New York City, New York
Youth Travel Ice Hockey
Since September 1987

North Park Hockey Assocation is an elite youth travel hockey club based in New York City that skates out of City Ice Pavilion, Chelsea Piers SkyRink and Lasker Rink in Central Park.

Registration for the 2011-2012 season is closed with the exception of our White Mite program (2006/2007 birthdays).  We will have a small number of available spots for our popular Spring Hockey program.  We have spots for additional goalies at each of the Squirt and the Mite levels.

If you have any questions about applying to North Park Hockey Association please email Kevin Coleman at   If you would like to schedule a game with our program, please contact Martin Cejka at  .

Go North Park!

by posted 01/24/2012
 

by posted 01/17/2012
 
Save the date for the afternoon of Sunday, February 26, 2012 for North Park Hockey Association's Annual Celebration at Planet Hollywood, beginning at 1:30p.  Watch this space for more details!

by posted 01/17/2012
 
North Park and Aviators PeeWee teams advance and will battle for King of New York honors.  Squirts yet to be decided

The NYCAHA is sponsoring a European Cup style home and away youth hockey tournament featuring the top tier Squirt and PeeWee teams from North Park Hockey, the Aviators from Brooklyn and the NYC Cyclones.  Each team will play the other in two games.  The winners of the home and away series will face off in the title game to be held the first weekend of March 2012 to crown the king of New York City.

The NP PeeWees won their series with the Aviators on goal differential, losing 4-2 in the first game at City Ice and winning 5-2 in the second game at Floyd Bennett Field.  The Aviators won the PeeWee series with the NYC Cyclones winning their first contest 4-3 and tieing the second game 1-1.  The NP PeeWees tied the Cyclones 4-4 in the first game of the series on Sunday, December 11, 2011. The NP PeeWees clinched their spot in the finals with a gutsy 5-3 win over the Cyclones this past Saturday, January 14, 2012 to win their series! The finals will be held the first weekend in March 2012.  Stay tuned!

The Aviators won the series with our Squirts, winning the two games by scores of 6-3 and 5-2.  The Aviator and NYC Cyclone Squirt series and the NP Squirts and NYC Cylcone Squirts have yet to play.  The NP Squirts still have a chance to play in the finals but will have to win the series with the NYC Cyclones to have a chance.

This is the inaugural year for the tournament, which expects to expand in the coming years to include all of the nine travel hockey programs in the five boroughs of NYC.  It's another exciting adventure brought to you by North Park Hockey Association!

Go North Park!  To the Cup!!

by posted 12/05/2011
 

The Maple Leafs, their dads in tow, held an outdoor practice Sunday at Lasker Rink in Central Park.  The Leafs were on the ice at 12:30 p.m. shortly after the North Park practices ended.  The weather was perfect.

The Leafs were travelling with their fathers on a two-game road trip to Boston and New York.  Below is a link for some videos of the action at Lasker and the fathers' reactions to being out "on the pond".  There are five or six separate videos/interviews, all dated December 4, 2011 that you can watch.

http://video.mapleleafs.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=139791&catid=-6

In the picture above is Colton Orr, ex Ranger, among others.  Now they know what we know.  Lasker Rink is a special place.

Go North Park!

by posted 11/28/2011
 
Many of you may be at a loss on what to purchase for your young ones and old ones this holiday season.  Well, North Park has the answer!!!  A variety of North Park items sporting the North Park logo can now be ordered/purchased directly from Wonderland Sports at the SkyRink at Chelsea Piers.

You like the forest green hoodies for the young ones??  For a limited time Joe can get them with your player's name and number on them for only $35!  You want a hoodie for dad and mom too?  Joe has them also for $40!  Your skater want a Bauer warm-up suit with name and number?  Guess what - Joe has them for $100!  How about a beanie with the North Park logo or a baseball hat with a logo?  Joe will have those too within the next week.

Wearing these items will show your North Park pride, not just during the season, but throughout the year.  Just stop in at Wonderland Sports the next time you are at Chelsea Piers and Joe will take care of you.

Go Green!

by posted 10/21/2011
 
We are looking forward to another great season of hockey with our outstanding players, great coaches and wonderful families.  Below are a couple administrative reminders for the season.  Please read carefully.

Schedule. The website is your key source of schedule and logistics information for all games and practices, including rink directions.  The schedule information can also be downloaded into some popular calendar applications (we do not have tech support, so follow the onsite instructions carefully).  Be advised that there may be some schedule changes that may occur throughout the season, so it is best to check in frequently.  In addition to the online schedule, the website will send out event notifications - see below if you wish to opt out of the website notifications.  The commissioners will also send out a weekly team event email at the beginning of the week, which will include coach comments and arrival times for games (generally up to an hour beforehand to allow for appropriate warm-up and chalk talks) and other pertinent info, if any.

Account info changes. If your personal information, such as phone numbers or email addresses, changes during the course of the season it is up to you to update it by using the Edit My Account tab in the lefthand navigational panel.  Please use your email and password created when you initially registered to access your account information.  If you forgot your password, you can have another one mailed to you when you attempt to log in.

North Park Commissioners. The commissioners are your primary contact for team, coach and player related matters throughout the season.  The North Park philosophy is to let the coaches coach.  We request that parents refrain from contacting coaches directly during the season, but rather direct their questions or concerns with the appropriate team commissioners, who will work diligently to address these matters. 

Team passwords. Team passwords, which were sent out previously, allow the families of team members to access the individual team pages, which includes roster information, and addresses and primary phone numbers of team member families, which can be very helpful for arranging carpools, etc.  The default setting at registration is to allow other team members access to this information.  If you do not wish to have your address and phone numbers made available to other team families going forward, you can edit your personal account information and select the option "Private" next to your address and phone numbers.  Make sure you hit the Submit button for the changes you make take effect.

Hotline. As we get deeper into the winter, we have a hotline which will have up-to-date information on games and practices (whether cancelled or not).  Emails from your commissioners on will be the principal source of this information on the day of the event for which there is questionable weather but if you do not have email access, please check in with the hotline on questionable weather days.  The hotline number is listed in the right hand column.

Reminders.  NP automatically sends out reminders 48 hours in advance for practices and games.  If you do not want to receive these emails, you can opt out by going to your account and unchecking the Reminder:  Games and/or Practice boxes.  Don't forget to hit the Submit button to make sure the changes you make take effect.

Attention to all of the above will contribute to what we expect to be another great season for all skaters and families.  If you have suggestions or recommendations that you believe would benefit the North Park community, please don't hesitate to email or contact your commissioners.

Go North Park!  To the Cup!

by I. Sockey posted 03/14/2011
 
The Squirt A team won the Shamrock Shoot-out held at the FlyersSkateZone in Atlantic City, NJ, the weekend of March 11 through March 13, 2011.  North Park dispatched the Delaware Quakers, the hometown Atlantic City Sharks and the Wissahickon Warriors on the way to capturing the Gold.  The Squirts were down 3-2 in the final game when the captains each stepped up to lead North Park to a 5-3 victory.  Congratulations to Coach Martin, Coach Matthew and the team!

by I. Sage posted 03/13/2011
 
The PeeWee A team capped off a magical season by winning the White Plains Plainsmen Tournament Saturday, March 12, 2011, beating the Rye Rangers in an overtime shoot-out thriller, 4-3.  The PeeWees were down 3-1 going into the third period before rallying to tie the game 3-3.  After a five minute overtime without a goal, the game went to a five person shoot-out which came down to the final shooter, the PeeWee A team captain, who sealed the victory with a deft move to beat the Rye goalie.

The PeeWees beat the Rye Rangers, Bedford Bears and White Plains Plainsmen along the way to make it into the tournament finals.  The win capped an amazing undefeated run since the middle of January 2011.  Since then the PeeWees have gone an astonishing 17-0-1, finishing with a 29-5-2 overall record. In addition to the tournament championship win this week, the PeeWees won the Club League Championship and had wins over several powerful non-league foes, including the Avalanche and Colonials, during the undefeated stretch.

Congratulations to Coach David, Coach Robert and the PeeWees on an awesome season!

by I. Sage posted 03/06/2011
 
The Mite A team finished the season off in top style by winning the White Plains Plainsmen Invitational Tournament Sunday, topping the hosts in a 3-2 thriller that went down to the wire.  The win avenged a tough, hard fought 6-5 loss to the Plainsmen in the tournament's opening round game earlier in the week.  In between on the way to the finals the Mites disposed of New Rochelle 8-1 and Scarsdale by a similar 8-1 score.  

In the finals, the Plainsmen went up early 1-0.  North Park responded and scored three unanswered goals to go up 3-1, before Plainsmen scored to narrow the gap to 3-2.  North Park held on in the frenzied final minute and withstood the Plainsmen bombardment.  Congratulations to the team on an awesome tournament and to Coach Mike on bringing home the hardware!

The Mite Bs had a good tournament this week and finished in 3rd place in the Lasker Cup. Congratulations to the team, Coach Kevin and Coach Alex!

by twisted wrister posted 02/27/2011
 
As announced Sunday, February 27, 2011 to over 200 of you at the highly successful North Park Benefit at Planet Hollywood, Club League Hockey has awarded North Park Hockey Association the Lou Body Trophy, the league's highest honor and award.   The trophy is named after Lou Body, the long-time leader of the Beacon Hill hockey program and mentor to many of the other Club League Hockey program leaders.

The Trophy is awarded to the team the accumulates the most regular season points, in aggregate, in the league's six divisions and that has upheld the ethos of the Club League over the season.  This award recognizes the strength of our program this past season with all of our teams having made the play-offs. 

This is the first time in the history of North Park Hockey Association and in our 17 year association with Club League Hockey that we have won this award!!  Thanks to our coaches, commissioners, parent volunteers, players and all of our North Park families for your commitment, dedication and hard work that has made this all possible.  It has truly been a memorable year for North Park. 

Go North Park!