SPD Skatium hockey

THERE WILL

BE A

SPRING

LEAGUE!

Due to the postponement of an expected Skatium project the Skokie Park District is now back on track to offer a Spring Youth House League, as well as a Spring Adult League. Please click on tabs above to find out more information about these programs. Thanks to all for your patience throughout this process.

Skatium to stay open this spring and summer

February 21, 2019 10:11 AM

Major mechanical repairs to the Skatium Ice Arena, originally set for this spring and summer, have now been postponed, due to construction bids that unexpectedly came in $700,000 over budget.

According to Skokie Park District Executive Director John Ohrlund, the district’s board of commissioners will reconsider this project in the future. In the meantime, the rink will undergo some important mechanical repairs that will not involve closing the rink.

The annual children’s ice show will remain scheduled for April 4-7. Skatium Ice Arena staff are in the process of rescheduling late spring and summer hockey and figure skating programs. Stay tuned to www.skokieparks.org/skatium-ice-arena for announcements regarding new classes and leagues. 

For more information about programs at the Skatium, call (847) 674-1500, ext. 2900.

WINTER/SPRING

2019

REGISTRATION IS

CURRENTLY IN

PROGRESS

FUTURE FLYERS

Learn to Skate for Hockey  

IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS 

    Our classes offer players who want to eventually play on a Flyers hockey team, however have little or no hockey or skating experience. This program takes the beginner skater from standing on skates to executing basic forward and backwards skating skills. Protective equipment is required and provided as part of this class. This includes helmet with facemask, elbow pads, shin guards, hockey gloves and stick. Skate rental is $3 per session.

For 3-6 year old classes only we allow one parent to accompany their child on the ice during the class. Parents must have their own skates. Please arrive 20 minutes prior to the start of class to put on equipment.

Please click on CLASSES at the top of the

page for more information.

To register, please call 847-674-1510 or for more information contact Skokie Park District’s Hockey Director Steve Glickman at 847-929-7926, or email Steve at steveg@skokieparks.org

The Hornets Sled Hockey Team buzzed their way onto Skatium ice to take on SAHA's 16U & 18U teams on January 5th. This 4th annual fundraising event hosted by SAHA raised $4500 for the Hornets Sled Hockey Program.

Thanks to Stanley Cup winning former Chicago Blackhawks player and current television analyst Jamal Mayers and the Blackhawks for offering a Rink Partnership Clinic on December 30th where all participants had made generous donations to the Village of Skokie Holiday Giving Program to help out the needy people of Skokie for the holidays.

Congratulations to Flyers Pee Wees on winning the 2018 Niles "Gobble-Gobble" Thanksgiving Tournament:  Nick Appelhans, Tyler Berger, Dennis Davoren, Matthew Feldman, Caden Hickey, Aedan Jehl, Aidan Kennedy, Evan Lau, Aiden Litt, Charlie Marsh, Faiz Meghan, Zach Miller, Declan Murphy, Wesley Nunez, Bruno Redican, Noah Toma, Stefan Toma, Marty Toma, Iakov Zorin and coaches Mike Berrafato, Matt Hickey and Paul Feldman.

Stan Mikita played at the Skatium in the very first Chicago Blackhawks Alumni Game in 1988. Here he battles for a loose puck against Dale Tallon, as the late Keith Magnuson backs up Tallon. The referee was an active playing Denis Savard and the goalie was Skatium's Hockey Director Steve Glickman.

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REFEREE

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It is with extreme sadness that we share the passing of Jeremiah Wiltgen back on July 8th, 2018. During the 2017-2018 season, Coach Jeremiah served as an assistant on our 2007 Squirt 1 SAHA all-star travel team.  Coach Jeremiah was an exceptional hockey coach and an even better person.  As an organization, we are saddened by his passing and offer our thoughts and prayers to the entire Wiltgen family.

We also recognize that this can be a very difficult time for parents and skaters who were close to the Wiltgen family.  Below are a few resources on how to talk with children about the death of a friend or loved one.

1.      https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/two-takes-depression/201612/the-dos-and-donts-talking-child-about-death

2.     https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/death.html

3.     https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/helping-someone-who-is-grieving.amp.htm

OUR CHAMPIONS

The Skatium hosted the annual Hornets Sled Hockey Team vs Skokie Flyers 18U and 16U Midget Travel teams on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Through tremendous efforts of many of the leaders and patrons of the Skokie Amateur Hockey Association the Hornets Sled Hockey Program was presented with a check of $4000.00 at the conclusion of the evening. 

Former Chicago Blackhawks player and Stanley Cup Champion Jamal Mayers visits the Skatium to assist with the Blackhawks/Total Hockey sponsored "Little Blackhawks" class on March 26th.

Looking to buy Flyers Hockey Apparel?

Go to the link below

http://www.jerryshockey.com/apparel/team/skokie-flyers-hockey-club.htm

Former Skokie Flyer and NHL Star Mike Brown poses with his wife Katrina and their two sons Axel and Zane after he was honored at the Skatium with a banner that will permanently hang from the Skatium rafters.

To see more photos from this event click on the "PHOTOS" tab above and BROWN DAY 2016.

MIKE BROWN, former Skokie Flyer and current NHL star, most recently with the Montreal Canadiens, comes back to his original home and visits the Skatium and the Summerstars Hockey Camp on July 25th signing autographs with his son Axel looking on.

OUR SUNDAY 10:30 AM

FUTURE FLYERS

CLASS.

COME BE A PART OF THE SUNDAY

MORNING FUN!

Coach Clayton "Pat" Condon, 96 years young, receives his Skatium Legacy Award, along with his son Kevin at the Skatium Legacy Ceremony on December 16, 2014.

Coach Condon was an original Head Coach with the original hockey program at the Skatium - the Skokie Chiefs. Below is a picture of his Squirt team from the 1974-75 season.

For more on the Skatium Legacy recipients, please click on "Skatium Legacy" in the left hand margin.