u/No-Knowledge2683

Hockey parent here, trying to figure out how this whole tryout circuit works and feeling completely lost.

My kid's at the age where we're starting to look at junior hockey tryouts. Every team has its own website (most of them bad), info comes out at random times, half the dates conflict, and most of the "info" is word-of-mouth from other parents who somehow know things.

How are people actually keeping track of this? How do you decide which tryouts are worth the travel/money vs. which ones are basically lottery tickets? And is it normal for the whole process to feel this disorganized or am I just doing it wrong?

Any tips appreciated.