Welcome to the 2024 Spring Hockey Registration with the Highland Park Giants

Highland Park Giants Family,

The Giants anticipate participating in the North Shore Spring Hockey League. We are looking for new and returning players at the High School Varsity and Junior Varsity levels.

The NSSHL will offer a spring season between April 2nd and May 23rd. Tryouts for both incoming and returning players will take place on:

1. Sunday March 17 @ 5:50 pm

2. Tuesday, March 19 @9:00 pm

3. Thursday, March 21 @9:00 pm

THESE TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE and will be updated as we approach those dates. All skates are at Centennial Ice Arena.

Details on the registration process, season structure, cost/payment and important dates are below. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions about any of these items.

For any questions pertaining to Spring Hockey, please contact: 

Eran Cohen

President

eran16@comcast.net

SPRING SEASON STRUCTURE
Giants home practices/games schedule for the Spring season is tentatively as follows:

Varsity: Tuesdays or Thursdays, Some Saturday Game Nights & Sundays (subject to change)
Junior Varsity: Tuesdays or Thursdays, Some Saturday Game Nights  & Sundays (subject to change)

COST & PAYMENT
Returning Players: The fee for the Spring season is $795 per player. The Spring Season includes pre-season evaluations, practices, practice games, and Spring League games.

New players or Incoming Freshman: The fee for the Spring Season is $875 per player and includes two spring jerseys, pre-season evaluations, practices, practice games, and Spring League games.

There will be a Varsity surcharge of an additional $45.

Players that participate in any Spring Season and do not tryout the following fall will need to petition the Board for an exception to participate in a future Spring Season.

If your son is interested in playing Spring League with the Giants, please complete this online registration tool below by February 28. Any Player who does not pay by March 6 will not be allowed to participate as of that date.

Missing Spring Jersey: The fee is $80.00 for a set of replacement  Spring Jerseys. It is mandatory for all players to have home and away jerseys for the Spring season. Please contact Julie Schneiderman @ juliesc@bamko.net with any questions or replacement jersey needs.

Once your online registration is completed, you have the following payment options. You can mail a check to Highland Park Giants Hockey Association,  P.O. Box 558, Highland Park, IL 60035 OR you can pay by Credit Card or Venmo, in which case a 2.5% service fee will be added to your fees. 

To pay with either Venmo or Paypal please send the payment to giants.hockey.treasurer@gmail.com

If writing a check, it should be made payable to the "Highland Park Giants Hockey Association."

REQUIRED FORMS & REGISTRATIONS
Along with the accompanying online registration tool, all new and returning players are required to have a valid USA Hockey Registration Number. If you played for the Giants or another USAH organization for the Fall/Winter 2022/2022 season, you DO NOT need to re-register with USA Hockey for the Spring season.

1. USA Hockey Registration. Please see instructions below if you need to register with USA Hockey:
   1. Step 1: CLICK HERE to go to USA Hockey Registration and register your player(s). Be sure to PRINT and SAVE their confirmation code(s). Remember to register EACH of your players with USA Hockey. Each player must have their own unique USA Hockey confirmation number.
   2. Step 2: Return to this registration and proceed. Later in this registration session you will need to enter the USA Hockey Confirmation Code that you received in Step 1.

PLAYER TRYOUTS
There will be  tryout sessions held at Centennial Ice Arena late March. The specifics will be sent by e-mail and posted on the website:

For any questions pertaining to Spring Hockey, please contact: 

Eran Cohen

President

eran16@comcast.net

Please mail Checks to the PO BOX below or if you want to pay by credit card please email the treasure below. If any questions on the Registration please give me call below

HP Giants, Treasurer
HP Giants Hockey Assn. NFP
PO Box 558
Highland Park, IL 60035
 

giants.hockey.treasurer@gmail.com