“NATIONAL LEADERS IN EDUCATION BASED HOCKEY”

WHAT IS EDUCATION BASED HOCKEY?

EDUCATION BASED HOCKEY FOCUSES ON THE COMPLETE STUDENT ATHLETE; ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, SPORTSMANSHIP AND HOCKEY DEVELOPMENT ALL PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CSSHL ARE SANCTIONED BY HOCKEY CANADA OR USA HOCKEY, ALONG WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE BRANCH, AND OFFER 10-MONTH ON AND OFF ICE PROGRAMMING COINCIDING WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WHAT IS THE CSSHL?

IN 2009, THE CANADIAN SPORT SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE VISION TO ESTABLISH A LEAGUE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR ELITE LEVEL STUDENT ATHLETES, GIVING THESE ATHLETES THE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THEIR SKILLS ON AND OFF THE ICE. THE LEAGUE HAS GROWN FROM EIGHT TEAMS IN 2009-10 TO 94 TEAMS COAST-TO-COAST IN 2021-22. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE CSSHL HAS SEEN:

• 1,071 STUDENTS PLAY JUNIOR A IN WESTERN CANADA
• 374 STUDENTS PLAY IN THE CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE (OHL, QMJHL & WHL)
• 249 STUDENTS PLAY US COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN & WOMEN)
• 149 STUDENTS PLAY CANADIAN COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN & WOMEN)
• 58 STUDENTS SELECTED AT THE NHL DRAFT
• 391 CSSHL STUDENTS SELECTED AT THE WHL BANTAM DRAFT SINCE 2015
• 11 STUDENTS PLAY IN THE NHL
• 60 STUDENTS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND AND 5 OF 6 SELECTED FIRST OVERALL
• 35% OF ALL 2020 WHL DRAFT SELECTIONS WERE CSSHL STUDENT ATHLETES

CANADIAN SPORT SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE MEMBERS

BRITISH COLUMBIA

BWC ACADEMY (BURNABY, BC)

DELTA HOCKEY ACADEMY (DELTA, BC)

OKANAGAN HOCKEY ACADEMY (PENTICTON, BC)

PACIFIC COAST HOCKEY ACADEMY (LANGFORD, BC)

RINK HOCKEY ACADEMY KELOWNA (KELOWNA, BC)

SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL (SHAWNIGAN LAKE, BC)

ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL (VANCOUVER, BC)

WEST VAN ACADEMY (WEST VANCOUVER, BC)

YALE HOCKEY ACADEMY (ABBOTSFORD, BC)

ALBERTA

EDGE SCHOOL (CALGARY, AB)

INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY ACADEMY (CALGARY, AB)

NORTHERN ALBERTA XTREME (EDMONTON, AB)

OHA EDMONTON (EDMONTON, AB)

SOUTH ALBERTA HOCKEY ACADEMY (DUNMORE, AB)

SASKATCHEWAN

NOTRE DAME HOUNDS (WILCOX, SK)

PRAIRIE HOCKEY ACADEMY (CARONPORT, SK)

MANITOBA

PILOT MOUND HOCKEY ACADEMY (PILOT MOUND, MB)

RINK HOCKEY ACADEMY WINNIPEG (WINNIPEG, MB)

ST. MARY’S ACADEMY (WINNIPEG, MB)

IDAHO

CDA HOCKEY ACADEMY (COEUR D’ALENE, ID)

ONTARIO

CIH ACADEMY (ROCKLAND, ON)

HILL ACADEMY (CALEDON, ON)

OKANAGAN HOCKEY ONTARIO (WHITBY, ON)

ONTARIO HOCKEY ACADEMY (CORNWALL, ON)

QUEBEC

BOURGET COLLEGE (RIGAUD, QC)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

MOUNT ACADEMY (CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI

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