Each year Hockey Canada chooses certain rules to emphasize to “continue to allow for improved skill development and positive hockey experiences”.

This year’s rules emphasis deals with checking to the head (which they define as contact physically or with a stick to another players’ head area).

“Deliberate checks to the head remain to be a major problem in today’s game. Concussions not only deprive players of playing time, they end players’ careers and can have long term effects.” Click here to read the full 2010-11 Rules Emphasis bulletin (PDF).

It has always been the Knights of Columbus Athletic Club’s “A” Program mandate to have our very best KC players in each division (known as the Rep Program) playing against the very best players from other teams inside Edmonton Minor Hockey. KC structures this program to develop elite hockey players to one day play for the KC PATS Midget AAA hockey team…

[click here for full information and the list of this season's coaching staff]

This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on June 1  at  7:00 pm at the KC Office (132 St. & 140 Ave.). If you would like to know what the club has done in the past year, or if you have suggestions for the club’s operations, the meeting is open to the public.

St. Charles teams in all levels and in all divisions had a simply tremendous showing in this year’s city playoffs. Our players played with heart and determination and showed our characteristic good sportsmanship throughout. We are proud of each and every one of them.

We’d like to especially congratulate the following teams on their medal finishes:

• PeeWee Rebels – Gold medal
• PeeWee Bulldogs – Gold medal
• PeeWee Thrashers – Gold Medal

• Atom Lightning – Gold medal
• Atom Avalanche – Silver medal
• Atom Hurricanes – Silver medal

• Novice Vipers – Silver medal

Bauer Hockey has recalled 11 kinds of hockey sticks, and consumers in possession of these sticks should contact 1-888-734-0443 for more information. The Hockey News reports the sticks are being recalled because the paint on these sticks contains dangerously high levels of lead.

• Nike Bauer Supreme One90 Youth and Junior Stick (sticks, shafts, and replacement blades)
• Nike Bauer Supreme One50 Junior Stick (sticks, shafts and replacement blades)
• Nike Bauer Supreme One40 Junior Stick
• Nike Bauer Supreme One70 Junior Stick
• Nike Bauer/Bauer Supreme One75 Junior Stick (player and goalie sticks)
• Nike Bauer/Bauer Vapor XX Junior Stick (player and goalie sticks)
• Nike Bauer Supreme LTX Junior Stick
• Nike Bauer Apollo Junior Stick
• Nike Quest Apollo Junior Blade
• Nike Bauer Supreme Force Junior Stick
• Nike Bauer Vapor XVI Junior Stick
• Nike Bauer Vapor XXX Lite “Woody” Junior Stick
• Nike Bauer Supreme Accel Junior Stick

St. Charles will be putting on a hitting camp at the end of the season to teach the kids moving from Atom to Pee Wee not only how to hit, but also how to take a hit.

There are only 24 spots available for children born in 1999 (they have to be moving from Atom to Pee Wee next year).  Remember hockey goes by calendar year.

This is not intended for goalies, players only.

Dates:  March 28  @  7:00 am  – 8:45 am @ Garrison

March 30  @ 17:00 – 18:00 @ KC Twin

Cost:  $20.00 for both sessions (cheques payable to: St. Charles Hockey Club)

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St. Charles teams had an excellent Minor Hockey Week tournament. Every team that played did our club proud with great efforts and good sportsmanship. The following teams also played in medal games:

Peewee Thrashers (KC 074) – finals – Jan. 23 (McKinley Division) GOLD MEDAL
Atom Ice Devils (KC 054) – finals – Jan. 23 (Maple Leafs Division)  SILVER MEDAL
Atom Lightning (KC 055) – Finals – Jan 24th Kinsmen A 09:00am (Canucks Division)
Novice Stingers (KC 032) – finals – Jan. 23 (Liber Division) SILVER MEDAL
Novice Rattlers (KC 038) – semi-finals – Jan. 23 (Williams Division) FOURTH PLACE

Flu Policies

Due to the recent H1N1 flu outbreak St.Charles would like to thank parents for keeping their children home when they are ill. Please ensure your child is healthy (more than 24hr without fever) before returning. If they are too sick for school they are too sick for hockey!

We at St. Charles take your child’s health seriously. It has long been an issue of children coming to hockey without their water bottles and they resort to drinking from teammates bottles. If your child does not have his/her water bottle they simply will not be permitted onto the ice. The water bottle is considered a piece of their equipment like a helmet or mouth guard.

St. Charles has purchased a water bottle for each player in our club and they will be distributed shortly. Please ensure your child’s NAME is CLEARLY marked on the bottle and it is cleaned after each use. Read the rest of this entry »