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PRE-SEASON CAMPS

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.


 

Travel Mite Focus & Assessment Camp


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
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

TRAVEL FOCUS CAMP

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
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


ALL GIRLS FOCUS CAMP

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
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

HOUSE FOCUS CAMP

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
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

TRAVEL/NIHL & ALL-GIRLS TRY-OUTS

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
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
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

HOUSE/NWHL TEAM PLACEMENTS

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
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

CHECKING CLINIC

 

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
Aug. 17 Monday SIA 8:10 to 9:10 pm
Aug. 27 Thursday SIA 8:10 to 9:10 pm

REGISTRATION AND FEES

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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2015-16 Fee List

2015 Fall Focus, Tryout, and Checking Clinic Fees

Program Fee Early Bird Discounted Fee
(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.

Team Player Fees & Payment Schedules

House/NWHL Player Fees & Payment Schedule
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
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
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.

USA Hockey Insurance

How to Purchase Your USA Hockey Insurance On-line

USA Hockey has made it mandatory for each player and coach to purchase their USA Hockey Insurance on line. Insurance must be purchased and receipt provided to St. Jude no later than August 31. No player will be allowed to participate in Travel Tryouts or House Draft without the proof of Insurance receipt provided by USA Hockey. 
 
How to Obtain USA Hockey Insurance:
  • To obtain USA Hockey insurance go to www.usahockey.com
  • Click on Membership at the top of the page,
  • Choose Register Online from the pull down screen,
  • Choose – Ice Players & Coaches,
Follow directions as provided.
 
USA Hockey insurance must be purchased by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover card.

No player will be allowed on the ice after August 31 without proof of USA Hockey Insurance.  Absolutely NO exceptions!!

Paul Manning

Paul Manning

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