Knights Hockey

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 Northern Illinois Hockey League (NIHL) & Central States Developmental Hockey League (CSDHL) for squirt through bantam level teams 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 and 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. NIHL hockey features 5 possible levels of play within NIHL: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Elite and Premier Select. CSDHL teams will compete in the PeeWee Minor division (2013). Players selected to teams will be placed on the appropriate level depending on the skills demonstrated during tryouts.