Chicago Hawks Hockey

The Chicago Hawks Hockey Club runs the Darien Park District's in house program. The in house program offers an opportunity for players from ages 6 to 15 years of age to practice and play games on weekends. Hawks coaches conduct the practices on Saturdays to prepare players for their Sunday games.

Players are evaluated over the first weekend and placed on teams based on their ability, size and age. This is a non-checking league and our goal is to build a player's love of the game through equal ice time and skill development. We try to balance all teams to give every player an opportunity to compete for the championship.

We currently field 12 in house teams, including an all-girls team. This means our in house league is one of the largest in the Chicagoland area. In house sessions typically begin for Fall the first weekend in September, for Winter the first weekend in January and for Spring the first weekend in April. Teams play one game and have one practice each week at Darien. The time slots are always on Saturdays and Sundays. An advantage of the in house program is that it gives children who cannot commit to a travel schedule the opportunity to still play hockey. This allows the kids to play other sports like football, basketball and soccer. Some in house kids will make the transition to travel hockey and others will always play in house. When purchasing new hockey equipment (if a transition to travel hockey is made) please note that the Chicago Hawks Travel Hockey Club has an equipment policy requiring red helmets and pants.

The important thing is both will always know they had fun and they had a chance to play one of the best sports around...HOCKEY!

For more information or to register for any of these programs, please go to http://www.dariensportsplex.com/registration.shtml.

For In-House league schedules, standings, and announcements please visit the In-House league webpage at http://www.darieninhouse.com.

If you have additional questions, contact Mike Bloome, Assistant Hockey Director, at mbloome@chicagohawks.com.