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Meramec Hockey Club, one of the fastest growing hockey clubs in the St. Louis area. We use USA Hockey’s Hockey Initiation Program (HIP) as our Learn to Play (LTP) Hockey program for our youngest skaters. This program is designed to introduce boys & girls that are 3-10 years old to the sport of ice hockey.
Meramec Hockey Club offers LTP year round and provides a fun and age-appropriate program at a reasonable cost. Development focuses on learning to skate and basic hockey skills at an appropriate pace.
No previous skating or hockey experience necessary!
We use a station format and work on all skating and stick handling skills necessary to advance to game play. Our program develops the players' skills in preparation for recreational and league teams in the future. We occasionally use small cross-ice games during the session to keep the young skaters interested.
Program Details:
We expect to have approximately up to a 150-200 skaters in our HIP program. The players will be taught basic hockey skills by several certified coaches. Our program typically has 3 separate ice times (depends on the season & number of participates). For the first couple of weeks, the coaches will evaluate the players’ ability level. Then, your child will be placed in the appropriate session that corresponds to their age & ability level. We place the beginners in one session (this session is usually comprised of our younger players and/or our 1st year HIP players) and the more experienced players in the other sessions (this session is usually comprised of our older players and/or 2nd year players).
On the last day of the program, we let the children experience playing an actual hockey game against one another. It’s quite a treat for the families to watch! :-) Also, it is an opportunity for the players to show off the hockey skills that they have learned throughout the session. Following the game, we celebrate their progress with a recognition party!
Equipment:
Meramec Hockey Club offers rental equipment at NO ADDITIONAL COST while supplies last. The rental equipment is available for a $150 refundable rental deposit. The rental deposit will be refunded at the conclusion of the HIP session provided that the equipment is returned in good condition and is returned on the specified equipment return date. Rental equipment includes a helmet, gloves, all pads (chest/shoulder, elbow and shin guards) as well as hockey pants.
Each player is also required to have hockey skates, a stick, neck guard, mouth guard, hockey socks and jocks shorts or a protective cup and hockey garter belt. These items may be purchased from a sporting goods store that carries used hockey equipment such as Play it Again Sports. For new equipment, we recommend our pro shop Schutz-n-Scores (located inside our rink) or other stores such as Total Hockey, Johnny Macs Sporting Goods or Sport’s Authority. Please visit the ADM tab for a video on how to properly dress your player.
Click on the link below for more details.
Location:
FSI Shark Tank located at 6297 Lemay Ferry Rd, just off of Meramec Bottom Rd. & I-55 in South St. Louis County.
Fall LTP:
Our fall session usually runs for 18 weeks with 45 minutes of ice time, held every Saturday morning with 1-3 ice times, depending on the number of participates. The program will start in early November and will run to about mid-March. Our Fall LTP program will cost *$195*. We do offer a buddy system; click on the link below for more details about our buddy program.
2013-14 Fall HIP Flyer
2013-14 Buddy Program
2013-14 Buddy Form
Fall 2013-14 HIP Equipment Rental Date:
Date TBD
First-Come, First-Served basis while supplies last
Spring LTP:
Our 2013 spring session will run for 8 weeks with 45 minutes of ice time, held every Saturday morning with 2 ice times. The program will start March 16th and run to about May 18th. Our spring LTP program will run *$95*. On the last day we celebrate their progress with a recognition party.
Click on the links below for more details about our spring 2013 program.
Spring 2013 HIP Equipment Rental Date:
Date TBD
First-Come, First-Served basis while supplies last
Summer LTP:
Our 2013 summer session will for 8 weeks with 45 minutes of ice time on Friday nights with 1 ice time. The program will start about June 7th and will run to July 26th. Our summer LTP program will run *$95*. On the last day we celebrate their progress with a recognition party.
Click on the links below for more details about our summer 2013 program.
Summer 2013 HIP Equipment Rental Date:
Date TBD
First-Come, First-Served basis while supplies last
This will be our ONLY HIP equipment fitting before the summer session starts.
ZIP Code:
Missouri Hockey is the USA Hockey affiliate that governs hockey in the St. Louis area and they have districted affiliate clubs by ZIP code. Players are required to register with the appropriate club based on their primary residence ZIP code.
Meramec ZIP codes consist of:
63010, 63012, 63052, 63125, 63127, 63128, 63129
Open ZIP codes consist of:
63019, 63026, 63028, 63103, 63104, 63106, 63107, 63113, 63115, 63118, 63120, 63121, 63137, 63140
USA Hockey Membership:
You will be responsible for paying USA Hockey for insurance when you register. Our NEW online system will validate your USA Hockey confirmation number against the USA Hockey database and will NOT let you proceed through registration without it. To establish a USA Hockey Membership visit USA Hockey at www.usahockey.com from the top menu bar select membership, follow the steps to register. If you need to look up your current membership number go to Membership from the top menu bar, select registration confirmation, click on link, then select request duplicate registration confirmation.
Registration:
To register your player for our Learn to Play program, please use our online registration system that can be accessed through the homepage of the club’s website. This system allows you to enter all of your player’s contact information as well as allows you to pay the program fee with a credit card. If your player qualifies for the Buddy Program (Fall HIP ONLY), please contact the Club Registrar, Angie Kovacs, before you register your player(s). For questions about registration for HIP, please email Angie at registrar@meramecsharks.com
*Prices are subject to change*
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