Regular Season
Saint Viator Hockey Club is fielding a Varsity team, a Varsity2 and a Junior Varsity team for the 2025-2026 season. Varsity will compete in the highly competitive Scholastic Hockey League and Great Lakes Prep Hockey League (Prep Division). The Varsity 2 team will compete in the Academic Hockey League and the Great Lakes Prep Hockey League (Varsity Division). Junior Varsity will compete in the Scholastic Hockey League and the Chicago Catholic Hockey League.
Ages
Freshmen through Seniors
When
Season begins with tryouts in August and runs through February. Playoffs will follow the regular season.
Games
Home games are as follows:
Saturday
- 5:00 p.m. Game slot 1
- 6:40 p.m. Game slot 2
- 8:30 p.m. Game slot 3
Sunday
- 7:00 p.m. (rotate between all 3 teams)
Tournaments
Varsity (All travel is part of the Great Lakes Prep Hockey League)
- 9/26 - 9/28 @ Saint Viator in Mount Prospect, IL
- 10/24 -10/26 @ Rice Memorial in Burlington, VT
- 11/28 -11/30 @ Shady Academy in Pittsburgh, PA
- 1/30 – 2/1 @ Saint Francis Prep in Buffalo, NY
- 2/20 – 2/22 @ Shadyside Academy in Pittsburgh, PA (GLPHL Playoffs)
Varsity2
- GLPHL Varsity Division Host Sites and Dates are still being finalized. There will be three regular season travel weekend and a playoff.
* Please note it is likely that at least one of these weekends will be hosted by a Canadian school. Players and families WILL need a valid U.S. Passport to enter Canada.
JV
- 9/26 – 9/28 Great Lakes Fall Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Between regular season league games, playoffs, exhibition games, and tournaments all teams averages 45-60 games.
Practices
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
- Varsity - 3:20-4:20 p.m.
- Varsity2 - 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- JV - 3:20-4:20 p.m.
Wednesday & Friday
- Weight Room (ALL Players) - Times TBD
Where
Practices and games are held at Mount Prospect Ice Arena (Nicholas Sportsplex). Games are played across Chicagoland.
Uniforms
All non-goalie players are required to have:
- NAVY helmets with WHITE cages or bubbles (helmet stickers are provided-no other stickers are allowed),
- BLACK skates with WHITE skate laces,
- WHITE or BLACK hockey tape ONLY on sticks (except on uniforms, where only CLEAR tape is allowed such as on socks), and
- NAVY BLUE WITH WHITE hockey gloves
Players new to the program can expect to pay an additional fee for uniforms. Alternate varsity uniforms are provided to varsity players by the Saint Viator Hockey Club at no additional cost to the the player. All new players (except goalies) can expect to pay $730 for a set of game jerseys, shell, warm-ups, game socks and a hockey bag. Goalies can expect to pay $595 for the same (minus the shell and game socks). Players new to the club can expect to pay $60 for a reversible practice jersey as well. Equipment fees shall be paid in full prior to distribution. (Prices current as of Summer 2025.) If you need to purchase new gloves, please get NAVY with WHITE.