Each spring Missouri Hockey holds tryouts for players who would like a chance to develop and compete at one of the National Select Player Development Camps. Central District Tryouts are a two-part process. Players registered with Missouri Hockey or residing in our district but playing in another city, state or country are eligible to tryout. The first round of tryouts will be held April 7, 8 and 9th 2009. Players selected at these tryouts are now qualified to attend a second round of tryouts and compete against players from the other states in the Central District and possibly earn a chance to attend the 2009 USA Hockey Player Development Camps.

Missouri Hockey's Central District Tryouts for Boys with Birth Years 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992 will be held April 7-9, 2009 at Hardee's Iceplex:
April 7
6:00-7:20pm 94-95's
7:30-8:50 pm 92-93's
April 8
6:00-7:20pm 94-95's
7:30-8:50 pm 92-93's
April 9
6:00-7:20pm 94-95's
7:30-8:50 pm 92-93's
 
Missouri Hockey's Central District Tryouts for Girls with Birth Years 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992 will be held April 7, 2009 at Ice Zone at Mills: Girls - 1992-95's
April 7
6:00-7:00pm 94-95's
7:10-8:10 pm 92-93's

Players selected at these tryouts will need to attend the Central District-wide Tryouts held in Fond Du Lac, WI - May 8, 9, 10 for the opportunity to be selected for one of the USA Hockey Player Development Camps. Please see below for details or visit www.usahockey.com and click on 'Players' then 'Player Development Camps'.

Each summer USA Hockey conducts Select Player Development Camps for young athletes from throughout the country. The athletes are chosen from tryouts conducted within USA Hockey Districts, with some slots reserved for at-large selections. The goal is to attract the best players, in their specific age group, to our national program.

The purpose of the Camps is to identify, train, educate and evaluate our best athletes. Individuals are selected by Districts to attend the week-long event. During this week, our players are evaluated by our national scouting program, college and junior recruiters and professional scouts. The competition gives each player the opportunity to measure themselves against others his/her age, gain knowledge about his/her development and to be exposed to outstanding coaching.

The 2009 USA Hockey Player Development Camps schedules have been released.