ABOUT US

The mandate of the Fraser Valley Christian Junior Hockey Association is to provide a venue for male Christian youths who do not play in any other organized league for a variety of reasons, (such as Sunday play, ability or performance), to play ice hockey. The goal of the Association is to provide a team sport that is played in a Christian environment, with a primary focus on fun and secondary focus on competitiveness. It is a hockey association that will promote good attitudes and sportsmanship. It will be a non-contact league that will promote and encourage skill-based play and player development from the time a player will participate in the league. It will offer an alternative to Minor Hockey by providing a fun, competitive, challenging game in a positive Christian atmosphere.

Association Name
Fraser Valley Christian Junior Hockey Association.

​​​​​​​Executive Board
Consists of a group of volunteers within the association. The Board's responsibility is to maintain the present and future operation and organization of the association.

Player's Representative Committee
The committee consists of the Coaches of all the teams of the association and meets with the Executive Board approximately three to four times per season to address any concerns regarding the association, players, teams, scheduling, and so forth.

Teams
Teams shall have coaches, assistant coaches, equipment managers, scorekeepers, and linesmen.

Volunteers
Volunteers are necessary for this association to function in its present and future operations. The FVCJHA is a non-profit volunteer-based organization, which attempts to keep its fees as low as possible in order to facilitate the opportunity for Christian youths to play ice hockey.

Player Eligibility
Players must be male and regularly attending members of a recognized church. Players may not belong to any other organized hockey league while the FVCJHA is operating. Exceptions can be made in cases where players intend to participate in recreational spring hockey leagues, which in some cases may begin just prior to the FVCJHA season ending.

Christian Philosophy
All participants in the operation of the association, such as volunteers, spectators, officials, parents, and players, must uphold and promote Christian philosophies and values within the association. The Association provides an opportunity to extend Christian values, behaviors, and atmospheres beyond home, church and school venues and into hockey arenas.

The hockey season will include a balance of competitive hockey games and practices for improving skills. This balance will be determined by age/skill level at each Division, and will roughly adhere to the following:

A, B, and C Division: the first 2-3 ice times will be a combination of full practices and exhibition games. The balance of the regular season will consist of each team playing an equal number of games against the other teams in the Division. At the end of the regular season, an elimination playoff format will determine a Division champion.

Interspersed through the regular season will be 2-3 additional practice ice time, as logistics and needs are determined by the League and the Coaches.

D Division: ⅔ of the year will be 45 minutes practice and 30 minutes scrimmage. The final ⅓ of the year will be a round-robin “tournament” to determine a Division champion.

The Fraser Valley Christian Junior Hockey Association has been in existence for more than twenty years. Its inception occurred when a group of fathers, who themselves played hockey, wanted their sons to begin playing hockey as well. These parents did not want their sons playing in community minor hockey for a variety of reasons, primarily that of Sunday practices or games. These parents wanted a Christian league which would provide an atmosphere that would be an extension of that which the boys had at home, church, and school. A few other reasons were to include less time commitment, be less expensive, and have no bias as to player ability.

The league began with 2 teams, then 4-5 teams, and so on, and has expanded steadily since then, especially in the past 5-6 years. The association now has three divisions with 5-6 teams in each division. The association has been increasing by additional teams each season. In the recent couple of years, out-of-province tournaments have been organized and out-of-province Christian teams have been guests at tournaments in the Fraser Valley.

The association also has continued contact and shared games/ tournaments with several Christian teams from the Abbotsford, Sardis, and Chilliwack areas. As the association has grown, so has the need for volunteers in every capacity, including coaches, scorekeepers, statisticians, board members, officials, and so forth. It is hoped that the original historical mandate, which commenced the inception of this organization, will be carried forth into the new millennium, and that the league will continue to be supported in its operation and expansion.