for the 10U-14U Evaluation is posted below. Group assignments will be announced once we finish our first round of evaluations.

6U and 8U players will need to have a WHITE and a DARK jersey. Bring both jerseys to all evals.

All 10U - 14U players will be given a reversible jersey with a number at check in that is to be worn for each eval. 

Goalies will attend their respective 90 minute "Goalie Eval". They will then attend all 4 evaluations based on their assigned group. (This is a change from last year's format)

YOU MUST CHECK IN AT THE DESK EVERY TIME TO GET YOUR COLOR ASSIGNMENT EACH EVALUATION. 

YOU MUST ALSO CHECK THE WEBSITE EACH DAY BECAUSE GROUP ASSIGNMENTS WILL CHANGE AFTER EACH SKATE

THE EVAL PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS:

1. Players are all assigned a number at check-in. Evaluators cannot see the names attached to each number. Evaluators do not evaluate age levels that their own kids participate in. Players will be given a reversible jersey at check in that is to be worn for every eval. YOU MUST CHECK IN AT THE DESK EVERY TIME TO GET YOUR COLOR ASSIGNMENT EACH EVALUATION

2. The number is then entered into an app called Team Genius

3. Team Genius is the scoring app that is used to evaluate players on a myriad of data points on a scale of 1-5 in increments of .25. 

Things that are scored could be stickhandling, stops, turns, engaged in play, how did they perform on the specific drill you're evaluating, how did they do in scrimmages, etc. Player 1 might score a 1.25 on a drill, but Player 2 might get a 2.5 on that same drill. So Player 2 will rank higher. 

4. All the evaluators will watch a single drill through the entire evaluation to give every player the same "set of eyes" so the scores are accurate across all players. By the end of the evaluations, all drills and scores are averaged for each player number by the Team Genius app and teams/practice groups are made based on the score rankings.

5. The scores will then be broken down into practice groups. The coaches for the practice groups will be up in the “crows nest” evaluating the practice group scrimmages. The coaches will use the same Team Genius app for the practice group scrimmage evals. The practice group scrimmages are a way to make sure nobody was placed incorrectly and to try and make sure everyone fits, skills wise, in the group they are assigned. After the practice groups are finalized, the teams are assigned based on the Team Genius scores and practice group results. No coaches will be in the room when teams are selected. 

6. Coaches are then called to see if they'll head coach a team and are told what team they are coaching.

7. Once all coaches are contacted and we have a head coach for each team, teams are released to everyone. 

Group assignments will change after every eval. So please check back before your next skate to make sure you attend the correct time.