The South Delta Hockey Academy (SDHA) has been accepted into the Canadian Sports School Hockey League (CSSHL) for the coming 2013-14 season.
The CSSHL was founded in 2009 and was specifically designed to enable like-minded players increased level of competition and exposure. The SDHA, which is based out of South Delta secondary school under director Ian Gallagher, will ice teams in the CSSHL Prep Division and the newly formed CSSHL Elite 15s Division.
The Elite 15 Division will be the first of its kind in B.C. and will target elite 15 year olds looking to develop athletically, physically and mentally within a competitive, structured environment of like-minded student athletes. Other Lower Mainland based teams include Burnaby Winter Club and the Yale Hockey Academy in Abbotsford, along with Wenatchee, Compete Hockey Academy, Edge School and the Banff Academy. The regular season schedule will featured between 30-36 games.
"The CSSHL is pleased to welcome our newest a sport school members into our league, both in the Prep and the newly developed Elite 15's division," said CSSHL Chair Bill Doherty. "The addition of the new programs and the new Elite 15's division give evidence to the belief that academics and athletics go hand in hand in a young student athlete's development.
