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St. Jude’s annual Pre-Season Fall Focus Camps are a great way for your player to get back on the ice in August so that he or she is ready for the fall season when travel league try-outs and house league placements are held in early September. Paul Manning, the St. Jude Hockey Director and A.J. Hernacki, the Assistant Hockey Director, have created an up-tempo and rigorous instruction plan to advance the skills of each player. Goalie instruction will be provided.
St. Jude will offer a new and improved pre-season focus and assessment camp for travel-level mite players. We have learned that at ages 8 and under, it does more harm than good to put these players in a formal, high-stress try-out setting where players are observed over only one or two sessions. The players perform much better when they are observed by directors and coaches over several station-oriented practice sessions with players of similar experience and skill. Directors and coaches will use the first camp session to place players into groups and may redistribute players throughout the duration of the camp to ensure that players are appropriately challenged and playing with and against players of similar skill and experience levels. The coaches will assess each player’s core hockey skills such as skating, stops, turns, crossovers, and stickhandling. At the conclusion of the camp, players will be placed into St. Jude practice squads that will train together during St. Jude practices and off-training sessions from September through March. These travel-mite practice squads will not be rostered to any St. Jude teams and will not play in games, leagues, or tournaments offered by St. Jude. Players who are not selected to a St. Jude travel-mite practice squad are invited to attend NWHL placements at no additional charge. For information about league, game, and tournament opportunities for travel-level mite players, please visit the Junior Knights Hockey Club website at www.juniorknightshockey.org.
The cost of the camp is $350 and includes eight sessions. Players who register before August 1, 2015, will receive an early-bird discount and will be charged only $325.
Please note that all participants in the Travel-Mite Focus & Assessment Camp must have USA Hockey Insurance.
Travel Mite Focus and Assessment Camp Dates & Times
Level | Date | Day | Rink | Time |
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Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 3 | Monday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 5 | Wednesday | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 10 | Monday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 12 | Wednesday | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 17 | Monday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 19 | Wednesday | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 24 | Monday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Travel-Level Mites | Aug. 26 | Wednesday | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Players who anticipate trying-out for travel-level teams that will compete in NIHL are encouraged to register for the Travel Focus Camp. The cost of the camp is $350 and includes six sessions. In addition, St. Jude will waive the travel tryout fee ($175) for all travel focus camp participants. If a player is not selected for a NIHL team, the player may also participate in all NWHL placement sessions at no additional charge.
Players who register for the travel focus camp before August 1, 2015, will receive an early-bird discount and will be charged only $325.
Please note that all NIHL Focus camp sessions will be held at Southwest Ice Arena.
Travel Focus Camp Dates & Times
Level | Date | Day | Rink | Time |
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Squirts | Aug. 4 | Tuesday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Squirts | Aug. 6 | Thursday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Squirts | Aug. 11 | Tuesday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Squirts | Aug. 18 | Tuesday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Squirts | Aug. 20 | Thursday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
Squirts | Aug. 25 | Tuesday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
PeeWee (’04 BY) | Aug. 3 | Monday | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
PeeWee (’04 BY) | Aug. 13 | Thursday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
PeeWee (’04 BY) | Aug. 17 | Monday | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
PeeWee (’04 BY) | Aug. 19 | Wednesday | SIA | 7:20 to 8:20 pm |
PeeWee (’04 BY) | Aug. 24 | Monday | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
PeeWee (’04 BY) | Aug. 27 | Thursday | SIA | 5:50 to 6:50 pm |
PeeWee (’03 BY) | Aug. 5 | Wednesday | SIA | 7:20 to 8:20 pm |
PeeWee (’03 BY) | Aug. 10 | Monday | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
PeeWee (’03 BY) | Aug. 12 | Wednesday | SIA | 7:20 to 8:20 pm |
PeeWee (’03 BY) | Aug. 20 | Thursday | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
PeeWee (’03 BY) | Aug. 26 | Wednesday | SIA | 7:20 to 8:20 pm |
PeeWee (’03 BY) | Aug. 27 | Thursday | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
Bantams | Aug. 3 | Monday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
Bantams | Aug. 6 | Thursday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
Bantams | Aug. 10 | Monday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
Bantams | Aug. 13 | Thursday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
Bantams | Aug. 20 | Thursday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
Bantams | Aug. 24 | Monday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
Girl players who anticipate trying out for any of St. Jude’s all-girls team are encouraged to register for the All-Girls Focus Camp. The cost of the camp is $350 and includes six sessions. In addition, St. Jude will waive the all-girls tryout fee ($175) for all All-Girls Focus Camp participants. If a player is not selected for an all-girls team, the player may also participate in all NWHL placement sessions at no additional charge.
Players who register before August 1, 2015, will receive an early-bird discount and will be charged only $325.
Please note that all All-Girl Focus camp sessions will be held at Southwest Ice Arena.
All-Girls Focus Camp Dates & Times
Level | Date | Day | Rink | |
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Girls (12U & 10U) | Tuesday | Aug. 4 | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
Girls (12U & 10U) | Thursday | Aug. 6 | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
Girls (12U & 10U) | Tuesday | Aug. 11 | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
Girls (12U & 10U) | Thursday | Aug.13 | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
Girls (12U & 10U) | Tuesday | Aug. 18 | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
Girls (12U & 10U) | Tuesday | Aug 25 | SIA | 7:00 to 8:00 pm |
Players who anticipate playing on a house-level team that will compete in the NWHL are encouraged to register for the House Focus Camp. The cost of the camp is $250 and includes six sessions. In addition, St. Jude will waive the house placement fee ($100) for all house focus camp participants.
Players who register before August 1, 2015, will receive an early-bird discount and will be charged only $225.
Please note that House Focus camp sessions will be held at Southwest Ice Arena and Oak Lawn Ice Arena.
House Focus Camp Dates & Times
Level | Date | Day | Rink | Time |
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Mites & Squirts | Friday | Aug. 7 | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Mites & Squirts | Friday | Aug.14 | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Mites & Squirts | Friday | Aug. 21 | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Mites & Squirts | Friday | Aug. 28 | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
Mites Only | Saturday | Sep. 5 | SIA | 8:10 to 9:20 am |
Mites Only | Sunday | Sept. 6 | SIA | 9:20 to 10:30 am |
Squirts Only | Saturday | Sept. 5 | OL | 3:15 to 4:25 pm |
Squirts Only | Sunday | Sept. 6 | SIA | 1:20 to 2:30 pm |
PeeWees & Bantams | Tuesday | Aug. 4 | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
PeeWees & Bantams | Tuesday | Aug. 11 | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
PeeWees & Bantams | Tuesday | Aug. 18 | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
PeeWees & Bantams | Tuesday | Aug. 25 | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
PeeWee Only | Saturday | Sep. 5 | OL | 4:40 to 5:50 pm |
PeeWee Only | Sunday | Sep. 6 | SIA | 2:40 to 3:50 pm |
Bantam Only | Saturday | Sep. 5 | OL | 6:05 to 7:15 pm |
Bantam Only | Sunday | Sep. 6 | SIA | 4:00 to 5:10 pm |
St. Jude will place travel level teams in the Northern Illinois Hockey League at the Squirt (10U), PeeWee (12U), Bantam (14U), Girls (10U) and Girls (12U) levels.
To be considered for a St. Jude travel team, all players are required to attend tryouts. The cost of tryouts is free for participants of the St. Jude Travel Focus camp and $175 for players who do not participate in the St. Jude travel Focus camp. Any player who is not selected to a St. Jude NIHL team may participate in the NWHL placements at no additional charge.
Please know that the St. Jude coaching staff makes every effort to be as fair as possible to all players during the tryout process and works hard to limit the stress and anxiety that is inherent in the process. That said, there is no such thing as a perfect tryout process and we understand that tryouts can be difficult on players, parents and coaches. We encourage you to sit down with your child before tryouts to talk about the process, to help calm his or her nerves, and to emphasize that your player’s performance during tryouts will not affect how proud you are of your son or daughter.
St. Jude’s travel-level NIHL teams will be selected by evaluators including the hockey director and assistant hockey director and a small, selected group of coaches within our organization. Only those St. Jude coaches who are specifically asked by the Hockey Director to participate in evaluations should be in the observation room and those sections of the stands. While tryouts will be open to viewing, please respect the process by allowing the evaluators to use the observation room and designated sections of the stands without interruption.
Travel/NIHL Tryouts Dates & Times
Level | Date | Day | Rink | Time |
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Squirt (Last Name A-M) | Sept. 1 | Tuesday | SIA | 5:30 to 6:40 pm |
Squirt (Last Name N-Z) | Sept. 1 | Tuesday | SIA | 6:50 to 8:00 pm |
Squirt Group A (TBA) | Sept. 3 | Thursday | SIA | 5:35 to 6:35 pm |
Squirt Group B (TBA) | Sept. 3 | Thursday | SIA | 6:45 to 7:45 pm |
Squirt Group A (TBA) | Sept. 5 | Saturday | SIA | 9:30 to 10:35 am |
Squirt Group B (TBA) | Sept. 5 | Saturday | SIA | 10:45 to 11:50 am |
PeeWee (2004 BY) | Sept. 2 | Wednesday | SIA | 6:10 to 7:10 pm |
PeeWee (2003 BY) | Sept. 2 | Wednesday | SIA | 7:20 to 8:20 pm |
PeeWee Group A (TBA) | Sept. 4 | Friday | OL | 6:30 to 7:30 pm |
PeeWee Group B (TBA) | Sept. 4 | Friday | OL | 7:45 to 8:45 pm |
PeeWee Group A (TBA) | Sept. 5 | Saturday | SIA | 12:00 to 1:05 pm |
PeeWee Group B (TBA) | Sept. 5 | Saturday | SIA | 1:15 to 2:20 pm |
Bantam (Last Name A-K) | Sept. 1 | Tuesday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:20 pm |
Bantam (Last Name L-Z) | Sept. 2 | Wednesday | SIA | 8:30 to 9:30 pm |
Bantam Group A | Sept. 5 | Saturday | SIA | 2:30 to 3:40 pm |
Bantam Group B | Sept. 5 | Saturday | SIA | 3:50 to 5:00 pm |
Bantam Group A | Sept. 6 | Sunday | SIA | 10:40 to 11:50 am |
Bantam Group B | Sept. 6 | Sunday | SIA | 12:00 to 1:10 pm |
All-Girls Team Tryouts Dates & Times
Level | Date | Day | Rink | Time |
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All Girls (10U & 12U) | Sept. 1 | Tuesday | OL | 5:45 to 6:45 pm |
All Girls (10U & 12U) | Sept. 3 | Thursday | OL | 6:45 to 7:45 pm |
All Girls (10U & 12U) | Sept. 4 | Friday | SIA | 6:00 to 7:10 pm |
St. Jude will place recreational house-level teams in the Northwest Hockey League at the Mite (8U), Squirt (10U), PeeWee (12U), and Bantam (14U) levels.
To be considered for a St. Jude travel team, all players are required to attend evaluation/placement skates. The cost of placements is free for participants of the St. Jude House and Travel and All-Girls Focus Camps and $100 for players who do not participate in any of those camps.
St. Jude’s house-level NWHL teams will be selected by evaluators including the hockey director and assistant hockey director and a selected group of coaches within our organization. While evaluations and placements will be open to viewing, please respect the process by allowing the evaluators to use the observation room and designated sections of the stands without interruption.
House/NWHL Placement Dates & Times
Level | Date | Day | Rink | Time |
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Mites | Sept. 12 | Saturday | SIA | 9:20 to 10:25 am |
Mites | Sept. 13 | Sunday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:20 am |
Squirts | Sept. 12 | Saturday | SIA | 10:35 to 11:40 am |
Squirts | Sept. 13 | Sunday | SIA | 9:30 to 10:40 am |
PeeWee | Sept. 12 | Saturday | SIA | 11:50 to 12:55 pm |
PeeWee | Sept. 13 | Sunday | SIA | 10:50 to 12:00 pm |
Bantam | Sept. 12 | Saturday | SIA | 1:05 to 2:10 pm |
Bantam | Sept. 13 | Sunday | SIA | 12:10 to 1:20 pm |
Full checking is allowed at the Bantam level (14U) for teams competing in both the NWHL and NIHL. It is mandatory that players at this level participate in at least one checking clinic. This will ensure that players are prepared to both receive and deliver a check on the ice.
Players who have previously taken a checking clinic at St. Jude may take this clinic again at a reduced cost. For players who have not previously completed a checking clinic through St. Jude, the cost to register is $50. Players who have previously completed a checking clinic through St. Jude may register at a discounted cost of $25. Any player who registers for the clinic (whether a first time participant or a repeat participant) may attend either or both sessions at no additional charge. It is highly encouraged that players attend both sessions.
The checking clinic is open to all bantam (14U) and peewee (12U) players.
Checking Clinic Dates & Times
Date | Day | Rink | Time |
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Aug. 17 | Monday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
Aug. 27 | Thursday | SIA | 8:10 to 9:10 pm |
All players must be registered on-line at www.stjudehockey.org. If you have any questions about how to register, please contact Melissa Ahluwalia at Melissa.ahluwalia@gmail.com
Registration Process:
Step 1: All players must have USA Hockey Insurance to play hockey at St. Jude. No player will beallowed to play or tryout without proof of this insurance. To register for this insurance, visit www.usahockey.com.
USA Hockey Insurance Directions:
Once at the USA Hockey website, click on membership and then register online. Choose ice players & coaches and follow the directions on the screen.
Step 2: On the St. Jude website, log in using your username and password. If you have not registered for a St. Jude program in the past, you will need to complete the steps for setting up a St. Jude account. If you do not remember your password, you can click the ‘forgot password’ link and enter your email address.
Step 3: Select the programs and players you wish to participate and continue with payment for programs.
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2015 Fall Focus, Tryout, and Checking Clinic Fees
Program | Fee | Early Bird Discounted Fee |
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(if registered before August 1, 2015) | ||
Travel-Level Mites Focus and Assessment Camp | 350 | 325 |
Travel/NIHL Focus Camp | 350 | 325 |
Travel/NIHL Try-Out Fee | $175 (waived for Focus Camp participants) | |
House/NWHL Focus Camp | 250 | 225 |
House/NWHL Placement Fee | $100 (waived for Focus Camp participants) | |
All-Girls Focus Camp | 350 | 325 |
All-Girls Try-Out Fee | $175 (waived for Focus Camp participants) | |
Checking Clinic | $50 for first time participants |
Participating in the FOCUS camps is highly encouraged. Please note that FOCUS camp fees cannot be prorated.
House/NWHL Player Fees & Payment Schedule | ||||||
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9/15 | 10/15 | 11/15 | 12/15 | 1/15 | Total | |
Mites | $360 | $360 | $360 | $360 | $360 | $1,800 |
Squirts | $370 | $370 | $370 | $370 | $370 | $1,850 |
PeeWee | $400 | $400 | $400 | $400 | $400 | $2,000 |
Bantam | $400 | $400 | $400 | $400 | $400 | $2,000 |
Travel/NIHL Player Fees & Payment Schedule | ||||||
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9/15 | 10/15 | 11/15 | 12/15 | 1/15 | Total | |
Squirts | $650 | $650 | $650 | $650 | $650 | $3,250 |
PeeWee | $710 | $710 | $710 | $710 | $710 | $3,550 |
Bantam | $750 | $750 | $750 | $750 | $750 | $3,750 |
All-Girls Player Fees & Payment Schedule | ||||||
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9/15 | 10/15 | 11/15 | 12/15 | 1/15 | Total | |
10U | $370 | $370 | $370 | $370 | $370 | $1,850 |
12U | $710 | $710 | $710 | $710 | $710 | $3,550 |
For more information please contact Paul Manning at (773) 517-7602 or via email at playhockey@stjudehockey.org All participants must have their USA Hockey Insurance. To do so, go on-line www.usahockeyregistration.com/ to register.
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