News (CYO Minor Hockey)

By CYO President: To speed up the entry process, the City of St Catharines has launched an ONLINE SCREENING AP - stcatharines.ca/visitorscreening. Complete the questions on your cellphone and then show the summary screen to staff upon entry.  Coaches note you are still required to bring the pre-filled Roster ...

By CYO President: As of Monday March 1st we are moving to RED. CYO will not resume operations until we are back in Orange, but we have secured 1 hour of ice per program (pay-per-play at $90/hour of ice divided by number of players). Program leaders will reach out to see what coaches are available, and check with ...

By CYO President: PARENTS, please be aware that if your child participates in a non-sanctioned game this season, you will lose all privileges with Hockey Canada sanctioned leagues for the remainder of the season and will have to re-apply for reinstatement to the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) at the end of the ...

By CYO Development: Congratulations to CYO player Owen McNeish-Fortune, a goalie with our Peewee Hurricanes, on having his Ice Dogs jersey submission chosen as the winning design for their "Night School" game on March 7th. His design was chosen out of over 200 entries! Owen has been an Ice Dogs fan for a long time, ...

By CYO Development: Congratulations to our Peewee Storm team for winning GOLD at the Gene Harrington Falls Classic in Buffalo NY!

By CYO Development: All U7 (Initiation), U9 (Novice) and U11 (Atom) players within Hockey Canada programming will be playing the entirety of next hockey season with the implementation of the U11 (Atom) Player Pathway. Starting in the 2020-2021 season minor hockey players, including those in the Ontario Hockey ...

By CYO Development: Congratulations to our very own Doug Lowther on becoming an official Hockey Canada Ambassador!  Doug has spent more than 30 years as a coach, half of it introducing hundreds of young players to the game through our Just Try It and First Shift programs.

By CYO Development: Beginning in the 2020-21 season, the names of age divisions at every level of minor hockey will be simplified to match age categories -- Novice to U9, Atom to U11, Peewee to U13, and so on. It moves things more in line with the IIHF and other countries who use age categories instead of names. The ...

By CYO Development: The CYO is a league that was born out of a love for the game. We strive to develop all our players through on and off-ice activities, skills and drills, game play, and teamwork. But the CYO is about more than just developing players - we also develop referees. Some of the young referees who are on ...