Tryout dates for the York Hockey Club 2019-2020 season have been confirmed and are as follows:

Monday, August 12, 2019

• Underclassmen (Freshmen and Sophomores) - 7:55 - 8:55 PM
• Upperclassmen (Juniors and Seniors) - 9:05-10:05 PM

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

• Underclassmen - 9:00 - 9:45 PM
• Upperclassmen and select invites - 9:45 - 10:30 PM

Friday, August 16, 2019

• Varsity Callbacks - 7:10 - 8:10 PM

Sunday, August 18, 2019

• JV Callbacks - 5:00 - 6:00 PM

All tryouts will be held at Addison Ice Arena

Tryout fees for the 2019-2020 season will be $200 and are nonrefundable

Registration will open on the Website on August 1, 2019

York Hockey Club is happy to announce that Marc Kapsalis (York High School, Class of ’81) will be joining the club as an assistant coach at the Varsity level.  “Kap” grew up in Elmhurst where he learned to skate and play hockey at the “Y”.  He was a Duke “blueliner” under Coach Jerry Hughes for two seasons and says, “playing high school hockey with my friends those two years were, unquestionably, the most fun and rewarding years I had as a player. Nearly forty years later, my York Hockey teammates are still my best friends in life”. 

The game of hockey allowed Kapsalis to continue his education after high school and he was recruited to play at the NCAA level for Army at West Point where he went on to letter all four of his years and was also named Captain.  Marc served as an officer in the Army from 1985-1990 before returning to Chicago and beginning his coaching career.  He held a number of coaching positions at different levels and age groups from 1990-2015.  After a brief hiatus from the game, Kapsalis is excited to return to coaching at his alma mater.  “I am thrilled Coach Turpin invited me to join the staff. They have obviously built something special at York and I look forward to being a part of it”, said Kapsalis. He went on, “I can honestly say that returning to coach at York, is one of the greatest opportunities I’ve had in the game”.  

Kapsalis joins head coach Bruce Turpin, just a year after being named “Scholastic Hockey League Coach-of-the-Year”, and assistant coach Brian Finnerty.  Junior Varsity coaches Matt Boeing and Nick Albergo guided the JV squad to a Scholastic League championship after the 2018-19 season and this group continues to look at building on the successes of the York Hockey program.

SHL AWARD WINNERS

Coach of the Year - Bruce Turpin
1st Team Defense - Chris Lee
1st Team Forwards - Billy Paschen 

For complete SHL awards go to

scholastichockeyleague.org

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ALL SHL ACADEMIC TEAM 

The SHL All Academic Team is made up of student athletes that have an accumulative 3.5 or better GPA.  Dukes that have made the grade are:

Varsity:

Matt Anikiej, Tyler Bare, Nathan Kriz, Bradley Lynch, Declan Quinn, John Temple, Jack Timble, Troy Walker, Thomas Wesolowski

JV

Jake Angelucci, Jake Barmada, Jackson Bonesteel, Ben Foley, Shane Gorski, Logan Maloney, Murphy McFarlane, Charles McPherson, Liam Moran, Brendan Quinn

WELL DONE!

High Honor Roll
Jake Angelucci
Matt Anikiej
Tyler Bare
Jake Barmada
Jackson Bonesteel
Ben Foley
Joseph Guerino
Shane Gorski 
Tysen Gryzwa
Nathan Kriz
Bradley Lynch
Logan Maloney
Murphy McFarlane
Charlie McPherson
Liam Moran
Brendan Quinn
Declan Quinn
John Temple
Jack Timble
Troy Walker 
Thomas Wesolowski

Honor Roll
Will Ciannella
Tyler Gelsomino
Michael Iorii
Hayden Krause
Christopher Lee 
Gregory Lee 
Tighe McCarthy
Nicholas Soehn
Colin Stasica
James Wegmann
Jonathan Wood 

Formerly called the Chicago Showcase and renamed to USA Hockey America’s High School Showcase will be conducted April 11-15, 2019 in St. Peters, Missouri.

Twenty-four boys’ teams from across the United States representing forty-three States will compete and showcase their talents to scouts from every major hockey institution in the country. The purpose of this prestigious event remains the same. It is designed to allow high school hockey players from around the country, who do not traditionally get scouted due to geographic and budgetary constraints within the scouting circles, the opportunity to compete against the best of the best during a five-day period and be seen by every major hockey institution in North America.

During the past couple of months, coaches from Illinois High Schools have been rating players throughout Illinois. The players invited to tryout have been identified as one of the best players in Illinois High School Hockey. AHAI wishes to extend to them an invitation to ‘tryout” for the team that will represent Illinois at America’s High School Showcase. There will be three (3) tryouts for everyone to determine the final America’s High School Showcase Illinois team.