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Nassau County Hockey's Mission and Vision

The Nassau County Hockey Program operates under the auspices of the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums and exists to serve the interests of the residents of Nassau County. Over the last quarter century, we have built a strong tradition of quality hockey programming. Our staff has brought us to the respected position we now hold in the hockey community. We are proud of that heritage and are committed to achieving even greater success.

Our Mission Is To Become The Best Hockey Program In The Nation

By the best, we mean a rapidly growing organization that provides innovative programming of the highest caliber for the youth of Nassau County. Our goals go far beyond merely developing the athletic ability of our participants. We want to help develop the character and interpersonal skills of each of our boys and girls in such a way that participation in one of the Nassau County Hockey Programs will benefit them long past the time when they hang up their skates. Our aim is to develop first-class citizens for our county, as well as first-class athletes for our hockey teams.

People Are Our Most Important Asset

It is important that we:

• Attract, motivate, and retain the most talented people in our hockey community for both our professional and volunteer staff.
• Provide the opportunity for all employees and volunteers to develop their potential and make the best use of their abilities.
• Promote mutual trust and respect for each other.
• Practice open and timely two-way communications with the expectation and confidence that well-informed people will do the right thing.

Excellence Must Become A Way Of Life

This demands that we:

• Define excellence as performing up to the public’s expectations and then doing more.
• Maintain a dynamic growth-oriented environment that promotes teamwork and encourages individual initiative.
• Provide leadership that will motivate both employees and volunteers to practice excellence in every dimension of their assigned responsibilities.
• Pursue functional excellence as an integral part of our total program performance.
• Take pride in all the programs and services that we provide to the citizens of Nassau County.

We believe that if we live and work by these values, we will establish Nassau County as the premier hockey program in the United States of America.

The Nassau County Hockey League plays out of four Nassau County-based facilities:

Travel:

Leagues: Our teams compete in various different leagues depending on NYS Tournament classification. Our non-tournament bound teams normally play in the EJEPL and the Hudson Valley Hockey League. Our Tournament Bound teams play in the EJEPL and complete a NY State Tournament Qualifying schedule.

Tournaments: All team will compete in a minimum of 2 tournaments

Exhibition Games: Teams will round out their schedule with exhibition games

Target Game Counts: We will try to achieve the following game counts based on the placement mentioned above. Please note this is a target that will slightly change up or down based on numerous factors including number of teams registered in each league.

8U: 30-35

10U: 35-40

12U: 40-45

14U: 45-50

16U: 45-50

18U: 45-50

House League:

Our House league will play games at one of our indoor or outdoor rinks. Our target game count is usually 25-30 games. Please note this is a target that will slightly change up or down based on numerous factors including number of participants registered for our house league program as well as weather conditions at outdoor rinks

Those involved in the Nassau County Hockey travel program generally practice twice weekly, beginning in Mid-August through the following February/March. Spring practices will start Mid-April with once a week until Memorial Day, then start again August 1st to August 15th.

Those participating in the NCHL house league generally practice once to twice per week, beginning in late September/early October and running through February/March.

Uniform sizing

Nassau County Hockey will be working with Pure Hockey to provide our "TRAVEL" players with their uniforms and equipment needs. We will be using the same uniform set as last year, so if your child still fits in their jerseys, socks and shell, there is no reason to purchase a new jersey set.

All "TRAVEL" players new to the program will be sized for their jerseys, socks, and shell at no additional cost. Children need to be in attendance in order to be properly sized and need to bring their shoulder pads, elbow pads and hockey pants. It is also mandatory for each Lions player to wear white helmets (with the exception of goaltenders).

As part of your tuition this season, each Lions "TRAVEL" player (new and returning) will also be given a new hockey bag, and will be fitted for a Lions Spirit pack, free Lions-branded apparel including a hoodie, sweatpants, long-sleeve t-shirt, short-sleeve t-shirt, and shorts.

NCHL

All NCHL players will receive a Jersey and Socks.

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