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About the LCYAHLWelcome to the Lancaster County Youth Amateur Hockey League
Mission of LCYAHL—To provide a safe and challenging environment that promotes skill enhancement, teamwork, and sportsmanship for competitive youth hockey.
General Philosophy—The philosophy of the LCYAHL is consistent with that of USA Hockey for its Youth programs: “To provide an improved grass-roots foundation for the growth and development of USA Hockey, designing programs aimed at increased participation, improved skills and a responsible environment for the conduct of youth hockey.
History of the LCYAHL and the Lancaster Ice Rink—The Lancaster Ice Rink is a very unique facility. We are one of the few not-for-profit ice skating facilities in Pennsylvania that is owned and operated by a youth hockey organization. The Lancaster County Youth Amateur Hockey League (LCYAHL) has been in existence since 1971. Our organization began skating at the ice rink in the Park City Mall. After the Park City Rink closed, we had to find ice time in Hershey and Mechanicsburg. At that time, we had only 80 players in our organization. In 1984, the Franklin & Marshall College Ice Rink opened, and our organization began to grow. During the years at Franklin & Marshall Rink on Harrisburg Pike, we saw the development of programs such as public skating, youth hockey, free clinics, college and men's league hockey and figure skating. Then, in 1994, our dream of having our own rink became a reality. The LCYAHL had saved enough money from years of fundraising to build our own ice rink in the Granite Run Corporate Center. Hundreds of volunteers helped build the Lancaster Ice Rink. Today, the LCYAHL has over 750 participants, including youth hockey teams, girls hockey program, adult league, learn to skate clinics, learn to play hockey clinics. The Lancaster Ice Rink is also pleased to host the many high school teams that play in the CPIHL. Annually, we have approximately 250,000 skaters and spectators walk through the doors at the Lancaster Ice Rink. As mentioned, the Lancaster Ice Rink is a unique facility, and as one of the few not-for-profit facilities in the country that is owned and operated by the “LCYAHL”, this means that all paying skaters are part owners of this facility. We are very proud of our rink and of the people who work and volunteer here.
Our rink is managed by a board of directors who volunteer their time to help keep the facility and all LCYAHL related hockey programs running smoothly. Many of the directors have children skating here at the rink and some just love the sport of hockey or figure skating and want to give back some of the wonderful experiences they enjoyed as a young skater. All coaches and team managers are volunteers, as are most of the people that you see helping out around the rink. If you have a talent, skill or a particular area or interest and are willing to help out on an LCYAHL committee, at rink functions, or even on the ice, please let us know. We can never have too much help. In addition, all members are invited to our monthly board meetings, usually held on the 4th Monday of every month. See the following link for our schedule: 2009-2010 board meeting schedule and minutes. Finally, if you ever have any suggestion for the rink, we would love to hear them. Please visit our arena web site at www.lancastericerink.org for up to date information or contact the Lancaster Ice Rink at 581-0274 or by email at info@lancastericerink.org.
LCYAHL Policies and Procedures - Please refer to the LCYAHL Policies & Procedures Manual for all written guidelines for the LCYAHL and its members. You can find this information on the Policies / Procedures page located on this website. |
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