Canadian Sport School Hockey League

Canadian Sport School Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2009
No. of teams	70
Official website	http://www.csshl.ca

The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) is a minor hockey and Hockey Canada sanctioned league based in Western Canada and the United States.

The CSSHL was founded in 2009 with five "Sport Schools" based in Alberta and British Columbia. The CSSHL was specifically designed to enable like-minded student athletes an increased level of competition and exposure.

Today, the CSSHL currently has grown to 70 teams from 19 different "Sport Schools" spread across seven divisions: Midget Prep, Midget Varsity, Elite 15s, Bantam Prep, Bantam Varsity, Female Prep and Female Varsity. Over 400 CSSHL alumni have gone on to play Junior 'A' or Major Junior hockey.

History

Founded in 2009, the five original members of the CSSHL were the Banff Hockey Academy, Edge School, International Hockey Academy, Okanagan Hockey Academy and the Pursuit of Excellence.

Member Schools

League members for the 2020-21 season:

School	Location	Joined
South Alberta Hockey Academy	Banff, AB	2009
Burnaby Winter Club Academy	Burnaby, BC	2013
Canadian International Hockey Academy	Rockland, ON	2019
Complete Hockey Academy/Coeur d' Alene Hockey Academy	Coeur d'Alene, ID	2013
Delta Hockey Academy	Delta, BC	2013
Edge School for Athletes	Calgary, Alberta	2009
Hill Academy	Caledon, Ontario	2019
Mount Academy	Charlottetown, PE	2019
Northern Alberta Xtreme	Edmonton, AB	2015
Notre Dame Hounds	Wilcox, SK	2016
Okanagan Hockey Academy	Penticton, BC	2009
Okanagan Hockey Ontario	Whitby, ON	2019
OHA Edmonton	Edmonton, AB	2015
Ontario Hockey Academy	Cornwall, ON	2019
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy	Victoria, BC	2014
Pilot Mound Hockey Academy	Pilot Mound, MB	2016
Prairie Hockey Academy	Caronport, Saskatchewan	2018
Pursuit of Excellence/Rink Hockey Academy Kelowna	Kelowna, BC	2009
RINK Hockey Academy	Winnipeg, MB	2016
Shawnigan Lake School	Shawnigan, BC	2014
St. George's School	Vancouver, BC	2017
Swiss International Sports & Education Centre/International Hockey Academy	Calgary, AB	2009
St. Mary's Academy	Winnipeg, MB	2016
Wenatchee Wild	Wenatchee, Washington	2011-2013
Westlake Bourget College	Rigaud, PQ	2019
West Van Academy	West Vancouver, BC	2016 (Sat out 2020-21)
Yale Hockey Academy	Abbotsford, BC	2013

Notable alumni

The following is a list of notable former CSSHL student athletes:

Matt Dumba (Minnesota Wild)

Curtis Lazar (Calgary Flames)

Joe Hicketts (2015 World Junior Gold Medalist)

Michael Rasmussen (Detroit Red Wings, Round 1, 9th overall in 2017)

Jake Bean (Carolina Hurricanes, Round 1, 13th overall in 2016)

Dennis Cholowski (Detroit Red Wings, Round 1, 20th overall in 2016)

Past Champions

Midget/U18 Prep:

Year	Program
2009-10	Edge School (1)
2010-11	Edge School (2)
2011-12	Edge School (3)
2012-13	Edge School (4)
2013-14	Okanagan Hockey Academy (1)
2014-15	Okanagan Hockey Academy (2)
2015-16	Delta Hockey Academy (1)
2016-17	Edge School (5)
2017-18	Northern Alberta Extreme (1)
2018-19	Northern Alberta Extreme (2)
2019-20	Not awarded
2020-21	Not awarded
2021-22	BWC Academy
2022-23	Edge School
2023-24	Edge School

Female U18 Prep:

Year	Program
2016-17	Okanagan Hockey Academy (1)
2017-18	Pursuit of Excellence (1)
2018-19	Pursuit of Excellence (2)
2019-20	Edge School (1)
2020-21	Not awarded
2021-22	RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (1)
2022-23	RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (2)
2023-24	RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (3)

Eastern U18 Prep:

• 2019-20: not awarded
• 2020-21: not awarded
• 2021-22: Mount Academy #1
• 2022-23: Bourget College
• 2023-24: Ontario Hockey Academy

Eastern U17 Prep:

• 2019-20: not awarded
• 2020-21: not awarded
• 2021-22: Bourget College
• 2022-23: Ontario Hockey Academy U17 Maroon
• 2023-24: Bishop's College School

Midget Varsity (U17 Prep):

Year	Program
2009-10	Okanagan Hockey Academy (1)
2010-11	International Hockey Academy (1)
2011-12	Edge School (1)
2012-13	Okanagan Hockey Academy (2)
2013-14	Okanagan Hockey Academy (3)
2014-15	Shawnigan Lake School (1)
2015-16	Shawnigan Lake School (2)
2016-17	Pursuit of Excellence (1)
2017-18	Shawnigan Lake School (3)
2018-19	Shawnigan Lake School (3)
2019-20	Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (1)
2020-21	Not awarded
2021-22	Delta Hockey Academy (1)
2022-23	Northern Alberta Xtreme (1)
2023-24	Calgary International Hockey Academy (1)

Tier II

• 2023-24: St. George's School

Tier III

• 203-24: BWC Academy White

Elite 15s/U15:

Year	Program
2013-14	Yale Hockey Academy (1)
2014-15	Yale Hockey Academy (2)
2015-16	Northern Alberta Xtreme (1)
2016-17	BWC Academy (1)
2017-18	Northern Alberta Xtreme (2)
2018-19	Northern Alberta Xtreme (3)
2019-20	Not Awarded
2020-21	Not Awarded
2021-22	Northern Alberta Xtreme (4)
2022-23	RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (1)

Bantam (U15) Prep:

Year	Program
2014-15	Okanagan Hockey Academy (1)
2015-16	Yale Hockey Academy (1)
2016-17	Pursuit of Excellence (1)
2017-18	OHA Edmonton (1)
2018-19	Yale Hockey Academy (2)
2019-20	Not Awarded
2020-21	Not Awarded
2021-22	Delta Hockey Academy Green (1)
2022-23	Northern Alberta Xtreme (1)
2023-24	Northern Alberta Xtreme (2)

Bantam/U15 Varsity:

Year	Program
2014-15	Delta Hockey Academy (1)
2015-16	Delta Hockey Academy (2)
2016-17	Delta Hockey Academy (3)
2017-18	St. George's School (1)
2018-19	West Van Academy (1)
2019-20	West Van Academy (2)
2020-21	Not Awarded
2021-22	Edge School (1)
2022-23	Northern Alberta Xtreme (1)
2023-24	Northern Alberta Xtreme (2)

Female Varsity:

Year	Program
2016-17	Delta Hockey Academy (1)
2017-18	Okanagan Hockey Academy (1)
2018-19	Delta Hockey Academy (1)
2019-20	Rink Hockey Academy (1)