Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 09:58     Subject: DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Heard a rumor that the Ice Dogs folded? Is that true?


The 12U/10U girls travel team folded. Not enough players or coaches apparently.


It seems they were sort of cannibalized by the CHA 10/12U Girls team. Hopefully CHA expands into 14U and 16U Girls, or many of the girls who left NOVA will just end up back there.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 16:08     Subject: DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Heard a rumor that the Ice Dogs folded? Is that true?


The 12U/10U girls travel team folded. Not enough players or coaches apparently.


Dang, that's always unfortunate to hear.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 15:51     Subject: DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:Heard a rumor that the Ice Dogs folded? Is that true?


The 12U/10U girls travel team folded. Not enough players or coaches apparently.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 05:41     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:Do they have a coach yet? Nothing is posted on their website


Pretty sure they have a coach and are still looking to fill out the roster.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2026 23:36     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Caps Academy would be a good place to start. I heard they didn't get the numbers of players they expected or players at the skill level they hoped, so they should have options for players at more of a developmental or loser-end travel level


Has anyone tried this? Asking for a friend


Worth a try. They are mostly made up of players at the LTP, house league, or CBHL Bronze level. So if your player is more at that developmental level it could be a good option. Doesn't hurt to email them.


Do they have a coach yet? Nothing is posted on their website
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2026 00:27     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Caps Academy would be a good place to start. I heard they didn't get the numbers of players they expected or players at the skill level they hoped, so they should have options for players at more of a developmental or loser-end travel level


Has anyone tried this? Asking for a friend


Worth a try. They are mostly made up of players at the LTP, house league, or CBHL Bronze level. So if your player is more at that developmental level it could be a good option. Doesn't hurt to email them.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2026 10:59     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Caps Academy would be a good place to start. I heard they didn't get the numbers of players they expected or players at the skill level they hoped, so they should have options for players at more of a developmental or loser-end travel level


Has anyone tried this? Asking for a friend
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2026 09:03     Subject: DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:Heard a rumor that the Ice Dogs folded? Is that true?


If they did, I wouldn’t consider it a fold. It was never really going. The lower level cbhl girls teams are tough to maintain. Reston is the only program that has done it successfully. It looks like Potomac has a good shot of pulling it off.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2026 08:46     Subject: DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Heard a rumor that the Ice Dogs folded? Is that true?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2026 22:26     Subject: DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:Girls is hard. You have to build from the ground up and understand that there will be a lot of attrition at the older ages until your base is created. In this area, the better girls will want to dual roster or play boys for as long as possible because it's simply more competitive and better for skill development, to a point. Some girls are just never as comfortable playing with boys and play differently with the boys. Girls do tend to get shuffled to D, and have to work much harder to develop offensive skill/instinct. There is always a learning curve when they switch to all girls, but. A lot of time the difficulty is that it's hard to fill a travel team when you are starting out. There are some girls who want to play with girls, but treat it more like rec and are there more for fun. Then there are families that want true travel and take things a lot more seriously. Because any given program, especially starting out, is only going to have one team at one age level vs boys where you could have house, select, and travel and all different levels. It's hard to be everything to everyone. I'm glad that CHA is finally starting, but this is not unexpected.


This is why you see most of the more serious girls players filter over to MYHA and STJ at younger ages. I think both of their 10U teams (and maybe 12U) play a significant number of games against coed travel teams. So then you get the best of both worlds - all girls teams plus better competition. I've heard some people say the girls programs at those clubs are better coached and better at development than their coed programs.

The downside is that most of the talent goes to those clubs and also maybe Reston and Tri City, leaving every other girls team in the area considerably weaker than those four. We have very concentrated girls talent in the area.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2026 07:05     Subject: DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Girls is hard. You have to build from the ground up and understand that there will be a lot of attrition at the older ages until your base is created. In this area, the better girls will want to dual roster or play boys for as long as possible because it's simply more competitive and better for skill development, to a point. Some girls are just never as comfortable playing with boys and play differently with the boys. Girls do tend to get shuffled to D, and have to work much harder to develop offensive skill/instinct. There is always a learning curve when they switch to all girls, but. A lot of time the difficulty is that it's hard to fill a travel team when you are starting out. There are some girls who want to play with girls, but treat it more like rec and are there more for fun. Then there are families that want true travel and take things a lot more seriously. Because any given program, especially starting out, is only going to have one team at one age level vs boys where you could have house, select, and travel and all different levels. It's hard to be everything to everyone. I'm glad that CHA is finally starting, but this is not unexpected.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 21:54     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When do girls programs normally announce supplemental tryouts or if they still have any openings?


Outside of STJ and MYHA, I think most other local teams would still have space on their 10U and 12U girls teams if your player is good enough for travel. Try emailing the programs and see, I have seen many of them post that they have space for extra players. Where do you live?


Caps Academy would be a good place to start. I heard they didn't get the numbers of players they expected or players at the skill level they hoped, so they should have options for players at more of a developmental or loser-end travel level


that's what happens when you ignore the girls and they all leave to play somewhere else I suppose?


It sounds very much like their travel team will be more of a house league or house selects level of a team, so I agree with you that it seems that all their better girls have left and didn't come back.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2026 10:22     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When do girls programs normally announce supplemental tryouts or if they still have any openings?


Outside of STJ and MYHA, I think most other local teams would still have space on their 10U and 12U girls teams if your player is good enough for travel. Try emailing the programs and see, I have seen many of them post that they have space for extra players. Where do you live?


Caps Academy would be a good place to start. I heard they didn't get the numbers of players they expected or players at the skill level they hoped, so they should have options for players at more of a developmental or loser-end travel level


that's what happens when you ignore the girls and they all leave to play somewhere else I suppose?
Anonymous
Post 04/10/2026 12:16     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When do girls programs normally announce supplemental tryouts or if they still have any openings?


Outside of STJ and MYHA, I think most other local teams would still have space on their 10U and 12U girls teams if your player is good enough for travel. Try emailing the programs and see, I have seen many of them post that they have space for extra players. Where do you live?


Caps Academy would be a good place to start. I heard they didn't get the numbers of players they expected or players at the skill level they hoped, so they should have options for players at more of a developmental or loser-end travel level
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 14:57     Subject: Re:DMV Girls Travel Hockey Clubs
Anonymous wrote:When do girls programs normally announce supplemental tryouts or if they still have any openings?


Outside of STJ and MYHA, I think most other local teams would still have space on their 10U and 12U girls teams if your player is good enough for travel. Try emailing the programs and see, I have seen many of them post that they have space for extra players. Where do you live?