Recent News
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February Scheduling Update
February Scheduling Updates
House League Game Schedules Are Up To Date on the Online Schedule Page
Mid-week Games continue for the Bantam & Midget Teams thru Feb. 21st.
The last PeeWee Team practices are the week of Feb. 11th to 14th. PeeWee Teams have weeknight games scheduled Feb. 18th to 21st.
Championship week begins on Sunday February 24th, and teams will be playing mid-week (weeknight) playoff elimination games, Monday thru Thursday February 28th. The Championship Schedules will be posted once the final "seedings" have been established. As such, these will likely be short notice schedules, suffice to say, all teams (Novice thru Midget) will be playing at least one weeknight game Feb. 25th thru Thursday Feb. 28th.
Championship Week Schedule - Begins Sunday Feb. 24th 2019 <Link
Day of Champions Novice thru Midget is Saturday March 2nd
Tyke Teams - Sunday March 3rd
Initiation Teams - Sunday March 3rd
Spring Hockey 2019
Spring hockey is an ideal way to conclude the season and complete the gap between winter and summer sports. This program is a perfect opportunity to enjoy playing hockey both with and against friends before separating for the summer. Meeting new people, making lasting friendships. Affordable, a consistant schedule, in a well structured fun enviroment.
This year there will be teams in the Atom, PeeWee and the Bantam/Midget Divisions (Bantam Midget is combined division playing in a 3 on 3 format). Our Spring Hockey Program is open to all players who played minor hockey in Kingston and the surrounding area. It is truely a great experience to be able to play with other young people from different leagues, throughout our seven (7) week season. Spring Hockey starts the first week in April and runs through until the Victoria Day weekend.
CAL Bursaries
Each year, the Church Athletic League supports CAL hockey players in their pursuit of post-secondary education by granting bursaries to eligible CAL participants. Up to two (2) bursaries are awarded in recognition of outstanding commitment to community service, athletics and academic excellence.
These bursaries reflect the achievements of young hockey players who are committed to their community, athletics and academic achievement. The purpose of the bursaries is to help the students to offset the high costs associated with continuing their post-secondary education.
CAL Volunteer Award & Dinner
Coach Of The Year & Volunteer Of The Year Nominations
It's that time of year for you to nominate a Coach of the Year and/or Volunteer of the Year. Please include supporting/background information about why you are choosing to nominate this particular person(s) and what makes them deserving of the award by March 20th via email or in person at the CAL Office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Volunteer of the year nominations should be for someone who gives generous amounts of their time, energy and ideas to the Church Athletic League, typically a non coach who volunteers for their team/ Association, or the league itself. Recipients of the awards will be invited to and honored at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Night, on April 11th 2019.
Volunteer Appreciation Night & Dinner
Come join us for our annual Volunteer Appreciation evening and dinner on Thursday April 11th. This is our opportunity to recognize and thank our volunteers for all that they do to make the CAL successful year after year. Without you, none of this would be possible. Please RSVP to the CAL Office and Jill Trueman on or before April 8th.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to do so now.
Novice and Tyke Programming 2018-19
Novice & Tyke Programming News
CAL members:
The CAL Board of Directors, in consultation with our Hockey Committee, are working diligently exploring programming for our Tyke & Novice Divisions for the 2018-19 season, following the guidelines set out by the OMHA & Hockey Canada. Our Novice Teams will be playing regularly scheduled full ice games which may include games with KAMHA's Novice Teams. Tyke Teams will be playing in a "half ice format" (as mandated by the OMHA & Hockey Canada), and may include games with KAMHA's Tyke Teams. It is our belief that we must continue to focus on optimizing the hockey experience for our youngest players in order to keep them interested in playing hockey next year and into the future. All too often, our kids leave hockey entirely after their first or second season in this sport because of an unsatisfactory experience. Teams will continue to have their weekly practice, and their games will, for the most part, continue to be on Saturday mornings.
The CAL Board of Directors, in consultation with our Hockey Committee, are working diligently exploring programming for our Tyke & Novice Divisions for the 2018-19 season, following the guidelines set out by the OMHA & Hockey Canada. Our Novice Teams will be playing regularly scheduled full ice games which may include games with KAMHA's Novice Teams. Tyke Teams will be playing in a "half ice format" (as mandated by the OMHA & Hockey Canada), and may include games with KAMHA's Tyke Teams. It is our belief that we must continue to focus on optimizing the hockey experience for our youngest players in order to keep them interested in playing hockey next year and into the future. All too often, our kids leave hockey entirely after their first or second season in this sport because of an unsatisfactory experience. Teams will continue to have their weekly practice, and their games will, for the most part, continue to be on Saturday mornings.
We welcome any and all feedback from your experience over the course of this past season, and enhancements for our upcoming season.
