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Who are the Sharks?

McLean County Youth Hockey Association (MCYHA) is a non-profit organization established in 1971 to organize, operate and promote a competitive high school hockey program in the Bloomington-Normal area, that encourages responsibility, confidence, sportsmanship, teamwork and physical fitness on the part of its hockey players.  The program is available to full time high school students living within the boundaries of all school districts in Dewitt, Livingston, Logan, McLean, and Woodford (East of I39) Counties of Illinois.   

The purposes of the organization are:

  1.   To provide all of the aforementioned high school aged students the opportunity to participate in the sport of ice hockey;
  2.   To instill the qualities of leadership, character, responsibility, confidence, teamwork, unselfishness, initiative, fair play, sportsmanship, hard work, sacrifice and physical fitness;
  3.   To emphasize the importance of academics; 
  4.   To promote, encourage and improve the standard of high school hockey;
  5.   To conduct a high school hockey program consistent with the rules and regulations of USA Hockey and the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois (AHAI);
  6.   To perform and participate in other activities that will aid in reaching these objectives.