Proud members of the New Jersey Youth Hockey League (NJYHL)

Established in 2016, fielding teams from 8U - 18U.

Home rink is Flemington Ice Arena

New Jersey’s Premier Youth Hockey Program

Welcome to Tryouts for our 2025-2026 Season!

The Hunterdon Bears are dedicated to the development and education of boys and girls looking to further develop their skills and their love of ice hockey in a highly competitive environment. Our goal is to promote team play, a competitive spirit, and good sportsmanship. Using principles from USA Hockey's ADM and Hockey Canada's CDM, our staff works to develop and progress players’ skills, work ethic, and discipline.

We aim to represent our club with pride both on and off the ice as we provide players with the opportunity to develop at every level. As players mature and progress through the Bears program, there are increased opportunities to compete at the highest level.

Our state-of-the-art off-ice facility on Hunterdon Sports Complex’s campus provides an added bonus for our players as they look for every edge in terms of speed, agility, and conditioning.

All tryouts are judged by a panel of hockey coaches. There will be a minimum of three evaluators including the Head Coach. All players are scheduled to skate at least 2 sessions. You will be issued a tryout jersey when you arrive, which will be returned to the club after the last tryout session. Players are identified and selected by their tryout jersey color and number, so please be sure to bring the Bears issued jersey to each tryout session.

If, for some reason, you are unable to attend a session, please notify Jackson Brassieur at hockeydirector@flemingtonice.com and he will inform the coaches and evaluators. If we are not notified about missing a tryout session, the coaches will assume that the player is not interested in our program and therefore the roster spot will go to another player.