Youth Hockey Association

ATTENTION ALL NE/NTS/SF/NB Skaters and Game Spectators:

To try to do our part in helping control the Covid-19 virus and assist with contact tracing; all spectators and skaters will need to fill out the attached form prior to or upon entering the EB Ice Arena for all GAMES.  

One form can be completed per family, please just list all spectators and the skater's name on the last line of the form.  

There will also be URL codes posted on the doors of the arena so you can access this form if you don't have the link easily accessible.

Thank you for your cooperation!

NE Covid-19 Coordinators/NBYHA & SFYHA Board Members

https://forms.gle/H1HJgSfnAGkCFk3y9

Phase 5 return to play guidance (effective January 14th) has been updated by MN Hockey. 

Some updates are:

• Spectators (up to 2 per player up to rink capacity limits) are allowed for games and scrimmages.
• MN Hockey's guidance discourages spectators from practices however, 1 person is allowed for practices and must social distance from others.

We recommend reviewing MN Hockey's Phase 5 update

Important information to get the players back on the ice.
MN Hockey’s new MANDATED rules will be:

• Face coverings are required at all times, including practices and games for everyone! 
• Players must arrive to the rink fully dressed with the exception of goalies.  Goalies may come half dressed.
• Players may not enter the arena until 10 min prior to their ice time and players must leave the arena within 10 min of practice being complete.  (This is a change from 15 min.)
• No bags are allowed in the arenas, with the exception of goalies. 

Thank you all again for all patience during these crazy times.  

Per CDC, MDH and MN Hockey guidelines, it is critical that Members who have a confirmed positive case for COVID-19 notify your NE/NTS/NB/SF COVID-19 team managers and/or association COVID-19 Coordinators (Autumn Hanes, Carolyn Hoffman and Becky Mehregan).  Notification includes the player testing positive, someone in their household testing positive, or someone that the player has come in contact with testing positive and your player is now in quarantine because of.

Team COVID-19 Managers/Coordinators will inform members if they are aware the member has been exposed to a person with COVID-19 during any association activities. NE/NTS/NB/SF youth hockey associations will protect the privacy of the infected persons’ health status and health information. The name of the person testing positive will not be disclosed unless consent is provided by the person.

Staying home when you are sick is one of the best ways to fight COVID-19.  Keeping sick skaters or those that have had an exposure to a person who has COVID-19 away from other skaters will help us stop the spread of this virus, so that we can successfully keep hockey going this season. 

For the 2020-2021 season, Quarantine Enforcement: Players who are instructed per Minnesota Department of Health policies to quarantine, whether related to a positive test, close contact, etc., will be considered ineligible for participation until the quarantine period issued by the Department of Health expires. If it is found that a player who is under quarantine plays in a game, Minnesota Hockey rules subject to playing an ineligible player shall be enforced. Under these rules, the team would be ineligible for District, Region and State Tournaments, and the head coach would be suspended for the rest of the season.

Now...”LET’S PLAY HOCKEY!!!”

For all practices, refer to the TEAM calendar on SFYHA website for your team’s dates and times. 

Please check the website and your email often for any changes.  

St. Francis Youth Hockey offers youth hockey for boys and girls in ISD15 St. Francis Area School boundaries.  

We offer 8 & Under in-house programs for both boys and girls (Mites) and 10U-15U (Squirts, PeeWees, Bantams boys - and -  U10, U12, U15 girls) traveling program through MN Hockey District 10.

Our 8 &Under in house program runs through the St. Francis Youth Hockey and are the "SAINTS"

Our traveling level programs are co-oped with our partners from North Branch for the boys and are known as "The Northern Edge" and our partners from North Branch and Cambridge Isanti for the girls and are known as "Northern Tier Stars. 

Please visit our website and contact a board member with any questions.

NORTHERN TIER STARS

St. Francis, North Branch and Cambridge/Isanti Youth hockey associations have been working very hard this summer is getting a co-op for the girls.
We will be using the High School logo all the way through the girl’s youth – new look, new name, new logo!

If you have any questions please reach out to Josh Kozak
(St. Francis Youth Hockey Girls Director)
joshlkozak@gmail.com