Team placements are posted

Team placement for 10U and 12U, and squirts through bantams, are posted to your Crossbar account. I want to thank all of the people who helped with evaluations: our evaluators, those who helped on the ice, our locker room monitors, and, above all, TJ Barnes, who organized and ran our evaluation process. Evaluations are stressful, and our volunteers devote countless hours to getting it right. Thank you!

We were super excited about our players’ performances at evaluations. The play was amazing, and we look forward to many stellar performances on the ice this season.

Team placement can be tough for some families. Remember that a player’s current team says nothing about their potential as a hockey player. Matt Gleason, the most successful Capitals player in recent history, began his squirt career as a C player. Many of the players on our top peewee team this season played on a peewee C team last season.

The Capitals remain committed to developing all of our players. We recently hired Alex Johnson and David Zevnik, who coach at Breakaway Academy, as skill instructors for our boys teams. OS will again do skills training for our girls teams. These instructors will help ensure our players' continued development.

Please reach out if you have questions or concerns about team placement. Please honor the Capitals’ mandatory 24 hour cooling off period.

I wish you all a happy hockey season. See you at the rink!

Go Caps!

Peder Nestingen

President

spcha.president@gmail.com

15U co-op teams posted

Please find our 15U co-op team rosters here.

Thank you to everyone involved in warmups and tryouts.

More information about our 15U Co-op can be found here.

Support the Caps!

Visit Mike's Tav on the Ave and purchase pull tabs and meat raffle tickets to support your St. Paul Capitals Hockey Association. See you there!

Evaluation and Team Placement Schedule

Please find our 2022 Player Evaluation schedule below. A couple of notes:

• + In addition to the Goalie-only Eval listed below, goalies are also encouraged to attend the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sessions of their level evals
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  + Pool Team Assignments (Boys Only) Will Be Posted Prior to Tryouts
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  + No player will be allowed on the ice for tryouts w/out a fully completed registration.
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  + Players must skate with their Pool Teams - there will be no exceptions to this rule.

Team Selections will be posted Sunday, September 25th

Announcing our 15U Co-op

We are pleased to partner with Mounds View - Irondale exclusively at the 15U level beginning this season!

We are excited about this opportunity because not only do we have great compatibility numbers-wise and chemistry-wise, we are aligned in our ambition and focus on providing an excellent environment for Girls hockey. Please visit our 15U Girls Co-op page for details. 

Register for the 2022-2023 season

Registration links can be found on our site under the Programs menu. Each program page has plenty of great information about things like evaluation dates and fees.

Direct links to program pages are listed here:

10U - 15U registration closes August 10 - please note that all uniform orders must be submitted by August 10 as well. Late registration pricing will begin 8/11. Please be advised that uniforms for late registrants may be delayed.

Squirt - Bantam registration closes August 10 - please note that all uniform orders must be submitted by August 10 as well. Late registration pricing will begin 8/11. Please be advised that uniforms for late registrants may be delayed.

Mite/8U registration is open now and closes September 1st.

Mini Mite registration is open now.

See you at the rink!

Owen Nei featured on NBC Nightly News!

The Capitals have gone national! Owen Nei's last game at the "Chuck" was featured on NBC Nightly News on Saturday, March 19th.

NBC anchor Jose Diaz-Balart interviewed Chris and Owen Nei, manager Scott McMahon, and teammates for the segment.

Reflecting on how Owen's inspiring story has gone national, McMahon reflected, "what started as a 'hey let's get a bunch of people at Owen's last game,' has turned into something that none of us could imagine!"

You can view the segment here: https://nbcnews.to/3IwBsIo

Peewee C Blue Wins District Championship!!!

The Capitals Peewee C Blue team won its district championship in a 3-2 overtime victory against White Bear Lake Orange.

The team's road to the championship was not easy.  After rolling over Hudson, the team had to come back from a 3 goal deficit in the final period to prevail over a tough City of Lakes squad in its next game.  That victory was followed by a tight game against the East Metro Stars, before the team met up with White Bear Lake Orange, a team it had not beaten all season.

Led by Captain Owen Nei, playing in his final game as a St. Paul Capital, the Capitals took an early lead in the first period.  The teams traded goals in the second period to put the Caps up by one going into the final frame.  But White Bear Lake battled back and tied the game towards the end of the third period, sending the game into overtime.  A minute into sudden death, Defenseman Felix Show shot the puck from the top of the left circle through the goalie's legs to win the game and the District 2 Championship! 

Coach Chris Nei reflected after the game, "The kids played great tonight.  This is a special group of kids.  They didn't lose a game against another C team all season."

Congratulations to the Peewee C Blues on its Peewee C District Championship!!!

Bantam B1 and AA teams Regions Bound!

Congratulations to the Caps Bantam B1 and Bantam AA teams on qualifying for regions today!  Our Bantam B1 team beat Mahtomedi by a score of 5-1 to get second place in the Bantam B1 District tournament.  Mahtomedi beat our Bantam B1 team in the early rounds pushing the Caps to the loser's bracket, but after prevailing against Forest Lake, the Bantam B1 came back to avenge its earlier loss to Mahtomedi and qualify for Regions!  Congrats to Coach Dave Rust and his entire team!

Likewise, our Bantam AA team was pushed to the loser's bracket after its first round loss to Stillwater, but it prevailed against Mahtomedi to win the loser's bracket for a face-off against White Bear Lake in the second place game.  Today, the Bantam AA team prevailed to take second place in the District tournament and move on to regions. Congrats to Coach Dane Erickson and his entire team.

Come back later for an update about the rest of our Caps teams in regions.  Go Caps!

Registration Now Open for Capitals Summer Hockey Camp

Registration is now open for the Capitals Summer Hockey Camp.  Many other exciting hockey camps are also available this summer.  Check out our Summer Hockey Development for more information.  Register soon, because these awesome camps are sure to fill fast!