Chicago Young Americans

Chicagoland's Premier Tier I AAA Hockey Association.

The Chicago Young Americans Amateur Hockey Association is based in Northeastern Illinois, USA. The American Heartland Ice Arena is our training facility. We have a state of the art dry land training area, full weight training facility and two ice surfaces. We provide private locker rooms for each of our teams that are used throughout the regular season.

We participate in The Midwest Elite AAA Hockey League. We are a Tier 1 "AAA" Organization.

Each year we sponsor and support teams made up of players from age 10 through 17. We strive to hire coaches that have had Division 1 College playing experience or above, and proven coaching experience.

The Chicago Young Americans are committed to the pursuit of excellence in both athletics and academics. We believe that teamwork, commitment, and desire are the bedrock to achieving our goals. We are proud of the work ethic, dedication, and achievements of the players that participate in The Chicago Young Americans programs.

The Chicago Young Americans has also developed a girls hockey organization. The CYA Girls have fielded two teams last year, 16 and under and a 14 and under, this year a third team. We are very excited about becoming a part of the development of girls and women's hockey in Illinois. years. With the growing number of participants, and the increase in women's college hockey programs,the opportunities for dedicated girls to continue their hockey careers beyond high school are numerous and attainable. Publicity from the 1992 and 2002 Winter Olympics, where the USA women's hockey team won the gold and silver medals, has fueled great interest and participation.

We believe that through providing our players quality training facilities and top notch coaching that the Chicago Young Americans will develop some of the top youth hockey players in the United States of America. To date we have won seven (7) national championships, the Silver Stick Championship, and have placed over sixty (60) players in Division 1 college hockey programs. In addition, several alumni of the Chicago Young Americans have made it to the professional level.
 

Sincerely,
Louis Puig
President