Now that the 2025 - 2026 season has wrapped up, your MEIFHA Executive would appreciate your anonymous feedback about this season. This information will help us gain valuable insight as to how the overall experience might be improved for players and families alike. 

LINK to MEIFHA 2025 - 2026 Membership Survey

Thank you,

MEIFHA

As you are all know, Hockey Nova Scotia is very fortunate to have many dedicated volunteers across every level of our game who help to ensure that the sport we love is safe and welcoming for all of our participants.

Every two years, positions on Hockey Nova Scotia’s Female Council come up for election. With this in mind, we encourage anyone looking to volunteer with our Female Council team to seek nomination from their association for one of our positions.

In April 2021, Hockey Nova Scotia’s board of directors unanimously accepted a recommendation from the Hockey Nova Scotia Diversity and Inclusion Task Force’s final report to pursue more diversity on boards, councils, committees, and staff. We encourage applicants from diverse communities to apply for these positions, as part of our ongoing effort to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels of hockey.

You will find a list below of the Regional Director positions on Hockey Nova Scotia’s Female Council currently up for election.

• Metro East Region: 2-year term
• Quad County: 2-year term
• Cape Breton: 2-year term
• Valley: 2-year term

Should more than one person be nominated, an election location and date/time will be sent out to all voting delegates in the region.

For more information on the Female Council Regional Director role, please refer to Hockey Nova Scotia Female Hockey Regulations (Page 142).

Yours in Hockey,

Leijsa Wilton

Chair, Female Council

Hockey Nova Scotia

Heidi Stevenson Scholarship

Heidi Stevenson was an active mom, a loving wife, a dedicated daughter and a cherished friend. She lived life with kindness and confidently stood up for what she believed in. Whether volunteering, planning bake sales or coaching, her passion for people and community shone brightly. Heidi served as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 23 years and tragically lost her life in the line of duty in April 2020.

Thanks to a generous (anonymous) donor we are honoured to offer a $1,000 scholarship in Heidi’s memory to a Metro East Inferno player.

To apply, we ask that graduating players write a short essay as to how their Metro East Inferno hockey experience related to some, several, or all the core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism, compassion, accountability, respect, hard work, and bravery. Please submit the essay in PDF form to Patti Townsend president@metroeastinferno.ca by May 15, 2026.

Scholarship description and criteria

This Scholarship will be presented annually to a high school graduating student who will be entering their first year of university and is a player registered with Metro East Inferno Minor Hockey Association. Players must have been a member within the association for the past three seasons.

The recipient of this award should be a player who demonstrates the core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism, compassion, accountability, respect, hard work, and bravery as exemplified by Heidi Stevenson every day as an RCMP officer. 

Honesty: Being truthful in character and behaviour both on and off the ice. 

Integrity: Acts with the benefits of the team in mind at all times and constantly demonstrates a focus on doing what is right. 

Professionalism: Displays emotional maturity and empowers self-control both on and off the ice. Plays the game in a safe manner while looking out for the safety of others. 

Compassion: Demonstrates care and sensitivity towards fellow teammates and a passionate attitude towards diversity and inclusion. 

Accountability: Takes accountability for their own actions, accepts feedback, and is willing to change. Someone who owns their actions and shows a genuine attitude towards striving to be the best they can be.

Respect: Displays unbiased consideration and regard for team members, officials, coaches, community leaders, and school leaders of all backgrounds. Someone who shows up on time for practices, meets commitments, and speaks positively about team, officials, coaches, and community. 

Hard work: Exhibits a strong work ethic. Someone who takes the initiative to set challenging goals for themselves and works towards achieving those goals through persistence and determination.

Bravery: Faces the world with head held high after disappointment and harnesses inner strength to rise above challenges, take risks and owns their own future. Someone who has courage to do the right thing even when it is the difficult path.

For more information email president@metroeastinferno.ca

Past winning recipiants

2023- Helena Senn

2024- Abby MacLeod

2025- Piper Buckley

Hello Inferno Families,

Our annual meeting for team staff will be held on:

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Harbour Room, Cole Harbour Place

Attendance will be recorded and we strongly encourage all Head Coaches, Managers and Treasurers to attend.

If a Head Coach, Manager, or Treasurer from your team is unable to attend, please designate another team staff member, to ensure your team receives any and all new information pertinent to the upcoming season.

Thank you,

MEIFHA.

Hello Inferno Volunteers,

The process for rostering your team volunteers will be completed as it has been the past several years. Please DO NOT EMAIL names but instead complete the form linked below. With ~300 volunteers, we will disregard anything not submitted in this form. 

TEAM ROSTERING 2025-26

Thank you for Volunteering!

MEIFHA.