Ken Wong
Welcome to the Oakville Rangers Hockey Club U18 BB Red team site, and thank you for showing interest in the U18 BB Red program for the 2026/27 season by coming here to learn more.
The U18 age group is a double cohort of 17- and 18-year-old players. Traditionally, there is a drop-off of players because studies in the Grade 11 and 12 years take precedence, which it should. Many of these players move to House League due to the reduced time commitment; but at the same time, many of these players also miss the level of compete when in House League.
The Oakville Rangers Hockey Club U18 BB Red program is designed to cater for elite players who cannot afford the time commitment, and potential injuries and concussions of higher-level hockey (BB is full contact but no hitting), but want to play at a higher level of hockey.
The typical Representative Hockey schedule includes 2 x games (home and away), 2 x practices, and 1 x dryland training per week. The U18 BB Red program will eliminate dryland training and will only have 1 x practice a week with the occasional additional practice as necessary; of course, frequency of games cannot be changed. Through the season, it is anticipated that the team will be together on average 3¼ to 3½ times a week (not including tournaments and social events).
A reduced time commitment does not mean a less competitive season; the goal is still to win OMHA's. As such, I am looking for a group of highly experienced, highly skilled, highly self-motivated, and highly fit players who can execute and plays well as a team.
The coaching emphasis for the season will be team systems and team play. This in conjunction with the player's experience, skill, self-motivation, and fitness will make a winning combination. The coaching / bench staff will comprise of parental and potentially non-parental coaches. For myself, I have been coaching with the Oakville Rangers Hockey Club for over 11 years and have rotated through every bench staff role from Trainer to Assistant Coach to Head Coach; this will be my 8th team as Head Coach. During this time, my teams have been OMHA Champions twice and OMHA Finalist once, and Tri-County Champions five times.
Thank you for showing interest in the Oakville Rangers Hockey Club U18 BB Red team program, and hope to see you at Tryouts!