Summer Programs

For those players who have mastered the skating and fundamental hockey skills taught in our Pre-Hockey programs, St. Jude offers competitive youth teams that compete in either the Central States Developmental Hockey League (CSDHL) prospects level for squirt through bantam level teams, NIHL (Girls only), Northwest Hockey League (NWHL) and the Chicago United Hockey League (CUHL) for mite level teams (see Jr. Knights program tab for details). St. Jude youth teams are open to both boys and girls to compete at the mite (2017-2019 birth years) through Girls 19U (2006-2010 birth years) age levels.

Players time commitment is expected to be 3-5 hours per week (practices and games). Home games are played at Southwest Ice Arena and Oak Lawn Arena. Away games are played at other area rinks in the Chicagoland area. Girls will play in NIHL. This season, our CSDHL teams will compete in the Prospects level. Players selected to teams will be placed on the appropriate level depending on the skills demonstrated during tryouts.