Our Teams

Great Valley Ice Hockey Club offers teams at the High School, Middle School and Elementary School Leagues. Participation is open to students who lives within the boundaries of the Great Valley School District or attends a Great Valley school. We have a partnership with Phoenixville Ice Hockey Club, and students who live within or attend a Phoenixville Area School District school are also invited to participate on our combined teams.

Elementary School Teams

Great Valley participates in the Ice Line Elementary School League. The Elementary School League season runs from October through March. The season consists of 6 practices and 12 games, which begin in November. Some teams may offer additional optional team practices. All games are played at Ice Line Quad Rinks in West Chester on weekend mornings. Playoffs begin in March.

The Elementary School League is available for players in K-4th grade (exceptions may be made for players in 5th grade who are new to hockey, otherwise experienced 5th graders are expected to play on the Middle School team).

Multiple divisions are available to accommodate both younger/developing players (B division) and older/more experienced (AA, A divisions) teams/players.

Individual player registration is through the Ice Line website. See link for more information. Elementary level players can also sign up for the Ice Line Spring Draft League in the Spring. The is no Great Valley Elementary team for the Spring. The Spring Draft league features mixed teams with players from different school districts.

Middle School Teams

Great Valley participates in the Ice Line Middle School League, which is operated out of Ice Line Quad Rinks in West Chester (some games may also be played at other local rea rinks. The Middle School team is available for players in 5th through 8th grade.

Multiple divisions are available to accommodate both experienced and developing players. Practices and evaluations will begin in September. The season will consist of 14 games (starting in October) plus weekly practices.

This past season, Great Valley combined with Phoenixville to field two teams: Our Middle School Varsity team played in the No Check American division, and our Junior Varsity team participated in the Development American/Olympic divisions.
Games are mostly played on Sunday, Monday and Friday evenings.

High School Teams

Great Valley participates in the Inter-County Scholastic Hockey League (ICSHL). The ICSHL is made up of High School Hockey teams from Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Varsity teams compete for Division Championships with playoffs at the end of each season. ICSHL Varsity Teams also compete by invitation in the annual Flyers Cup post season Tournament. Flyers Cup winners compete for the Pennsylvania State Championship against championship teams from the Penguins Cup, representing the western half of the state.

JV Teams compete in a year end playoff for the Presidents, Sammartino and Dugan Cups.

For the 2022-2023 season, Great Valley had a combined Varsity team with Phoenixville, which played in the ICSHL Pioneer Division. Our Varsity team had a successful season, finishing in first place in the Pioneer Division and making it to the championship game.

For the 2023-2024 season, we are once again planning to field a combined Varsity team with Phoenixville. We will also be fielding a combined JV team with Phoenixville.